Creating, collecting, and sharing thoughts and ideas. And learning along the way.
A place dedicated to highlight and celebrate my love of art and my definition of it– especially my personal collections in various media ranging from lithographs and oils, to folk-art from around the world. Plus, news and information on lovers of art and those who create it.
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…and my shoulder loves it too!
Click on the picture to go directly to the LIFE Magazine website to click through each of the 75 covers– each one a work of art, no doubt!
Some years ago, I was traveling through Jakarta, Indonesia, and picked up this exquisite piece of art which was essentialy a piece of fabric with this vivid scenery: a woman in the center of the universe, it seemed to appear to me. I brought it back home, took it to my local framing-shop, picked out a frame, and two sets of mats (different colors and textures, yes!), chose a non-glare glass, and had it framed for the price of a car-loan payment for the month.
But no regrets, because the piece of fabric has been transformed into an amazing work of art, and over the years has found a home on various walls within my house, the current location being one of my walls of my bedroom. Jakarta Woman, you’re one of a kind!
Sent to me via e-mail by a friend, these are incredible pictures that comprise an amazing work of art.
My husband brought this home just now as a ‘just because’ present! All we needed was to find a push-pin to hang it up!
P.S. Did I mention I never cease to be amazed?!
My local library is more than a place where I go to get my fix of books, music, and movies. I also get my dose of original artwork there, thanks to the most interesting exhibits that come and go.
This was a recent exhibit by Joan Newberry, a collection of oils titled, “Portraits of the Things I Can’t Describe.”
This is my latest acquisition: a simple wooden plaque that bears a definition of the word ‘home’. It is made by a small company in Colorado, USA. The simplicity of the concept appealed to me, and so I bought it, and hung it up against this lovely hard wooden panel, and voila, it owns the wall that it hangs on in my living room!
The one other definition that Merriam-Webster or Oxford possibly failed to note for this word is one that I shall happily supply to you: Home is also the place where the heart is! Is that beautiful, or is that beautiful? I thought so!
