Powder Room Upgrades:Tru Vue Optium always ready for a roll

always ready for a roll of the dice or a well-played hand

both lifelong Newport residents

The grand Gilded Age houses that top its oceanside cliffs and line storied Bellevue Avenue are largely untouched by contemporary renovation and taste

Nick Mele juxtaposes the nostalgic charm of vintage board games with the tactile elegance of hands draped in heirloom jewelry and watches

Powder Room Upgrades:Tru Vue Optium always ready for a rollPart of Mele's series titled, Please Sign In All Guests. The imagined scenes share a rarified view of life beyond the hedgerow as viewed through the whit and whim of Meles lens. All images are printed on archival Canson Baryta fibre rag paper with a satin finish and archival pigment inks. Signed and numbered, each piece is available unframed or framed in white wood with museum grade 99% UV Plexi. If you will be hanging your art in a space with a lot