We have a winner!

Thanks to everyone who blogged, facebooked or tweeted about the Art Show last weekend. Using Random.org we have generated a winner - Terry Kearns, the Architecture Tourist.

Terry, I will be contacting you to arrange delivery of your small goat painting and earrings. Thanks to all who participated!

above, a Helen Durant goat painting in a Kay Douglass room

Helen Durant/Corrina Sephora Mensoff Art Show Today and Tomorrow

Helen Durant, Autumn's End, For sale at the show today!


Corrina Sephora Mensoff, For sale today at the show!

of LAND and SEA

HELEN DURANT and CORRINA SEPHORA MENSOFF
AN OPEN STUDIO SHOW/SALE ,CLEARING OUT !TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW WORK !!!
paintings,metalwork,drawings,collage

PLEASE JOIN US ON SATURDAY,OCTOBER 16th 2 - 7 pm

and

SUNDAY,OCTOBER 17TH 1 - 5 pm


THE GOAT FARM AKA MURRAY MILL
1200 FOSTER STREET BLDG.B -11
Atlanta, Ga 30318

LIGHT REFRESHMENTS,LOTS OF ART AND -AS ALWAYS-THE GOATS

Friday Fun and Giveaway!

above LonnyMag's dollhouse entry

A friend sent me a link to this awesome dollhouse contest yesterday. It's called Operation Dollhouse and was dreamed up by the folks at Curbed the day they launched their blog. Curbed is an interior design, decor and real estate blog. Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, House Beautiful, Lonny, Dwell and HGTV all entered the contest. Fun for all of you interiors lovers out there - click on the name of each to see the houses.

Architectural Digest
Elle Decor
House Beautiful
Lonny
Dwell
HGTV

Also, don't forget to enter our giveaway! And come to the Helen Durant/Corrina Sephora Mensoff art show this weekend. Details below:


This 60x48 Helen Durant painting, Lioness by Night, will be for sale at the show on Saturday and Sunday.

of LAND and SEA

HELEN DURANT and CORRINA SEPHORA MENSOFF
AN OPEN STUDIO SHOW/SALE ,CLEARING OUT !TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW WORK !!!
paintings,metalwork,drawings,collage

PLEASE JOIN US ON SATURDAY,OCTOBER 16th 2 - 7 pm

and

SUNDAY,OCTOBER 17TH 1 - 5 pm


THE GOAT FARM AKA MURRAY MILL
1200 FOSTER STREET BLDG.B -11
Atlanta, Ga 30318

LIGHT REFRESHMENTS,LOTS OF ART AND -AS ALWAYS-THE GOATS

GIVEAWAY!!!

Helen Durant /Corrina Sephora Mensoff Giveaway!!!


It's our first giveaway! And it's a a double!! In honor of the Helen Durant/Corrina Sephora Mensoff Art Show this weekend, October 16 & 17, Helen has given us a small 7x7 inch goat painting for the giveaway and Corrina a pair of handmade earrings. The entry rules are simple - blog about, facebook about, or tweet about the art show this weekend and then leave a comment here telling us that you advertised the show. Drawing on Monday afternoon, winner announced Tuesday, October 19. Entries close on Saturday October 18. Details of the show are posted below for you to use.



**the painting and sculture above are not the pieces in the giveaway - just examples of Helen's and Corrina's work.**


Help us get the word out about the show this weekend! You can enter up to three times if you blog it, tweet it and post it on facebook!

___________________________________________

of LAND and SEA

HELEN DURANT and CORRINA SEPHORA MENSOFF
AN OPEN STUDIO SHOW/SALE ,CLEARING OUT !TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW WORK !!!
paintings,metalwork,drawings,collage

PLEASE JOIN US ON SATURDAY,OCTOBER 16th 2 - 7 pm

and

SUNDAY,OCTOBER 17TH 1 - 5 pm


THE GOAT FARM AKA MURRAY MILL
1200 FOSTER STREET BLDG.B -11
Atlanta, Ga 30318

LIGHT REFRESHMENTS,LOTS OF ART AND -AS ALWAYS-THE GOATS!

Helen Durant/Corrina Sephora Mensoff Art Show October 16 & 17

Water Tower, by Helen Durant


From the Mountains to the Ocean, Je t'aime, by Corrina Sephora


of LAND and SEA

HELEN DURANT and CORRINA SEPHORA MENSOFF
AN OPEN STUDIO SHOW/SALE ,CLEARING OUT !TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW WORK !!!
paintings,metalwork,drawings,collage

PLEASE JOIN US ON SATURDAY,OCTOBER 16th 2 - 7 pm

and

SUNDAY,OCTOBER 17TH 1 - 5 pm


THE GOAT FARM AKA MURRAY MILL
1200 FOSTER STREET BLDG.B -11
Atlanta, Ga 30318

LIGHT REFRESHMENTS,LOTS OF ART AND -AS ALWAYS-THE GOATS!

www.helendurant.com
404-375-6237

www.corrinasephora.com
678-523-9969


PLEASE PARK ALONG FOSTER STREET..hope to see you!!!!

House of the Week

This week the house of the week is a Peachtree Heights Tudor owned by shop proprietor and designer Kay Douglass. I remember this house (from my morning dog walks at the duck pond) before the Douglass family owned it - it was a little bit ramshackle and there were random sculptures and items in the front yard. Kay Douglass has kept the house's charm while updating and freshening it.










I love the steel casement windows.


The porch, closeup photo of it without these lanterns is below.

All photos above via Whitehaven

This house has been featured in Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles and also in some lighting advertisements, which you can see at the Limestone and Boxwoods blog.


The kitchen via Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles,
photo credit Mali Azima


Kitchen eating area - via Limestone and Boxwoods


The porch, via Limestone and Boxwoods


Kay Douglass clearly likes Tudor style houses - her previous house, featured in Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles, was a Tudor also.



Look, here's artwork by Atlanta artist Helen Durant (my aunt) in Kay's previous house -


image via Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles
photo credit here and above William Waldron

Only three degrees of separation...

Chairs...

We had the cushion made for this chair on the right, and it was delivered yesterday (with some cafe curtains that I don't have pics for yet, but they are really pretty).

We are about to put a chair like the one below with a skirt in brown linen in a client's house.


chair from Martha Stewart for Bernhardt

I have been pondering this parsons armchair below for my own living room. I could get it made with a skirt - or not. Can't decide...


chair from Ballard Designs


Chair as art...

This chair in my bedroom was painted by Atlanta artist Helen Durant

Art Openings May 14 in Atlanta

Helen Durant’s piece “Lost Language” is featured on the flyer for the upcoming show Word-Language and Contemporary Art. The opening reception is on May 14th from 7-10 pm at the Peters Street Projects in Atlanta. The show runs through July 2nd , 2010.

The Gallery is located at 63 Peters Street SW, Atlanta, Ga 30313. (404) 577-3660 Hours are Monday- Saturday 10am-5pm. Check out Helen Durant's updated website to see some of her exciting new work. Click on Current Work.


Also opening tomorrow night is Repurposed at the Emily Amy Gallery.

Reception for the artists: Friday May 14th, 2010 7-10 pm
1000 Marietta Street suite 208
Atlanta, 30318
404-877-5626

from the Gallery:
"EMILY AMY GALLERY is pleased to present Re-purposed: The Use of Everyday Materials in Contemporary Art featuring gallery artists Sara Cole, Will Corr, Clayton Santiago, and Sherry Williams. The concept of utilizing found objects and ordinary household materials in contemporary art is not new. There is a strong lineage of artists, beginning with the Dadaists, who repurposed things never before considered 'art' and in turn gave them new life. By exploring media such as coffee, tar, sawdust, and rust, the participating artists express their ability to create seemingly traditional work with non-traditional materials."


Sara Cole, End of Beginning III

Dancing Bird

How much fun is it to receive a thoughtful gift out of the blue? This Dancing Bird flew my way yesterday.

Helen Durant - part two

Wild dog, 2008

For your Sunday eye candy, some more of Helen Durant's work.


An Ear to the Ground, 2006



Ground Study, 2010

For inquiries about Helen's work, please see her website: Helen Durant

All artwork appears courtesy of Helen, and may not be used without her permission.

Artist Profile: Helen Durant

I Stand My Ground, 2010


Masai Tribesmen 2008

Well-known Atlanta artist Helen Durant currently has work hanging at the SpotlightonArt, SwanCoachHouseGallery , and MasonMurerFineArt, and StantonHomeFurnishings.


From Helen's website: Helen Durant is an artist of exceptional power and veracity. Of particular interest to Helen is the unconscious mind and how it contributes to her art. Through the modes of mixed media and collage she endeavors to not force the content and character of her work but let it emerge out of process, sacrificing control for serendipity. What results is a surprising mix of expressions, from dark and shadowy to lighthearted and etherial and everything in between. "The scraping away of layers of pigment serves as a metaphor," says Durant, " for the uncovering of the authentic unvarnished self." Whether the motif is goats, dancers, adobe dwellings, hounds or fallen fruit, this work has a raw intensity and veracity that is constant and mirrors the artist's commitment to self exploration and examination.

Helen is my aunt and I have some of her early work hanging in my house.

A still life, 1977


Pawley's Island, mid 80's



Helen is known around the South as the goat lady, because for years she lived near a herd of goats and they were her frequent subjects. She has goat paintings currently at Mason Murer,the Trinity School Artist's Market (Spotlight on Art), and Stanton Home Furnishings.

But Helen paints so much more than goats. Her connection with animals is apparent in all of her works with animal subjects. She went to Africa in September 2008 and most of 2009 was spent painting African animals. (The Masai at the top are from that period also).


2009


Times Puzzle, 2009


Understated Beauty, 2009


Some of Helen's most powerful work is figurative. I have a very strong connection to this piece titled Outside Looking In, 2006 .


From the same body of work, The Surrogate, 2006


Recently, Helen has been painting predators, wolves in particular. From that 2010 collection of work:
Beneath the Surface,2010


Winter Walk, 2010


To find out more about this dynamic, innovative artist please visit her website:
HelenDurant

All artwork appears courtesy of Helen Durant and may not be used without her permission

Helen's work has appeared in Traditional Home, House Beautiful, and Atlanta Home and Lifestyles.