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Completed in 2022, Roy McMakin designed Punta Paloma to serve as his home and studio in the Banker's Hill neighborhood of San Diego. He calls it his Postmodern love letter to California. And yes, that face is on purpose.
Although not a native San Diegan, Roy received his B.A. and M.F.A. from UCSD. Also, I learned from Roy that most of his Domestic Furniture was made in San Diego.
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An ode to Irving Gill.
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The massing hints to 1950s apartment buildings.
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The diamond window pane is a reference to 1940s California cottages.
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Early Bauer Pottery
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Going along with the California focus, there's a John McLaughlin print.
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You might recall, his Slatback chairs were used in the galleries at John McLaughlin (1898-1976) Paintings: Total Abstraction at LACMA in 2016.More about that, here.
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A number of years before that, in 2011, Quint Gallery in San Diego mounted an exhibition they called Roy McMakin and John Mclaughlin | Behind What It's In Front Of.
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