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... Three Friday themes in one post. Because I'm lazy and junk. Fillion Friday Flag Day Friday Fine Art Friday Also, a step by step study of this beautiful painting; Essence of Lavender by Bryce Cameron Liston. Click on the image to see the enlarged and full painting. I have cropped it here because of the flack I get from readers who are offended by nudity in art. Warning: the subject is nude with her back to the viewer. Double Warning: If this offends you … [Read more...]
... I had no particular religious upbringing as a child. The child-rearing trends of the 70's left much to be desired. The one practiced in my home was the belief that children should not be forced into their parent's religion but to wander aimlessly in a spiritual wasteland until Hell gobbles them whole experience all the world has to offer then pick a system of beliefs that works for them. Bosh. At least I had art. I lived in the Chrysler Museum as a child, mostly because our apartment … [Read more...]
... in the Adoration chapel of my parish is this painting by Louis Guidett. Breathtaking isn't She? At one point I sneaked in the chapel while they were still doing construction and took a few pictures with my chintzy little cell phone but the images did not do justice to the color and detail of this wonderful piece [*Posting those images from my phone would have been a crime]. So here is a detail from the artist's webpage. Guidett studied at the Lorenzo de Medici's School of Art, and … [Read more...]
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