Dream studio details...

[Steven Sweeney]

Originally Posted by Linda Brandon

Or did you just filch one of the stations of the cross that I don't know about?

Ah, would that it were. How that would lubricate the machinery of apologetics and evangelization.

But, no, the image is but one of the 20 4"x4" ceramic tiles that make up the structure called "Wimberley Tales." All twenty tiles run just over $1000. When I purchased my "The Artist" at Tree's Place (gallery) on Cape Cod only about three years ago, I paid about $35, as I recall. They are now individually priced at about $55. They have a magnetic backing.

There are numerous figures and scenes depicted -- The Dentist, The Doctor, The Lovers, The Harlot (my favorite, of course). I'm surprised not to be able to find a good image of the entire set online, but this will have to do -- it's a tiny image that I've greatly enlarged, hence the blurriness. But you can see the Artist in the uppermost room on the right:

[Marvin Mattelson]

If I were going to paint my walls a color based on the criteria of it's being named for an artist, I'd go with Van Dyke Brown! If not I'd go with a middle value neutral gray.

[Steven Sweeney]

Originally Posted by Marvin Mattelson

I'd go with Van Dyke Brown! If not I'd go with a middle value neutral gray.

Yes, and agreed, but the interest is in the WHY. Why would you not choose a neutral color, and what color WOULD you choose?

There are so many advisories against Van Dyke Brown, that I've actually tossed any tubes of such that I had. Though compulsive, I never had enough to paint the walls of my studio.

[Marvin Mattelson]

I like Van Dyke.

[Steven Sweeney]

Oops, sorry, Marvin -- I misread your post to suggest that you would not opt for a middle value neutral. My bad.

Back to my corner.

[Patricia Joyce]

Hi Beth,
Good luck setting up your studio. I am just getting mine together and yesterday installed lumichrome lighting over my north windows - just started with two bulbs instead of Marvin's five. I also have a lumichrome over my easel. So last night I was happy as can be working away in my studio, listening to my tunes and working on a commission (Heaven on Earth!!) when everything went black.

I blew a fuse. Seems that while I got the windows I wanted, two north facing, the stationary sink, hot and cold water, vaulted ceiling for my "future" portfolio, etc., I did not get the proper wiring. I was fuming when I called the builder and left a less than pleasant message on his VM.

[Marvin Mattelson]

Patty, sorry to hear about your blackout.

The Lumichrome lamps are only forty watts each, so having three on is using only 120 watts worth of power. If your wiring can't tolerate that little, your contractor really screwed up so you were more than justified to blow your fuse.