At the end of the road, just before the cliffs demark the waves, Carlos Paez Vilaro created a lived-in work of art.  A collection of works. A stage for his own works. In corners a few Picasso plates and in another corner some ceramic tiles by Dali.  The entire building a stage for art.  In the doorway Margaret is framed by nautical images present and past.  The house is home to hundreds of original works by Vilaro and the complementary works by some of his contemporaries including Picasso who worked with him in 1957.  To see the collection is impressive.  To see the hand crafted stage for the art that has been house, studio, pulpit and showroom is to stand in awe.

 

From archways to brass plaques.. The house is a treasure trove of styles, mediums, collaborations and feasts.  The house has no parallel lines and no straight lines and the eye tumbles across banisters to openings — always resting on the ocean.  The sun and water augment the basic blue and white.  The shadows dance on the still images.

From artistic interactions a gallery of ceramic and visual work emerges.  Look there a plate etched by Picasso and over there a painting by Vilaro that emerges for the paint brush interactions of these sun drenched brush holders.

Then the coloured cat jumps through the frame in a cubist stance.  The stylized cat flags in African zebra patterns.  The walls of this house (think post modern castle) are lined with the visions of two generations, the walls of this house are the vision of an artist.  This is a lived in gallery!  This may be the way to live — without straight lines!