New Track Lighting

Leif's Deck house has all wooden ceilings, so updating the lighting has been on the surface of beams or ceiling boards with track lighting mostly. He is now adding dimmers.

Spots in his kitchen & studio, Old Farm's kitchen and Christian's library...

Leif's newest track heads are color adjustable as well as dimmable.

Princeton University Art Museum & Willem de Kooning

Princeton University's "Black Friday" by Willem de Kooning 1945 & inspiration for an extraordinary exhibit and panel discussions on his emerging Abstract Expressionism post WWII. The Breakthrough Years, 1945-50, 3/15 - 7/26/26

Bill and I previewed this exhibit of 18 collected works from over 12 museums and collections, highlighting de Kooning's avant-garde debut at the Egan Gallery in NY 1948, an examination of abstraction and figuration. The two panel discussions held in the new museum's auditorium explored collecting the artworks and writing about them. 

Borrowed from MoMA'S collection.

"Ganesvoordt Street", 1949.

"Princeton University Art Museum has been named one of TIME's greatest places to visit in 2026". Admission to the museum is free. Click on above copy to enlarge & read.

In the following years, de Kooning painted a highly valued series of six "Woman" paintings; "Woman III" painted in 1953 was bought by Steven Cohen for $137.5 million in 2006.

Tall Sculptures Etc.

The recent Takaezu kiln firing had five of Bill's sculptural pieces in it. Two tall sculptures, two garden seats and a stool.

Bill's collection of tall sculptures here, laid down while snowstorms blanketed them.

Modern Coat Hooks

 I have updated our side door coat hooks which need to hold bulky coats in constant use. Restoration Hardware has the largest, most modern designs I found, and now on sale.

The "Colliers Double Hook".