darling friend.

my friend, randall lake, is perfectly lovely.  and a perfectly lovely artist to boot.  one of the best professional artists in salt lake city, he studied with alvin gittins at the university of utah  as well as doing all kinds of less formal learning in paris and also teaching at the sorbonne. (ummm, yeah. the sorbonne.)  here is one of my favorite things by him, recently gifted to someone i love, who should know that i would be happy to inherit it at any time (wink wink). 

i met randall at a party and was instantly captivated by his love for all things beautiful, his depth of thought, his deprecating nature and his ability to make me feel appreciated and absolutely at home in my skin, despite our age difference of 30 years.

randall may have been born in the wrong century, and i mean that as a compliment, because he could care less about technology or commercialism or popularity and knows more than you (or i) do about oscar wilde and the gospels and french film.  and i love that.  (not to mention, we can talk about our feelings, and with what other 60 year-old man can you do that, other than your dad? randall claims it's cause he's gay... maybe.)  but he's also so unassuming that he never makes me feel silly that i don't know much about russian impressionism or the food practices of orthodox jews.  he has a studio in the guthrie building in downtown salt lake, and you should go there one of these gallery stroll weekends, because it feels like stepping into un salon in turn-of-the-century paris.  maybe you'll bump into satie or cocteau.

this and the top painting are of his studio

the man is brilliant with color

  

i have this one at home

 other favorites, all available in some form (original, print or notecard) on randall's website.

you should go there and buy something.