Special Guest Post: by Christine Schmidt of Yellow Owl Workshop

Special Guest Post by Christine Schmidt, Yellow Owl Workshop

I have a problem with commitment. Once a project is over I clear off the walls immediately. Time to move on. Looking work age before my eyes is kinda like when you watch a Halloween sitcom episode during Christmas time. Just out of time and time to move on. Here are a few things that always seem to make the cut


I made this maybe a decade ago. It hangs near the window sill where I don’t sit and smoke cigarettes. One day I will see them congratulating each other on a great mystery solved.They still haven’t solved the mystery.



Always at the foot of my computer in different configurations. This is what they look just before they kiss.




I love graph paper. Makes me feel like a scientist. I hang sheets on the wall like a poor-man’s Agnes Martin. Always keep these handy.



Duh. This is beautiful.

Special Guest Post by Christine Schmidt, Yellow Owl Workshop


Editor's Note: Thank you Christine for your perspective this week and introducing us to artists and designs from your part of the world. I really enjoyed your posts!

special Guest Post: by Christine Schmidt of Yellow Owl Workshop

Bon Voyage, Dear Paul
Special Guest Post by Christine Schmidt, Yellow Owl Workshop





Here are some paintings by homeboy, Paul Wackers. One of my first friends from art school is leaving his San Francisco home to make it out east. Track his progress and see more gems at his website, paulwackers.com. Boy has got skills. He recently won the Tournesol Award from the Headland Center for the Arts, but he ain’t above sharing tecates on the roof. Love and Bye bye for now, Paul.




Special Guest Post by Christine Schmidt, Yellow Owl Workshop

special Guest Post: by Christine Schmidt of Yellow Owl Workshop

Yeti Compound West - Day 3
Special Guest Post by Christine Schmidt, Yellow Owl Workshop

Ever oogled interior design spreads of glossy design mags whilst sitting on a moving box that has been functioning as a bedside table/laptop desk for two years? Ever wondered why your meticulously curated coffee table was plagued by unopened mail, fingernail clippers, and half-chewed dog toys? Me?…. No. Never. As a Poppytalk exclusive I present my humble abode: Yeti Compound West.

Occasional Room: Here is the sitting room where we discuss the sad lives of people that watch television. Opera Charades! Name that Critic! ArtForum Trivia! After many brandies Evan tells the story about the Klee etching. We got it for a song at an estate sale (AHH…we were so young!).



Emerald Salon: Complementary colors are the name of this game where we frequently entertain visiting Irish aristocracy. !TIP! Red Food coloring gives Jameson a feminine twist!



Master Bedroom: Bleak German hotel romance. We pushed the beds together after the wedding. !WINK!



Dining Room: Blueberry salad. The lavender china (not shown) would do any standing rib roast proud.



Study aka War Room:
I gave the decorator carte blanche with only two words of inspiration: phalli and Caligula.



You are welcome to join us nightly for dinner at 123Faux Ave. Cocktatils served promptly at 7.

Special Guest Post by Christine Schmidt, Yellow Owl Workshop

Special Guest Post: by Christine Schmidt of Yellow Owl Workshop

Shared Territory - Day2
Special Guest Post by Christine Schmidt, Yellow Owl Workshop

Jan van Eyck has some new century zealots in Richard Coleman and Matt Leines, They both work with meticulous pattern and a self-generated iconography. I think I would like to see an episode where residents of each folk land meet. It would be like a psychedelic “Flintstones meet the Jetsons” or maybe more like “Alien vs. Predator.” A rumbling sea of clashing electric diamonds, mustachios and lions.



Get Matt in portable zine form for 6 bones at Cantab Publishing. Or check out his installation this winter at the Clementine Gallery NYC.



More Coleman visual feasts on his website Cantab Publishing.


Special Guest Post by Christine Schmidt, Yellow Owl Workshop

Special Guest Post: by Christine Schmidt of Yellow Owl Workshop

WAKE UP EYEBALLS - Day 1
Special Guest Post by Christine Schmidt, Yellow Owl Workshop


Hello there. This is Christine Schmidt from Yellow Owl Workshop coming at you from San Francisco. Big thanks to Jan and Earl, my lovely hosts this week!

From my view atop Bernal Heights I can watch the rainbow ships and homes below slough off the grey evening fog. The colors surge backing the morning sun. Although his work has a depth and disconnect belying the eye-searing spectrum, SF’s own Keegan McHargue uses full spectrum beautifully. And he is a cool dude. Can’t swing a painting from Metro Pictures? Yeah, me neither. Gets some Keegan in zine form from Nieves.


Or in monograph a rad store here in SF called Park Life.

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