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As the Summer of 2012 is ending, we are all busy trying to squeeze in everything we want to get done – even then leaving many items not crossed off the list, but saved for next summer. Personally, this is a very busy time in my life, I will post a few weeks of double […]

© Rineke Dijkstra ART Rineke Dijkstra’s Portraits show the subtle magnetism of average people. © Rineke Dijkstra   © Rineke Dijkstra © Rineke Dijkstra     “Self Portrait, Marnixbad, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 19, 1991.”Chromogenic print, 35 x 28 cm. © Rineke Dijkstra – Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York and Paris. Rineke Dijkstra is a talented […]

        ART Farmer’s Market A Photo Essay As the summer of 2012 comes to a close, one of the great assets of summer will also end soon – the Farmer’s Market. It is such a pleasure to buy fresh produce from these local growers, who sell their products directly to us. These […]

Dragonfly – Ink & Brush Drawing by Jack A. Atkinson ART   Drawing Although drawing has been the beginning for all art processes from Cave Painting until the 20th Century, it is a skill seldom shown in galleries today. With the onset of “Modernism”: abstraction, automatic writing, distortion, non-objective art, found objects, installations, performance art […]

Photo courtesy of Marvin Hamlish Official Website “I have to keep reminding myself that ‘A Chorus Line’ was initially considered weird and off the wall,” … “You mustn’t underestimate an audience’s intelligence.” -Marvin Hamlisch One of America’s most talented musical artists, left us suddenly this past week. Marvin Hamlisch was also one of only two people […]

ART The Summer Olympic Games, London 2012 Exciting! (PS: The logo forms the numerals 2012.) England issues their Official Olympic Royal Mail Stamps   Visual art is hard to find at these London, Summer Olympic Games: stamps, the logo, the color light show on the exterior of the stadium, the Anish Kapoor Tower and the […]

ART A Day at the Beach A Photo Essay  It’s Summertime and we’re ready for a beach day in Florida! by Jack A. Atkinson INLAND   DINNER & A SOUVENIR (Source: All photos are © Copyright 2012 Jack A. Atkinson) FOOD Wintzell’s Oyster House www.WintzellsOysterHouse.com A gulf coast tradition since 1938. …and their “Happy Hour Price” for a […]

Andorra – Above is the beautiful design of the WALK lights in The Principality of Andorra, a microstate in Southwestern Europe bordered by Spain and France. ART “WALK” lights  as Street Art! Pictured are some interesting “WALK” lights from various cities around the world. Enjoy these different icons, which all graphically say: “CROSS NOW!” Antwerp, Belgium – […]

ART Art Across America 2012 A survey of Art from The Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO For three-days in early July, the Cherry Creek Arts Festival in Denver, Colorado is a world renowned art happening. It is ranked as the “Number One Fine Arts / Fine Crafts Festival” in the United States. Below, and […]

Tanaya Doskova, Vancouver, BC – Painting ART Across N. America from the  Cherry Creek Arts Festival Denver, CO, 2012   Michael Kuseske, Royal Palm Beach, FL – Painting Penelope Osio-Brown, Elmhurst, IL – Painting Ray Lapsys, Wheeling, IL – Etched glass St. Victor – Painting / Digital St. Victor – Painting / Digital Scott Gamble  Cummings, […]