Years Later Everything Still Looks Fresh

March 23, 2015, 8:17 pm

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Frozen in the moment. Still fresh,  Magic.

I went back to an external hard drive and dug through archives

Looking for images that say fresh.  I sure like to photograph my food. Scroll down for the fresh statue.

Anna is born. October 2003

The butter cow at the Ohio State Fair

A fresh fruit tart at Suzanne’s home for tea

A roll in Zagreb

Bill’s Paint Palette

mixing up paint in with the food theme

Fresh Asparagus at my sister’s in NYC

A Spinach Salad

Vanilla Gelato

Fresh Strawberries

Zagreb Fountain Might be Considered a Bit Fresh

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Meditation Lights Created With Dual Image Photographs

April 20, 2015, 2:58 am

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When I went to pick up my order at my favorite framer, Panza Gallery in Millvale, I saw these lights aglow.

They are “lights not lamps“, Mark Panza said.  “You can leave them on all the time and they don’t get hot.”

They caught my eye and I asked Mark about them.  Turns out he makes them and not to share his trade secrets but he uses his signature combined dual images containing architecture, figures, and or nature.  He constructs the base from frame scraps, builds a glass or plexiglass box, adds an LED light  and then Mark lines the box with his image.  Each one is unique.

In some of the pieces you can see recognizable architectural details from the William Penn Hotel downtown Pittsburgh and Sacred Heart Church Rose Window in Shadyside.

 

 

They looked even better when Mark switched off the gallery lights.  There was still a lot of daylight from the door but they really glowed.

 

You may have seen previous posts with Panza Gallery featured.

Mark (and his lovely daughter Jennifer) always do a great job framing my photographs and artwork.

Panza Gallery is “dedicated to the Pittsburgh artist”.

Millvale, PA has a lot happening.

 

 

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Frank Lloyd Wright – Zeigler House- Guest Blog from Frankfort Kentucky

April 21, 2015, 8:18 pm

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This afternoon my son Mark sent a few photos of the Zeigler House in Frankfort Kentucky.

Individual or group tours can be arranged with the homeowners (by appointment) and if you click the link above you can hear interviews of the owners telling what it is like to live there.

It is the only Frank Lloyd Wright building in Kentucky.

Here are the photos,  thanks Mark.

 

 

 

 

You can read an article written by Tom Eblen of the Lexington Herald-Leader  –Frankfort home is all that’s Wright in Kentucky

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Tree of Knowledge Neon Art Installation at University of Pittsburgh

May 6, 2015, 6:46 pm

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Tonight I attended the Congressional Art Awards hosted by Congressman Mike Doyle at the William Pitt Student Union, University of Pittsburgh.

One of my students had an artwork in the exhibit.   Because it’s a photograph showing herself I am unable to post her piece but I am very proud of her for participating.

On the way out of the Assembly Room,  I photographed the beautiful (and very large) neon art installation by artist Jane Haskell.       (See plaque below)

You can see the Cathedral of Learning and the Pitt Panther mascot.  

Artist Jane Haskell’s Tree of Knowledge Neon Art Installation at University of Pittsburgh

 

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You Write the Caption

May 16, 2015, 6:29 pm

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(Across street from Giant Eagle parking lot- Shadyside. From the archives)

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Wordless Wednesday

May 19, 2015, 7:07 pm

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Made an art project out of the Mini-Mes found in drawer 

June 9, 2015, 8:47 pm

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Completing the gradebook, returning materials, getting signatures that I’ve accomplished the required tasks.  

My remaining time at school growing shorter by the minute. 

Still things to be done, so why not take a break and create something?
I glued all the “students” in the lid of a copy paper box.   Well, not all of them but as many of the seniors who graduated last Sunday.  

What might look like leftover stuff to others became a wonderful memory to me.

Thanks for the memories. 

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Gallerie Chiz in Shadyside, Art Show Opening

September 4, 2015, 8:58 pm

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Artists Susan Middleman and Joan Brindle. Classmates reunited at Susan’s Opening Reception Friday night.

Class of 1965-  they met as freshmen at Carnegie Tech

(now Carnegie Mellon University) Pittsburgh PA

Joan and I were art teachers in the Pittsburgh Public Schools and then Joan was my Art Supervisor. We became friends. That’s how I got invited to her friend Susan’s Art Opening Reception at Gallerie Chiz. The large oil paintings on paper are Susan’s art work.

I met the artist Susan Middleman through Joan.

 

Hosted by Gallerie Chiz owner/director Ellen Chisdes Neuberg who provided the space for connections. I knew she was the gallery owner as she came to introduce herself. I was inquiring if her plate held a sweet or a savory.

I thought it might be a chocolate or a meatball but it was a baby bella mushroom.

Ellen sported a cool purple outfit, unique art jewelry and turquoise glasses. Plus she wasn’t carrying a purse.  Ellen and one other person would have been selected “best dressed” if I were from the paper.

Glass and found objects artist Elizabeth Fortunato showed her work at the art opening reception this evening, too. The show is open through October 10th.

 

 

 

The title is Waiting for the Rain to Stop

The white embroidered dress is from Hey Betty! Vintage Clothing down the street (5890 Ellsworth Avenue)

 

Piano accompanied a jazzy singer which added to the life of the party

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My Dad Framed Postage Stamps as Art

September 6, 2015, 9:11 pm

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response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Connected.”

And I did the exact same thing tonight!

I found this sheet of stamps. (a birthday gift from a friend a couple years ago)  in my desk and thought it was perfect for framing in a plastic box frame. 39 cent stamps. The children’s literature characters caught my eye.

Closeup of the familiar book characters

One sheet my dad framed. These stamps came out in the early 70’s.  The love stamps are 8 cents.

After Robert Indiana’s LOVE sculpture and prints.http://m.mentalfloss.com/article.php?id=25276

And here’s another sheet of stamps my father framed. When the stamps were 13 cents.

I stitched the needlepoint pillow kit of the butterfly stamps and gave it to my Aunt Rhea and then she passed it back to me. Connections

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Grid Gallery

September 20, 2015, 7:50 pm

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Grid gallery.  From the archives.  Once you start looking, it’s surprising to see how many grids present themselves. Seems I lean to shooting through chain link fencing.

City through a chain link fence.  Arlington Ball Field.

Felix de la Concha Cathedral of Learning Paintings University of Pittsburgh Alumni Hall

 

Man on cell phone with statue at MOMA  NYC

 

Andy Warhol Museum from the AGH Parking Lot

looking to Murray Avenue from the Suzanne, Linda and Pat’s Art Show

From my sister’s apartment window. You can see Freedom Tower under construction.

 

Steelers Garage in Arlington neighborhood.

Urban Madonna Bloomfield neighborhood

 

Grandchildren at  The Wilds in Ohio
Dear Murphy in the snow

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Pittsburgh Sculpture: Joy of Life by Virgil Cantini, 1960

November 14, 2015, 9:38 pm

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Saturday afternoon I drove home from a happy baby shower on the South Side.

The late autumn light on this sculpture was gorgeous.  Although I drive by this sculpture frequently, I don’t stop.

I parked, got out of the car, listened to the fountain and felt the spray as the wind was gusting.

The circle of figures holding one another in the circle seemed particularly beautiful this afternoon.  When I came home and looked it up, I was reminded of the sculpture’s title-

Joy of Life.

The Weekly Photo Challenge: Victory

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Miss Liberty in Brooklyn Museum Parking Lot

November 30, 2015, 7:44 pm

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By unknown artist

  

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LEGO® filled BMW at the Brooklyn Museum

December 10, 2015, 10:15 pm

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Spotted during Thanksgiving vacation as we were entering the Brooklyn Museum. There are similar cars in Berlin and Australia and the artist Ai Weiwei is tweeting when new locations for Lego donations are set up.

Only after I photographed it, read and researched the reason for the Lego donations for Ai Weiwei’s artworks did I realize there was a controversy.

The manufacturer of Lego in Denmark refused to supply a bulk order of lego bricks for his artwork due to the nature of his artworks’ political messages. Here is an article in The Atlantic and you can read about the controversy here

 

 

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Wordless Wednesday 

December 22, 2015, 7:34 pm

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Four out of Five

December 30, 2015, 8:53 pm

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The 2015 Annual Report on the Blog came from WordPress .

Four out of five most viewed blogposts this year were NOT published in 2015.

Just one of the most viewed was posted this year.

Not sure what to think about the most popular posts viewed in 2015 date back to 2010.   Huh?

• 1 Guess How Many Jelly Beans in a Glass Quart Jar March 2013
• 2 Jarrod and Lauren’s Wedding Day  September 2015
• 3 The Extraordinary Art of Bodhi Wind  2013
• 4 My Bookshelf  May 2010
• 5 Waiting for Barges on the Allegheny River Late in the Day  2013
• and tied for fifth most viewed is I’ve Been Making Jamie Oliver’s Baked Orecchiette for 4 years Now

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My Year 2015 in Photos

December 31, 2015, 8:26 pm

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Thank you for visiting the blog and clicking the ‘like’  button and/or leaving some good words.  I appreciate your taking the time to look at the photographs.  If you’ve been with me this year, you’ve already seen these images but after reading the Annual Review of my Blogging Year from WordPress, I wanted to capture 2015 myself.  What I notice is I like weather, people, family and night photography.

I wish you a new year filled with good health and happiness.
A few of my favorites from 2015- I skipped over most of the food photos.  Will take new ones in 2016!

Pittsburgh in fog

The weddings

 

Grandkids visit “Cloud Arbor is made up of 64 steel poles reaching 32 feet into the sky, embedded with nozzles that spray a fine mist of water, creating the effect of a spherical cloud suspended in the air.”         (artist Ned Kahn)

 

Some of the family photos-

People at work and play

 

 

Places

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You Can Still Buy a Hanky

January 14, 2016, 8:19 pm

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Last week in Von Maur Department Store in Columbus OH, I saw these handkerchiefs for sale. 

Seeing them reminded me of the little ironed squares my mother kept in a lacquered Chinese box.  

My father had larger ones, not as ornate. 

Nowadays you don’t see much handkerchief use. 

Handkerchief
 Here are the hankies for sale in 2016. 
   
 My mother’s box of handkerchiefs 

   
    
 
A handkerchief I received from a student when I taught nursery school in the late 70’s.  I framed it! 
  
Detail

  
Not sure where this came from 

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Xanadu Gallery Hosts a Vibrant Scene

January 29, 2016, 7:50 pm

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Scottsdale, Arizona. My midwinter break.  Last Thursday night’s Artwalk.

We peeked in the Xanadu Gallery on Main Street and heard Pat Roberts and the Heymakers making vibrant music.

Delicious chocolate brownies and wine served in the back amidst vibrant artwork.

The weekly photo challenge is vibrant.

Xanadu’s show is Diamonds in the Rust- features artist Dave Newman’s new works – painting shown on wall from Thunderbird Series  Dave Newman  

Musicians are Pat Roberts and the Heymakers.  Amanda Lee on bass and Tom “Hacksaw” Coulson on drums. (according the the info I found on their link-hopefully correct)

A vibrant scene, Main Street, Scottsdale Arizona.

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I read the fine print and am not allowed to post my photos of artist Bruce Munro’s vibrant Water-Towers, at the Desert Botanical Garden but if you click on this link you can see his perfect photo of his light installation.

 

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Handmade Lace and Toile du Juoy

February 11, 2016, 9:49 pm

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Thursday afternoon, my friend Barbara showed me a pretty pillow she had made at Alterations Express.  She used fabric from her mother. her grandmother’s handmade lace and her special pillow.

When I saw the fabric I said,”Oh, my friend Joanne gave me a knitting bag made of something similar and it’s French and has pastoral scenes.” but I couldn’t remember the term and had to look it up-

  Toile du Jouy

(and here is a link to a blogpost about the history of toile)

Barbara went and got a box with beautiful pieces of lace, created by her grandmother, Josephine Cinquegranni DiGalbo (b. 1890) Notice the blue edge on the lace.

I looked at the lace with admiration. Such expert craftsmanship and beauty. I asked Barbara is she had a photograph of her grandmother.

Barbara’s Grandparents, Angelo and Josephine, on their wedding day.

Her grandmother’s town of origin was Castlebuono, Sicily. The photograph was  taken on Butler Street in Lawrenceville, a Pittsburgh neighborhood.

And here is a photo of their daughter, Mary Ann, Barbara’s mother. I had the pleasure of knowing her and remember her for her kindness to my children.

And here are some of the lace specimens, her grandmother’s pattern books and crochet hook were in the box, too.

A note in Barbara’s mother’s hand about the lace.

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Life Imitates Art: WPC

February 14, 2016, 5:45 pm

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The weekly photo challenge inspired by

“Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.”

— Oscar Wilde

Grandchildren Anna and Michael and Vincent Van Gogh at the Metropolitan Museum of Art at Thanksgiving time.

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