Ideal Bookshelf

Ideal Bookshelf 361: GAM

Ideal Bookshelf 361: GAM
2011 / 8"x10" / gouache & ink on paper

Ideal Bookshelf 262: RS

Ideal Bookshelf 262: RS
2011 / 8"x8" / gouache & ink on paper

Ideal Bookshelf 227: KE

Ideal Bookshelf 227: KE
2011 / 8"x10" / gouache & ink on paper

Ideal Bookshelf 226: ES & SP

Ideal Bookshelf 226: ES & SP
2011 / 8"x10" / gouache & ink on paper

Ideal Bookshelf 217: DEH

Ideal Bookshelf 217: DEH
2011 / 8"x8" / gouache & ink on paper

Ideal Bookshelf 163: CM-G

Ideal Bookshelf 163: CM-G
2010 / 9"x12" / gouache & ink on paper

Ideal Bookshelf 145: LBT

Ideal Bookshelf 145: LBT
2010 / 9"x12" / gouache & ink on paper

Ideal Bookshelf 121: CS

Ideal Bookshelf 121: CS
2010 / 8"x10" / gouache & ink on paper

Ideal Bookshelf 116: MJ

Ideal Bookshelf 116: MJ
2010 / 8"x10" / gouache & ink on paper

Ideal Bookshelf 93: CRH

Ideal Bookshelf 93: CRH
2010 / 9"x12" / gouache & ink on paper

GH commissioned this for his wife's 40th birthday. It's hard to tell in the scan above, but there's a lovely rhythm of gold type and accents running throughout the books.

Ideal Bookshelf 80: GW

Ideal Bookshelf 80: GW
2010 / 9"x12" / gouache & ink on paper

I consider George one of my best friends ever, even though we don't see each other in person very often, despite living in the same city. I value his opinion highly; whenever I start a new project of some sort, I wonder, "What would George think about this?" and often improve things based on the answer. We went to college together, where I dated his best friend and he dated the girl who would eventually become my first roommate in Manhattan (and would later marry Steve Martin). Later on George and his wife Jen and I all worked together at Bolt. Now he is the chef and owner of egg in Williamsburg, where the line for a weekend table stretches around the block. He and Jen and their two beautiful blond daughters also have a farm upstate where they grow much of the produce for egg.

These are the books he feels contributed to who he is today.

Ideal Bookshelf 65: MS

Ideal Bookshelf 65: MS
2010 / 8"x10" / gouache & ink on paper

Meg Scheminske lives in Portland, Oregon. This piece was one of four I painted for a show she curated at Milepost 5. The theme was "I Want To Feel At Home Here," so I painted the books of several folks who call PDX home.

Ideal Bookshelf 61: JEM

Ideal Bookshelf 61: JEM
2010 / 9"x12" / gouache & ink on paper

AC sent these books for a custom painting for her mother. I never heard if/how either of them like it, but, I hope so, of course.