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Painter of Historic Native American Cultures

February 16, 2016, 9:02 pm
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Meet fine artist James Ayers, a 1991 graduate of Rhode Island School of Design.

In January, I was introduced to him at the 26th Annual Celebration of Fine Art in Scottsdale, Arizona. If you are in the area, it goes until March 27th.

We were meandering through the exhibited art in the huge white tents and his booth was a standout!

We stopped to chat.

When asked how long a painting this size would take to complete he said “about a week.”  Hours and hours.

He photographs his models and pays great attention to authentic details. It was fascinating to watch him paint the hand on Spirit of the Wise Man- Shoshone Painting. 

(Click the title of the painting or his name above to see more of his work.)

I know my photographing him while he painted  was a distraction but he said it was okay.  Thank you James.

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Filed under: Art, People at Work, Photography Tagged: Annual Celebration of Fine Art, art, artist, fine art, history, James Ayers, Native American Culture, photography, postaday, Rhode Island School of Design, Scottsdale AZ, Shoshone Painting, Spirit of the Wise Man, travel
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Seasons on a Kitchen Wall

February 20, 2016, 1:06 pm
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Or the wooden side of an open cupboard is more accurate.

I bought these when we lived in Germany

Decorative plates. Villeroy and Boch Naïf pattern

The order of the seasons is what I notice, how I put them up- perhaps in order of preference?

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Next I’ll be in the basement digging around for Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons album I think is down there. Jen H has inspired us to post our seasons.

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Winter Fall Spring Summer
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trying to show the detail without the glare.


Filed under: Photography, Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged: art, decorative plates, design, home, home decor, kitchen, Naif, Porcelain, postaday, Villeroy and Boch, weekly photo challenge: seasons
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Missing Degas by a Day

March 22, 2016, 6:37 am
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Dance Dance Dance
The Dancers. All those ballerinas. I had a framed print on my childhood wall.
I’m visiting my sister but Wednesday we’re headed to family in Ohio.
On Monday at MOMA, I read signs of the Edgar Degas exhibit which previews the day we leave the city-glimpses of what I’d miss were represented in the gift shop.

Degas dancers on bookmarks,stationery, prints to be framed, journals, magnets, a children’s book. Not a mug in sight! 

  The entrance to the exhibit, cordoned off until tomorrow for members.


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Filed under: Photography Tagged: art, ballerina, ballet, dance, Edgar Degas, family, gift shop, MOMA, monotypes, museum, New York City, photography, postaday, travel
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#Creativesprint Warm-up at Voodoo Brewery- Homestead

March 30, 2016, 8:27 pm
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Ellie Valentine* is one of the nicest people I know, so when she invited me to attend this event I said if I’m in town, I’d go –#Creativesprint what it’s all about.  Check out the link and anyone can sign up. Free.

She thinks I’m perfect for this 30 day challenge. That it will be easy for me. 

Hope so. (The last challenge I signed up in the new year,  I abandoned the effort early on, uh-oh)

 Voodoo Brewery is located in the old firehouse in Homestead on Ninth Avenue

   I had Pierogies and onions on greens, hummus and pita and veggies. A bold brown ale. They are into Brewology at Voodoo. 

  

  Pallets are the tabletops 

  The old fire bell 

  

  

 Voodoo Brewery in the old Firehouse 
Met some other nice people who came together tonight -warming up -before taking this creative challenge. 

I’ve posted about *Tin Front Cafe in Homestead PA. And her church is the one with the 24 foot statue of St Joseph in Church Parking Lot


Filed under: Photography Tagged: #creativesprint, architecture, art, Beer, creativity, Firehouse, food truck, Homestead PA, photography, postaday, Voodoo Brewery
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#creativesprint day 1

April 1, 2016, 6:48 am
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From #Creativesprint

“Whenever you embark on a new journey, it is important to remember that it is the individual steps that get you to your destination. This is why we always start a CreativeSprint the same way.

Day 1

Make something that fits in the palm of your hand, using only materials from your immediate environment.”

Immediate environment? I did not have to leave my bed this morning to make Rudolph the Red Nosed Rodent. The jiggly eyes leftovers from the art room, in a clear ziploc.

Would you believe I had a plastic egg of erasure compound that cleans mats, right on my night table?  (like gummy art erasers)

A ball head pin from my zippered knitting notions case for the nose, a pen made the Swiss  cheese  wedge.

Photographed, tagged, shared. So this is what the #creativesprint challenge is about.

I bet there are lots of mice in the palms of hands but none with a red nose.


Filed under: Photography Tagged: #creativesprint, art, creativity, photography, postaday
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Meet Malka- A Stitch in Dye

April 13, 2016, 8:09 pm
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Austin, Texas is noted for live music and creative artists.

And stunning hand-dyed, uniquely-patterned fabrics, by Malka Dubrawsky. Touring her studio, I was reminded of my color theory class, studying Josef Albers.

In between wedding and celebrations, Colleen, who hails from Nova Scotia, made arrangements to meet Malka at her studio, A Stitch in Dye.

Colleen is an avid quilter and follows Malka’s blog.

The four of us piled in Joanne’s car and her son Chris, ferried us to A Stitch in Dye where Malka welcomed us and generously gave a tour of her studio.

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Malka Dubrawsky – Fiber Artist

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Lengths of fabric soak in dye. Wax in electric frying pans for making the designs on the fabric

 

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Button jar

25741790244_61ef3cd42e_kJoanne spotted these gloves on a shelf.  Thanks J.

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Custom designs available and international shipping! Click for her Etsy Store to see samples of her vibrant hand dyed fabrics. She has written two books.

Color Your Cloth: A Quilter’s Guide to Dyeing and Patterning Fabric and Fresh Quilting: Fearless Color, Design, and Inspiration.

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26074218620_1663b13e6f_kThanks for a wonderful tour.  Malka saw us out to the parking lot.

Glad Colleen had such a cool connection in Austin.   The fabrics she bought were richly colored and fabulous designs. Can’t wait to see your quilt creation, Colleen. Send photos for upcoming blog post!


Filed under: Fiber Art, Photography Tagged: A Stitch in Dye, art, artist studio, Austin TX, design, Etsy, fabric, Fiber Art, hand dyed fabric, Malka Dubrawsky, postaday, quilt, quilting, sewing, textiles, travel
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Abstract: Weekly Photo Challenge 

April 22, 2016, 7:53 pm
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“All You Knit is Love” Sign

April 24, 2016, 8:31 pm
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Acquiring Art from Art All Night

April 25, 2016, 8:59 pm
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To say Art All Night in Lawrenceville is a happening, would be an understatement.  Over a thousand pieces of art are hung and displayed for 24 hours.

No jury, any medium- just ONE piece per artist. No exceptions.

It takes a ton of volunteers to organize, create and support this community event.   Check all the art in, check all the art out.  Make sure the artists get back their artwork.

There’s lots of music, comedy, yoga, mosaic making, live art, children’s activities and T-shirts for sale to wear until next year which will be the twentieth year.

Here’s the great part- thousands of people attend the show.  This year Steve and I went on the peaceful Sunday morning instead of the wild and crazy and heavily populated Saturday night.  An artist friend had taken in my Mill at Night photograph along with his painting. He’d encouraged me to participate again this year.

When I saw the piece below on one of the panels, it spoke to me.  I got the contact information off the tag and called the artist right away.   This afternoon we met at the bookstore in the Waterfront and check out how she packaged her art.

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Thanks Jill.  I am thrilled to have your “Corona” in my home.

IMG_3903We exchanged email and contact information and hope to knit together sometime soon.

 

A gallery from Art All Night so you can get the feel for the event.   Remember my visit was early Sunday morning so it was sparse as far as viewers go but there were plenty of volunteers.

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Yep I Impressed My Mom’s Quilting Group by Wendy Coester

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Painting by Bill Pfahl

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What we saw when we left the exhibit

 

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Filed under: Art, Photography Tagged: art, Art All Night, community, Corona Typewriter, Lawrenceville, music, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, quilting, sculpture, volunteers
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First Visit to Children’s Museum 

May 2, 2016, 8:34 pm
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Monday May 2, 2016.

Charles, Laura and I went to the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh.

When you’re ten months old there are so many “firsts” to experience.

I am so glad I bought a family membership last summer when Mark and Erika’s children came to visit.

Today the waterplay at the end of our visit was his favorite but I didn’t get any photos of his splashing. So much more to explore next visit!

26717338741_85f8b02c2a_kChecking out Henrietta Pussycat puppet from Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.

 

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img_4006Lunch in the café.  Mom brought a pouch for Charles. We ordered a slice of cheese pizza. Laura ran into a friend Stephanie and her son Joe in the cafeteria so that was nice.

Making the lights move onto the wall as Laura pushed the stroller through the light.

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IMG_6558The Wooden Mirror is amazing.  I am still trying to figure it out, how it works.

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One of our favorite parts was the helpful woman in the Museum Gift Shop.

We found a little “first car” and a baby beaver Folkmanis puppet for Charles’ first birthday coming in June. (shhhhh, it’s a surprise!)

 


Filed under: Childhood, Photography Tagged: #PGHKIDS, art, childhood, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, Daniel Rozin, family, grandson, Pittsburgh PA, play, puppet
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How I Look to my Granddaughters 

May 13, 2016, 6:48 pm
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Wildflower Paintings on Beehives

June 1, 2016, 4:21 am
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My artist friend Joan paints Pennsylvania Wildflowers on her beehives.  I learned there are different parts to a beehive. (see article link below)

Her bees were busy and didn’t want to be disturbed but Joan assured me she keeps an EpiPen in case I was allergic.

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IMG_0811Trying to photograph the hive without agitating the bees as the hive is tucked in between lush rhododendron.

One thing for sure, the bees will know which hive belongs to them and where to return

First she sketches onto the white super

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Blocking them out over the pencil sketches.

 

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As you can see, Joan has painted lots of flowers onto things in her home, too.

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View from an artist’s studio

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Joan’s garden provides for the bees.

If you’re interested in learning the basics of beekeeping and the parts of the hive, here’s an article A beginner beekeeper’s guide to the parts of a beehive.   by Anita Deeley at BeverlyBees.com

 


Filed under: Garden, Photography Tagged: art, artist, beehives, beekeeping, bees, floral design, garden, home, honey, nature, painting, paintings, Pennsylvania Wildflowers, photography, postaday, wildflowers
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David Lujan of Gallery Black Lagoon

June 9, 2016, 8:19 pm
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People at Work Series.

From the April wedding in Austin, Texas.

David Lujan co-owner(with his wife) & curator of Black Lagoon: art+ yoga and artist.  He tended the bar at the wedding celebration and made the little fairy chairs out of the champagne tops. He was sketching a tree house for his daughter, as I remember.  I must carry a reporter’s notebook to write down the details.

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Available light portrait of David Lujan

fairy chairs  The Fairy Chairs he created from the champagne bottle tops.

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Filed under: People at Work, Photography Tagged: art, art curator, art gallery, artist, Austin TX, bartending, Black Lagoon, celebration, champagne, family, photography, postaday, travel, wedding, yoga
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Silent Sunday

June 11, 2016, 8:56 pm
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Wordless Wednesday

July 5, 2016, 8:04 pm
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200 Tons of Sand Divided by 5

July 7, 2016, 8:19 pm
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My friend Roberta called me today. What a great find for the blog! She told me about the cool competition happening in front of the main Carnegie Library.  Pittsburgh themed and sand sculptures being created by five international teams of two, right under a big tent in Oakland.

The competition is over Friday afternoon at three-“Trowels Down”

200 tons of sand from a quarry was delivered to the walkway in front of the museum, then moved by a front loader.

Each team received 40 tons of sand to sculpt.

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IMG_2917Teammate Bruce Phillips from San Diego concentrating on details of “Dear Andy”.

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Teammates Andrius Petkus from Lithuania and Maxim Gazendam the Netherlands creating “The Pearl”IMG_2912“The Pearl”

 

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“Master of Steel”

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Jon Woodworth from Texas and Karen Fralich from Ontario Canada work on their sculpture “Master of Steel”

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Fergus Mulvany from Ireland and Thomas Koet from Florida

“The Renaissance of Pittsburgh”

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“Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio  The Three Graces of Pittsburgh”

Teammates Ilya Filimontsev from Russia &  Susanne Ruseler of the Netherlands

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IMG_2942If you want to try your hand at sculpting sand, here is a link from Katsuhiko Chaen  to the Sand Museum in Japan on how to do it.

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and FB page


Filed under: Photography, sculpture Tagged: Allegheny River, Andy Warhol, art, Carnegie Library, design, International Sand Sculptors, KDKA, Monongahela River, Oakland, Ohio River, photography, Pittsburgh Photography, PopArt, postaday, Sand Museum Japan, sand sculptors, sand sculpture, sandcityspectacular, sculpture
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Look Up – Panza Gallery

July 8, 2016, 8:36 pm
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Look Up

He looked up.  I looked down.  Can it count for the challenge?

Mark Panza, artist, photographer and gallery owner.

He looked up at me on the stairs. Oh no, all I had was my phone.

You’ve met Mark on the blog before.  He creates those peaceful mediation lights.

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I was in Millvale Friday afternoon.  The Pittsburgh Society of Artists Show is up and the opening is 6PM Saturday night.  They were asking members who are photographers to volunteer to photograph events so I said I would. Thought I’d check it out when it was empty first.  A sneak peek below. More to come.

Tomorrow night the gallery will be filled with people!

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Etna Memorial Day Parade 2016 is my piece on left.

On the way home, stopped at a light in Lawrenceville. I looked up -saw the Artist Crossing Sign

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(Note to self: I’d better get my windshield washed if I am going to photograph through it)

 

 


Filed under: Art, Photography, Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged: art, artist crossing, look up, Mark Panza, Millvale PA, Panza Gallery, people at work, photography, Pittsburgh Photography, Pittsburgh Society of Artists, postaday, signage, weekly photo challenge
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Hart’s Artist Consignment- Carson Street- South Side

July 10, 2016, 8:21 pm
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Meet Claudia Hart- People at Work Series-  Artists’ Consignment Shop OwnerIMG_2960Watermelon Onsesie (tie-dye) by artist Susan.  (yes, I bought two!)

IMG_2961There it is, tucked in the middle with the green awning. 1905 Carson St., SouthSide.

 


Filed under: Art, People at Work, Photography Tagged: art, artist consignment store, artists, baby clothes, Carson Street, consignment store, creative, fashion, Hart's, jewelry, neighborhood, onesie, people at work, photography, Pittsburgh PA, Pittsburgh Photography, postaday, South Side Pittsburgh, tie-dye
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Triadelphia West Virginia Car Wash

July 11, 2016, 7:40 pm
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And a nod to Jackson Pollock at the car wash. Abstract expressionism for sure. I’ve photographed some impressionism at the car wash before today.

I was on my way to Columbus Ohio, stopped for gas at the Sheetz in Triadelphia West Virginia. Do you want a car wash? Y or N?   I thought, why not?  Hit Y.

A code is printed on the receipt and you go get in line across the lot.


Not sure what’s in their soap but the car looked nice and clean once it rinsed off. 

A little break in the monotonous drive on the interstate.  

Oh, then there was the potato chip art, from the bag I’d purchased when I went to the rest room. Lunch.


A Starfish right in the middle of the giant ruffled chip.

An art day, right in Triadelphia, West Virginia.  Who knew?

 


Filed under: Art, Photography Tagged: abstract expressionism, art, Cabela Drive, car wash, interstate highway, iPhone photography, Jackson Pollock, photography, postaday, potato chip art, starfish, summer day, travel, Triadelphia West Virginian, West Virginia
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On Top of the World

July 25, 2016, 6:45 pm
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The city of Pittsburgh’s Mt. Washington (elevation 6,289) just before sunset, Monday evening.

Inspired by the Weekly Photo Challenge 

and a big nod to  Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen sculpture Spoonbridge and Cherry in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the sculpture garden- Walker Art Center   The spoon weighs 5,800 pounds the cherry 1,200 pounds. I saw this sculpture when we visited Matthew when he was a student at Macalester College in St. Paul. It came to mind when I was thinking about photographing a cherry on top for the weekly photo challenge.

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And the cell phone shots below to compare which I thought looked better than the good camera.

Cherry on a spike and one of my gray hairs and the Duquesne Incline


Without the spoon, the city in focus


Filed under: Art, Photography, Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged: art, bridges, Cherry on Top, city scene, DSLR Canon, iPhone photography, Pittsburgh PA, Pittsburgh Photography, postaday, sculpture, skyline, Spoonbridge and Cherry, sunset, urban scene, Walker Art Center
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