Our Art Collecting: Fejes, Florencia, Mira, Orlando: 2020

Saturday, July 18, 2020

Florencia Clement de Grandprey

Florencia Clement de Grandprey has been our favorite contemporary artist for awhile. She's local and produces incredible works. Oh, and she's ridiculously charming.

Here's some of our Florencias starting with her mixed media work of Carmen. Here's Florencia with two Carmens (one is mine).

Carmen by florencia clement de grandprey with Carmen

Carmen with Florencia Clement de Grandprey and Carmen

To learn more or try to get your own, there's Florencia's website but also, she has active Facebook and Instagram accounts.

With us, Florencia has stretched her wings a little and created portraits of each of our three kids.

Here's one of our girls shown back when she was in a gallery.

She's also done some cards for us. Want to know more?

Art by Florencia on Facebook

Website:

artbyflorencia.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artbyflorencia/ or @artbyflorencia

Philippe Guillerm: Wood Sculptures

Our house is decorated with some fantastic wood sculptures done by a friend of ours: Philippe Guillerm. His work is totally amazing. Technically, I can't imagine how he does it, the craftsmanship just astounding and the impact on me is thrilling everytime I look at them.

Sadly for us, he moved from Ft Lauderdale to Maine about a decade ago so we don't get to see him, his wife, and kids anymore. Still, we live with his sculptures.

phillippe guillerm sculpture

For instance, there's one Phillippe Guillerm sculpture made as a small commission of Ed Mouse, the Educational Mouse.

Mira of South Beach

Mira is a Miami artist who paints furniture and paintings. I originally bought a table with four chairs that she did. I bought them in an auction from an estate sale in Pompano Beach in the summer of 202004.

Now have six chairs, two of which are are in-the-style of Mira but are originals by us. Here are the pictures. I'm a little confused by the identity of Mira which I discuss after the pictures.

I do not have lots of info on who Mira, the artist is. Here's some links but I find it tricky to figure out exactly which relate to the Mira who created this table and chair.

https://www.facebook.com/mirasouthbeach

https://www.miraartstudio.com/

Here's some info from Mira of South Beach's Facebook page:

Mira has been a longtime, well recognized, Miami Beach artist. Her unique approach to painting stems from the mixture of a classical fine art background and the whimsical tropical pop of her present environment.

Her life and experiences of living by the beach, playing in the sun, and interacting with the diverse cultures of South Florida, are expressed with her rich and vibrant color pallet.

Mira's positive outlook bursts out in every piece that she creates, and the glass like finish reflects each and every one of us which includes us as a part of her world.

Her collectors include fashion designers Donatella Versace and Domenico Dolce of Dolce and Gabbana. Her work can also be seen in Oliver Stone's motion picture "Any Given Sunday", which was filmed in Miami.

Mira has exhibited work in galleries throughout the US and Canada:

ONE WORLD GALLERY - MAUI, HI

VAIL VILLAGE ARTS - VAIL, CO

799 GALLERY - NEW YORK, NY

KENNEDY GALLERY - KEY WEST, FL

KENNEDY GALLERY - MIAMI BEACH, FL

KENNEDY GALLERY - PROVINCETOWN, MA

MASTERPIECE GALLERIES - BOCA RATON, FL

POWELL GALLERY - SAN FRANCISCO, CA

ART MODE GALLERY - ONTARIO, CANADA

SHER GALLERIES - AVENTURA, FL

PERMANENT GALLERY REPRESENTATION: