The Egg People

Last summer, Cooper and I bought ourselves a housewarming gift (we like to give ourselves presents): a painting called the Drinknapper. The artist is the wife of Cooper's hair stylist (yes, stylist) and the painting is extremely cool. It shows two "egg people" embroiled in some drama involving a martini. The colors are bright - turquoise, pink, green - and it is definitely the centerpiece of our kitchen. I love it.

Last night, Cooper got his hair cut. When he got home, he showed me this web site. Apparently it's pretty old - I know for a fact that some of those pictures have been sold, as we tried to buy one of them - but it is still cool. In person, though, totally cooler. The big paintings are REALLY big and when you see them in a restaurant or bar (we've been to two shows) they're sort of subtly dominant. They are so big that you can't help but notice them, but the colors and texture (they're VERY smooth and the lines are crisp) keep them from feeling overbearing or imposing.

Plus, the artist is super, super nice. Which is just icing, really.