Art Miami Weekend

ART MIAMI

Known as Miami’s premiere anchor fair, Art Miami kicks off  the opening day of Art Week — the first week of December when thousands of collectors, dealers, curators, and artists descend upon Miami to experience the string of contemporary and high-energy fairs that the city is known for.

Françoise Nielly

Bio
Growing up in the South of France where she lived between Cannes and Saint-Tropez, is never far from the light, the color sense and the atmosphere that permeates the South of France. This is coupled with her studies with her studies at the Beaux arts and Decorative Arts, and her sense of humor and of celebration.

Françoise Nielly's painting is expressive, exhibiting a brute force, a fascinating vital energy. Oil and knife combine tsculpt her images from a material that is , at the same time, biting and incisive, charnel and sensual. Whether she paints the human body or portraits, the artist takes a risk : her painting is sexual, her colors free, exuberant, surprising, even explosive, the cut of her knife incisive, her color pallet dazzling.

Françoise Nielly is a passionate woman who loves life, wide open spaces, sushi, blue lagoons, the Internet, humor, books, Paris, New-york and Vancouver. Resolutely inscribed in her epoch, she is an accomplished artist ; 20 years of artistic expression explain the maturity of her work and the perfect mastery of her art.

She lives and paints in Paris near Montmartre; shows and sells her work in Europe, in Canada and in the United States.

The Amazing World of Carine Brancowitz

A couple of weeks ago my dear friend Amalia Vega shared on Twitter a link, the second I opened that link I completely fell in love with Carine Brancowitz.

Carine Brancowitz is a French illustrator who began working as a junior art director in fashion and trend universe. Her simple line (with few colors and a beautiful sense of composition) is trendy and… very promising.

J'adore son art!

Like Carine Brancowitz on Facebook

www.carinebrancowitz.com

Victor Rodriguez

A couple of months ago someone introduced me to the amazing world of: mexican born artist, Victor Rodriguez. From that moment, I completely fell in love with his amazing hyperrealism compositions. He's definitely one of my favorite artists right now. 

One of my favorites

All of his paintings are acrylic on canvas.

http://web.mac.com/victor.rodriguez/VictorRodriguez/Home.html

Interview with handbag designer Laura Pimentel (LaLucca)

I had the pleasure of interviewing the amazingly talented handbag designer: Laura Pimentel, she combines high-quality materials, passion for design, and an individual point of view to create the dynamic spirit that defines LaLucca. From the moment I saw these bags I fell in love, each piece is beautifully constructed with the softest leathers and saturated with rich colors, for the woman who's not afraid to be different.

1.Who's LaLucca?
LaLucca is a handbag brand from Miami, FL. Our handbags are designed for the chic and modern woman whose accessories design statements that make an outfit. We have two lines our signature leather handbags and our one of a kind hand painted artbags, they strike the perfect balance between function, fashion and art. They’re gallery worthy yet transition seamlessly into any wardrobe.


2.Describe the first thing you ever designed: 
The first thing I designed was my dream veterinary clinic while I was in school. Wasn’t even thinking I would end up in the accessories industry. 


3.Describe your style in one sentence:
Undefined 


4.Favorite item of your collection?

The Pompom

5.Which designer do you admire the most?
Stella McCartney 


6.Biggest achievement:
Being able to work on what I love.


7.A city:
Barcelona


8.A book:
Eleven Minutes, Paulo Coelho 


9.A quote:
"In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different". Coco Canel 


10.What's next for LaLucca?
More exciting collections!


11.Tell us something we might not know about you:
Animal Lover
Love going to the movies specially to see chick flicks 

"Many designers are using print on their designs, but we want to make something different. Every bag is a new idea, a new painting made for the specific bag. When you have a LaLucca Art Bag, that print is exclusively yours- nobody will have your design". -Laura Pimentel 

www.lalucca.com

info@lalucca.com

305.579.3150