HOMES OF THE TREASURE COAST
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HOME & DESIGN
Migrating South is a poured painting that Lucien did in the style of Jackson
Pollack, which hangs near the baby grand piano that belonged to her
mother, a vocalist.
egantly white and sparsely decorated to emphasize a curved
bank of windows overlooking the backyard, while the guest
bath is a cacophony of fun and colorful Mexican art.
STORIES TO TELL
A tour of her home means stopping for a story or a glimpse
into how she acquired each piece of the art displayed. Several
are by friends who happen to be artists of some renown,
including Barbara Sayre Harmon. Her muted color palette
highlights an image of a woman’s face wreathed by flowers
in the master bedroom (another by her husband, modernist
landscape artist Cliff Harmon, hangs near the baby grand
piano in the music room).
On another wall nearby there’s a rendering of the skyline of
Naples, Italy, in oil stick that Lucien kept in storage for years
until she saw the skyline herself — and promptly retrieved
the piece to hang where she could appreciate it and preserve
her memory of the city.
“Sometimes you have this serendipitous life. That’s how
mine has been,” she says. “You have to pick things you like,
not because it goes with your couch. If you pick things that
have a spark, that make you react to them, the feeling never
goes away.”
And then there are the things that she hasn’t picked up in
a gallery or from a friend but has created herself, including
vibrant murals that adorn the walls of the poolside lanai. The
blasts of color brighten both a sitting area and an adjoining
dining table lined with place settings in Caribbean colors of
coral and teal. >>
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