A big part of design, in art of any kind, is the study of the Iconic.
I've recently been in San Francisco, and while its physical beauty is undeniable, what really hits me this trip is something beyond beauty. It's this Iconic characteristic -- so elusive, yet as I head into my studio to start the process of designing my next Collection, Iconic is a characteristic I'm thinking lots about.
Iconic is a sense, a feeling - it's something that captures the imagination, once and for all. San Francisco has snagged the heart and creative soul of so many of my favorite people; they come, they stay!
As Rudyard Kipling once said: "San Francisco has only one drawback - ’tis hard to leave."
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| A favorite oil painting of a hilly street looking down at the Marina in San Francisco |
My relationship with San Francisco began when I was young. Almost every summer, my mom put me on a plane to spend time with her close childhood friend, Linda Bacon McBurney.
Mom and Linda shared the artistic muse. And yet, with that muse, they went very different directions, Mom to Dallas to pursue the rigor of interiors, and Linda - west - to bohemia, to live the painter's life.
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| Linda's studio, always so inspiring to me. |
It was through Linda's lens that San Francisco came alive for me, from age 9 onward. I was absorbed into the fabric of her incredible artistic, fun and funky family, and I am sure that her influence is alive in my designs to this day.
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| "Might as well smile", oil on linen by Linda Bacon |
This trip, I came to San Francisco with my own art, and the privilege of being hosted by Linda, her daughter Starrs, and Marcy, another friend from those old San Francisco summers. They brought me into their world to show my art, my jewelry.
What goes around, comes around!
Feel beautiful!
Elizabeth
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| With Starrs and Marcy, then and now! |
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