April Art Show

Cabana Home- Santa Barbara April Art Show 

Featuring Art by: Steve Schmidt & Davis Birks

Steve Schmidt is a Southern California native who works with found objects, re-contextualizing and transforming them into minimalist sculptural forms rooted in time and place. Schmidt's pieces are firmly connected to the overlapping heritages of assemblage and found art, yet are focused on creating a heightened awareness  of the impact of industrial materials on our contemporary world.  Using accumulation as a strategy, he collects materials to produce his artwork from his surroundings which are often cast-offs from our consumer society.  That said, Schmidt seeks out the ultimate transformation of these materials into transcendent, beguiling objects that challenge our viewer to recover the materials humble sources.  Schmidt has exhibited extensively in California in both solo and group exhibitions. 

Blackboard #11

Permanent Ink and acrylic behind Plexiglas 

47 x 47" 
$7,500

Carved Spiral #7 

Carved Plexiglas

50 x 50" 

$7,500

Carved Spiral #21

Carved Plexiglas 

40 x 40" 

$4,500

Spiral #71 

Permanent ink and acrylic paint on canvas

46 1/8 x 44 1/8"

$7,500

Born in Seattle, Davis Birks chose his profession as an artist at the age of nine. Moving to Mexico after completing his studies at Arizona State University, Birks settled in Guadalajara in 1987. His career there during sixteen years has been punctuated with polemic exhibitions. His art, method of working and participation in that cultural community have made a significant impact, influencing younger and older artists alike. His exhibitions include major museums and galleries in Mexico, as well as galleries and museums in the United States and Europe. His work can be found in the collections of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Museum of Fine Arts, Guadalajara. Birks lives and works in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Gyre #2

Plastic containers zip ties over metal structure 

44 x 44 x 17" 

$3,800

Gyre #4 

Plastic containers, zip ties over metal structure

39 x 39 x 19

$3,800

Untitled #3 

Graphite on paper

47.25 x 32"

$1,500

Untitled #4 

Graphite on paper 

47.25 x 32"

$1,500

Fashion vs. Furnishings- Chevron Stripe

The chevron stripe has been very popular in the fashion world.  You can find the chevron strip on pillows, throws, furniture, and clothing! 

In Fashion: 

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Fashion vs. Furnishings: Orange the New Neutral

Neiman Marcus introduces its new trend Orange- The New Neutral!

Right off the runway for Spring 2013, Stella McCartney designed the Colorblock Plisee Dress!

"She may be Paul McCartney's daughter, but Stella McCartney earned her way into the ranks of fashion's most elite designers. She learned tailoring while working on London's Savile Row, did an internship with Christian Lacroix, and served as creative director at Chloe (succeeding none other than Karl Lagerfeld). She launched her own label in 2001 and has made her mark with sweet and sophisticated designs that reflect both her signature style and her personal philosophy by incorporating a natural confidence and consciously avoiding all use of leather and fur."  -Neiman Marcus

Here is some of Cabana Home's works incorporating orange!

With spring approaching soon, it's important to know the how to make the seasons tastiest desserts, this week we have chosen:

Berry Cobbler! 

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ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted
• 3 cups fresh blueberries
• 1/3 cup sugar
• Vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt (optional)

directions

1. In a medium mixing bowl, combine flour, the 1/2 cup sugar, and the baking powder. Add milk and melted butter; stir until just combined.
2. Spread the batter in a greased 8x8x2-inch baking dish (2-quart square). Scatter blueberries evenly over batter. Sprinkle evenly with the remaining 1/3 cup sugar.
3. Bake the cobbler in a 350 degree F oven for 40 to 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the cake portion near the center comes out clean.
4. Serve the dessert warm with ice cream or frozen yogurt, if you like. Makes 10 servings.

nutrition facts

(Berry Easy Cobbler)
Servings Per Recipe 10, cal. (kcal) 204, sodium (mg) 128, carb. (g) 35, Fat, total (g) 7, chol. (mg) 18

This Recipe is provided by Midwest Living:

http://www.midwestliving.com/

Piece of the Week: Mohawk Pillow

We ordered some ombre haired pillows for the showroom, little did we know that one would end up with a mohawk! We embraced its wildness and it became one of the hottest pieces on the floor with people stopping to admire the pillow's bold hairstyle.

Fashion vs. Furnishings: Ombre

The exact translation of the French word "Ombre" means "Light to Dark" in English. The Huffignton Post quoted the Ombre Hairstyle as the "Hairtrend Hollywood Can't Live Without". The Ombre fashion trend  is seen in hairstyles, clothing, nailpolish, scarfs, cakes and Jewelry, it has also spilled into furnishings and art. At Cabana Home, we currently have ombre pillows, throws and accessories.

In Fashion:

Rachel Bilson

Lilly Aldridge

Ombre Wedding Dresses and Cakes

Scarfs

Ombre Nail polish

Furnishings

3 Velvet Ombre Pillows

Ombre Pillow

Stripped Ombre Throw

Mohawk Ombre Pillow

Green Ombre Throw

Art by R. Nelson Parrish

Art by Ruth Pastine

Art by Ruth Pastine

Art by Ruth Pastine

Gift Idea: Soap on a Rope

The Soap on a Rope is one of the hot picks at Cabana Home, it’s known to sell out  within days of new shipments.  This is perfect for a filler item for a gift basket, or care package.

January Art Show

Cabana Home is featuringR. NELSON PARRISH and RUTH PASTINE.

Reacting to Southern California living, Alaskan R. Nelson Parrish voices his work through color. Drawing from skiing, surfing, and auto racing, Parrish uses personal experience as a source material for the creation of objects comprised of resin, pigment resin, racing stripes, wood and fiberglass. The resulting works are hybrid of painting and sculpture. They seek to be a visual translation of the kinetic movement experienced through adrenaline sports and the rapid advancement of high speed technology. Ultimately Parrish seeks to meld these emotions, and seemingly disparate elements, and consider the question of natural verses synthetic.

Ruth Pastine was born and raised in New York City. In 2001 she relocated to Southern California, where she currently works and resides. Today, Pastine continues to explore and evolve the concept of Minimalist theory. Through her work, color and light are reduced to their most elemental form; thousands of tiny brush strokes appear visually seamless, producing an image that is both objective and dematerialized. Challenging our preconceptions, Pastine explores the subtle character of color. Pastine's manipulation of color, light and matter questions the visual experience and redefines the perceptual field.