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Sand Collecting…

16 Thursday Jun 2011

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© Joan Currie

People who collect sand as a hobby are known as arenophiles or psammofiles.
Webster’s

I started collecting sand from my trips a few years ago but never knew there were names for the activity until recently (arenophile or psammofile sounds more like a medical condition than just having fun saving sand). Here are my top ten favorite sand locations, chosen for the color and texture of the sand:

1.  Ipanema Beach, Rio, Brazil
2.  Hapuna Beach, Kona, Hawaii
3.  Marble, Colorado
4.  Blue Lake, near Rotorua, New Zealand
5.  Coronado Beach, San Diego, California
6.  Cascais, near Lisbon, Portugal
7.  Santorini, Greece
8.  Erfoud, Morocco
9.  Sumner Beach, Christchurch, New Zealand
10. Manly Beach, near Sydney, Australia

Fashion Video…

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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Hands of a Man…

07 Tuesday Jun 2011

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© Joan Currie

The light, flowing out from under the edge of a parasol of bluish crystal, spilled up against the hand, and made every contour of the skin apparent, exaggerating the powerful knuckles and the veins engorged by the pressure of the arm.
The Hand by Colette

Unlike the protagonist in Colette’s short story, who is repulsed by her new husband’s hand, I find a man’s hand to be very appealing – especially when holding an early morning cup of coffee.

I am also fascinated by the hands of a man when he is chopping wood, hammering, building a fire, baiting a hook, tying a fly fishing lure, braiding dock lines, knotting a tie, putting on cufflinks, shaving, changing a tire, waxing a car, steering an outboard motor, flipping hamburgers on the grill, gripping a golf club, skipping stones, strumming a guitar, painting a fence, petting an animal, and taking my hand.

Reclining Nudes…

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

Women Reading Books…

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

Lady in Red…

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

80 Words Beginning with the Letter “C” (Part 2)…

28 Saturday May 2011

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© Lauren DiMarco and “Cat”

Although it was difficult to restrict the list to just 80 words, here is Part 2 of my favorite words beginning with the letter “C”…

41. Chivalry
42. Chocolate
43. Chopstick
44. Chutney
45. Cinema
46. Circus
47. Citrus
48. Chalk
49. Chapel
50. Charity
51. Chromosome
52. Chickadee
53. Chinese
54. Cinnamon
55. Cityscape
56. Clandestine
57. Clay
58. Cloque
59. Coastal
60. Cochlear
61. Coffee
62. Cognac
63. Congeal
64. Coniferous
65. Constellation
66. Cornflower
67. Cornucopia
68. Corvette
69. Courageous
70. Cranberry
71. Crater
72. Cream
73. Crepe
74. Crewel
75. Cricoid
76. Crinoline
77. Crocus
78. Croissant
79. Crystalline
80. Custard

Curious Cupid: 80 Beautiful Words Starting with the Letter “C”…

26 Thursday May 2011

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© Lauren DiMarco

On my walk this morning, I thought of these beautiful words starting with the letter “C”…

1.  Caboose
2.  Cachepot
3.  Cachet
4.  Calcification
5.  Calico
6.  Calligraphy
7.  Calliope
8.  Camera
9.  Campanile
10. Canadian
11. Canterbury
12. Canyon
13. Capillary
14. Cashmere
15. Cassiopeia
16. Castle
17. Cayenne
18. Celebration
19. Celsius
20. Celestial
21. Celtic
22. Cinnamon
23. Chalet
24. Chameleon
25. Chamois
26. Champagne
27. Chandelier
28. Chapbook
29. Chapel
30. Charcoal
31. Charmeuse
32. Chastity
33. Chenille
34. Chevrolet
35. Chiaroscuro
36. Chiffonier
37. Chignon
38. Childhood
39. Chiffon
40. Chime

To be continued…

Model: Lauren DiMarco

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