There’s something beautiful about infusing a staged home with plants and flowers but with nobody around to live with and tend to these objects, a stager is left to use faux options. There are some great fakes out there that look great and photograph well but manufacturing isn’t great for the environment. This year, though, with all things being shifted, we have decided to do our best to source organic options that will photograph brilliantly and continue looking beautiful long after the photos have been uploaded. Our last few projects have eschewed the faux for simple, architectural options like dried lotus pods, dried globethistle, curly willow, eucalyptus, grasses, assorted dried flowers and pods and recycled strands of glass beads to add texture and beauty to the interior. We will continue to search the globe and our local flea markets for more ideas.
Color/Texture/Light: Terri Burris
This month we are showcasing the work of L.A. based painter, Terri Burris. Her pieces are featured throughout a home that just hit the market at 12000 Marine Dr., L.A. CA 90066
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Terri Burris developed her interest in art at an early age, under the magical guidance of a neighbor who became her first teacher. They spent many hours together, rooting Terri's visions in childhood inspiration for a lifetime. Bolstered in an extensive career in textile, graphic and ceramic design, she returned to her first and greatest love of painting. She intertwines her love of nature, abstraction and design in each of her atmospheric pieces.
Terri paints from focused perspectives of the natural world, filtered and infused with memory and nostalgia. Her palettes emerge directly from her intimate observations of life's minute details. She is inspired by nature, the character of the weather, faith, music and her family. Terri's stunning use of color creates subtle layers of imagery, which is unique to each subject. The textured, moody and poetic pieces incorporate crystallized collage fragments to provoke each individuals own thoughts, feelings, memories and imagination.
Terri is a recipient of the Women Painters West, Imagination Award. She has exhibited at SKGallery in Venice, CA; Bergamot Station in Santa Monica, CA; Long Beach Arts in Long Beach, CA; Fred Segal in Santa Monica, CA; Finegood Gallery in Los Angeles, CA; Don O'Melvney Gallery in West Hollywood, CA, University Gallery in Seattle, WA; and Los Angeles County Museum of Art Rental and Sales Gallery, L.A., CA, among others. She studied at El Camino College and Palomar College in Southern California. She has also studied painting under the direction of Ilana Bloch in Culver City, CA. Terri is currently a published artist represented by Third and Wall Art Group in Seattle, WA, prior to that she was represented by Winn Devon Art Group in Richmond, BC, Canada. Her paintings and prints continue to sell throughout the world.
Terri lives in her native Los Angeles with her greatest inspirations... her husband and son.