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mouse from merced
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The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 30, 2013 - 11:35am PT
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Detail from Avalanche Poodle by Tami Knight.
It's for sale as part of the painting, though.
It needs it's own thread. :)
Seriously, Tami, had you painted a face on this sun I'd have put in a bid...
Is this a fire hazard so close to the wooden horsies?
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Mar 30, 2013 - 02:08pm PT
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Elcap - I too enjoyed the Palm Springs Art Museum. It's definately worth a visit when you're in the area. We saw a Wyeth retrospective there which was wonderful, and another time, a modern art glass exhibit.
It's a nicely laid out space, and as a bonus, you can walk around in that neighborhood behind the "downtown" area and see some cool old houses and motels.
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HF
climber
I'm a Norwegian stuck in Joshua Tree
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Mar 30, 2013 - 03:55pm PT
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Edvard Munch
Gustav Vigeland
Per Ung
Just to mention a few. The list is endless. Ansel Adams, Gustav Klimt, Edgar Degas, Vebjørn Sand......
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Anastasia
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Home
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Mar 30, 2013 - 04:27pm PT
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This is what the neighborhood children made for Easter. Yes, I was awestruck too.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Mar 30, 2013 - 05:45pm PT
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Beautiful pots, Stahlbro!
On Friday we went to SFMOMA to see the Garry Winogrand exhibit. It's really worth seeing. More than half of the photos in this retrospective have never been shown before.
The photos are so interesting. The photos are beautiful but the subjects are rarely beautiful. Not deliberately ugly but just "everyday" life. What struck me the most was the neutrality of his view. It's neither sympathetic nor unsympathetic. It's like he was saying "This is who we are, this is how we live, this is what we do."
About 1/3 of the photos are from the NYC area. My husband was most taken with these as he grew up in NY and the photos evoked so many memories.
Phyl
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tiki-jer
Trad climber
fresno/clovis
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Those fired pots are very cool as is the driftwood horse!
Here are a few pics of the painting NateD suggested I post.
It now resides in an esteemed ST Tribe Members home.
A man of 'extraordinary magnatude'.....the good Dr. Jett.
The rest of us know him as Micronut.
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tiki-jer
Trad climber
fresno/clovis
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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tiki, nice work. I mean, really nice work. Should I save up my old cabinet
doors for you? Would I be correct if I said you did the crackle finish
yourself? I'm thinking yes because it looks so good.
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tiki-jer
Trad climber
fresno/clovis
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Hey thanks Reilly, to answer your question.....Yes!
Please save those cabinet doors and Yes that is my finish.
That particular door was maple.
Have done a number of kitchen cabinets with that technique combined with distressing.
And thanks for the kind words.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 25, 2013 - 06:25pm PT
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This here's ART. From Detroit. Michigan.
It already HAS a frame!
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bc
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Prescott, AZ
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Apr 25, 2013 - 07:03pm PT
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Painting of Grand Canyon from the south rim for this year's Grand Canyon Plein Air on the Rim exhibit. Living on the Edge 24x36.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Apr 25, 2013 - 07:16pm PT
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^^^
Beautiful work there. Love the desert landscapes.
Another supercool exhibit that was at PSAM in the winter was a series of paintings of grass by Karen Kitchel.
Now that sounds kind of boring or lame, grass right? But these were stunning, almost like photographs in the level of detail. And there were about 20 of them, different scenes, I was transfixed.
Can't link images because my net-nanny at work is being cranky, but it's worth googling her.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Those are odd bits of mirror. It's different each time you look.
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Bill Mc Kirgan
Trad climber
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Nice mirror media. Thanks for sharing that Mouse From Merced.
Here's some of my neighbor's art. She's a fascinating lady who took up
painting late in life. I believe she began much of her work with the
assistance of a photo projector. She would project an image onto a canvas
and then sketch in the outlines. From there she would get busy mixing the
paints and bringing the sketch to life.
Her subjects ranged from flowers in vases to people and also included
familiar mountain and climbing locations like these.
^^^ this one is especially nice
She's not painting anymore, but sure turned out some good pieces.
I think she's going to take it to auction soon and I hope the locals get
in a bidding war over some of the pieces. I took these photos as I helped
bundle these and many other paintings for the trip to the auction.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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May 25, 2013 - 01:08am PT
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hey there say, all...
wow, finally had a chance to share a few small works that i sent out, in between the larger oils that i am doing...
ol' dial up froze up, and this taking long enough to write a book, :O
so, i grouped them all together... may be hard to see, unless you click on it, but i just can't do this anymore, after this... hard on the ol' body, the longer these mess-ups happen, :O :)
still, ever riding, thankful, into the breeze of the ol' trail here...
:)
but here we go, hopefully.. these were fun to do...
can't post all the separate notes that i had on each pic... so will mention
notes, after, IF THIS takes:
course, i just realized i FORGOT ONE... :(
well, one more try... this is the owl that ekat's friend photographed,
i painted it and sent it to him:
looks like it all took and did not freeze or stall...
whewwww... been here wayyyyy too long, got to go now... :)
*kestrel and wild horses, are bob d'~~~s photography, and he
graceious let me paint them... :)
canoe photo is blackbirds...
sweet cat photo is michelles...
deer and ducks, i drew up...
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Jun 20, 2013 - 03:02pm PT
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Hi fellow art friends and fiends, I'm in Italy so of course I' having an art immersion.
First day we went to the Palatine Galleries and the Grand Apartments of the Pitti Palace. Wha t a fantastic collection, in a comfortable layout of rooms furnished with other items of daily living. well, people like NApolean lived there so I guess it was daily living for lifestyles of the rich and famoso.
We were not allowed to take photos so I'll have to update when I get home with my favorites. Great collection of Titian.
Today we spent five hours (!) in the Uffizi. Te viewing experience is a bit difficult because of the hoards of big tour groups, each with their own guide lecturing. The museum is in the midst of a much needed expansion/renovation and we got a taste of the new galleries which look to be much improved in terms of the lighting over the current galleries.
My traveling companion is my sister who is an art educator so it was nice for me to be with someone who wants to look as long as I do.
It's really not possible to pick a few favorites from this collection. But I have to say, there was one da Vinci which moved us both to tears, it was so beautiful.
One thing that we found amusing was comparing the beauty or lack thereof, of the various baby Jesus' in all the Madonna and Child paintings ( of which we must have seen 50). Man they painted some ugly babies!
More later...
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Jun 21, 2013 - 04:23pm PT
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Today, Pisa. Spectacular!
Took photos but my Internet speed is too slow to post.
Will update when stateside again...
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Nate D
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San Francisco
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Jun 21, 2013 - 05:28pm PT
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Art reports coming in from Italy.
Awesome...
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