Hospitality taught me to work at scale without losing the individual work. A hotel collection runs across lobbies, bars, guest rooms and residences, against an opening date and an approved budget. Every piece still has to be right for its wall.

Waldorf Astoria Chengdu, China

Sculptural works for the lobby. A lobby is the first thing a guest sees and the one space every guest passes through. Work there has to hold a large volume and read from a distance, and sculpture does that in a way flat work rarely can.

St. Regis Amman, Jordan

A bar with a horse mosaic, the guest rooms, and the residences. Three different briefs in one property. A bar wants one memorable gesture. Guest rooms want consistency across many similar walls. Residences want the feeling of a private collection.

Holland America Line and Costa Cruises

Restaurant and stateroom art for Holland America Line ships, and work for Costa Cruises. A ship is a hotel that moves. The art has to be planned for motion and for a constant turnover of guests, and still feel considered in every restaurant and every stateroom.

Other clients and partners

Clients and partners also include Four Seasons, Rosewood Hotels and Resorts, The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, Accor, Carnival, Guesty, Eagle Hills and Hotels of the Mandarin group.

What this means for a private client

• I have built collections for entire properties. A home with ten walls is not a stretch.
• I know how to hold a budget and a date. In hospitality both are fixed before the first artwork is chosen, and every stage is managed within defined timelines and approved budgets.
• I bring the same network of artists, printmakers, framers and installers to private residences.

If you are a hotel or hospitality group, or a designer working for one, write to me with the property and the timeline, or read art for hotels and hospitality. If you are a private client, the same discipline applies to your home: see the Caesarea sea view villa, or how I work with designers and architects.