Loving the Art of Lindee Climo

As promised a few days ago, here is some more information on the wonderful animal art of Nova Scotia artist, Lindee Climo.

It was only last weekend, when I acquired one of her oils called Bath Dust at a fundraising auction, that I remembered I had a copy of her children's book, Chester's Barn, which was published back in 1982. 

Lindee is an American who settled here on Prince Edward Island (where I now live) back in 1970.  Having grown up in California, she bred and exhibited purebred Suffolk sheep and an assortment of beef cattle, rabbits and birds.  She became a self taught artist of these animals before studying for a career as a medical illustrator.

After graduation, she travelled the world and recorded her sojourns with ink drawings.  During her travels, she met the man who would become her husband and moved to New Brunswick, his home province.  After some time in New Brunswick, they moved to Prince Edward Island and lived and worked with animals here for many years while she established herself as an international artist whose work is now in worldwide private, public and corporate collections and galleries, as well as being included in the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Book Illustrations.

Lindee paints in the style of the Old Renaissance Masters and is inspired by the animals she so loves and has surrounded herself with during her life.  She is now remarried and resides in Nova Scotia.

Below are just a few of her works.  She is represented by the Mira Godard Gallery in Toronto and you can see more of her art on her website http://lindeeclimo.com/.

Enjoy and have a great weekend.

Dust Bath

Children's book published 1982

Fern

Holstein oxen

Oxen team

Study of expressions

Teaberry

Study of Tess

Images 1 & 2 Kay Furlong

The rest via Mira Godard Gallery



Colorful Kitchens

Traditional

Cottage

Traditional

French country look

Swedish

Traditional

French country look

Images 1, 4, 5 & 6 House Beautiful

Image 2 Better Homes and Gardens,

Image 3 Diamond Baratta

Image 7 Country Living

Dust Bath

Here we are enjoying the dog days of summer with the most wonderful weather we have had in many months.....it seems September has become my favorite month for that very reason.

And so it was, on a sunny, warm early Saturday evening past that my husband and I enjoyed a fund raising gala at the exquisite home of local entrepreneur Danny Murphy and his wife, Martie.  The evening was spent enjoying cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, a fund raising auction for the benefit of the local Joyriders Club, and wonderful entertainment by musician extraordinaire, Matt Anderson. 

To top off such an unforgettable evening, thanks to my very generous husband, I came home with a gift that will make me smile every day for the rest of my life.....and all I have to do is look at it.  I have placed it strategically near our breakfast table, so it will be just about the first thing I see each morning. 

'It' is this painting called 'Dust Bath' by our own east coast, world famous artist, Lindee Climo.  (As readers of this blog know, I feature my favorite artists on Fridays, so please watch this Friday for more Lindee Climo art and information).

I think you will see why I fell in love with this painting.....even if I weren't already a collector of vintage children's book illustrations, I would have been completely taken with this image......

I hope you will enjoy it, as well!



Suite Dreams in Serene Green

Images 1, 3, 4 & 6 Better Homes and Gardens

Image 2 Architectural Digest, Image 5 Colonial Homes

A Southampton Home by Meg Braff

This is a pretty house with interior designs by Meg Braff.

Since the house is located in East Hampton, New York, I immediately thought the color scheme was based on the surrounding scene of sky and ocean (blue), sand (sisal, toile and stripes in master bedroom) and the natural third accent color would have been yellow to represent the sun.  But, I was wrong.

As I perused the images, I saw the third accent color was green.  Aha!  Never assume anything!

As I read the interview with the designer, I realized it was the living room painting over the fireplace from which she drew her colors.  It's one of her favorite 1960's Swedish artists, Gustav Bolin, whose works she collects.  Although the clients were at first hesitant about the painting, Meg convinced them to try it for a month and they were thrilled with the final results.

And therein lies the secret of easy color combinations by designers.  I've heard it over and over again......if you are not sure where to start with a room color scheme, use a favorite piece of art, fabric or colorful carpet.....after all, the artists and designers of all of these items are master colorists.    

We all know that the artist, Matisse, is famous as a master colorist, so I was intrigued to read some time ago, that he used fabrics of the time to gather his color schemes.  Interesting!!

Enjoy!

All images via House Beautiful



Seashell Decor

Images 1 - 3 Veranda, Image 4 Unknown

Images 5 - 7 Better Homes and Gardens

Bathing Beauties

Images 1 -4 Traditional Home

Image 5 Hamptons Cottages & Gardens

Image 6 - 8 House Beautiful

Sleeping Beauties

Images 1 - 5 Charlotte Moss, Image 6 Charles Faudree

Images 7 & 8 Mario Buatta