Dali: “I know what the picture should be … We take a duck and put some dynamite in its derriere. When the duck explodes, I jump and you take the picture.”Halsman: “Don’t forget that we are in America. We will be put in prison if we start exploding ducks.”Dali: “You’re right. Let’s take some cats…
Gustav Klimt
One of my favorite artists is Gustav Klimt. Gustav Klimt was an Austro-Hungarian artist that lived in Vienna during the time of Sigmund Freud (1862 – 1981). Artists of his time did not like his style and called it vulgar. His Nuda Veritas painting is a painting of a woman named Eva who represents a…
Ants in a Möbius strip M.C. Escher
I love this “Ants in a Möbius Strip” piece by M.C. Escher. It is like they are following an endless cycle of twisted planes. wallup.net
Berndnaut Smilde
Dutch artist, Berndnaut Smilde, has figured out a way to create Nimbus clouds in an art gallery for his photos. He does this by regulating the temperature and humidity in a space, then spraying a burst of fog from a fog machine to create a fluffy cloud in the center of the room. He has…
Light Graffiti
Today, making pictures in the air using a sparkler has been taken to a whole new level by photographers in something known as light painting. Historically, it has been used by Picasso to create a centaur. Gjon Mili’s Pablo Picasso “Draws” a Centaur in the Air with Light Now, we need only to have a…
Tai Chi
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” – Charles Darwin Tai Chi is such a beautiful art and it has numerous health benefits such as improving circulation, the immune system, balance, and training the mind, which I…
Favorite Art Songs
Some of my Art songs are: “If Music Be the Food of Love” by Henry Purcell/Henry Heveningham “American Lullaby” by Gladys Rich “Sure on This Shining Night” by Samuel Barber/James Agee
Reverse Graffiti
Reverse graffiti is an art form where the artist cuts through and cleans up grit on walls. The Reverse Graffiti team teams up with the eco cleaner brand GreenWorks to create art like the 140 foot mural on the walls of San Francisco’s Broadway tunnel. I think that this is an excellent idea. What a…
Surreal Dreamscapes
Artist Jee Young Lee has created this awesome, surrealistic, Photoshop free dreamscape art. She does it by building these realistic scenes in her studio. The artist says that each of these photography sets and her roles in them are meant to tell a story about her personal life experiences or resurrect traditional Korean fables or…
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