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OBSESSIONS. DECORATIONS. SALIENT FACTS. A ntwerp artisan Eddy Dankers of Dankers Décor Belgium has spent decades perfecting the exquisite lime- based plaster and mineral paints he uses on interiors projects around the world. A purveyor to the Royal Family of Belgium and top clients including architect Axel Vervoordt, Dankers comes from a line of talented artists who harken back to the Dutch Golden Age six centuries ago. Domingue Architectural Finishes — a new collaboration between Dankers and Houston-based Chateau Domingue owner Ruth Gay — promises to be a game-changer. Their just-released retail toolkit includes Dankers' all-natural, nontoxic lime washes and mineral paints, which start at $26. Both can be used on fl oors or walls, inside or out, and can be applied yourself or with the aid of one of Chateau Domingue's specially trained craftsmen. Currently, Gay is using Dankers' products on dozens of residential and commercial projects around the country. New York colorist Eve Ashcroft — who helped develop Ralph Lauren and Martha Stewart paint collections — has created 140 colors for Domingue Architectural Finishes that range from deep charcoal to pristine white. Pure mineral pigments used in plaster and paints cause light to dance across the surface for a subtle shimmer. "Europeans have been using this process for centuries," Gay says, "and it's unparalleled in its beauty and ability to last." Chateau Domingue, 3615 W. Alabama, 713.961.3444, chateaudomingue.com. Rebecca Sherman The Belgian CONNECTION ART NOTES N ature Ladies: Two female talents take on Mother Nature with surprising results. At Sarah Sudhoff's Capsule Gallery, Austin-based photographer Christa Blackwood depicts the great American nude in the grandeur of the West — but the models are male (through December) … At Barbara Davis Gallery, Christy Karll comments on the landscape, addressing climate concerns via wall sculptures and examining the environs of Round Top and New Ulm via a new series of videos. Karll is part of a group show of talents worthy of investigation (through December 31). Light, Space, and Sound: Galleries roll out visions of the future via artists who employ light or light-invoking pigments, often bending space and adding soundtracks. See Houston painter Eduardo Portillo's contorted, light- fi lled canvases at Anya Tish Gallery (through December 23); a futuristic group view, "Luminous" at Gallery Sonja Roesch (through December 31); and a doubleheader at McClain Gallery for California-based painter Gary Lang and Texas team sculptor Jeff Shore/composer Jon Fisher (both through December 22). Destination Third Ward: Gite Gallery's Lloyd Gite returns from travels with a cache of new Cuban/Afro-Cuban art, offered alongside the gallery's Christmas sale (through December 31) … At Project Row Houses, everyone is buzzing about installations by JooYoung Choi to Tierney Malone's "Jazz Church"(through February 12). For more art, papercitymag. com. Catherine D. Anspon COURTESY THE ARTIST AND ANYA TISH GALLERY COURTESY THE ARTIST AND CAPSULE GALLERY Eduardo Portillo's Antennae G5, 2016, at Anya Tish Gallery Lime-based plaster walls Christa Blackwood's Great Sand Dunes. N58, 2015, at Capsule Gallery V ery much in the oeuvre of Albert Hadley, Sister Parish, and Nancy Lancaster, Charleston- based designer Amelia Handegan embraces the old world — passementerie, stenciled fl oors, historical chintz, and grisaille scenic papers — infusing ancien régime with modern and fresh. In her new book, Amelia Handegan: Rooms (Rizzoli), she tackles an 1820 Charleston double house (her own); a rural Virginia plantation, Rose Hill, built in 1790; the William Gibbes House, built in 1772; a Low Country Greek Revival; a bohemian Folly Beach cabin; a Blue Ridge rustic enclave; a turn-of-the-century Sullivan's Island house; a Neoclassical Revival apartment built in 1923; a 1740s Georgian, the George Eveleigh House; Amelia Handegan to HOUSTON and a Central Park prewar. Handegan assembled a noteworthy team to create this book: Ingrid Abramovitch, an editor at Elle Decor, for the words and photographer Pieter Estersohn, who shoots for Architectural Digest and Elle Decor. Handegan will be in Houston Thursday, December 8, at Chateau Domingue, 3615 West Alabama, 5 to 8 pm, signing her book. RSVP to rsvp@chateaudomingue.com. Handegan's 1923 Neoclassical Revival apartment in Charleston Ruth Gay and Eddy Dankers 20