Turgo Bastien is one of my all time favorite artists! He created this piece for me and definitely kept in mind my obsession with the color orange. I just love orange...it's just so Juicy. I definitely can't wait to hang this piece back up.The best thing about the building we are restoring (if my loan ever goes to escrow........snooooze) is that we are designing it to have two kitchens (Thanks to Jonathan Card my architect for figuring out a way to give me that great luxury).
I LOVE FOOD! YES....Love to the point of obsession. When I travel I usually end up back in the kitchen assisting the cooks/chefs with the preparation of my dish, or enroll in some random cooking class. I am fascinated with every aspect of food. So it seems natural to have a small 10x10 kitchen upstairs and a HUGE kitchen downstairs.
For those who know me well, You have more than likely been to one of my "Turgo" parties! We start cooking 36 hours in advance and serve everything on real plates, glassware and all that an eco-friendly group should be doing! Feeding close to 200 people starting from 12p.m. to 4 a.m is no small task. Chef/Artist Turgo always smiles thru the process and the only time he gets a bit antsy is when someone decides to turn down the music to converse better. Then you usually hear him say "No music...No Food!"
In a strange way I may be designing this kitchen for Turgo. So really ...I shouldn't even be calling it "MY" kitchen. From now on I think that I will refer to the downstairs kitchen as "Turgo's Kitchen." I will refer to the upstairs kitchen as "Mine." :-) OK TURGO...that means you have to come down and cook for us!!
Every time I see this painting I will always remember hanging out drinking many bottle of wines and listening to full blast Reggae with the outdoor speakers full blast. ("Could you be loved......."....sorry neighbors)
This particular painting is titled "Erzulie Freda" The goddess of love! Erzulie Freda is a lwa of great wealth and the embodiment of luxury. Turgo blessed me with this piece to oversee me on a day to day basis.
I found this fabulously mod velvet swag lamp in Odessa, Texas. I am not sure if it's too over the top for the kitchen....but for now it stays. I just can't imagine parting with it--hmmm, how about in the bathroom?
The chip bowl is a 1950's California pottery find! Lucky ME!
The chip bowl is a 1950's California pottery find! Lucky ME!
Don't let them change ya, oh! -
Or even rearrange ya! Oh, no!We've got a life to live. (ooh, ooh, ooh)
They say: only - only -
only the fittest of the fittest shall survive -
Stay alive! Eh!
Could you be loved... and be loved...
Could you be loved... and be loved... Bob Marley
I have been finding these heavy pieces of brownish earthware pottery peppered around and cannot for the life of me figure out who created them. The dancing ballerina/flamenco girl is just fab! I figured these could make for fun accent pieces, at least for now if nothing else yummier comes along....and if so, it's off to Etsy! http://www.winkingowl.etsy.com/This drip glaze orange pitcher will have to be pryed out of my hands! I dragged this piece in all the way from New Port Beach, California. I kept looking at in and saying....DON'T....but the temptation was just too much and here she is, in rural Pecos, Texas!
So for now this is where my mind is wondering off to....holding on for my October 15th closing date! Keeping in mind that my loan has been delayed two times. So for now I am dreaming and creating vignettes to nail everything down when they are ready to tear down the walls.
Turgo...I miss you!
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Turgo Bastien
http://www.turgoartcreation.com/
Known primarily for his paintings in acrylic,he has also acquired skill as a sculptor, using found objects-aluminum,wood,scrap metals and natural fibers-to further explore and explain his vision.
Turgo searches for the light in the ultimate darkness and presents a global vision of truth and reality in each piece. Known primarily for his paintings in acrylic,he has also acquired skill as a sculptor, using found objects-aluminum,wood,scrap metals and natural fibers-to further explore and explain his vision. For the past 20 years, Bastien has maintaind homes and actively worked in studios in Jacmel, Haiti Nassau, Bahamas, and West Palm Beach,Florida. He is also a Co-founder of Art Creation Foundation,(http://www.artforhaitianchildren.org/) an art school for children that he was instrumental in his native Haiti. His pieces have been exhibited in Museums and galleries world-wide, and have been reviewed in several books and publications; Here...There and beyond, The 303 Magazine, Haitian Art in the Diaspora and many more.
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