Farmboy just completed one of our most exciting projects to date; furnishing contemporary artwork for all the guestrooms and suites at the W Times Square New York. Working closely with Yabu Pushelberg and Canoe Hospitality, we designed and created headboard artwork on time and on budget. The concept for the art work was “James Bond meets Dolce and Gabbana” and we feel the finished art pieces have complimented W Hotels luxurious and well appointed accommodations, all contributing to the guest experience.

We just wanted to give a Farmboy ‘shout out’ to those style mavens over at Boutique Design Newsletter. Your newsletters that arrive every Friday are always full of interesting articles on design leaders and hot new products. Keep it up! You can check ‘em out at... Boutique Design Dreambook • Getting to Know Todd Towers

Richard Solomon is an artist who works exclusively with plant materials and is known particularly for his work with seeds and grasses. The aesthetics of his work are stunning, but beyond that surface layer of beauty, his concept is profound and elegantly simple. He takes us back to archetypes of ancient cultures who's traditions, rituals, and art, speak of the ethereal cycles of nature; birth, death, and life. By taking us back he is moving us forward into the new age as we reconnect to the natural world and want to make art like his part of our environments. "My work celebrates the reunion of people and plants."

I first saw Richard's work during a lecture at a University class I was taking on Art and Ecology. Later I spoke with him through Farmboy FIne Arts which represents some of Richard's work in the Collection 'Seed Shaman'. In my conversations with Richard, he told me of his departure from the high-powered corporate marketing world, into full time fine art, "I saw a clump of grass. I held it to the sky and asked how I could make my way in this world with this beauty. In my flat pressed pieces I work with patterns in have two or three layers. My sculptures are ceremonial, sacred objects. My art is a true expression of the emerging green revolution." Richard says, "I love the science and magic of the patterns you find in nature... My art explores that magic’s potential, its’ vocabulary, the stilled and fluid moments, the immediate and the infinite."

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FEATURED ARTIST COLLECTION • Seed Shaman

Des Drewitt in Abu Dhabi

More Farm folks are seeing pics of themselves representing their Farmboy t’s proudly!! One of loyal readers in Abu Dhabi, Des Drewitt sent us in a pic of her in front of the booming metropolis of Abu Dhabi. One quarter of all construction cranes are currently situated in that city as the area reaches unprecedented rates of construction. It was 134 degree Fahrenheit when the picture was taken and not a camel in site. Come on, send in your pic of you in your Farmboy t-shirt at info@farmboyfinearts.com

We always feel a little beat up after a sales trip as it always includes way too many late nights with all our fun clients. But when we saw our sample kit arrive back from last trip to Las Vegas, we realized we got off lucky....I think that they stopped the plane from going off the end of the runway with our sample kit.

Our tradeshow booth is en route as are all our latest designs to the HD Boutique Miami Show on September 17th – 18th. The Farmboys are looking forward to meetin’ n’ greetin’ all who want to see what we can do to activate environments with Art work. Find out what we are doing for Starwoods newest brand Element by Westin and see examples of what we have been doing for Marriott and Hilton Hotels. Please stop and pick up a catalogue or two.

Ever wonder what all the dedicated Farmhands that so many of you talk to on the phone look like? Wait no longer... The Farmboy Fine Arts Team

Farmboy Quote of the month:

"Everyone has a photographic memory.
Some just don't have film."

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