Aesthetic associations are based on numerous physical characteristics--color, material, form, location (adjacency), influences, etc. When we sat down to create this blog, we looked at the
Byrdcliffe Arts Colony which led us to the hard lines of the
Arts and Crafts Movement, then to early
Lucian Freud paintings. His palette and flat rendering reminded us of the furniture of
Roy McMakin (of whom we've been a fan for years.) This is how and when our "Stream of Consciousness Week" ends...with an explanation of the thought process and a result quite divorced from our original idea. Welcome to the minds of
Hunters and Gatherers at Home:
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Farmhouse by Roy McMakin inspired buy the Wizard of Oz after the fall
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Lucian Freud, Girl with a Kitten
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Lucian Freud portrait of a man
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Roy McMakin interior
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Lucian Freud portrait of a woman
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Sofa by Roy McMakin
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Lucian Freud, John Minton
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Dresser by Roy McMakin
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Lucian Freud, Girl with Leaves
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