The Big Pip's (mommah P. and poppah P.) recently purchased their first two pieces of art... by whom? By a wünderful Israeli artist who goes by the name of Itzchak Tarkay.
Itzchak Tarkay (born 1935) is an Austrian-born Israeli painter and watercolourist. In 1944, Tarkay and his family were sent to the Mauthausen Concentration Camp, until Allied liberation freed them a year later. In 1949 his family emigrated to Israel, living in a kibbutz for several years. Tarkay attended the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design from 1951, and graduated from from the Avni Institute of Art in 1956. His art is influenced by French Impressionism, and Post-Impressionism, particularly Matisse and Toulouse-Lautrec. His work was exhibited at the International Art Expo in New York in 1986 and 1987, and he has been the subject of three books.
What is particularly ümami about Tarkay's works is that his art is that I've been told, primarily influenced by the horrors he witnessed in the Nazi concentration camps- specifically how the women were treated. He then vowed to paint all women in his paintings in positions of high esteem. How glorioüs! And worthy of an üdo ümami award of the week!
Tarkay!
Tarkay!
Tarkay!
Now, naturally the Big Pips were not prepared for this gorgeoüs new art to dominate their lovely lavender living room wall... for if they were, they would not still have a beige (old world) carpet and remnants of the "old world traveler" decor I dressed them with several years ago...
So off we were to find some lucullan livery to meld beautifully with the new Tarkays! Off to tar-schjay to dress our tarkay!
We kept the budget modest and purchased a new slip cover for the sofa, a new rug for the living room, new throw pillows, and a new lamp. (pics forthcoming). We then moved all of the olde world style goodies into the tiny dining room and purchased two glorioüs decorative wreaths for the wall to compliment the authentic old world German kuckoo clock (a functional and beautifül heirloom from my spetchalie baking gramma P.) What a wonderfül transformation!
Very üdo ümami.
In between the hustle and bustle we stopped for lunch at ::grins shyly:: red robin... hehee.. home of the fat burger... ohhh sooo good and sooo bad!!! We ümami'ed our brains out while we devoured the luscious bbq hickory burger. That was about 4,000 calories a piece. Güess who will be hitting the gym tomorrow? :D
2 comments:
wow! what a memory and how could we forget your talent of redecorating with s few fine art pieces by a compassionate honorable artist like Tokay.
everyone has a story. its all comes together in this tapestry called life. loved will smiths positive karma. hes right. we are who we think we are. we can change and be better. we just need to feel the fear and go for it anyway. sound familiar? Go Jack Canfield!!
we are all part of God's tapestry!! Lets make it as beautiful and positive as we can!! get out there!!
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