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Sunday Art Review: Lady Gaga An Artist?
For nearly two years, I've written a weekly Sunday Art Review post. For each installment, I select a theme or attempt to represent a different genre or medium of art. Of course art is by its very natu...
Sunday Art Review: Fathers Day Art
Is it me, or is this year flying by? People have always said "As you get older, time goes by even more quickly". Sheesh, sure seems true to me anyway. Somehow it is already Father's Day. Yikes the yea...
Sunday Art Review: Chinese Sampler
Last night I went to dinner at Wang's In the Desert, a trendy Chinese restaurant in downtown Palm Springs. We've been there before- it was popular when it first opened and actually used to be quite go...
Sunday Art Review: Fantasy in Art
This week's edition of the Sunday Art Review brings a somewhat unexpected genre for me to present. I've been fascinated by the video game Oblivion, which is part of the Elder Scrolls series. I'm not ...
Sunday Art Review: A Somewhat Incomplete Sample of the Renaissance
"Renaissance". It is a French word that means rebirth. I'm using it for today's Sunday Art Review post in reference to the European Renaissance that took place between the 14th and 17th centuries- a f...
Sunday Art Review: Miscellaneous Art in Rome
After a few days back stateside again I've settled back into my routine at home in Palm Springs once again. So today it's time again for a fresh edition of my Sunday Art Review. While in Rome I snappe...
Sunday Art Review: Swines in Art, aka Pig Art
With all the hype about the dreaded Swine Flu pandemic spreading like wildfire, I found myself thinking about every little cough or sniffle over the past few days. Maybe those people coughing on the f...
Sunday Art Review: Fabergé Easter Eggs
Happy Easter to you! As I was enjoying one of my Easter chocolate cream eggs, I found inspiration for today's Sunday Art Review: Fabergé Easter Eggs. For those of you who may not be aware, Fabergé e...
Sunday Art Review: Photography of Seth Hoffman
My weekly Sunday Art Review feature has become a popular favorite with regular readers of this blog. Each week I attempt to showcase various forms of art across a multitude of mediums. I never profess...
Sunday Art Review: Study of Grapes
It has been a relaxing weekend at home in the desert, quiet nights outside, enjoying the crisp dry desert air with a nice glass of wine. Last night we enjoyed a bottle of St. Clement Oroppas, a 2003 C...
Sunday Art Review: The Work of Erin
Welcome to The Sunday Art Review. This week I am pleased to feature the work of a North Carolina artist named Erin, of "The Babblings of a Whimsical Brainpan" fame. She is an interesting person with ...
Sunday Art Review: Daylight Savings Time
As Daylight Savings Time in America arrived for yet another year, I rejoyed in the notion of longer days, or it still being light out when I get home from work. What can I say, I like sunshine and lig...
Sunday Art Review: Lent in Art
Welcome to The Sunday Art Review: Lent in Art. That's a little play on word there folks (say it fast, it sounds like Lenten Art). Anyway, without forcing my own religious beliefs on you, gentle reader...
Sunday Art Review: Lincoln Center Art Sample
During a recent trip to New York I was at Lincoln Center on Sunday afternoon. The Lincoln Center for Performing Arts operates the Visual Art and Exhibition gallery. In addition to a wonderful ehxibit ...
Sunday Art Review: Statues Galore
With the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday this past week, I found myself drawn back to a post I did on July 15, 2007 that included a visit to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC...
Sunday Art Review: Palm Springs Art Museum Sampler
Saturday I visited the Palm Springs Art Museum to attend their annual fundraiser event (I'll cover it in detail tomorrow). Being in the midst of so many fabulous works of art provided the inspiration ...
Sunday Art Review: Mid-Century Modern Work of "Shag"
Living in Palm Springs I have developed an appreciation for mid-century modern style, in everything from architecture, fashion and art. It refers to the pre- and post- second world war developments in...
Sunday Art Review: Velvet Paintings..Tacky? You Decide!
The ever-popular weekly Sunday Art Review series has been primarily a more "traditional" study in art for the past year. Which is why last week I branched out and featured Snow Art post for fun. As I...
Sunday Art Review: Snow Art
Here in Palm Springs, we typically have a two month spell when temperatures get a little chilly, with evenings as low as in the high 40's and days mid 60's to 70 degrees. It feels cold to me, but hav...
Sunday Art Review: Dolly Art!
Initially I had a more serious art feature planned for the first Sunday Art Review post of 2009. Then I decided that we need to lighten things up a bit and have some fun. A bit of Dolly Parton usually...
Sunday Art Review: The Passage of Time
Today marks the final Sunday Art Review of 2008. Another year has flown by- the passage of time seems to be moving at a record pace. What is it about time? It goes by so slowly when we are young, yet ...
Sunday Art Review: A Fellow Blogger's Work
First off, I want to thank everyone who left such kind comments and sympathies about the loss of my beloved Koshimi. I hadn't planned on taking so much time off from blogging, but I really needed to f...
Sunday Art Review: C'est Cezanne!
In last week's Sunday Art Review, I featured the work of Marc Chagall after having been inspired by seeing one of his paintings at a gallery here in the Palm Springs area. I had a similar experience t...
Sunday Art Review: A Brief Study in Marc Chagall
Last night we went to the Inaugural Exhibition of a well respected fine art gallery in the area. I plan to feature it in a future Sunday Art Review, so I'll avoid any specifics on the exhibit here tod...
Sunday Art Review: Thanksgiving in Focus
With the Thanksgiving holiday just a few days away, I was poking around the Internet for news and information pertaining to this iconic American holiday harvest festival. This became the inspiration f...
Sunday Art Review: The James Bond Art Collection
Last night we went to see Quantum of Solace, the new James Bond film. Its an action-packed adventure film that picks up where Casino Royale left off. Regular readers know that I have been a huge fan o...
Sunday Art Review: Two Legends
Recently I was at a friend's home in the Twin Palm Estates area of Palm Springs for cocktails. They have a marvelous collection of art, including over sized black and white photography of Hollywood le...
Sunday Art Review: Ceilings of the Vatican and Beyond
Today is the third installment in a series on art in and around Rome. After spending several weeks touring Europe I had a stiff neck from staring up at ceilings in The Vatican Museum, Cathedrals, Pala...
Sunday Art Review: Vases of the Vatican Museum
My visit to Rome and Mediterranean Cruise a few weeks back provided a great deal of content for the blog. Without question there was a plethora of breathtaking and stunning art wherever we went in Ita...
Sunday Art Review: Statues of the Vatican Museum
Having returned from the Mediterranean cruise, I can now resume the regular features of the blog. I took a few days off from writing to recharge the old batteries and get back into the swing of things...
