Michelangelo’s David in Florence, Italy (detail) ART: Advice is cheap but here goes – I may ramble a bit. Recently, I was asked to give some advice to an artist who was about to launch from school into the real world of the arts. Dear Emerging Artist: – Honestly, luck plays a huge role in […]
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This hanging Brachauchenius is reminiscent of the dinosaurs hanging in the lobby of the visitor’s center in “Jurassic Park”, the movie. A Tyrannosaurid (T-Rex) viewed through the trees on the 2nd floor of the museum. The museum has 3,750,000 specimens of fossils*, mostly from the Cretaceous Period. Above, many dinosaurs have long been known to run in […]
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Sep
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 […]
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© 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 […]
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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 […]
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Aug
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 […]
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Aug
Aug
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 […]
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Aug
Aug
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 […]
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Aug
Aug
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 […]
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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 – […]