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Tonight on Starz is the beginning of a 8 part mini-series based on Ken Follett’s novel, The Pillars of the Earth. This epic story deals with conflicting elements: building and destruction, love and war, good and evil, religion and royalty, family and foe, feast and famine, joy and misery, and so on. Although the fight […] A French artist born in 1925 whose paintings and etchings I admire is James Coignard. He dealt with extremely tactile surfaces and the use of some graffiti. The structure of his 1980’s paintings in which he used squares or rectangles to draw the viewer into the artwork had much influence on the structure of my […] Artists are often asked what other artists inspire them. Yesterday I was interviewed on www.blogtalkradio.com/annette-coleman in the Artist name names, what artists inspire their work episode. I thought I’d share my thoughts about inspiration in my blog also. One of my favorite art books is The Language of Antonio Tapies: Surface and Symbol. Both surface […] Water on the moon! The quote below makes it almost sound like a piece of art: The water findings came through an analysis of the slight shifts in color after the impact, showing telltale signs of water molecules that had absorbed specific wavelengths of light. The moon is so intriguing, but humans will […] While doing yoga the other day, I was in the ‘doggy down’ stance. I remembered looking at my own dog that morning and observing her doing something similar. So many of those yoga poses relate to animals and nature. There are the zebra, camel, howling cat, tortoise, cow, cobra, lotus, and tree poses. Plus the […] Is your bank ‘underwater’? Check out its debt (or depth…) Many of my Arborglyph monoprints are titled… Under Water . Therefore, I just couldn’t resist looking at this news article. Of course this ‘underwater’ stuff is affecting us all. How do we artists stay afloat when some of our banks are barely swimming. Arborglyph: […] In my last blog I mentioned that Zorro means ‘Fox’ in Spanish. DAM (Denver Art Musuem) has an the intriguing exhibit of Sandy Skoglund’s 1989 installation … Fox Games, which has 28 gray fox in various poses in a totally red restaurant. The fox scampering over the floor, tables and chairs; even hanging off the […] It’s all in your name! When I was at an art festival last summer, I had a viewer look at my artwork for literally 30 seconds, and he exclaimed “I have to buy this!” A decision so quickly! Why? It turns out that the monoprint he was enamored with had a huge red letter “Z […] Linda biking in Corsica One of my favorite past times is BIKING. I’m no racer like Lance Armstrong in the Tour de France, but I have done several difficult bike tours overseas and love climbing the Colorado mountains. When I’m not riding with others , I sometimes bring my camera and take photos that […] The show Common Box Project opens at Abecedarian Gallery this Thursday, July 9 and runs through July 18. 60+ artists, including myself, are in the show and we’ve all done BOXES, Joseph Cornell style… in collaboration with John Common & the Blinding Flashes of Light, a Denver based musical group. John Common’s comments […] |
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