IFDA’s Dining by Design Table Taste & Hop
These images below are of the evening of Dining By Design's Table Taste & Hop, 2012 at the San Francisco Design Center Galleria. Everything came together beautifully! The IFDA team worked very hard and included team members: Lauren Shelby— www.spaceswithin.com Athena Charis—www.athenacharis.com Diane Nicolson—www.pbd.org Tim Manning—web.me.com/timothydmanning Davis Dalbok—Living Green Jenny Floravita (me)—floravitalights.com Susan Crane—Bloom Artistry [...]
IFDA Dining By Design set-up day, 2012
Finally I've had a chance to "process" all of my photos from the 2012 Dining By Design event. Our (IFDA) table scape was one of the best! We definitely had a lot of energy in this space and a lot of time and thought went into our Pirates-of-the-Caribbean-meets-Lost theme. Dining by Design is [...]
Floravita’s Reverse Painted Lamps
As corny as it may sound, my rooms no longer feel "complete" without my reverse painted lamps turned on. My first lamps were created for a gallery—Sorrel Sky Gallery in Durango, Colorado—and I felt guilty for not shipping them immediately after completion. Instead, I grew accustomed to them in my living rooms. I was really [...]
Tropical Flower Mural in Floravita’s Main Gallery Room
I'm going to miss this tropical flower mural in my main gallery room...but alas, all good things must come to an end. One week from tomorrow this tropical flower mural will be installed at the San Francisco Design Center for the 2011 Dining By Design charity fundraiser. I think this wall will feel empty after [...]
Floravita Painted Night Lights, grab ’em while you can!
My hand-crafted, hand painted glass night lights have been a work in progress for over two years. Like anything good, it took me a good solid year to figure out how I would mount the fixtures, what fixtures I would use and how I would approach the painting of my subjects. It then too me [...]
Beautiful New, Floravita Reverse Painted Chandelier in Rose Colors
It's been a very busy month in my studio and I've juggled commissioned reverse painted chandeliers, painted lamps and even a mural sized oil painting for a national fundraiser. In fact, most of the summer season was spent working on commissions. Don't get me wrong—I love commissions but it's also very gratifying as an artist [...]
