Inspiration: The Artistry of Photographer Thomas Devaux

Recently a great deal of fine art has caught my attention. I've developed an appreciation for oil and acrylic paintings of various subjects that wouldn't have received a blink from me in the past. There is something magical about colors and textures meshing together to create one figure. Sometimes life even looks like one big oil painting doesn't it? Here is my latest purchase:

Acrylic painting by artist Cyril Gardner from the 1960s

French photographer, Thomas Devaux has captured my eye in the very same way. I am in love with his breathtaking body of work, which he refers to as Technically Mysterious". His technique makes it difficult to label Devaux. Is he an artist? A Photographer? A visionary genius? Here are some selects from his portfolio.

STUNNING!!!!

-CAMILLE

DESIGN: Louise Gray Spring 2010 vs. Jean Michel Basquiat

Is it just me or was Louise Gray studying Basquiat while designing her Spring 2010 collection? Let me know your thoughts.....

No, really. I want to know...

-CAMILLE

INSPIRATION: Weekly Words from the late great Jean-Michel Basquiat

In Italian by Jean-Michel Basquiat 1983

“People have a very short attention span, They’re looking for another artist every six months or year. And it’s really impossible. There’s only twenty good artists in a century.”
- Jean Michel Basquiat to Anthony Haden-Guest in The Real Life of the Art World. Atlantic Monthly Press, 1998.

New technology pops up daily that makes it easier to share our lives with the world on a daily basis. I think it's amazing how quickly trends become global phenomenons all because of our ability to gain instant gratification from Blogs and other online forums.

I love this quote from the late great, deeply missed artist Jean Michel Basquiat.

I thought it was so fitting right now with the current state of fashion and those who care so much about it. But instead of every six months or a year we're looking for the hottest, newest, latest designers and trends on a daily basis. This is energizing, inspiring, and lots of fun. But fashion is an art and we can't forget that. We should appreciate our true artists who don't follow trends but create new ways of viewing what we wear. And we should never underestimate the power of our own personal style. It comes from within and is not a fad but a part of who we are.

-CAMILLE