Art Attack: The Corn Poppy

Last month, when Hubby & I were in Houston, we visited the Houston Museum of Fine Arts and Kees van Dongen's The Corn Poppy really captured my attention.  I tend to favor abstracts, but this portrait is so engaging that I wanted to share.

Le Coquelicot (The Corn Poppy)
c. 1919

Doesn't she just grab your attention?

My photo is a bit more faded than the "official" one - see below.

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Inspired by the splash of red with muted colors, I bought OPI's Big Apple Red nail polish as a birthday present to myself.  I wear a lot of greys, creams and beige so I am blatantly emulating the woman in this portrait.  I just don't really like hats - too hair squooshing.

Can't see all of me 'cuz I'm still in PJ's!

Stylish Houston Office

I am back in Canada, safe and sound.  Yay (except it is raining and cold, of course).  I still want to share a couple more nifty things I found/saw/bought in Houston, then I promise to blog about a few DIY projects I'm putting the finishing touches on. 

This post is about an actual workplace office, not a home office, that has some serious style. Wandering around downtown Houston last week, we stumbled across the Houston Pavillions, which, although kind of deserted, is home to the inspiring office space of NRG. Peering through the windows, we thought the space was some kind of hotel lounge or something and had no idea what NRG meant. Later, reading a Downtown Houston magazine, I realized NRG Energy is an independent power producer.  Silly Canadian: N. R. G.  Energy.  Get it?  I sure didn't.  If you're curious, you can read more here, but I just want to ogle the office space.
 

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So bold.

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Fabulous Inspiration: Laura U Collection

So, Thursday was a tad frustrating.  First, my purse broke - and it is only a month old, plus it wasn't cheap (well, I guess it was, but the price didn't match the shoddy quality).  Then, Anthropologie didn't have the vase I was ogling online.  But, really, this was nothing because then I WAS REAR ENDED by a Houstonian.  Happily, I'm okay (except for some lingering neck pain) and the other driver is okay and my rental car is okay-ish.  The other driver's car has flip up headlights that now permanently wink, but this is me not caring.  To top off the day, as you know, blogger was acting wonky and deleted a whole bunch of lovely comments.  And fellow bloggers can attest to how much we (at least me) live for nice comments. 

But there's an upside.  In my cruising about the city of Houston I have found a great deal of inspiration, like the Laura U Collection, a storefront to compliment designer Laura Umansky's design studio.  Check out a few of my favorite spaces from her captivating portfolio.   



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