December Sparkle & Light
Downtown Boston was recently treated to a four-night light show on the front of the Boston Public Library. Projection towers were set up on Copley Square…
Year: 2015
Craft and Detail
I’ve been thinking about details lately, and how they work together to make something larger than themselves. That’s my purpose in showing these two photos.
Cat is Where it’s at
After a long and playful birthday weekend (my sister came to Boston for the first time in ages), I’m back to work.
Preparations are on for this week’s “CAT IS WHERE ITS AT” First Friday event in my studio.
Colorway Collection in the Making
A colorway is a design that is offered in a range of color combinations. I’m building a collection of colorway patterns right now.
Art in the Sky
There are a few pieces of public art in Boston that you have to look way up to see. They’ll be leaving us after October.
A Cat By Any Other Name
Being in Spain, France and England for a few weeks this year, I naturally became very aware of both the challenges and the interesting things about language and dialect. When you’re waking up in a new city or country every few days, it’s not hard to absentmindedly mix words from different languages together in the same sentence. When I returned home to the states, I was designing a cat-themed poster when I decided to look up words for “cat” in various languages. That’s how the above poster came to be. This poster is one of six different giclée art prints being offered with a portion of sales going to the Gifford Cat Shelter in Brighton, MA. The shelter is the oldest no-kill, cageless cat shelter in the United States. It’s been operating since 1884! Here’s more about this dedicated organization. I’ll be hosting a “First Friday” event at my Boston studio on November 6, with the above mentioned six print images offered to benefit the shelter. There is a limited quantity of each available for this fundraiser, and I encourage anyone interested to pre-order …
Museum Hangover Creates Craving for More
Since returning from a vacation in Europe a few weeks ago, a longing to wander around art museums has been rekindled in me. It’s not a new experience by any means. When I moved to Boston almost 23 years ago, I got a Museum of Fine Arts Boston membership and enjoyed spending days off looking at art exhibits. Locally, I’ve visited Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the museums at Harvard, the Peabody Essex Museum, the Worcester Art Museum, the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton, and the National Museum of Illustration in Newport, RI, among others. I’ve also had my share of visits to the many wonderful museums in New York City, around the country, and to some memorable ones in Europe. Somewhere along the line, however, I slowly and quietly trailed off. I might blame that on an erratic work schedule, a more intense focus on doing my artwork, or a full day-to-day life naturally causing some interests to fall away. Or all of these things. Add to it that until very recently, I hadn’t had a regular dedicated day off for three years. So what …
Scenes from an Artist Studio Building
My artist studio building at 450 Harrison Avenue (Boston’s South End) has been buzzing with more activity than usual the last couple of days. We’re all getting ready for the annual South End Open Studios event in which we invite the public into our work/gallery spaces. This 2-day neighborhood-wide event features 200 participating artists in the South End. Here’s more about that. Some scenes from the building today: If you’re in the Boston area this weekend, come by and see us all. Cheers, Paula Paula Ogier Artworks
Getting Ready for Open Studios
This weekend is the annual Open Studios event in Boston’s South End. This 2-day neighborhood-wide event features 200 participating artists inviting you into their studios.
My Dreamy Museum Day Abroad
Last week I returned home to Boston following a two-week vacation that included staying in Barcelona, Paris and London. In London, museums are free to visit, making it easy to just pop in when it suits you.
