“Afloat” Image. Ceres Gallery. New York. Solo Show.
The basement studio is almost finished. Everything in it is white. Floor, walls, table, brick wall. I am even spray-painting random “junk” items to reside there. Still keeping my studio downtown, which remains my sanctuary.
Everything is crystal-clear in my studio downtown: focus, attention to detail, ideas. It’s a wonderful space, located in an historical building on the National Historical Building Register. Heat is negligible. And in the summer it’s very hot. Peeling lead wall paint and asbestos flooring (which I covered with particle board.) An earthly place. I can totally relax.
There, the floor and walls are white too, as color is important to me. Do you know that surrounding white extracts a small amount of color out of every color? When I paint there, I make the colors brighter. When work is in a gallery, the effect is the same. Hence my desire for white. I wanted to be working on things as they will be seen.
Recently I hung a painting of mine, not too large, maybe 36″ x 48″ in a patron’s (Is that too pretentious?) office. The man has taupe walls and some blue on an adjacent wall. The blue “matched” and the taupe “matched.” It sold the painting. I have to admit, the colors were exactly were the same. My purist preference would have been, to have him appreciate the artwork on its own, which he truly did. But the matching, well you know….. To sell a painting is so wonderful, but to sell one appreciated on its own terms is even better.
Again, white is everywhere. To keep me on the right path.
Hollis Hildebrand-Mills 
One part of me wants to go surfing on the biscuit. The other part of me wonders why it doesn’t break up and go soggy.
One of my favourite fantasies for a home was pure white everything, with billowing jewel coloured silk curtains. Alas not practical for this house, which has wood dust and cat all over it and also very romantic but very rustic bare wood doors.
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I think surfing on the biscuit is a good idea because it looks like it is hovering and won’t get soggy. Yes, I know about homes that want to be white. I have one too. But it is impractical, isn’t it? I love the idea of your rustic romantic doors. Thunk, and you two are in for the night! 🙂 Plus the cats, the LDs, etc.
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I am one of the lucky ones who has seen your intown studio and hopefully your new one too! My sister in law’s apt. in Melbourne is very white with lots of glass. Its on the 23rd floor with a fabulous view. My husband said it looked like a i-apt. Maybe that is what your studio will look like also.
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What is an i-apt? He’s talking architect lingo.
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