Saturday, May 26, 2012

Solar Eclipse of May 21, 2012

I shot this from about 5:52 till 7:30 on my front driveway. I had no way of registering the sun's position so  sorry about the jittery video. But you do get a sense of two massive bodies aligning in space. Always makes me feels so small.


Saturday, May 5, 2012

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O’Keeffe’s abstract imagery of the 1910s and early 1920s is among the most innovative of any work produced in the period by American artists.







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Georgia O’Keeffe entered the New York art scene about 1916 and within the decade, she had distinguished herself as one of America’s most important modern artists, a position she maintained throughout her life.



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Claudel’s early work is similar to Rodin’s in spirit, but shows an imagination and lyricism quite her own, particularly in the famous Bronze Waltz (1893).



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After the accident, Kahlo neglected the study of medicine to begin a painting career. She painted to occupy her time during her temporary immobilization.