Outdoor Sculpture

Drawing of the Day: Pen and Ink Drawing of Lobster Feast
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Large Pine Cones by sculptor Patrick Plourde 

Crouching Spider Sculpture along the Embarcadero, San Francisco. Sculptor Louise Bourgeois

"The Awakening" by J. Seward Johnson, Jr. was moved from Washington, D.C. across the Potomic to Maryland. Caused quite a kerfuffle.

Sculpture in the Luxembourg Gardens, Paris 2006

Salvador Dali Sculpture, Montmartre, Paris

Happy Birthday to my good friend Randee Reidy!

Coffee

Painting of the Day: "Enjoying the Day at the Cafe" Sold

Coffee on my mind ...

Love these "Penguin Classic" demi-tasse cups and saucers.

Yaddo

Painting of the Day: Blue Pots on Main Street
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The Yaddo Artist Residency was established by a pair of philanthropists who believed adamantly in the power of creativity. Yaddo has hosted some of the twentieth century's most renowned writers, composers, and visual artists, including Hannah Arendt, James Baldwin, Saul Bellow, Leonard Bernstein, Elizabeth Bishop, Truman Capote, Flannery O'Connor, Aaron Copland, Langston Hughes, Carson McCullers, Sylvia Plath, Philip Roth, Clyfford Still, and now ... my good friend Laura McBride! Congratulations.

Thanks!

Painting of the Day: Portrait of Steve Jobs
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Very sad news that Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computer and much more, died on October 5th. He packed quite a punch in his 56 years. As I was looking for a photo of Steve to paint, I came across a blog written by a neighbor of his, Lisen Stromberg. I thought it was a touching, personal profile him.
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While on the Subject of Art ...

Painting of the Day: Rodin's "Thinker"
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I love artists interpretation of all things. It's so impressive to see the individual ways 
people communicate through visuals, music, writing, dance, etc. Here are some interesting visuals. 

Andrew Goldsworthy is a favorite of mine. He’s a British artist who collaborates with nature to make his creations.

I found this artist, Henrique Oliveira, while browsing for New York art galleries that would be a good fit for my paintings. These installations are made from the bark of Eucalyptus Trees.        

Now that the tape cassette is a thing of the past, here's an interesting way to recycle them.

There is hope for those kids obssessed with Legos. See artist Nathan Sawaya's work.

Museums Con't

Painting of the Day: 
Foggy view of the Golden Gate Bridge from Crissy Field.
I painted this view of the Golden Gate Bridge from Crissy Field. It was a cold, foggy day. 
Thank goodness the cafe was right behind me. Coffee and warmth was the big motivation 
for painting quickly.
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Museums Con't  (glen)
As I was “googl-ing” the Legion of Honor to find out information about the show I blogged about yesterday I came across some very cool examples of architectural design of museums around the world. Scroll down to see. Enjoy!

Austrian architects Coop Himmelbau have been commissioned to design the new Art Museum Strongoli in Calabria, Italy. Looks like the T-16 Skyhopper Luke Skywalker used to "bulls-eye" womp rats in in Beggar's Canyon back home.

Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art will open to the public on 30 December 2010, in Doha, Qatar. Space, the final frontier ... beam me up, Scotty.

The Chengdu Contemporary Art Centre was designed by Zaha Hadid Architects.

Santiago Calatrava The Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Playful Geometrical Nanjing Museum of Art and Architecture by Steven Holl Architects.

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, designed by North American architect Frank O. Gehry.


... and all this to house ART. 

Museums

Painting of the Day: Rodin's "Thinker" in front of The Palace of the Legion of Honor.

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Recently I had the opportunity to visit the Palace of the Legion of Honor museum in San Francisco. The show on view was a collection of Dutch and Flemish paintings belonging to Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo. They are the most important collectors you’ve never heard of, so they say.

The exhibit was fascinating. The selection of paintings included premier examples of quintessentially Dutch subjects—from portraits and still lifes to landscapes and charming scenes of everyday life. Collectively the works chronicled a 17th-century Holland that served as a model for early American society and culture.

The detail in the paintings was insane. For example, on a still life of a glass vase with tulips, you could see a reflection of a window on the vase. In that reflection you could actually see what was outside the window.  My eyes are crossing just thinking about it.

We saw this beautiful painting of a sleeping dog by Gerrit Dou (1613-1675). Again, the detail was amazing. Especially when you realize the painting is only 6” x 8”. See the flea above his right ear? JK.