From the "who knew?" file:
At one time Sears, with the help of old time horror movie star Vincent Price, sold art by Picasso, Chagall, and others. Costco is trying to do that today - well, good luck!
What I like about this quote from the article is the "belief that art is everyone."
You got it.
Still, you can't help but be touched by the faith in middlebrow taste that once inspired the executives of America's best-loved mail-order store to try selling Picassos to their customers, assisted by a genial horror-movie star who shared their belief that art was for everyone. "It's just endless what you can learn from a single work of art," Price once said. "You can fill up the crevices of your life, the cracks of your life, the places where the mortar comes out and falls away--you can fill it up with the love of art." Who's telling us that now?
http://www.opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110007145
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Thursday, August 25, 2005
If It's Good Enough for Kate Moss...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/magazine/4183556.stm
This article mentions the rise of portraiture despite all the technological advances in photography today that threatens to make painting a lost art. But I've had a lot of fun with graphics created by scanning people's photos and playing with them in Photoshop, even though I still paint.
I'm sure that's what they thought when the camera was first invented and turn of the century artists called those who used the camera as a composition tool "cheaters."
Thanks to celebrities like Kate Moss, it is now trendy to have a portrait done.
I guess whatever helps keep art (and the artists) alive, I'm for it.
This article mentions the rise of portraiture despite all the technological advances in photography today that threatens to make painting a lost art. But I've had a lot of fun with graphics created by scanning people's photos and playing with them in Photoshop, even though I still paint.
I'm sure that's what they thought when the camera was first invented and turn of the century artists called those who used the camera as a composition tool "cheaters."
Thanks to celebrities like Kate Moss, it is now trendy to have a portrait done.
I guess whatever helps keep art (and the artists) alive, I'm for it.
Thursday, August 18, 2005
"If It Doesn't Move, It Gets Painted"
In the "art is my life" category, this group gets high marks for inspiration and enthusiasm. And the quote pulled from this article is definitely T-shirt-worthy.
Armed with paintbrushes and paint of all kinds, the artists take aim at their target: "If it doesn't move, it gets painted," said Carolyn Murphey as she and other members gathered at their usual meeting spot.
In exchange for use of meeting space and facilities at Chamberlayne Heights United Methodist Church, the organization painted murals in the church's Sunday school rooms, transforming white cinder block walls into colorful scenes.
Lancaster and her son, Patrick Welch, guided 23 members through the project, the largest the group has undertaken. In one room, they painted a Noah's Ark, complete with detailed paintings of animals and biblical figures.
"You can look in this room and look in this room and you are going to find things you didn't think were there," Lancaster said.
Among the little discoveries are a person carrying a Ukrop's bag, ants on an ant hill and potatoes in a hole.
Artists painted a nativity scene in a room used for an adult class and a mural of Jesus and children in a preschool room.
"The church absolutely loved it," Moore said. "One kid wrote, 'Every time I come in here, if I'm sad, it makes me happy.'"
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031784387733&path=!flair&s=1045855936229
Armed with paintbrushes and paint of all kinds, the artists take aim at their target: "If it doesn't move, it gets painted," said Carolyn Murphey as she and other members gathered at their usual meeting spot.
In exchange for use of meeting space and facilities at Chamberlayne Heights United Methodist Church, the organization painted murals in the church's Sunday school rooms, transforming white cinder block walls into colorful scenes.
Lancaster and her son, Patrick Welch, guided 23 members through the project, the largest the group has undertaken. In one room, they painted a Noah's Ark, complete with detailed paintings of animals and biblical figures.
"You can look in this room and look in this room and you are going to find things you didn't think were there," Lancaster said.
Among the little discoveries are a person carrying a Ukrop's bag, ants on an ant hill and potatoes in a hole.
Artists painted a nativity scene in a room used for an adult class and a mural of Jesus and children in a preschool room.
"The church absolutely loved it," Moore said. "One kid wrote, 'Every time I come in here, if I'm sad, it makes me happy.'"
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031784387733&path=!flair&s=1045855936229
Sunday, August 14, 2005
A Change Is As Good As A Rest
Sorry to be AWOL for the last 10 days or so, but I was on vacation.
I read a lot of creativity books and most of them agree-the same routine day after day dulls the mind. I'm sure most of us don't need to be told that, we know it from experience. And as my grandmother used to say, "a change is as good as a rest!"
So our annual family camping trip to Door County, Wisconsin, was refreshing and inspiring. For those of you that don't know the area, the county is surrounded by Lake Michigan and Green Bay, giving it a highly nautical flavor with charming harbor villages and saturated with galleries and outdoor sports. Camping at Peninsula State Park, where you have to book a site 10 months in advance to get a prime spot, is always entertaining. The theater in the park forest always has a choice of plays or funny musicals (Packer Fans from Outer Space, Lumberjacks in Love) to keep the whole family occupied.
I came back (almost) ready to go back to work and with new ideas to pursue.
And no, I am not a member of the Wisconsin Tourism Board.
I read a lot of creativity books and most of them agree-the same routine day after day dulls the mind. I'm sure most of us don't need to be told that, we know it from experience. And as my grandmother used to say, "a change is as good as a rest!"
So our annual family camping trip to Door County, Wisconsin, was refreshing and inspiring. For those of you that don't know the area, the county is surrounded by Lake Michigan and Green Bay, giving it a highly nautical flavor with charming harbor villages and saturated with galleries and outdoor sports. Camping at Peninsula State Park, where you have to book a site 10 months in advance to get a prime spot, is always entertaining. The theater in the park forest always has a choice of plays or funny musicals (Packer Fans from Outer Space, Lumberjacks in Love) to keep the whole family occupied.
I came back (almost) ready to go back to work and with new ideas to pursue.
And no, I am not a member of the Wisconsin Tourism Board.
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