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  • 25Jan

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    Amazing pet portraits

    Posted in: Animal Inspiration, Artists in Residence

    Are you a fellow pet lover?

    I’m a huge animal lover, I live with three shelter rescues, obsessed with Animal Cops on TV, and think I perhaps stop and say to hello to every dog I pass. So I’m thrilled that my friend artist Erica Ericsdotter now is commissioning pet portraits.  I just had Bubba painted as a present for Dan and was blown away by the quality, detail and expression. I don’t even think Erica knows just how amazing they are! I mentioned to her last night that I was writing this and she kindly offered 15% OFF to all Live Like You readers (ends 1/31) , just e-mail her and tell her.  Thank You Erica!

    I’m delighted every time she shares her latest portrait on FB or her site.

    Here are some. Enjoy!

    SEAMUS – The Sweetie

    MOSBY

    HANK – The Portrait

    BELLA – The Princess

    NALA – The Queen

    STELLA – The Mischievous

    DELANEY – The Mancoon

    And finally….

    BUBBA – The Force

    She captured him perfectly from the image I sent her. Crazy good detail.

    Now I want more…

    There are just  so many moments to capture…

    Dogs are such funny creatures….

    Yasmine, my friend Cheryl’s dog during our Knock Out meeting yesterday –  ready for her close up!

    Have a great weekend!

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  • 14Dec

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    A wife interviews her ARTIST husband

    Posted in: Artists in Residence

    You have to stay true to who you are.
    And follow your dreams and inner voice.
    I met my good friend Priscilla when we played sisters in a movie years ago. After that she moved to Australia, and a couple of years later she came back married to Australian artist Josh. They moved to LA, started a family and set out to full fill their artistic endeavors. They act, write, parent and Josh (already acclaimed back home) paints!  An artists path is not an easy path.  But now everyone is snapping up his beautiful art, and lots of celebrities are hanging a Rosenthal painting on their walls.  I was so thrilled to hear Sasha Baron Cohen “Borat” just bought one!  How cool, I love Borat.
    If you follow this blog you know I’m pretty obsessed with them. I have 8! in my house.
    I thought it would be fun for Priscilla to interview Josh (And if you scroll down to the bottom you can see Priscilla’s funny new project!)
    Priscilla:
    How did you come to art?
    Josh:
    I started painting when I was 13. I remember being surprised by seeing a painting of my Dad’s in his dressing room.  I never imagined he could do something like that but it was pretty tacky.  Someone got me a canvas and some paints and the first thing I ever tried to do was to copy what he did – it was buildings reflecting on the water – but the paint was very thickly put on in these long slabs and I thought “I can do better.”  Then I really got into art at Wesley College, the high school I went to, and I started devoting my painting, I think, when I broke up with my first ever girlfriend.  I was totally crushed so all my emotion went into painting and I suddenly fell in love with it.
    Priscilla:
    Do you have a ritual that you go through each time you paint?
    Josh:
    The first thing is I make a cup of tea, a big cup of tea. Then I usually put my headphones on. Put some music on.

    Priscilla:

    What type of music?

    Josh:
    All kinds.  Both kinds, Country and Western haha. No, I like to listen to music that sets a mood.  Like… I used to listen to a lot of Tom Waits… classical, a lot of Bach, baroque, avant guard stuff, underground through to reggae.

    I Remember Being her Age

    Priscilla:
    What was the first painting you ever sold?
    Josh:
    Uhhh, I think the first painting I ever sold was a triptych. It was of Sydney, the background of the sea and the ocean through a window and chair and big huge lamp shade.  The perspective was intentionally off.

    Priscilla:

    Who did you sell it to?
    Josh:
    I sold it to someone in Melbourne, I was living in Sydney at the time.

    Priscilla:

    Do you remember how much you sold it for?
    Josh:
    I think 2,500 dollars
    Priscilla:
    That’s pretty good for your first one.  So we know that you are an actor as well.  Tell me a little bit about the differences between expressing yourself with acting as opposed to art.
    Josh:
    Well one is very solitary and the other one is completely interactive with people.  So they’re actually quite different.  One is narrative based and the other is communication based but they both feed into each other.
    Priscilla:
    What have you been inspired by lately?
    Josh:
    The goat at the Natural History Museum.
    Priscilla:
    What since then?
    Josh:
    Nothing since the goat.
    Thanks Priscilla and Josh!
    Check out funny or die where pretty Priscilla does her comedy routine Mama PDog!
    I have yet to see it can’t wait.
    Have a great weekend  &  follow your path whatever it may be!
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  • 25Oct

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    DEEPLY, TRULY an artist

    Posted in: Artists in Residence

    I’ve been dying to have this on my blog for a long time.  Christine and I met, back when we both lived in NY and she was a journalist for a German magazine. Although always passionate about photography it took a life change for her to follow her true calling.  And thankfully for all of us she did!  There’s never been a frame or an image of hers I haven’t swooned over.  She is deeply truly an artist…I wanted to do a video interview with her so you could hear her talk about her passion because it’s hypnotizing, but she’s in Europe. Reading her answers you’ll realize the incredible beauty comes from a deep source. Sit down, relax and enjoy!

    1. What inspired you to start photographing and creating this beautiful art?

    I always liked taking pictures, it is my favored thing to do. Several years ago and due to personal changes in my life I decided to dedicate myself exclusively to my photography, following my calling, which I have never regretted doing.

    Lady in Water

    2. Where do you live and work?

    My house, not far from NYC is rented out. It makes it possible for me to travel, to take pictures and work on my art. I commute between Europe, the US and Bahamas.

    H Underwasser wave in red

    3. What is the process for your art?

    I follow the impulses in my surroundings, capture moments I find interesting and then interpret them with modern digital photographic techniques to depict my personal feelings and expressions of  places, people, shapes and forms.

    Liquid Light

    4. What is your day normally like?

    I like to start my day with either meditating, or reading from works of my spiritual

    teachers such as  Joseph Campbell, Eckhard Tolle, Pema Chödrön just to name a

    few. If I am not out taking pictures I am editing my work and create art work on

    my computer. The other part of my work is promoting it to potential clients such

    galleries, interior designers and collectors. The day is never

    long enough for me to accomplish what I had set out to do. But then there is the

    quietness of the night I like to work on my images.

    Image: Spirit Tree

    5. What is your favorite thing to photograph?

    I love being in nature, to photograph nature, but then I also like architecture

    and people. I travel to so many different places and each place has its unique

    beauty and energy.

    Usually I feel guided in terms of capturing the moment in accordance to my

    surroundings, how they are presenting themselves to me and how I feel them.

    Griffin Pride

    6. What do you hope to express with your art?

    I hope to inspire with my work, connect with people through my work hopefully  on a deeper level, provoke feelings and thoughts, as well as show and interpret the diversity, dichotomy and incredible mess and beauty of this planet we are sharing. Besides that, I don’t differ from other artists wanting to sell my work and live off of it.

    Ice

    7. What is the favorite thing about your “job”?

    I love being independent and being my own boss. I create what and when I feel like it.

    8. If you were not an artist…what would you be doing?

    I can not think of anything else I’d rather do then what I am doing. But wait,

    writing a book would interest me.

    9. Any exciting news you want to share?

    Interesting news in my life are that I just returned to Europe after a long

    summer artist residence on Grand Bahama. Being back in Germany I will be

    meeting with my gallery in Munich while attending the Kunst-Messe München

    at the  end of October. The middle of November I will follow an invitation by a

    fellow artist women and her husband to photograph the City of Dubai to add to my

    POP City series. I am in talks with the owner of a private museum in Italy for an

    Exhibition of my work in December.

    POP series NYC

    10.Do you have a favorite series or photograph you took?

    Usually I am most excited about the latest series I am working on. There are two

    series from several years ago which are the most personal to me, LIGHT CUTS

    and METAMORPHOSES. ( www.christinematthai.com Archive 3 )

    These images represent a new part of my life, the beginning of a personal journey

    I had not imagined before.

    Metamorphoses

    Thanks for sharing Christine.

    You can view more of her photography  here.

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  • 21Jul

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    Talented Josh from Melbourne

    Posted in: Artists in Residence

    ART. A much argued, discussed and personal subject. I don’t profess to be an art connoisseur, I don’t follow trends, or believe in fads, or like something because someone says so….I simply love what I love, and go with my gut and emotion when I see something special.  Beautiful original artwork with masterful use of color, imagination and mystery…I don’t know…what is it really that makes you love something so much?

    When I first saw Melbourne born artist Josh Rosenthal’s paintings a few years ago, it was a painting of a dog that spoke to me. Over the years I’ve seen his art grow, big art collectors around the world and celebrities such as Alan Cumming, Morgan Spurlock are picking up his work.  I’ve sold a few of his paintings to my private design clients and everyone has fallen in love with his pieces, and of course I have a few at my own house. So to be allowed to carry some of his magnificent paintings on LiveLikeYou (which were added today) is very special!

    POOLSIDE SUNDAY MORNING WITH MARK J

    Since I don’t speak the “art world language” I want to share some text how the gallery described his work at his latest showing…

    “Rosenthal rarely approaches his canvases with a brush, using his hands, fingers, nails and even rags when conceiving his work. Strong lines of paint, applied straight from the tube to the canvas, overlay soft rendered ephemeral work reminiscent of watercolor and Chinese ink painting.”

    Josh at work painting one of his most famous paintings “LADY WAITING FOR BUS”. How this painting came to is one of the most interesting of all… One I’ll save for our Artist Video blog.

    Another one that I would love to have in my house!!

    “His work has sometimes been compared to Bacon and the balance of spontaneity and control is similar to that of Australian painter Brett Whitely, although Josh is  more influenced by Mark Tansey and R.B. Kitaj. The use of collage in the Flood exhibition is an interesting addition. gathering over two years of fashion and luxury magazines, Rosenthal carefully selected imagery from print works adding another juxtaposing look at social divides and our constructed versus natural condition”
    Love the use of color in this one. This one already sold.

    “Rosenthal is fascinated by our relationship with the environments and the contrast natural fleshy bodies and the geometric rigid state of environments we create around them. Floods sweep across the land as a devastating force and deconstruct these environments into a nest and mess of man made detritus that becomes catalyst for rebirth. It’s an instant transformation and an unavoidable catalyst”

    Are you enjoying these as much as I do?
    “Other juxtapositions are brought to life in the aftermath of Josh’s Flood including
    social, economical, gender and relational divides. But the work is far from being critical
    or pessimistic it is more an introspective look on our condition often with optimism and hope.

    Josh (to the left) at his latest show in Los Angeles.

    BOY PRETENDING TO SPEED IN SHINY RED BOAT

    MORNING DANCERS

    Josh being interviewed at a gallery showing.

    And last but not least….

    HOLLYWOOD DOG

    One of the dog paintings that I first fell for.

    What is it that makes you fall in love with art?


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