Italian Dreams & Memories...

Classic and Modern Italian Furniture... Renaissance Collection here

Modern Contemporary Leather Collection here
Da Vinci Collection here
Modern Contemporary White here

I think I would like to dream in the Da Vinci room... the classical style is more suited to me... I want to feel like a princess... this room looks like it could be in a palazzo, sì?

And... Speaking of Italian Dreams... Here are some of my paintings... actually handpainted bookmarks... inspired from photographs I took on my trip to Northern Italia...
Uffizi Cycle... Available $10... shipping included... EMAIL ME and it's YOURS... only 1 available!
Italian Laundry... Available $10... shipping included... EMAIL ME and it's YOURS... only 1 available!
Along the Arno... Available $10... shipping included... EMAIL ME and it's YOURS... only 1 available!
Couple Riding in the Piazza... SOLD!
Tuscan Vineyard... Available $10... shipping included... EMAIL ME and it's YOURS... only 1 available!

This painting is MINE but NOT from my travels... but from a group of 8 friends... you know who you are... I found you via Angie... yes, I know Angie is one of the travelers as well.

SOLD to one of the 8 friends!

Photo via Eight Friends in Italy

Aww... MEMORIES... Where did you spend time that you have such wonderful memories?

An Italian Courtyard to Remember...

This painting was commissioned by fellow blogger My Life Today...While on a holiday to Italy... Angie spent many wonderful hours drinking wine and nibbling yummies in this fabulous Villa Caselline courtyard... she wanted a painting to remember these lovely hours... so she emailed me a photo... asked if I could add wine, olives, cheese, etc to a painting of her photograph...
See it on her wall amongst all her wonderous travel momentos...She loved the painting so much... she wanted to share it with her fellow travellers... so she also commissioned me to paint five bookmarks similar to her painting... one to keep and four to give as gifts... what a FABULOUS present to receive!
The front and the back of each bookmark is hand-painted... and ribbon is attached to each one once they are varnished... how FUN to be able to have a work of art that go with you anywhere!

Do you have a photo from one of your travels that you would like to have painted?

Commissions are welcome! I LOVE TO PAINT!

More from the Bay...

Postcard... wish you were here...
Maybe on the Spa patio...Enter the lovely Balboa Bay Club & Resort and ENJOY the surroundings...

All paintings in this posting are by moi, Fifi! Hope your Sunday is filled with Warmth and Cool Breezes! ENJOY!!!

Oh Happy Day...

Yummy via BHG...

Yesterday was spent on the ocean... a glorious day in the sun on a boat with friends and my family... laughing, drinking libations, eating delicious food and enjoying fireworks!

Fifi wiggled her toes, sitting on the front of the boat, watching a 4th of July Parade in the Newport Harbour...

Nice little home on the harbour... rumour has it that this home is for sale and belongs to Nick Cages... hmmmm...

And While Fifi plays...

and enjoys a FABULOUS day... four of her paintings were purchased by one person... a Mini Fifi Gallery!

I would say I had a LOVELY LOVELY DAY... How was your day?

The Patriot Cottage...

In celebration of the USA's Independence Day... I painted the red, white and blue cottage...

$50 + $5 shipping or matted & framed $100 + $10 shipping EMAIL ME

Photos are via a BHG email...

HAPPY 4TH of JULY... ENJOY a day of FUN and a night filled with FIREWORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pretty Prep for Holiday...

"Girlee Bath for Daisy" painted by moi in honour of Daisy Pink Cupcake... she was searching for the right painting for her newly revamped bathroom and I came up with this...

7 x 7 original acrylic on archival paper... matted and framed on sale in MY ETSY STORE

And to tie this in with my Interior Design... I have been working on a bathroom remodel project for a client... searching through books I have found many different styles... for this post I selected romantic/feminine...

New Country Style by Country Home...Art of Accessorizing by Christi Carter...
French Country by Buchholz and Skolnik...
French Influence by Betty Lou Phillips...

Lovely bathrooms to get ready for parties, wedding, dates, galas, etc... Those of you not in the USA, what are you doing to get ready for the weekend? USA, what are you doing to get ready for the 4th of July... Pedicured toes with painted on fireworks? Red, white and blue fingernails? Fun new hairdo? New swimsuit... sandals... sundress?

Part Deux of Fifi's Home Gallery...

Reproductions of French artists...

My study of French Fauve painter Raoul Dufy... "Interieur a la Fenetre" 1930... this is the painting I wake up to every morning as I open my eyes to greet the new day... the painting is 4' x 5' acrylic on canvas... it is like a window to my France!

My study of French Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot, one of the few well-known women painters of this period... "Villa by the Seaside" 1874 ... this painting hangs in my dining room... 18" x 24" acrylic on canvas

My version of a famous French poster by Albert Bergevin ... I changed the setting to Paris... the original painting is set at St. Michel "Avranches, Normandy" 1910... mine is titled "Champ de Mar"... this painting and the painting ( just below) hang in my kitchen.... both are 8" x 10" acrylic on canvas

Study of my study of Raoul Dufy ... my title "Le Sud de France"

My study of Auguste Renoir... "Luncheon of the Boating Party" 1881... however, you will see that I have made a major modification... I removed all the men from the scene and titled it "Luncheon des Femmes" 2001... this 16" x 18" acrylic on canvas painting hangs in my bar area.

This is my current study... another famous French poster... this will hang over my bar and will be a 36" x 48" acrylic on canvas. I will post when complete... I can't wait!

I always say... if you can't afford them... paint them! If you can't paint them... find someone who will... reproduction PAINTINGS are much better than posters or brushed canvas reproductions. Works of art are a home decor must!

Summer Entertaining...

via CB2 email... I painted a party at my house... only I don't really have a pool... but if I did... it might look like this...

$50 + $5 shipping or matted & framed $100 + $10 shipping EMAIL ME

cayman dessert plate ...


verde dinnerware ...

moab dinnerware ...

trois plates...

wilma dinnerware ...

In the Good ol' Summertime...

Outdoor parties... Dinnerware with new FUN shapes and colours... Do you have a party planned or several parties planned? Or do you prefer to go to parties where you are the guest with NO clean up?