Category Archives: SWIMMING IN ART

ReMarkable E-Ink Paperwhite Tablet – Digital Reading, Writing, Drawing, Etc.

reMarkable tablet

CREATIVE PEOPLE ENJOY PAPER & THE “ReMarkable” E-INK “PAPER” TABLET BRIDGES THE OLD SCHOOL vs TECH GAP. (This article has excerpts from Valentina Palladino’s review at arstechnica.com. For her full review, please access their website.) The reMarkable tablet offers a unique reading and writing experience. Unless you use a Kindle paperwhite or other paperwhite e-readers regularly, you […]

1st Person: Artist Howard Harris Creates Layers of Photography

colorful lights

Howard Harris has immersed himself with tremendous passion in the pursuit of his art. A Denver native he earned a BFA from Kansas City Art Institute, then studied at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. He has focused on photography ever since. These current photos are nearly impossible to classify regarding their medium, they are […]

AIDA MULUNEH / NEW PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 at MoMA

Photographer AIDA MULUNEH – There is an almost otherworldly doubling in these photographs (below), which show two iterations of the same figure: one faces the camera and raises a hand in a gesture of salutation, while the other looks ahead. In Muluneh’s photograph, “All in One” (above), a single figure embodies multiplicity through the addition […]

Leonardo’s Drawing Aid, the Camera Obscura

etching of camera obscura

The CAMERA OBSCURA The dictionary definition: 1) A darkened box with an aperture (convex lens) for projecting the image of the external scene onto a surface inside, based on the way our eyes see. It is important historically, because the concept lead to the development of photography once film was invented. 2) A small round […]

Colossal Exhibition at Te Papa Tongarewa

a woman standing nex to a giant soldier

Colossal Exhibiton These colossal sculptures took a staggering 24,000 hours to create, and countless hours to research. by Anna Addoms While visiting Wellington, NZ last month, I wandered into Te Papa Tongarewa (The Museum of New Zealand). It showcases the history of New Zealand from the Maori culture to the immigration of European civilization. One of […]

FIRST PERSON: My Conversation with Spencer Tunick

EDITOR’S NOTE: Work / Family Caution!  THIS ARTICLE MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO OPEN AT A BUSINESS OFFICE OR AROUND CHILDREN. The subject of Spencer Tunick’s artistic photos is the nude figure, gathered in groups, sometimes in massive groups. These images may be inappropriate for some work situations or for family viewing. The nude figure in […]

Louise Fishman, Abstract Expressionist Original

Louise Fishman detail

    Louise Fishman  at CHEIM & READ Gallery, NYC Louise Fishman is an Abstract Expressionist painter, who first began her study of painting in the late 1950’s and has been exhibiting in galleries and museums since the 1960’s. She currently show her works at Cheim & Read, NYC. Fishman was born in Pennsylvania in 1939 […]

 “AMERICAN ROAD TRIP”, Arts & Food Photo Essay

a road trip

“AMERICAN ROAD TRIP” Editor’s Note: This photo essay is about rural America and the highways that connect all of the USA together. I am always interested in how different things catch the individual photographer’s eye. Any other person would tell a completely different story. This photo essay happened during a solo drive through Colorado, New Mexico, […]

Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC (5th Ave.)

sol lewitt wall drawing

    LeWitt took the planning process very seriously. He argued that ideas for works of art actually ARE art. Five people drew it on the wall according to the artist’s designs from 1982. They worked outside the Modern and Contemporary galleries for four weeks. The installers followed LeWitt’s instructions very closely. First, they divided […]

1st Person with David Hockney

Hockney picture

 The day I spent with Artist David Hockney (British, born 1937) by Jack A. Atkinson I was working for The San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner as Art Director of the Sunday Magazine, California Living. They sent me to the IDCA (International Design Conference in Aspen). When I arrived the directors of the IDCA contacted me […]