Our favorite interior designer Jarrett Hedborg

Artists Harry Carmean and Miriam Slater's work can often be seen integrated into the designs of noted interior designer Jarrett Hedborg. Hedborg whose work can be seen in Architectural Digest, House and Garden Magazine, Vogue and Town and Country magazine or books such as The Los Angeles House by Time Street-Porter, is globally known for his expressive and innovative interiors. The top two photos show Angelica Huston's home with a silver leaf Japanese style bureau by Slater. Hedborg has designed homes for a number of celebrities including Jim Carrey, Jack Nicholson, Quincy Jones, Joni Mitchell, Michelle Phillips and Bette Midler.

Eva Slater in Orange Coast Magazine July issue

Eva Slater has been featured prominently in the July issue of Orange Coast Magazine - interest in her work is heating up as we all knew it would. Look for her work next in an important book on California artists that will be published sometime next year.

Harry Carmean rare "classical" drawings

These are some of Carmean's most beautiful drawings which were always done from his imagination. They are done in a more formal style with carefully thought out compositions reminiscent of the Baroque and Mannerist periods of art. A number of them ended up as paintings, such as the top one, titled "The Poem" which also became a print (which is currently available at the Poetic Eye on ebay.). Most of these drawings were done in the 1970's and have been sold so they are extremely hard to locate these days.

Painting by Harry Carmean of Nick artist Brigante sold

This painting of artist Nick Brigante just sold through the Poetic Eye to a southern California collector. Brigante and Carmean were friends for many years so it was inevitable that Carmean would end up painting him. This portrait is actually part of a larger canvas which Carmean destroyed (see our blog on portraits by Harry Carmean to see the original painting.) An example of Brigante's work is seen above.

Lorser Feitelson Hard-Edge painting sold at Poetic Eye

The Poetic Eye just sold this large black and white abstract painting by Lorser Feitelson to a Hard-Edge collector in Los Angeles. It had not been shown since the seventies and so is a wonderful new addition to Feitelson's body of work that will be seen and enjoyed once again. The Poetic Eye periodically sells the work of Lorser Feitelson and Helen Lundeburg in addition to its core group of artists.

Eva Slater 1922-2011

Hard-Edge artist Eva Slater has recently died in Santa Barbara, CA, after a long illness. She was a pivotal player in the Hard-Edge art movement and a highly regarded scholar in the world of Native American arts.  To learn more about her life's work, visit her website and blog at evaslater.com.

Miriam Slater in Belly Dance Magazine