Design Elements

It had a heart and a soul, and eyes to see with; and approvals and solicitudes and deep sympathies; it was of us, and we were in its confidence and lived in its grace and in the peace of its benedictions.  We never came home from an absence that its face did not light up…

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Ghost Ranch III by Don Finkeldei

Ghost Ranch III is an acrylic rendering by Santa Fe Artist Don Finkeldei rendered on gessoed gator board, measuring 18″x22″. It is displayed right outside my bedroom door. I love it for two reasons, well three: The colors are glorious; the Chama River is one of my favorite places to fly fish; and Don is…

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Ralph Lauren and the Double RL Ranch

I’m not about fashion; I’m about living, and that’s been my whole career. And the clothes that I’ve designed and everything I’ve done is about life, and how people live and how they want to live and how they dream they’d live, that’s what I do. –Ralph Lauren, Interview with Oprah Winfrey My admiration of…

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