Monday, May 30, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
The Andrew Geller Architectural Archive Preservation and Film
A new video from Jake Gorst for The Andrew Geller Architectural Archive Preservation and Film that will document the legacy of the mid-century architect. This Kickstarter project has just two weeks left to run. That means it's time for an extra push to get those pledges rolling in and meet the target by June 2nd.
Andrew Geller, Beach House, 2007
Geller is becoming increasingly well known and new finds come to light all the time. Cataloging them all is a huge undertaking - Andrew Geller has kept every blueprint, sketch and photo he worked on. To fund what will become an invaluable resource for students of architecture and design your help is needed.
What YOU can do:
WATCH the video (keep an eye out for this house)!
VISIT Andrew Geller.net for more information on the life and works of the architect and artist.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Turkey Walk
I unexpectedly ended up with a free morning so when I got the call that the turkeys were out in Cold Spring Harbor and not only the Big Bird and the hens but young'uns too I grabbed the camera and headed out. Last time I ran out to shoot them they'd already gone to ground. This time I got lucky. 
Everywhere I looked there were turkeys. Including one little guy who crept up on me while I snapped the tom. 
Enjoy!
Saturday, May 07, 2011
In the yard: Saturday Morning in Spring
Dark green Hinoki cypress against a summer blue sky
Blood red buds on a Norwaay Spruce laden with new cones
White Dogwood flowers behind the dark spruce
Monday, May 02, 2011
Shirley Geller & The Rockstar Framer
Last month we hung most of the art that had been casually leaning on various credenzas and consoles throughout Beach House. One piece, however, was deemed by Rockstar Framer, Cherie Via, to have a frame unworthy of its composition, line and color. 
This was the Shirley Geller '92 painting I successfully bid on at the Andrew Geller Archive Preservation Fundraiser at DWR last year. I was drawn to it because the bold orange and blue colors and the composition echoed the black beams and new color scheme of the great room. Cherie took it back to Ripe Art Gallery and picked out this fabulously simple mid-brown wood and metal frame for it. We agreed the painting needed to sit in a heavy linear mat to emphasis the dark vertical lines, especially as I envisaged it hanging on this previously blank strip of wall in the kitchen. Three weeks later the piece was ready for collection and yesterday we hung it in place. It is absolutely the finishing touch to the kitchen.
Sadly Shirley Geller passed away last year but memories of her are strong in this house. Here she is, photographed by her grandson Jake with her husband, architect Andrew Geller centre, and The Guy in the yard September 2007. Now we have a great piece of art to look at every day and remember her by. Shirley Geller painted different styles throughout her lifetime and her Whimseys, reproductions of her pen and ink designs, are available here. You can see by her decorated cane what a unique and artistic individual she was and I'm sure she the one and only Rockstar Framer would have got along famously. Thanks to both for making great art fit in our house from The Guy and modernemama.
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