Category: Art

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Just Because

Time to spread the wealth. At this point I have no recollection of where or when I found the majority of these, so if you are the original artist and want attribution, let me know. I have years worth.

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Public Service Announcement

If you've been considering visiting the Georgia O'Keefe Museum in Santa Fe, think twice before plunking down the $12 admission fee.

First of all, when we went this past weekend none of her iconic works were on display, and only a few very bland paintings of her famous flowers were seen. Photography is prohibited in half the galleries, and the few pieces that you might want to photograph in the rooms where you can take pictures are all marked "No photography."

I guess the museum doesn't realize there's something called the Internet, where I can get pictures of what I wanted anyway.

However, if you want to see lots of black and white photographs of the artist, by all means, go and knock yourselves out.

Thankfully, this wasn't the only reason Ben and I decided to skip town for the holiday weekend. We both needed to get out of Denver and a road trip with a couple nights in a nice hotel was the perfect antidote for funk that both of us had been feeling.

But yeah, the museum was a big disappointment. We were expecting so much more.

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Desert Breath


Located near the Red Sea in El Gouna, Egypt, Desert Breath is an impossibly immense land art installation dug into the sands of the Sahara desert by the D.A.ST. Arteam back in 1997. The artwork was a collaborative effort spanning two years between installation artist Danae Stratou, industrial designer Alexandra Stratou, and architect Stella Constantinides, and was meant as an exploration of infinity against the backdrop of the largest African desert. Covering an area of about 1 million square feet (100,000 square meters) the piece involved the displacement of 280,000 square feet (8,000 square meters) of sand and the creation of a large central pool of water.

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The Crossing

"The Crossing"
by Kyle Cabral

They played in the morning,
and napped for an afternoon.
Then, they fell in love at dusk,
and walked together until midnight.

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Variations on a Theme

While we're on the subject of early works…

Olyxas Rising
1981 – 24"x30", acrylic on canvas
Olyxas Rising
1984 – 24" x 30", acrylic on canvas

Both were done as gifts, and no longer in my possession.

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One of My Early Works

Y'all didn't know that I painted, did you?

Zarok (Returning Home)
1981 – 36" x 42", acrylic on canvas

This was done over the span of one particularly emotional weekend; each of the stars was individually dotted in by hand.

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Day 4: Crystal Bridges

After hearing praise from John, we knew we had one last stop to make before leaving Arkansas.

So, after bidding adieu to our little home away from home…

…and grabbing breakfast, we were on our way.

No, not there, although Ben did get a great cut from Robert.

I'm talking about Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

I mean seriously, who knew such a fabulous place would be found in rural northwestern Arkansas?

We met up with JP 'n Earl and were joined by Erik shortly after arriving, who took our picture…

Of course, while waiting I couldn't help myself but take a couple sneaky pics.

Several 18th and 19th century pieces caught my eye:

But I really liked the 20th century pieces…

I also got some shots of the man I love…

And someone tried to molest me…

I could've spent way more than the 2 or so hours we were there. We didn't even get to explore the grounds surrounding the museum; something I'd definitely like to do.

After saying our goodbyes and grabbing some lunch, we started our journey home.

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But is it Art?

You know what's depressing? Discovering a 99-cent piece of software that applies an effect to photographs that I've spent the last two decades of my life perfecting with paint and brush on canvas.

A friend of mine remarked that the finished products are similar, but lack the life and sparkle of my paintings. Agreed. But still…

I guess I should really consider it a blessing in disguise; I can apply the effect to the photograph I want to work from before I start painting and then use that as a guide as to where to make the tone differentiations in the painting (the hardest part of my whole process).