Wine and a Book: A Room With A View by E.M. Forster. Part 2: The Gothic statue that is Cecil Vyse

As one of Forster’s most beloved novels, “A Room With a View”, published in 1908, is in many ways not … More

Wine and a Book: A Room With a View by E.M. Forster. Part 1: Lucy in a muddle

As one of Forster’s most beloved novels, “A Room With a View”, published in 1908, is in many ways not … More

Designing a Book Cover in 3 Acts. Act 3: Letting Go

I’ve had the great pleasure of designing the cover art for Brian Metters’ new book: “It’s Not About The Wine! … More

Designing a Book Cover in 3 Acts. Act 2: Drafting

I’ve had the great pleasure of designing the cover art for Brian Metters’ new book: “It’s Not About The Wine! … More

Designing a Book Cover in 3 Acts. Act 1: Brainstorming

I’ve had the great pleasure of designing the cover art for Brian Metters’ new book: “It’s Not About The Wine! … More

Wine and a Movie: Breakfast at Tiffany’s

How do you become an icon in the 60s by playing the role of a prostitute guised as a quirky … More

Blank Canvas

There it is, right in front of you: pristine and untouched. You have an idea in your head of what … More

Painting Pleasure, Drinking Design

Renoir’s Luncheon of the Boating Party (Le Déjeuner des Canotiers) affords one the rare pleasure of looking in on the … More

Assembly Required Part 2: Cubism, Mrs. Dalloway and Writing About Wine

What cubist painters did in transforming the way we look at things and think about paintings, Virginia Woolf did for … More

Assembly Required Part 1: Cubism, Mrs. Dalloway and writing about wine

The great advantage of a painting is that its expression is contained within the frame of a simultaneous whole. When … More