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My first solo show…

( Art )

Vintage Barbra, oil on canvas, 48 X 72
 

Rosy Glow of Love, oil on canvas, 14 X 18

Red Marilyn & Marilyn in Charcoal Gray, oil on canvas, 30 X 40 each
 

Red Ball #3 and Red Ball #4, oil on canvas, 30 X 40 each
 
 

Red Ball #5 and Red Ball # 2, oil on canvas, 24 x [...]

The Elusive Patrick William Kelly

( Art )

Artist Patrick William Kelly - Palm Springs Visitor Center.   Photo: Romi Cortier
This story began nearly two years ago when a roommate brought home a great little painting he’d bought at one of the Palm Springs Thursday evening art fairs. The image was striking in its simplicity, beautifully capturing the high contrasting shadows of the San Jacinto [...]

Julius Shulman’s Passing

Romi Cortier with Julius Shulman in his Hollywood Hills Studio. 
One of my clients, a long time friend of Photographer Julius Shulman, had organized an intimate lunch for the three of us at Cafe Pinot’s in Hollywood, where I’d have the privilege of meeting Mr. Shulman. I’d gotten there a few minutes early, eagerly awaiting his [...]

Holden House as Art

( Architecture and Art )

Pool Float

Infinity Pool Tile

Holden House Fire Pit
All Photos: Romi Cortier
While celebrating this years 4th of July at a pool party in Palm Springs, I managed to snap a few artful images that may end up as paintings. The party was hosted my menu engineer Gregg Rapp at his historic William Holden House on South Ridge [...]

Mid Century Mural

( Art )

Mural by Romi Cortier.  Photo: Romi Cortier
 

Mural inspiration
I recently noticed a great mural on a commercial building in West Hollywood. I decided to ‘appropriate it‘ for a mural on a cinderblock wall at a home in Palm Springs. The back yard of the home was fairly plain and needed a focal ‘point of interest‘. An [...]