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Taking a break to reconnect with the earth...

Posted by Bianca Branaman · October 17, 2022

This is a ‘Hello’ to everyone in my Sugar Candy Mountain family. Well, not exactly a ‘Hello.’ I’m taking a break from designing and producing this Fall, so I can return to where I come from, to Big Sur, California. I’ve come to the point where it’s absolutely necessary that I slow down and reconnect with the earth, where I also come from, and as a result of this pause, I won’t be producing a Fall/Winter 2022 collection this season.

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LOVE - Howardena Pindell

Posted by Bianca Branaman · August 02, 2019

Born and raised in Philadelphia, Howardena Pindell's interest in art developed at an early age. As a child, she began taking figure painting classes each Saturday and eventually went on to pursue an artistic education at Boston University, completing her BFA in Painting in 1965. Afterward, she received her MFA from Yale's School of Art and Architecture in 1967. Swiftly following her graduation she accepted a position at New York's MoMA in their department of Prints and Illustrated Books

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LOVE - ALMA THOMAS

Posted by Bianca Branaman · February 11, 2019

Combining pointillism, abstract expressionism, and mosaic painting, Alma Thomas's vibrancy exudes through the scenes and images displayed throughout her work. Gaining attention for her art much later in life than most, she was the first African American woman to have a solo exhibition during 1972 at the Whitney Museum in New York City.

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LOVE - MATH BASS

Posted by Bianca Branaman · January 24, 2019

Beginning her career as a performance artist, Los Angeles-based artist Math Bass notable style finds expression through a handful of mediums spanning painting, sculpture, sound, and video. She completed her B.A. from Hampshire College in Amherst, MA in 2003 and finished her graduate studies at USC in 2011.

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LOVE - HANNAH WILKE

Posted by Bianca Branaman · January 09, 2019

While first rejected by many critics for her conventional beauty, New York born-and-bred artist Hannah Wilke broke many boundaries for contemporary artists throughout the 1970s.

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