Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Picasso painting sells for over 67 million dollars...

proving once again that a sucker is born every day.

The new owners did get a bonus ugly picture painted on the back.

Celebrating the ugly. It's what our world has become.






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Monday, April 20, 2015

Hillary Fatigue...

I haz it.

I couldn't care less what that old screeching harridan is doing or saying.

Meantime, in beautiful downtown Minneapolis, six men have been arrested for trying to join ISIS.

and

this hysterically funny article from the StarTrib about the declining younger population of the Twin Cities.  The funny part comes in the comment section (over 500, which is HUGE for the StarTrib) where diehard Twin Citian libtards try to defend their bailiwick by bringing up the "art and culture" of the Twin Cities - not to mention it's "diversity."   What they fail to mention is that the majority can't avail themselves of all this art and culture because they can't afford it, or they may get mugged while participating.

For instance, that wonderful diverse group, Twin Cities Pride, which celebrates all things sodomy, is bringing Lily Tomlin in as a cultural and artistic event.  Tickets range from $40.00 - $99.00.   Now I have it on good intelligence that the Muslim Somalis living off the taxpayers in Cedar-Riverside can't afford to attend.  The horror.

Not to be outdone, the "prominent" Catholics in culturally and artistically rich San Fransisco, are pissed at archbishop Salvatore Cordileone.  His offense?  Why he has the temerity to uphold Catholic teaching, and wants his teachers in the Catholic schools to do the same.  These "prominent" people spent gobs of money, of which they have plenty, to take out a full-page ad in the local SF paper denouncing the good archbishop as being "too conservative."

But their worst offense is leading the students into revolt.  Didn't Jesus say something about the "least of my children?"  Yep, that's the ticket, "prominent" Catholics - let's lead some young people into thinking sinful behavior is A-okay, and that Jesus would approve, because, after all, all this talk about sin is just too divisive.  My message to you: If you don't like the doctrines of the Catholic Church, go start your own.  Dopes.

In Honor of Art and Culture

In honor of art and culture, today, after finishing the painting of an arbor (can that be considered "art"?), I'm going to the library, and then peruse the used book section at the Hospice Thrift Store, buy some free-range lettuce at the grocery store, and maybe even hit up Walmart.  Oh, the excitement - it burns.

This evening I'll be reading more of Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, by Erik Larson, an author I think so highly of that I actually spent $16.00 at Costco for this, his newest book.  His book In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin remains one of my all time favorites.  Does that count as culture?

Tomorrow night, I'll be heading over to where our new overpass is being built to watch the workers install the first span over the freeway.  Who says we don't have "art and culture" in North Idaho??









Thursday, May 9, 2013

Friday, March 15, 2013

St. Francis and the kitties...

Yesterday I used a photo of St. Francis with some kitties.  I failed to include the artist's name or any information about the artist.  My bad!  My very bad!!

In order to correct this injustice, allow me to introduce you to Jill West, of Witicha, KS.


From her Etsy shop "about" page:

Hi I'm Jill!
Thanks for visiting my little shop! I've been selling small canvas & wood block paintings online for over 4 years now & decided to open up a shop so I could offer more of my other little creations. I'm a big cat lover so ALL of my creations will have a cat theme of some kind! I grew up with cats & just love everything about them from their playfulness to their aloofness but mostly their unconditional love.

In my shop you will find fun ORIGINAL one-of-a-kind items including prints, bookmarks & note cards - all from prints of my original paintings. My fabric items include unique pillows, pillow ornaments, art dolls & my unique fuzzy fleece CAT NAPPER pads!
 Here's a link to her Etsy shop:

That's My Cat



Saturday, November 3, 2012

Saturday art: The anti-fifi manly cowboy art...

especially for the Woodsterman.  

Do you know why Odie is called The Woodsterman?  Go HERE to find out.  And remember - Christmas is coming up...







Thursday, October 25, 2012

Afternoon Art...

George Washington Thomas Lambert (Australian artist, 1873-1930) 






Self Portrait

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

More art...

because you can never have enough.

Thomas Cole (February 1, 1801 – February 11, 1848) 





Sunday, October 14, 2012

Sunday art...

lovely.

Gian Giacomo d'Alladio, called Macrino d'Alba, (Italian, ca. 1465-1528)