The Wall....and the Dress

Well, I've been waiting for a time to sneak this in, and the time seems right.
Especially since I just posted pics from Casa Colibri.   And now, the outside -- esp, the wall.

But, not only the wall...(which my son painted a year ago, in a  fanciful fun design...)
           a dress which seems made to match the wall!    How incredible is that!

I found this dress at one of my favorite shops, St. Vincent de Paul...(I'm a regular...will confess...)
   ...and vintage things--c'mon!         This dress...I knew it would look  great next to the wall--they share the almost exact floral pattern-- so last fall when I was here I made it a point to pose, in my Vinnie's dress, out by the wall...and did the 'self timer' foto....

Voila!

So,
that was a fun
experiment.

What came first?
The wall...
....or the dress?
(ha, ha ...the wall) 

And shall I search for another, and have my son do a recreation next year?    Such silly fun.

What's really great is that the orange flowers are (were) blooming, and came up to the height of the flowers painted on the wall.   Such artful timing...
I'll give Manuel credit for that; he did the planting, but maybe not even he knew--the magic of the match.

And an article I just read makes it all the more artful: San Diego art museum is doing an installation called 'Art Alive' as is my more 'local' museum in Milwaukee.
So, the point is that floral designers create floral  arrangements to interpret art works there, and they are displayed under the art work, and have elements of style and color which enhance the art.

Hey...are we on the cutting edge or what?  My son is an artist (& a wedding photographer, if anyone needs that--
    (...more advertising, why not?  :)    http://nat.davauer.com )
     
  but, whatever... art, fun, whimsy---it's all good.