17th Nov. '08 • Color as a Profession • Tags: speaker kate smith
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I’ll be speaking on Wednesday on “Color Trends: Influences and Inspirations” at the prestigious Congressional Country Club just outside of Washington, DC.
I myself am a member of Capital Speakers Club so am most honored to have been asked to speak about my favorite topic–COLOR–as the primary speaker at our monthly luncheon. (more…)
13th Nov. '08 • Interior & Exterior Color • Tags: Interior Inspiration, speaker kate smith
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This morning was my presentation of “Using Color to Create Moods in Your Home” for the Friends of the Larchmont Library. It was fun and the audience asked some great questions.
When I mentioned I would be giving a talk there some people seemed a bit surprised but I enjoy smaller audiences where you can connect in a relaxed setting. It gives me insight into what people find helpful and what they want to know about color.
It seems I’m not the only one that enjoys these venues. Ten days ago the speaker was Peter Kaplan, editor of the New York Observer (more…)
8th Nov. '08 • Color as a Profession • Tags: CMG
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Today I’m involved in the Color Marketing Group’s New Member Training so not much time to post.
I love to meet new members and hear all about their Views on Hues.
Above are boards that Ken Charbonneau, CMG used to illustrate his presentation in the morning session.
Hope you have a very fun and colorful Halloween!
This holiday design is by Wynne Hanner and Bryan Chandler took the photo. Thanks to Bryan for sending me this holiday greeting from San Frightcisco (more…)
Off to NeoCon East but will be back tomorrow to begin reporting on what I saw. (more…)
24th Oct. '08 • Color in Art • Tags: vincent van gogh
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Van Gogh certainly has an emotional impact to his color choices. Who else could evoke night time using a yellow sky?
Through January 5th, you can view many of Van Gogh’s beautifully evocative paintings. ‘Colors of the Night’ is showing at the Museum of Modern Art on West 54th Street in Manhattan. (more…)
23rd Oct. '08 • Color in Art • Tags: apartment therapy
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When I presented at the Apartment Therapy meet up earlier this month I met Rachael Grad one of their DC writers. I immediately liked Rachael but when I learned that she had recently given up law to pursue her passion for art I knew I had found a kindred spirit.
As many of you know quite a few years ago I gave up my lucrative corporate position in order to regain a bit sanity in my hectic life as a single mom and to focus completely on color. At the time most of my friends and family thought I had lost my mind but it has turned out to be one of the best decision I ever made. I bet some people thought the same thing when they found out what Rachael was up to but all it takes is (more…)
18th Oct. '08 • Interior & Exterior Color • Tags: color consulting, paint for home
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Today I headed to Bethesda to see my friend Karen Lukinson present her thoughts on colors for home interiors at the regional library.
Karen has a color consulting business called Newton Lights. The company namesake is Sir Isaac Newton who demonstrated that white light is the combination of all of the colors of the rainbow. (more…)
10th Oct. '08 • Understanding Color • Tags: nature
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The development, use, and perception of color is the subject of a new exhibit at the Harvard Museum of Natural History called “Language of Color,” which runs until September 2009. 
“Language of Color” examines not just the uses of color for camouflage, mating, and warning, it also examines the structure of color, highlighting how the color blue, for example, is not made from pigments, (more…)
8th Oct. '08 • Interior & Exterior Color • Tags: color combination, color for your home, color scheme, paint for home
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Just as summer transitioned into autumn my son was born and each year his birthday punctuates the moment when I’m finally willing to let summer slip away into the crisp, cooler days of fall.
This is a picture of me as a new mother enjoying my son, fall colors, and soft sunshine outside of Chattanooga, TN where we lived at the time he was born. I think TJ is about a week or so old and he looks so small you’d never know he weighed in at just under 10 pounds when he was born.
TJ’s birthday has always come complete with a picture perfect autumn day and (more…)
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