Strokes of Genius
At their home in New York’s Hudson Valley (page 58), Mary Nelson Sinclair and Matty Cruise enlisted a fellow artist, their friend Happy Menocal, to create a one-of-a-kind mural for the guest room. Over the course of a weekend visit, the illustrator enlivened the walls with exuberant botanicals and, along the molding, a whimsical dotted border. The site-specific work is just one of many ways that paint helped to transform this 18th-century house from floor to ceiling…. FOR MORE SMART IDEAS, VISIT @GETCLEVER ON INSTAGRAM OR ARCHDIGEST.COM/CLEVER PHOTO BY GIEVES ANDERSON. © 2021 AGNES MARTIN / ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK.…