Paprika Southern Holiday 2014

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Celebrate

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GIFT-WRAPPING IDEAS

A SOLSTICE ROMANCE

THE ART OF

Olivia Beaumont Lovelane

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Table of contents 6 Letter from the Co-editors

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10 See what’s inspiring the

Behind the Scenes

co-editors this month!

12 Holiday Gift Guides No matter who you’re shopping for, we’ve got you covered

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Holiday Cocktail Recipe Get the recipe for The Boozy Pomegranate, a holiday cocktail sure to pack a punch this season!

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Sophisticated and Barbaric The art of Olivia Beaumont

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Enchanted Forest

An illustration by Charlotte Oden

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Solstice Romance

Our holiday fashion feature is a love story set in the deep midwinter

Up, and Away!

52 Up, Lovelane Designs Takes Flight

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Creative Gift-Wrapping Ideas A holiday D.I.Y.

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Letter from the co-editors

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e’re bursting into carol and decorating our Christmas trees in celebration of the arrival of the holiday season! We love the festive trappings of December and are thrilled to bring you our annual holiday double issue. This month, we mark the winter solstice with a romantic, woodland-inspired holiday fashion feature, make our own wrapping paper with Scribble Art Studio, and get tips from Lulu’s Chocolate Bar on the perfect holiday cocktail.

Also included in this issue are interviews with artist Olivia Beaumont, creator of the Baroque Beasts painting series, and Lane Huerta, founder and creative force behind Lovelane Designs. We love how the nostalgia of childhood is embodied, in different ways, in both Olivia’s and Lane’s work. So in celebration of the magic and wonder of the holidays, we are proud to present to you our Holiday 2014 issue!

THE TEAM BEVIN VALENTINE JALBERT CO-EDITOR SIOBHAN EGAN CO-EDITOR KRYSTAL PITTMAN BAKER MARKETING

if you are interested in purchasing photographs from the magazine, please contact mail@paprikasouthern.com

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CONTRIBUTORS

CARRIE CHRISTIAN

CHARLOTTE ODEN

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT OUR CONTRIBUTORS

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Behind the scenes in December

Our studio visit with Lane Huerta of Lovelane Designs, and her pup

Sharing glimpses of our holiday fashion shoot

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A sneak peek at our giftwrapping D.I.Y. with Scribble Art Studio

Behind-the-scenes at our interview with artist Olivia Beaumont We love sharing sneak peeks of what we’re up to throughout the month, as well as connecting with our readers! Stay in touch and a get a behind-thescenes look at what’s coming up by following us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

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Bevin

I read excerpts from Rembrandt’s Eyes as an art history major in college, but after chatting with Olivia Beaumont (see page 20 for our interview!) I feel inspired to revisit it.

Bottlebrush trees are my favorite Christmas decoration!

Looking forward to watching my favorite Christmas movie!

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My husband and I will be spending some time in Rhode Island this month, so I’m looking for cold-weather accessories to help me prepare. page 10

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Owl scarf from Red Clover

Siobhan

The Magicians by Lev Grossman

Fun winter gloves from talkingloves on Etsy

My favorite holiday movie, Rich Little’s Christmas Carol page 11

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Holiday Gift Guide

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ne of our favorite parts of the holiday season is selecting gifts for loved ones!

Choosing the perfect present is an art and we love the challenge of matching the gift to the person.

We’ve put together five holiday gift guides to help jump-start your holiday shopping. We love shopping local and though you can click on any item to shop it directly, we hope our lists help inspire you to look for locally-produced alternatives. Take these guides as a starting point to help jump-start your imagination this December! www.paprikasouthern.com

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Prosecco-scented Candle by Emily McCarthy, $37.50

Anthropologie Arctic Globe Ornaments, $14

Homemade Decadence, $30

Savannah Bee Company Raw Honeycomb, $23

Verdant Kitchen Candied Ginger Pecans, $13 page 13

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Rifle Paper Co. Floral Calendar, $22

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Modern Calligraphy, $18 Pottery Barn Jewelry Cloche, starts at $34

Screen-Printing Kit, $33

Anthropologie Forest Critter Garden Pot, $18 www.paprikasouthern.com

Honeycomb Studio Apothecary Bottle, $37

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fashioni sta How to be Parisian, $25

Anthropologie Faux Fur Stole, $98

Anthropologie Monogrammed Mugs, $10

J. Crew Factory Sequin Tank, $29.50

Catbird Cat Earrings, $154

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Rifle Paper Co. iPhone Case, $25

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Crosley Portable Record Player, $98

Prospector Co. Beard Oil, $28 Bluetooth Speaker, $75 Bittermilk Cocktail Mixer, $15

Commodity Goods Collector Set, $132

Whiskey Chillers, $25

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Anthropologie Nordic Elk Measuring Cups, $34 Rifle Paper Co. Recipe Cards, $12

Kitchen Conversions Art Print, $25

Williams Sonoma Snowflake Cookie Cutters, starting at $9

Icemilk Apron, $85

Provence, 1970, $15

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Holiday Cocktail Recipe Recipe courtesy of Rebecca Radovich, Lulu’s Chocolate Bar

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he Boozy Pomegranate

1/4 oz pomegranate molasses 1/4 oz honey 1 lemon wedge Muddle these in a cocktail shaker, add ice and 2.5 oz rye whiskey.

Shake and strain into a martini glass.

Garnish with pomegranate arils, and enjoy!

Image by Siobhan Egan

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sophisticated and barbaric: the paintings of olivia beaumont words by bevin valentine jalbert images by siobhan egan

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ophisticated” and “barbaric” are the two words Olivia Beaumont uses to describe her paintings. Rabbits, foxes, chipmunks, and other woodland creatures populate the canvases of the Georgia-based painter, all rendered in the style of the Dutch Masters. Her aesthetic is at once lofty and whimsical, taking on the academic tradition of oil painting, while portraying her subjects—beasts, both wild and domestic—in a way that both pays homage to and pokes gentle fun at her antecedents.

Born and raised in southern California, Olivia made her way to the east coast after graduating Gentleman of Merit (2013), by Olivia from California State at Long Beaumont / Image courtesy of the artist Beach with a B.F.A. in painting and drawing, and settled in rural Georgia.

She is now represented by Gallery colors, and from there Olivia pursued 209 in Savannah and runs a success- painting throughout her education. ful Etsy shop selling both original oil and watercolor paintings and prints. “I look back on little drawings I drew when I was five that my mom saved, Olivia’s love of painting dates to her and I drew animals in clothes,” Olchildhood. She relates a childhood ivia reminisces. Though she did not story in which her mother took a wa- realize it until years later, Olivia’s art tercolor class, and rather than going has circled back to that first subject off to play, she would look over her matter. Her Baroque Beasts series is mother’s shoulder at her paintings, filled with cats, dogs, bears, and many suggesting which colors to use. Her other animals, all portrayed utilizing mother gave her her own set of water- the techniques of Rembrandt and his contemporaries. page 21

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Olivia arrived at her aesthetic through years of studying Rembrandt’s paintings in museums and learning the art of oil painting by doing human portraiture. In addition to Rembrandt’s famous chiaroscuro, she points to a limited palette as a distinctive trait of the Dutch Masters. The colors used are very warm, with a true blue being rarely seen.

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carried out over weeks, months, or even years.

The luminous quality imparted to the paintings by the skillful use of oil paint is intrinsic to the work, as is the high/low juxtaposition of an academic tradition of painting and beastly subject matter—the sophisticated and the barbaric. “I like putting the two together and putting a very gristly animal with a snaggletooth in a general’s costume.”

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Above: Olivia works on a new painting in her studio Facing: Archer (2012), by Olivia Beaumont / Image courtesy of the artist page 23

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Olivia’s Conspiration of the Beasts (2010), inspired by Rembrandt’s Conspiration of the Bataves / Image courtesy of the artist page 25

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a child—The Wind in the Willows, the Red Wall series, the tales of Beatrix Potter—Olivia identifies the common factor—anthropomorphized animals—as a key to her paintings.

Viewers versed in art history recognize the sophistication of the visual language she employs, and it is certainly possible to correlate a relation to “high” art and the paintings seen in museums, even lacking a formal art education. Combining this technique with what is usually associated with children’s subject matter, pulls the viewer in, evoking nostalgic memories of childhood, even if the viewer does not consciously realize it. The series was initially inspired by Rembrandt’s painting The Conspiration of the Bataves. Olivia saw the conspirators depicted in the painting as beastly and barbaric and wanted to do her own version, with animals as the characters (see previous page). From there, something clicked, and the Baroque Beasts series was born.

“I love this series a lot. I know all their names…I feel like I kind of walk around with them.”

Olivia also accepts paintings on commission and she is currently illustrating a children’s book. Visit her website at oliviabeaumont.blogspot.com.

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Something Too Dear (2012), by Olivia Beaumot / Image courtesy of the artist page 27

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An Illustration by Charlotte Oden

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styling BEVIN VALENTINE JALBERT

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Special Thanks hair & make-up

MEGAN MATEO

Models BREILA WILLIAMSON ZACK ROZELLE, CLICK (NYC)

clothing & accessories CUSTARD HARPER IVORY & BEAU RED CLOVER SIMON’S FORMAL WEAR

location GEORGIA STATE RAILROAD MUSEUM

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and Away!

LOVELANE DESIGNS TAKES FLIGHT WORDS & IMAGES BY SIOBHAN EGAN

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ou may not realize it, but you’ve seen her work.

Bright colors, fun graphics, imaginative designs with “a nod to some retro.” Tough and functional. You’ve seen the picture. A little superhero girl wearing a cape and hat with wings flying through the air supported by tattooed arms. All the product of the imagination of Lane Huerta of Lovelane Designs.

“I LIKE THAT ANYBODY CAN BE A SUPERHERO.”

When Lane visited her good friend in Savannah more than eight years ago she never expected that she would be buying a house there six months later. A North Carolina native, Lane moved to San Francisco after attending arts high schools and a stint at the Atlanta College of Art. While in San Francisco she worked for a rock-poster artist and helped in the print shop. Thus began her www.paprikasouthern.com

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Left: Lane Huerta in her studio / Above: In-progress screen-printed children’s costumes from Lovelane Designs

love of bright graphic elements and ers, and strawberries. After quickly outgrowing her studio shed in her design. backyard she found a larger studio “I loved the whole process,” she said. space in the Starland area in Savan“I thought it was really fun so a couple nah where Lovelane Designs now years later I bought a little one-color resides. [screen printing kit] that you could have in your bedroom and started try- The children’s line came about in an organic way. Her little girl, ing it out myself.”

Clementine, is a definite inspiraHaving always been a sewer she tion and sometimes collaborator. thought joining the two mediums was “She’s a big help in the process.

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All kids love to play dress-up and Clementine is no different. She loves to dress up as a superhero, a princess, a pirate and so Lane organically moved toward creating fun outfits for kids. “I like that anybody can be a superhero. Girls, boys…I feel like I finally found a niche,” she says.

The public obviously agrees. After having that superhero girl picture (mentioned above) posted to Etsy social media back in September, things really started to take off.

Lane credits the supportive creative community in Savannah for much of her success.

“I’m so blessed to have so many wonderful friends that I’ve gotten to know over the past eight years that have so many different talents.

If I don’t know something I’ve got a friend that I can call that can come over and help me or that I can lend a hand to and so it’s exciting and easy in that way because I feel I’ve got a really good group of people that have been there,” she said.

“One day I was working on something What’s next for Lovelane Designs? and my phone started blowing up and There will be a lot of additions to the collection. Everything is mix and I didn’t know why,” she said. match. Things are reversible, adjustAfter scrolling through her Ins- able, and sturdy. tagram account she saw that Etsy had posted the picture on all of their social media as well as in their email blast. The next day she was contacted by Harper’s Bazaar Brazil Kids, ministyleblog.com, and ABC news.

“We are working on tightening up production so we can solidify wholesale and I have a sketchbook full of the next pieces for the collection. Not just costumes. It’s imaginative everyday wear where the boundaries are blurred.”

“It’s so fast. I need more women sewing for me. We need more help in You can find Lovelane Designs at the studio. It’s exciting, but be care- www.lovelanedesigns.com or through ful what you wish for because it can www.etsy.com. happen really fast. But it’s what I’ve always wanted.”

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CREATIVE GIFT-WRAPPING IDEAS A

Holiday D.I.Y.

Craft by Carrie Christian Images by Siobhan Egan

SPECIAL THANKS TO SCRIBBLE ART STUDIO

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his holiday season, make the presentation of your gifts as special as what’s inside! We’ve come up with a few ideas for creative homemade gift-wrapping options. Why not embellish a gift-card holder with a decorated clothespin (we love matching the embellishment to the theme of a gift, such as adding a coffee cup charm to a coffeehouse gift card!) Or make your own stamped wrapping paper in the colors and designs of your choice-the possibilities are endless, and this craft is great to do with kids. Fire up your creativity and have fun!

materials GIFT CARD HOLDER clothespins elmer’s glue and/or craft paint hot glue (optional) glitter or micro-beads small paper bags fun holiday embellishments PACKAGE WRAPPING Kraft paper or paper in the color of your choice cardboard sticker-backed foam craft paints & brushes pom-poms burlap page 59

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TAKE A CLOTHESPIN AND SPREAD IT WITH GLUE. ADD GLITTER OR MICROBEADS. (OPTIONAL, PAINT YOUR CLOTHESPIN WITH THE COLOR OF YOUR CHOICE AND ALLOW MICROBEADS TO SINK INTO THE PAINT.) GIVE YOUR GLUE OR PAINT A MOMENT TO DRY, AND THEN USE GLUE OR HOT GLUE TO ADD A FESTIVE EMBELLISHMENT (WE USED DOLLHOUSE ACCESSORIES).

CLIP TO BAG HOLDING A GIFT CARD, AND DECORATE WITH STAMPS OR A HOLIDAY GREETING.

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TIP: ALWAYS USE GLITTER OR MICROBEADS OVER A TRAY FOR EASY CLEAN-UP

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p a ck a ge w ra p p in g natural look step one

DRAW OR TRACE A SHAPE ON STICKER-BACKED FOAM AND CUT OUT.

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PEEL OFF STICKER AND ATTACH TO A PIECE OF CARDBOARD; THIS WILL BE YOUR STAMP.

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PAINT WITH THE COLOR OF YOUR CHOICE.

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BEGIN STAMPING. FOR A NATURAL LOOK, WE USED WHITE PAINT ON BROWN KRAFT PAPER. YOU CAN GET ABOUT TWO STAMPS PER PAINT APPLICATION; CONTINUE REPAINTING AS NECESSARY.

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TO COMPLETE YOUR NATURAL LOOK, CUT STRIPS OF BURLAP TO CREATE A RIBBON TO TIE AROUND PACKAGE. FINISH WITH A COMPLEMENTARY DECORATION OR GIFT TAG.

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REPEAT THE ABOVE PROCESS OF CREATING STAMPS. FOR OUR ORNAMENT WRAPPING, WE MADE THREE STAMPS OF DIFFERENT SIZES IN CIRCLE SHAPES.

CHOOSE YOUR COLORS AND CREATE A PALETTE.

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PAINT YOUR STAMPS AS BEFORE AND BEGIN STAMPING, VARYING SIZE AND COLOR. TO CHANGE COLORS ON A STAMP, SIMPLY WIPE OFF PREVIOUS COLOR WITH A PAPER TOWEL. FOR OUR COLORFUL LOOK, WE USED WHITE PAPER TO MAKE THE COLORS POP.

TO TURN YOUR STAMPS INTO ORNAMENTS, USE GRAY PAINT TO ADD TOPS AND HOOK LOOPS TO EACH CIRCLE. VARY DIRECTION FOR A RANDOM LOOK. USING WHITE PAINT, ADD A HIGHLIGHT TO EACH ORNAMENT.

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TO CREATE A COLORFUL EMBELLISHMENT, USE EMBROIDERY THREAD AND NEEDLE TO STRING POM-POMS. LOOP IT AND PULL TIGHT TO CREATE A WHIMSICAL GIFT TOPPER, OR STRING IT AROUND YOUR TREE OR PLACE ON YOUR MANTEL AS A GARLAND.

NOW THAT THE GIFTS ARE WRAPPED, IT’S TIME TO SETTLE IN AND ENJOY THE HOLIDAY SEASON!

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SPECIAL THANKS TO SCRIBBLE ART STUDIO! CLICK HERE TO VISIT THEM ONLINE

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P.S. Paprika Southern recommends

CHATTANOOGA The Hunter Museum presents The New York Times Magazines Photographs.

This show, composed of photos from the publication, features 35 artists, including Gregory Crewdson, Sebastian Salgado, Nan Goldin, and more.

On view now

NEW ORLEANS PhotoNOLA is an annual festival celebrating the medium of photography, with portfolio reviews, workshops, and exhbitions taking place at venus throughout the city.

December 4-7; exhibitions continue through the month

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SAVANNAH Currently on view at SCAD’s Gutstein Gallery, Small Works.

Just in time for holiday gifting, the annual show features work by students, alumni, faculty, and staff under 18 inches and for sale for under $400.

Show runs through January 16

RALEIGH The North Carolina Museum of Art presents Small Treasures: Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals and Their Contemporaries. The show brings together 66 paintings from the Northern Renaissance era.

Show runs through January 4

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