10 Sunday Jul 2011
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© Joan Currie
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
by Lord Byron
I wonder what this child is thinking as she looks out on this vast sea…
03 Sunday Jul 2011
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© Lauren DiMarco
It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. – Anaïs Nin
As I walked along the sidewalk today, I was captivated by the peculiar patterns of flattened dark globs of chewing gum embedded in the pavement. Continuing along my route, I started noticing black dots everywhere!
London artist, Ben Wilson, embellishes such discarded gum with colorful images.
Model: Lauren DiMarco
13 Monday Jun 2011
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© Rummy Makmur
An artist is the sum of his own risks.- Zowie Broach & Brian Kirby
The trend in high fashion photography is to capture a video of the shoot and turn it into a short film – especially if the shoot has a fantasy theme. Here is a beautiful example directed by Rummy Makmur and Anya Zuyeva:
Models – Lauren DiMarco & Aaron Mann
Designer/Stylist – Anya Zuyeva
Hair – Lana Orca
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02 Thursday Jun 2011
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© Khrystynana Kazakova
…the artist is he who can take a piece of flint and wring out of it drops of attar of roses. – Walter Sickert
In celebration of the beautiful feminine form, here are my favorite reclining nude paintings – most of them by the Impressionists:
1. Reclining Nude by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
2. Reclining Nude by Richard Edward Miller
3. Reclining Nude by Richard Edward Miller
4. Reclining Nude by Isaac Israels
5. Autumn by Frederick Carl Frieseke
6. Large Reclining Nude (The Pink Nude) by Henri Matisse
7. Reclining Nude by Jean Frédéric Bazille
8. Olympia by Edouard Manet
9. After the Bath or Reclining Nude by Edgar Degas
10. Reclining Nude by Edward Hopper
11. Reclining Nude by Douglas Hofmann
12. The Reclining Shepherdess by Berthe Morisot
13. Reclining Nude by Giovanni Boldini
14. Reclining Nude with Mirror by Delphin Enjolras
15. Reclining Nude by István Szőnyi
16. Reclining Woman Magenta Green and Orange by Beverly Brown
17. Reclining Nude by Amedeo Modigliani
18. Nude with Hands behind Head by Amedeo Modigliani
19. Nude by Salvador Dali
20. Mornington Crescent Nude by Walter Sickert
31 Tuesday May 2011
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© Ukushu Khrystyna
Pierre-Auguste Renoir loved to paint women and girls engaged in everyday activities, especially reading. Below are beautiful paintings of women and girls reading:
1. Woman Reading by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
2. Reading Woman by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
3. Two Young Girls Reading by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
4. Young Woman Reading By A Window by Delphin Enjolras
5. A Favorite Book by Delphin Enjolras
6. A Woman Reading by Claude Monet
7. The Novel Reader by Vincent van Gogh
8. Reading Lesson by Auguste Toulmouche
9. Girl Reading or in the Orangery by Charles Perugini
10. Girl reading by Franz Eybi
11. American Girl Reading by George Cochran Lambdin
12. A Young Woman Reading by Jean-Honore Fragonard
13. Woman Reading in a Landscape by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
14. Woman Reading by David Park
15. The Window Seat by Sir William Orpen
16. Grace Reading at Howth Bay by Sir William Orpen
17. The Treasured Volume by Harry Brooker
18. Compagnie by Escha Van den bogerd
19. Reading (The Artist’s Sister) by Berthe Morisot
20. Simplon Pass: Reading by Singer Sargent
21. The Little Convalescent by Eastman Johnson
22. Fire Opal by Laura Coombs Hills
23. Reading on the Rocks by John George Brown
Model: Ukushu Khrystyna
29 Sunday May 2011
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© Khrystyana Kazakova
I want to reach that condensation of sensations that constitutes a picture.
Henri Matisse
I was surprised how few of my favorite artists painted portraits of women wearing red dresses. Here are some beautiful ones I found:
1. Lady in Red by Murat Kaboulov
2. La Femme en Rouge by Giovanni Boldini
3. The Lady in Red by Giovanni Boldini
4. Madame Juillard in Red by Giovanni Boldini
5. Mrs. Charles E. Inches (nee Louise Pomeroy) by John Singer Sargent
6. Portrait of a Lady in Red by Sandro Botticelli
7. Woman in Red by Jacqui Faye
8. Portrait of a Woman in Red Dress by Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz
9. Portrait of a Lady in Red by Jacopo Pontormo
10. Study of a Woman in Red by Jean-Jacques Henner
11. The Small Cowper Madonna by Raphael Sanzio
12. Helnwein Child by Raphael Sanzio
13. Portrait of a Woman in a Red Dress – Pierre Auguste Renoir
Model: Khrystyana Kazakova
25 Wednesday May 2011
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© Joan Currie
To read more
get better in math
make more friends
more good manners
clean up my room more
get better at sports…
This printed list of resolutions fell out of my daughter’s ballet book (#5 below).
There was a teary moment when I discovered this grade one list today, however, my daughter did accomplish all the items on it – including becoming an architect, bibliophile (especially of Jane Austen books), cross-country runner, and having many, many wonderful friends.
Here are ten of our well-loved, beautiful children’s books:
1. The Balloon Tree by Phoebe Gilman
2. Corgiville Fair by Tasha Tudor
3. Amy’s Goose by Efner Tudor Holmes, illustrated by Tasha Tudor
4. Masquerade by Kit Williams
5. Of Swans, Sugarplums, and Satin Slippers by Violette Verday, illustrated by Marcia Brown
6. Little Grey Rabbit’s Storybook by Alison Uttley, illustrated by Margaret Tempest
7. Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall, illustrated by Barbara Cooney
8. Beatrix Potter The Complete Tales by Beatrix Potter
9. The Eleventh Hour by Graeme Base
10. Who Goes To The Park by Warabé Aska
22 Sunday May 2011
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© Joan Currie
Fassett has successfully challenged the idea that knitting and needlepointing are dull, restrained, and limited to certain subjects or patterns. – Catherine Reurs
I have a penchant for Elizabeth Bradley’s exquisite needlepoint designs and two of her books top my list of favorite pattern books:
1. Needlework Antique Flowers by Elizabeth Bradley
2. Decorative Victorian Needlework by Elizabeth Bradley
3. Kaffe Fassett’s Glorious Needlepoint
4. Flowers, Birds, and Unicorns: Medieval Needlepoint by Candace Bahouth
5. In Splendid Detail – Needlepoint Art by Catherine Reurs
6. Donna Kooler’s Glorious Needlepoint
7. Glorafilia The Ultimate Needlepoint Collection by Carole Lazarus and Jennifer Berman
8. Erica Wilson’s Needlepoint (The Metropolitan Museum of Art adaptations)
9. Jill Gordon’s Needlepoint – Glorious Tapestry Designs
10. American Country Needlepoint by Jim Williams
11. Designer Needlepoint edited by Hugh Ehrman
12. Floral Needlepoint by Melinda Coss
13. Nantucket Inspirations by Claire Murray
14. Victorian Needlepoint by Beth Russell
15 Sunday May 2011
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© Khrystyana Kazakova
Children are made readers on the laps of their parents. – Emile Buchwald
I love the illustrations in children’s books. Tasha Tudor fans may be interested to know that the Medici Society in London published some of the most beautiful paperback picture books that I have ever seen. They may still be found in used books stores, particularly in Britain and Canada. Many of the authors’ work is still for sale in the form of posters, postcards, and prints.
Here are the books my children liked the best from the series:
1. An ABC For You And Me by Margaret Tempest.
2. An Alphabet by Molly Brett
3. Katy Laura and The Dream Boat by Elizabeth Foster
4. Poems illustrated by Sandy Nightingale
5. The Margaret Tempest Picture Book
6. Tom and the Enchanted Flute by Jean Gilder
7. The Adventures of Plush and Tatty by Molly Brett
8. Let’s Meet Some Baby Birds by Ella Bruce
9. The Racey Helps Picture Book with verses by Celia Barlow
10. Freddy the Teddy by Audrey Tarrant
Model – Khrystyana Kazakova
13 Friday May 2011
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© Joan Currie = Woodside, California at the Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct's terminus.
I give waters in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people . – Temple inscription from Isaiah 43:20
Architect William Merchant designed this Beaux Arts temple in the 1930s with a classical circle of corinthian columns and an ornate masonry ring. It is located in Woodside, California at the Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct’s terminus. A reflecting pool lies beyond the temple.
The setting is reminiscent of those depicted in high romance novels – the hero and heroine’s secret meeting place.
Satin & Sand 