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VISUAL ACOUSTICS – A documentary film about Julius Shulman

( Architecture and Art )

Julius Shulman

Promo Card
 

Romi Cortier and Film Maker Eric Bricker at the Kaufmann House
Eric Bricker’s film Visual Acoustics was a huge hit at this weekends Palm Springs Film Festival. Saturday’s sold out screening was followed up with an intimate party at the Kaufmann House, sponsored by the California Preservation Foundation. Even Monday mornings 9 a.m. screening, followed [...]

An Evening at the Kaufmann House

Kaufmann Residence as viewed from Pool House

Entry view of Home

View of Metal Louvers from behind home

Interior Courtyard

Rooftop Pavilion

Pavilion View

View of Pool while descending Pavilion
Photos: Romi Cortier
 
The Kaufmann House, located in Palm Springs California, hosted a fundraiser for the California Preservation Foundation this last Saturday evening. Rarely open to the public, the owners of this iconic home [...]

Robert Dowd’s ‘Pop Art Money’ at Pepperdine University

( Art )

  
 Picasso Dollar, 1968

Oil on Canvas, 58 x 44 inches
Collection of Jack and Joan Quinn

Vincent Dollar, 1965, Oil on Canvas, 18 x 36 inches.
Collection of Joni and Monte Gordon, Los Angeles. 
 
Here’s a great art show that would be perfect for the entire family…. and it’s free!  Robert Dowd (1936-1995) was an American artist best known for [...]

Pink Coral gets Marine Protection

( Art )

Pink Corals of Palmyra Atoll

NASA Satellite Image of Rose Atoll or Rose Island
The outgoing Bush administration has done something very positive by establishing the ‘largest area of protected sea in the world’ around our Pacific Islands, banning fishing and mining in the protected zones, including the Marianas Trench and various pink coral reefs. 
As an artist, [...]

The Palm Springs Riviera Hotel comes back to life!

Palm Springs Rivera Resort and Spa

Pool with San Jacinto Mountain Views

Pool Side Private Cabana

Starlite  Lounge

Hotel Lobby

Circa 59- Dining near the Pool

Pool Table in Lounge Area

One of several intimate Lounge Areas

Hotel Suite with Mountain Views

Hotel’s Lux King Size Bed
Photos: Romi Cortier
 After a two year $70 Million renovation,  the Palm Springs Riviera Resort and Spa is now [...]

Francoise Gilot… an Artists Journey

( Art )

Genevieve Thoughtful, 1942, Oil on Canvas

Construction, 1945, Oil on Canvas

The Earthenware, 1951. Oil on Board

September Sound, 1997, Oil on Canvas
Images: courtesy Francoise Gilot Archives
 
Mel Yoakum Ph D, curator of the F. Gilot Archives, recently invited me to his home to view his extensive private collection of paintings by Francoise Gilot.  Mel is thee authority on [...]

A New Year Begins…

( Architecture and Art )

Building front on La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles
Photo: Romi Cortier
With 2008 came challenge and change for many, whether anticipated or not. It appears there are no guarantees in life, no matter how much we’d like to believe otherwise. Ultimately all we may really have is our perception of any given circumstance.  When I spend to [...]