Art Filled Brooklyn Apartment Tour with John & Kirby 

I enjoyed listening to your appreciation of art and how it makes you feel. I'm a collector, but also an artist and have been inspired by so many others. It's really refreshing to hear about your feelings on art. I'm an unusual case in the arts because most of my professional forty plus years were in illustration and graphic design holding senior positions within design studios. I did a lot of commercial work for major clients. There was always a constant thing in my background that I constantly did and that was the fine art end of painting and drawing for gallery shows and exhibitions as my dueling occupations. I'm sixty-four years old now and have received recognition as a realist painter over the years, but now have made shifts into abstract painting which is garnering wonderful recognition. It's very uplifting in that my work has attracted diverse likes from people. I think my fascination with art as an eclectic collector surely plays a big role. I learned to steer away from the idea of "The one and only sad and lonely art" in which people can't see beyond things or value and appreciate something different. I see equal value in all forms of art. Cheers to your collecting and your spaces are inspired. I think some of my work ends up in Brooklyn. There's a few art dealers in the area that like what I do. I heard I was in a Hoboken Gallery as well. I never know where things end up. I just keep painting. I hope someday to do a video on my collection of others works.

As a practicing visual artist seeing these collectors’ deeply felt connection to their art, and artists is truly heartwarming.

I love how beautifully curated is their art collection. I really love their personal connections to the art world and living artists.

I recognize one of the pictures here! Behind John and Kirby when they are on the sofa is a 1959 Slim Aaron's portrait of Lady Daphne Cameron taken at the Stanford mansion in Palm Beach, Florida. -- This is an interesting turn: many years ago I wrote a short story about a young man who is house-sitting in an old house. He finds a concealed door in the basement and then a corridor that takes him to the deserted Gilded Age mansion across the street, a house on an overgrown property surrounded by a high spiked fence. The house-sitter explores the house, does no damage and takes nothing, but in a tower window he places a cobalt blue glass vase that even years later and from a distance he can see in the window. The name of the character in the story is John Kirby.

Theirs is a beautiful home with beautifully curated objects. Great job guys. 10/10 👍

So great to hear how you speak about art. I wish you had one of my paintings in your home. They are life prints, a bigger version of a finger print. Xx

Thanks for supporting the art - love all the good energy in your home!

I love homes like this, none of that minimalist austerity. Wonderful.

Thank you for sharing your beautiful home.

Nice to see you guys! Thank You for procuring wonderful things.✨🖼🎨🖌🏳‍🌈⚜🔱♐

Nice small museum.. love it...

Lately, my partner and I are trying to move our work around to different places in the house. When we repainted, we decided nothing would go back to the same spot. John and Kirby, we are considerably older, and accumulating more work becomes ever more challenging.

This is lovely. I make art, as well as collect it with my husband. I too are always interested in who the artist is and how their work evolves. Our collect adds to our well-being. Being able to come home to it and get lost in the uniqueness of each work is so special to us. And, of course, it is an interest that we enjoy together.

Wonderful home!!!

It's quite interesting that you feel as though you really know a couple after looking at their art and what and why they collect each piece.

Such a feast for the eyes and for the love of art! Thanks guys :) ~Rob

Awesome! 👍😎🇨🇦

I like the collection and their commitment. I do worry about the amount of sunlight and its affect on the exposed pieces of art in the long run.

Anyone know who the Ceramic artist is who did the plate with the Ruth Bader Ginsburg portrait on it?

I think they have open relationships on Grindr 😅

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Für mich stellt sich gerade die Frage, inwieweit das meiste inszeniert ist, um dem Zeitgeist soziale Medien zu entsprechen ...es ist ganz schrecklich voller Klischees und es wirkt sehr unnatürlich und aufgesetzt...sorry...plötzlich ist man Kunstsammler und Designexperte...klar😏😶

John and Kirby take this way to serious. In the end there is but a small difference between collecting and hoarding.

Rutro look out gay Dems....rbg

Gotta say, it must be wonderful to be a gay guy and spend all your money on an art collection, instead of on a wife and kids... maybe in my next life folks.

Smells like sweet disposable income...

John should spend a little of that art collecting money studying basic English grammar.

Thanks, John & Kirby. Lovely. F.

you guys need some abstract art..........@lincolnhowardart