Douglas Newby Insights - Page 25
Celebration
April 21st has always been one of my favorite days. It is the day the Dallas Commissioner’s Court designated for Margaret McDermott Day and the Dallas Morning News editorial page lauded the day and the many contributions of Margaret McDermott and the spirit she infused in Dallas. Also, it is the birthday of Queen Elizabeth, who I admire with increasing intensity. The Queen has an incredible sense of the public and her service is understated considering what she does and how much she does. Also, the Queen and the royal family have created incredible branding. The House of Windsor is a totally made-up name in the last 100 years or so. This April 21st is also Easter, which makes the day this year even more fun and significant. Happy April 21! *Celebration
#Easter #MargaretMcDermottDay #QueenElizabethBirthday #dallas #joyspotting
Architecture Propels Faith
Architect Mark Lemmon designed this Methodist Chapel on the SMU campus in University Park. Sacred spaces invoke a tranquility and appeal that goes beyond their specific discipline. Here the chapel is used for a Catholic Easter vigil starting with lighting of the candles for a procession into the chapel. We see the cathedral of Notre Dame attract more visitors than the Eiffel Tower. Recently, we have seen nonpracticing Catholics and nonbelievers on their knees or weeping at the site of the fire. The sorrow expressed went beyond the loss of architecture and went directly to the faith and feelings that this architecture propelled for so many. I have always loved sacred architecture, whether it is imaginative, modern, or steeped in historical tradition, shiny or rustic. My favorite sacred space is where a birch bark cross, bound together, was placed on the point of a peninsula protruding into a small glacial lake surrounded by virgin forest. Birch bark-covered logs provided the seating and white faded stones lined the path to this transformative spot. Simple or elaborate, architecture and design does more than house or protect, it nourishes.
#Chapel #EasterVigil #SMU #UniversityPark #SMUChapel #CatholicService #Easter #Worship #LightingOfCandles #Dallas #Neighborhood #UniversityParkNeighborhood #SacredSpace #MarkLemmon #Design #Architecture #Architect #SMUCampus #Faith
Reclaim Palm Springs
Palm Springs would do well to reclaim the vibe conveyed in this 1990s shoot of 1950s Palm Springs. Dallas may no longer have cattle drives through the region, but it still has boots, buckles, and swagger. There is still iconography and a vibe in Texas that continues. Most of the mid-century Palm Springs hotels are gone, but the vibe of Palm Springs should continue. My recommendation is to place these Thom Jackson photographs of Chandra North in every major Palm Springs hotel, the vistors bureau, and Palm Springs promotional material. The 1950s and 1990s are decades of growth and change. It was a time of underlying elegance, sophistication, and fun. These Thom Jackson shot photographs of Chandra North show these aspirational qualities are timeless. *Reclaim Palm Springs
#PalmSprings #Dallas #CraigheadGreenGallery #DallasArtFair @ChandraNorthOfficial #ChandraNorth #ThomJackson @tjphotodtx #DesignDistrict #DallasNeighborhood #Photography #Fashion #FashionPhotography #Retro #Design #Model #FashionModel #PhotoShoot
Palm Springs in Dallas
Photographer Thom Jackson and model Chandra North reminisce about their photography shoot in Palm Springs 30 years ago. This retro shoot for American Airlines brought attention to Palm Springs in 1990 and brings attention to Palm Springs now. It also brings attention to the Craighead Green Gallery where these photographs are exhibited and brings attention to Dallas. The talent of photographer Thom Jackson and beauty of Chandra North demonstrates that fashion, photography, and art show best in Dallas. *Palm Springs in Dallas
#PalmSprings #Dallas #CraigheadGreenGallery #DallasArtFair @ChandraNorthOfficial #ChandraNorth #ThomJackson @tjphotodtx #DesignDistrict #DallasNeighborhood #Photography #Fashion #FashionPhotography #Retro #Design #Model #FashionModel #PhotoShoot
Small House Triumphs
This small home on four acres overlooking White Rock Lake is a triumph and testimony for quality architectural renovation design. Architects Ted Larson and Paul Pedigo of Larson & Pedigo reduced the 1939 home to its original 3,600 square feet ten years ago and designed the renovation that has continued to attract families to raise their children in the home. In this era where even 12,000 square foot homes are being torn down after 20 years, this 80-year-old 3,600 square foot home reflecting the architecture of its period survives. One can never underestimate the importance of a vision for a home and quality design and renovation. Sited on land with far more value than most lots where 10,000 square foot homes are being torn down, this home remains. This spring the third family with children purchased the home and will keep the original 3,600 square foot architectural footprint intact. These buyers were attracted to the refined and sophisticated materials, finishes, and craftsmanship that enhance the elegance and relaxed lakehouse feel of the home. The renovation design immerses the home on the site and provides full views of the lake, the spectacular terraced land, trees, and gardens. The owners that originally renovated the home had a vision that a 1930s home typical of the era could be enhanced by accentuating its merit rather than conspicuously modifying its architecture. The second family continued to groom the four acres of land to make it even more enjoyable and enticing for their family. Now, the third family with children, since the renovation, is able to fully enjoy the architectural and landscape contributions of their predecessors. A home on
White Rock Lake is more than just a home. It is about the benefits and tranquility of the lake. When someone says a house should be torn down because the land is so valuable, this is a good example of a small home where three successive families with ample resources celebrated the land with a small house design renovation. *Small House Triumphs
#SmallHouseLargeLand #Preservation #Architecture #Architect #LarsonAndPedigo #Design #WhiteRockLake #Dallas #DallasNeighborhood #PeriodHome #Renovation #Historic
Dallas Gallery Excels
At the Dallas Art Fair, collectors are introduced to galleries around the world. Also, art collectors from around the world are introduced to Dallas art galleries. The Valley House Gallery with the insightful presence of gallerists Cheryl and Kevin Vogel, in a prime location on the second floor, exhibits several sought-after artists like Mary Vernon and Sedrick Huckaby shown here. The energy of Dallas galleries, including Conduit, Liliana Bloch, and many others next to San Francisco, New York, and European galleries is contagious. Walking the halls, you will see drifting in and out of the galleries sophisticated collectors, museum directors, and art lovers. Dallas at the end of the 21st century second decade is becoming what the Chicago Art Fair at the Navy Pier was in the last decade of the 21st century. *Dallas Gallery Excels
#DallasArtFair #ChicagoArtFair #MaryVernon #SedrickHuckaby @ValleyHouseGallery #Gallerists #ArtFair #Dallas #Downtown #DowntownDallas #Art #Artists #Painting #ArtGallery #Gallery #ArtExhibition #MuseumDirector #ArtMuseum
Art Fair Begins
If you live in a neighborhood north of downtown, just follow the moon until you see the Fairmont Hotel in downtown Dallas and you will be at the entrance of the Dallas Art Fair. Galleries are taking the Dallas Art Fair more seriously, as are the art collectors. The work exhibited has a great range of price and relevance and is well curated and displayed. International artists are introduced or reintroduced to collectors. Interestingly, galleries from both coasts bring work of Dallas artists that they show in their galleries to share with the international audience that comes to the Dallas Art Fair. This Art Fair in Dallas is such a nice way to acquaint oneself with a great amount of art and artists in a short amount of time. The Dallas Art Fair also provides the opportunity to spend quality time with many of the top gallerists from across the country and around the world. The best news is the Dallas galleries hold their own! *Art Fair Begins
#DallasArtFair #Dallas #Downtown #DowntownDallas #FairmontHotel #DallasFairmontHotel
#Art #Artists #Gallerists #ArtGallery #DowntownNeighborhood #DallasNeighborhood
#Architecture
Black and White?
Artist Linnea Glatt has always impressed me with her work. It is geometric, precise, organized, symmetrical, sequential, balanced, and correct. But, as you can see, this mounted sculpture has soft tactile edges. This linear piece creates undulating shadows and then your eye is taken back to the black and white contrast the artist created. Here artist Linnea Glatt has created a sculpture that presents itself as a statement of black and white, but is so much more. You can see recent work of Linnea Glatt at the Monumental II exhibition @BarryWhistlerGallery that opens April 6th. * Black and White?
@linnea_glatt #LinneaGlattArtist @BarryWhistlerGallery #BarryWhistlerGallery #GalleryOpening #Artist #Art #Design #Architecture #Architect #DesignDistrict #DallasNeighborhood #Dallas #ArtExhibition #tremontartists
Orr Art
Life can be just life Orr so much more—it can be art. Artist Tom Orr’s work for this Monumental II show opening @BarryWhistlerGallery is just that. Tom Orr works large, strong, and with finesse. I have long been impressed with how well his work stands up to time. Like his work today, his pieces from decades ago are still inviting and compelling. Good art like good architecture does not waver out of a trend line rendering it out of date, it becomes more centered on enduring design fostering even greater appreciation. You will enjoy seeing recent work of Tom Orr when the Monumental II exhibition opens April 6th at the Barry Whistler Gallery. * Orr Art
@TomOrrArt #BarryWhistlerGallery #GalleryOpening #Artist #Art #Design #Architecture #Architect #DesignDistrict #DallasNeighborhood #Dallas #ArtExhibition #TomOrrArist
Academic Set Back
In the distance, framed through the allée of live oaks on the median of SMU’s Bishop Bouevard, is the domed Dallas Hall. This architectural icon of SMU higher learning was set back from the entrance of SMU almost as an academic lure or academic destiny. Now it looks set back in the distance as an afterthought with the five-story indoor football practice field dominating one’s SMU field of vision. Instead of SMU setting back the indoor practice football field, they set back academics and what SMU stands for. *Academic Set Back
#AcademicSetback #SMU #DallasHall #BishopBoulevard #SMUIndoorFootballField #Architecture #CollegeArchitecturePlan #UniversityArchitecturePlan #AcademicTravesty #Design #Dallas #UniversityPark