Artbyelaineharris From her studio 🎨

"Spirit Guardian"

Some portraits look back at you — and keep looking. I painted this young guardian with a wolf close at her side and an eagle moving through the mist above her, because presence and protection are never far apart in the stories that inspire my work.

November is Native American Heritage Month, and my paintings are hanging through November 24 in "What We Carry Forward" at the Las Vegas Science & Natural History Museum — this piece carries that same spirit: individuality, memory, and a deep connection to the natural world.

Originals and prints are available at artbyelaineharris.com

— Elaine

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✈️ ON THE ROAD AGAIN

There is a particular kind of luxury that has nothing to do with thread counts — though we confess, we have opinions about those too. It is the luxury of arriving somewhere completely: stepping out of a first-class cabin into the golden hush of a Bangkok temple at dawn, letting a chef course out a meal built just for your table, standing in a vineyard at harvest with a glass already being poured.

We are Elaine and Scott Harris — veteran travel journalists, certified sommeliers, and the editors of Cuisineist — and for decades we have chased that feeling across the world.

This season the road calls again: Christmas week beneath the big Texas sky in Dallas and Fort Worth; Thailand in all her splendor — Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Pran Buri, and Phuket; and St. Augustine, America`s oldest city, where every cobblestone has a story and we intend to hear them all.

Luxury is not a place. It is an experience — fine dining, wild adventure, and the company you keep along the way. Come with us. The table is set, and the journey is the feast. 🍷

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Paso Robles finally has its third place. 🍷

New on Cuisineist: Club 7970, the luxury social club that just opened in a modern barn on Vineyard Drive — Soho House polish meets supper club warmth, with rotating chefs, Hot Stove cooking classes, a piano bar, afternoon tea, an art gallery, and a curated wine list pouring local, national and international wines.

We`ve covered Paso for a decade — DAOU, the Allegretto, J Dusi at harvest — and this feels like the region growing into itself. Full story at the link in bio.
Read the full story: https://cuisineist.com/2026/11/a-third-place-for-paso-robles-club-7970-brings-the-luxury-social-club-to-vineyard-drive/

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Art lesson from my studio 🎨🌵 Art by Elaine Harris

Mixing greens for desert plants

After 10+ years teaching art, this is one I return to again and again: desert green is never just one green.

Look closely in "The Bird and the Bighorn Sheep" — bright leafy greens behind the bighorn, a pale silvery shrub in the center, and deeper greens in shadow, all against warm orange rock. That contrast makes the greens sing.

My simple mix: start with blue + yellow, add more yellow for sunlit leaves, cool it with a little blue or grey for sage and shadow, and mute it with a speck of its opposite, red-orange.

Try it on your next walk — count how many different greens you can actually see.

Originals and prints are available at artbyelaineharris.com

— Elaine

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