INSPIRATION
World Traveler Ron Zak
Indonesia, Buenos Aires, Myanmar... Once these all sounded like exotic lands that I would probably never see in my lifetime. But I did. Thanks to my photography mentor Ron Zak who took...
Art Makes a Home
While 2021 was just starting, I was packing up my heavy art books and multiple pieces of framed art (plus pieces still waiting to be framed) and moved into a...
Holiday Gift Guide
This has been a very unusual year to say the least. We’ll have to keep adjusting as the holidays approach and find ways to celebrate friends and family while staying...
Light Conversation
I remember always being fascinated with light and how we see. I used to study the encyclopedia entry for the eye, vaguely understanding how the cornea and the lens focus...
Frida Kahlo
In the past decade, the name Frida Kahlo has become synonymous with the image of a strong independent female artist. Formerly overshadowed by her husband the muralist Diego Rivera, Frida...
View from Above
Here at PERCH we are partial to a bird’s eye view. And when asked what superpower we’d most like to have – the answer is immediately, flight. What better way...
Starting from Zero
Is it possible to get something from nothing? Mathematicians, theologians and philosophers have posed that question for millennia. While theoretically it seems doubtful, we still often use the phrase “starting...
Bump in the Night
image: Martin Webb, Northside, 2015 During the COVID-19 pandemic, creative people have been reenacting classical paintings at home (see some at #tussenkunstenquarantaine). But way back in 2013 The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam...
Welcome!
It’s April 2020 and humanity has been hijacked by a virus named COVID-19. Businesses are closed, events canceled, and life feels “on hold.” But rather than bemoan the fact that...
The Beach
Every time I need inspiration, I drive to the beach. I was born and raised in California and spent summers camping in the family trailer along the West Coast from...
Florabunda
Yes, obviously flowers are inspiring. Nature’s palette and design are at their finest in the plant world. But I’ve been noticing online how many of my friends are really starting...
Marrakech Mindset
Yes, we are all stuck at home and traveling to exotic lands is out of the question. So, the only way to “get away” is through art and the imagination....
