tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052317271847137052024-03-13T19:42:46.008-04:00ROSE C'EST LA VIEAn eclectic mix of design matters, stylish people, my drawings and the occasional rantRose C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comBlogger251125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-34185896559083194662013-06-13T11:30:00.000-04:002013-06-13T11:30:12.175-04:00A Sargent Attribution<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span> have just been prompted to attribute this painting of mine (from an old blog post <a href="http://rosecestlavie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/back-from-blue.html">here</a>) entitled "Flamenco" to <b>John Singer Sargent</b>. This </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I gladly do and apologise for not entitling it "After Sargent" in the first place. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have been back to the original painting which is in the </span><span style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="text-align: -webkit-center;"> </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">and in the course of googling it I came across the impressive and invaluable </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.jssgallery.org/">John Singer Sargent Virtual Gallery </a> </span></span><span style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">for which I am most grateful for Sargent's studies for the painting:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>Rose C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-15253106331904909192013-03-26T13:00:00.000-04:002013-03-26T13:00:00.731-04:00How Much Is That Doggie In The Window<br />
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Images © Rosie West 2013Rose C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-82066337276749771182013-03-17T11:46:00.001-04:002013-03-25T21:06:25.988-04:00I Come Clean..<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We celebrate <a href="http://rosecestlavie.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Mothering%20Sunday">Mothering Sunday</a> in Britain today. I made </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">this drawing from a sculpture at the V and A's </span><a href="http://www.museumofchildhood.org.uk/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Museum of Childhood</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> in Bethnal Green, East London a couple of days ago. I regret I failed to make a note of its maker because there was a constant stream of excited kids stopping to touch its silky well-loved terracotta surface.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> The Museum of Childhood is just a short walk across Victoria Park from me and a favourite destination for my grandchildren as well as my own inner child. Being the most benign and child-friendly of spaces, there can be a dementing amount of noise and clatter but never mind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Have a look at the Museum's <a href="http://www.museumofchildhood.org.uk/">website</a> and be transported and enchanted. There is something nostalgic for all ages - the museum archives the latest trends in toys as well as some of the most exquisite antique dolls, doll houses and rocking horses. Curators over time have made sure to document changing conditions of childhood, always with insight and tenderness. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Inspired, I made this little animation with the help of my i-phone to celebrate my grandson Storm's "white belt senior" in Choi Kwang Do.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span><span style="font-size: large;">he only Christmas present I can think to give you is The Nutcracker performed by the Royal Ballet at London's Royal Opera House in 2009. </span><i style="font-size: x-large;">The Guardian</i><span style="font-size: large;"> presents a full-length film of the production (in two parts) on its website, free, gratis and yes, on </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">"the House". Running on the website for a week from 19 December,catch it quick if you want to be </span></span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">enchanted and transported to the land of the sugar plum fairy. Absolutely magical. </span><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/video/2012/dec/19/royal-ballet-live-nutcracker-one-video" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Here</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was lucky enough recently to be at a concert featuring The Nutcracker by the young <b>Docklands Sinfonia Orchestra at St. Anne's Limehouse</b>, a magnificent Hawksmoor church<b> </b>in London's East End. Under the baton of the talented and imaginative <b>Spencer Downs, </b>it wasn't<b> </b> just </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">any performance however because it was illustrated in time to the music on a big screen by celebrated and much-loved children's author <b>James Mayhew</b>. See his report of it and my tribute to him <a href="http://james-mayhew-author-illustrator.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/the-nutcracker-goes-east.html">here. </a></span></span>Rose C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-20273509812737083192012-12-17T20:17:00.000-05:002013-06-13T13:02:42.691-04:00BACK from the Blue<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span>f you thought I had committed blog suicide, so did I, yikes - having posted nothing since August. So I am just back from the brink with </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">a desperate offering of random leaves from my sketch book until I get some more inspiration. Hello to all my old chums whose blogs I've </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">neglected to read as well. Why? I dunno. Sorry!</span></div>
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All images © Rosie West 2012Rose C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-23070056685987529072012-08-16T08:26:00.000-04:002012-08-16T08:26:32.178-04:00Listen Up!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Feeling un peu sophisticated already, I couldn't have been more pleased when Colette's associate, legendary interior designer <a href="http://www.nh-design.co.uk/">Nicky Haslam </a>arrived looking fit and fabulous in a crisp white shirt, navy jacket and sand-coloured </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">cotton pants of a tres <i>au courant</i> cut. His boots of distressed leather had a whiff of Mad Max about them and a clue to Haslam's wild hinterland as a fearless setter of individual style and an adventurer in many senses of the word, not least socially. Call him a wicked old snob </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but he only does it because he knows it teases and the fact is, his company is intoxicating and he is charming and engaging with everyone. Oh do read my profile of him <a href="http://rosecestlavie.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Nicky%20Haslam">here</a> if you have a mo.</span></div>
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Me and my offspring in a ghostly faded studio pic by Olan Mills (how kitsch is that?) The big one is my husband. I wouldn't exactly call it a generic image of my joy and serenity as a mother because I was pretty bad tempered a lot of time, particularly when my sailor was away on the high seas. (For the first ten years practically all the time). The kids now remember with a mixture of amusement and horror a necklace made of yellow and black striped elastic - the iconography of the ejector seat handle in a military jet. If I put it on, it was the early warning system that they were standing into danger. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I am delighted to say that apart from some 'moments' the whole project of motherhood has been deeply </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">satisfying and this lot, now in their thirties, are a constant source of pleasure and comfort. Ahhhh.</span>Rose C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-6740120014802050162012-02-28T14:00:00.000-05:002012-02-28T14:00:47.044-05:00Shall I Trash The Red Carpet Again? - Oh Go On Then!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here are my winners for getting it right top to toe:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Oh and the diving itself? The Men's Synchronised Three Metre Springboard. Disappointed not to see Britain's cute superstar Tom Daley, just 17, but it was riveting </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">watching a pair of athletes like peas in a pod producing variations on the perfect flight of fancy. With some authority I began giving them marks myself occasionally getting it spot on, more often than not well wide of the mark. Once I'd watched the action replay, I could see exactly where I had misjudged things. Ha. Loved it and now desperate to see the Synchronised Swimming. Oh yes.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Where I live is a compelling mixture of rackety East London life and Cool Central. Since I have a phobia of supermarket carparks (ran out of petrol in one when I was nine months pregnant and on another occasion, caught my bumper on the crash barrier whilst trying to overtake) I find I can cover all my bases on foot (hence the eco-friendly but none too chic shopping trolley). </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So, one way there are shops of every nationality and the wondrous cheapo LIDL </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">with six different types of single-estate chocolate and a themed promotion every week to up the thrill factor. It could be DIY, pet care, motorbiking, gardening or my absolute favourite, equestrianism. There's not a horse in miles and the stable buckets, numnahs, riding crops and curry combs </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">linger in the remaindered bin until someone like me sheepishly gives them a home in case I make a painting about them one day. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In the opposite direction, is the sequestered 'village' lately colonised by an award-winning deli, old-fashioned greengrocers, fishmonger and the kindly but costly rustic butcher. I have also noticed a wine shop with blackboards outside offering tasting and loving advice which is where I popped this afternoon. OK, I know nothing much about wine and find LIDL's shiraz cabernet sauvignon has cheeky topnotes and a smooth enough finish for me at £4.29. On entering, I had the sense of being received as a bit of an old bag lady with me trolley and I confirmed it by suggesting a price point of a tenner. Could I try something red? Could I hell.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We were at <b>Winter Wonder<strike>hell</strike>Land in London's Hyde Park</b> on Sunday, jostling pushchairs </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">with a thousand others, high on the aroma of roasting chestnuts, fresh-fried donuts and hot Bavarian sausage. Oh it was good, really, but not for too long. Lucky and I escaped to the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Serpentine lake to feed the water birds and marvel at the way seagulls will take morsels of pink iced bun on the wing. (Not a good day for my diet or theirs for that matter.) Polly braved the swelling crowd and took her five-year old Storm on various attractions. Three quid to go down a slide the height of Mont Blanc (not) proves the Eurozone economic crisis hasn't quite hit home yet. Her pictures of the day at her blog A Caged Bird Sings <a href="http://acagedbirdsingsandthings.blogspot.com/2011/12/winter-wonderland.html">here</a>.</span>Rose C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-64468497514872047242011-12-02T13:14:00.000-05:002011-12-02T13:14:47.665-05:00Great Colour Combos : Vermillion/Cerulean<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3dwMHWHm65xist3jnd5kJwvViAGd-3S1yNIoMFJo0EYr1q1RwLqI0Pvv0cc4uY0xpTcHfNvOhSIY2_NVzEW7wcdmaBMrhnwplaPOYZ12RdvygabL_N88sffkkoXGGyBwcp23RPV1LJIA/s1600/VERMILLION+CERULEAN+triang.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3dwMHWHm65xist3jnd5kJwvViAGd-3S1yNIoMFJo0EYr1q1RwLqI0Pvv0cc4uY0xpTcHfNvOhSIY2_NVzEW7wcdmaBMrhnwplaPOYZ12RdvygabL_N88sffkkoXGGyBwcp23RPV1LJIA/s640/VERMILLION+CERULEAN+triang.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Other</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Great</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Colour</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">Combos</span> <a href="http://rosecestlavie.blogspot.com/search/label/Great%20Colour%20Combinations">here</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">[Images are leaves from my scrapbook. Forgive me not attributing them.]</span><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xG5MT3sCKBg" width="560"></iframe>Rose C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-53498402301703737582011-11-30T16:56:00.000-05:002011-11-30T16:56:17.638-05:00Pony on a Pedestal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Yw6ERV0M-X2xWnA_xhP9h0QsTbMjuESQjeRLrl1fv98q5SVGVDdZHBJG2KTPh0xno5cYzIR1urDww8VugjXwZvBiukDxX6N-iiORnDp68ds19muA1TzzBrjDYbcLjCFtBokV-ExmFlQ/s1600/*+skuggi+yellow+plain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Yw6ERV0M-X2xWnA_xhP9h0QsTbMjuESQjeRLrl1fv98q5SVGVDdZHBJG2KTPh0xno5cYzIR1urDww8VugjXwZvBiukDxX6N-iiORnDp68ds19muA1TzzBrjDYbcLjCFtBokV-ExmFlQ/s1600/*+skuggi+yellow+plain.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">My friend Skuggi <a href="http://rosecestlavie.blogspot.com/2011/11/back-in-saddle.html">here </a>learns a circus trick</span>Rose C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.com5