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Fine Art Friday:Maphet
It pleases me to highlight a local artist friend of mine in today's FAF: Linda Maphet. This personal portrait of the artist's mother playing the dulcimer recently won first place in a juried exhibition. Furthermore, … -
Woman Holding A Balance
Between dark and light,Between this world and the next,Between maidenhood and motherhoodShe pauses, held in balanceLike the balance she holds. Her focus not the gold orThe weighing, but the justiceOf her scales, settl… -
Fine Art Friday:Carpentry
Carpentry is the art and trade of cutting, working, and joining timber. The term includes both structural timberwork in framing and items such as doors, windows, and staircases.And DH is good at it. Here's one of his we… -
Fine Art Friday:Kindred Spirits
Asher Durand's fine tribute to artist Thomas Cole and poet William Cullen Bryant keeps coming to mind even weeks after I viewed the original at the Met and was scolded for using a flash inside the museum.So, without bel… -
Fine Art Friday:Self-portraits
Self Portrait - 1660 Rembrandt van Rijn Oil on Canvas 31 5/8 x 26 1/2 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC90 (ninety!)… -
Fine Art Friday:Meissonier
1807, Friedland by Ernest Meissonier Oil on Canvas, 53.5 x 95 1/2 in … -
Fine Art Friday:Tiffany
View from Oyster Bay by Louis Comfort Tiffany Stained Glass 72 3/4 x 66 1/2 in ca 1908This artwork was by far the biggest sur… -
Manhattan: The Met
Last Tuesday I spent ALL DAY inside this wonderful museum. That means I arrived shortly after 10 am and didnt depart until 5p. I'm not embarassed to tell you that I covered only a small portion of the permanent colle… -
Fine Art Friday:McQuilkin
Copper, expertly crafted by sculptor Trailor McQuilkin, makes up the bulk of this beautiful trillium flower. Over two dozen such displays are exhibited at the Virginia Hand Callaway Discovery Center where I just finishe… -
Fine Art Friday:Murals
Slaves Picking and Ginning Cotton by George Beattie 4 x 7 feet wall mural 1956This mural is one of eight o…
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