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One day, not long ago, I walked into a dentist’s office waiting room and sat down on a very uncomfortable plastic chair. I opened my...

As I’ve mentioned previously, as a wallcovering designer I logged in a lot of time visiting Bloomingdale’s department store in New York...

In addition to expressing themselves through their painting, there are many artists who also have interesting thoughts and opinions to...

I spent my childhood in Youngstown, Ohio. I know. Youngstown. Well, at one time, Y-Town had a heyday. It was once a thriving metropolis,...

I still feel very bad about this. It wasn’t intentional of course. what happened. I meant no malice, but I still feel guilty....

I have always admired the legendary fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg. She established a fashion empire entirely from scratch which...

“Fake or Fortune?” is the title of an amazing television show from Britain. In the program, seasoned experts explore the process of...

Over the years, I have been to New York City many times, visiting clients, researching design trends, buying and selling fabric and...

I have painted quite a few murals. The process is always different, depending on the subject matter, the venue, and the clients with whom...

Painting a mural usually requires that I enter someone else's space, usually in a private home, and go there for a week or two or three,...

When I tell people I design wallpaper and fabrics, they always comment that they never realize someone actually creates those designs,...

At the WallTex design studio, the designers sat in small cubicles in a large office space. Adjacent to the design studio, separated by...

August 7, 2021 Grigori Stepanyants was a Russian artist, who was born in Odessa in 1937 and emigrated to the United States in 1976. He...

"NYC 6th Street" by Grigori Stepanyants, 1977 When I met with Grigori Stepanyants to discuss my portrait, he was accompanied by his...

Time went by. Over the next few years, I never forgot that at one time, I was having my portrait painted by a celebrated artist, who had...

July 24, 2021 As a lifelong painter and textile designer, I have covered a lot of subject matter but had never tried my hand at...