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dot art | July 3rd 2008 by Mo
For the last three years, on Christmas Day, I’ve gone with my family to La Côte Brasserie at the Renaissance Arts Hotel in the Arts District in New Orleans. What’s unique about this hotel is that the lobby and restaurant are all littered with ar read more
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dot art | June 29th 2008 by Mo
In October of 2006 I pulled an all-night-marathon in order to meet a drop off deadline for The Poydras Home Art Show and Sale. The three 20” x 20”’s were a little different from the previous large dot paintings. Adding dots to them took a whil read more
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dot art | June 25th 2008 by Mo
In the summer of 2006, Tulane Summer Lyric Theater included the musical “Pippin.” The first song included people dressed in black wearing white gloves under a black light. They moved the gloves around as they sang. Thus was the inspiration for th read more
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dot art | June 21st 2008 by Mo
What better theme for me to begin with than “Carnival.” New Orleans is one of several cities, from around the globe, which has this particular celebration. From October 14, 2006 - January 6, 2007, the New Orleans Museum of Art featured an exhibi read more
"a" Series Transition Slide Show
dot art | June 17th 2008 by Mo
On April 22 of this year I completed the “a” series Transition. The title is based on the majority of pieces that include visual references to forced changes occurring between June and December 2006. Also some pieces deal with more serious events read more
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dot art | June 9th 2008 by Mo
Riccobono's Peppermill Restaurant is a local restaurantthat I frequented before Hurricane Katrina. Upon myreturn to the New Orleans area, I drove around with my list places. I marked off what was open. When I rode by the Peppermill, I noticed kitchen read more
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dot art | June 5th 2008 by Mo
Back in April I wrote about a friend who visited me and brought me a metal lizard with brightly colored dots on it. Well, the day she came, she wore a blouse that was a pastel derivation of red-orange – I guess that’s how I’d best describe the read more
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dot art | June 1st 2008 by Mo
As I stated in my last post I explored Blogger’s Top Ten List when I first started using Blogger. I quickly found a blog called Google Video of the Day (now GoogleTube Video of the Day). Each day at least one new video was posted. Readers were also read more
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dot art | May 28th 2008 by Mo
When I first started blogging back in October of 2005, I looked at a number of blogs including the ones on the Blogger’s Top Ten List. It was at that time I first encountered Google Video and became excited about the videos that were uploaded. Soon read more
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dot art | May 24th 2008 by Mo
One of the last days I spent in Chicago, I made a day trip to the Ukrainian Village. One of the places I visited was the Ukrainian National Museum. A woman took me on a tour of the museum and explained some of the history of the Ukrainians who settle read more
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dot art | May 20th 2008 by Mo
One place I spent a lot of time as young person was the New Orleans Country Club. My siblings and I enjoyed swimming there in the summer and playing tag with the other kids. We knew the place well. Some years ago there were some renovations that invo read more
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dot art | May 16th 2008 by Mo
In July of 2006, I attended an art guild banquet at Smilie’s Restaurant. After the meal and the officer installation, names were pulled for the vases with flowers. The bouquets of flowers were tied together with ribbons. I won one of the vases.acry read more
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dot art | May 12th 2008 by Mo
After playing cards, I met my sister, my two aunts and my uncle for dinner at Dick and Jenny’s. We went early since the place doesn’t take reservations. The restaurant is located at 4501 Tchoupitoulas (chop-i-two-lass) near Napoleon Avenue in Upt read more
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dot art | May 8th 2008 by Mo
Several times during 2006 a cousin of mine had several trips to the hospital. During one of her stays, I happened to visit when my mother’s two sisters were visiting. My cousin asked that I join them in a game of “Crazy Eights.” It’s been a w read more
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dot art | May 4th 2008 by Mo
My family enjoys trying out new restaurants in the New Orleans area. For my birthday in 2006, we went to Fulton on 7, which is located in the Wyndham Riverfront New Orleans Hotel. The place had recently undergone a renovation. Anyway we enjoyed dinin read more
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dot art | April 30th 2008 by Mo
In June of 2006 a friend from Arizona visited me at the Friends of Rivertown Fine Art Gallery in Kenner, Louisiana. She brought me a gift. It was a metal lizard that had dots on it. She had seen it and thought of me and my artwork. Well, it hangs pro read more
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dot art | April 26th 2008 by Mo
The 2006 National Art Education Convention was in Chicago. The Hilton Chicago was the main hotel for a majority of convention events. The lobby, meeting rooms, ballrooms and connecting corridors were all very ornate. The hotel is loaded with eye cand read more
"a" Series Transition Completed!
dot art | April 22nd 2008 by Mo
On March 11th of 2007 I finished the “o” Series New Orleans. About the same time I began work on a new batch, the “a” Series. It wasn’t until April 3rd , 2007, that I was ready to add the dots. Taking what’s in my head and then translatin read more
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dot art | April 18th 2008 by Mo
In June of 2006, I attended the wedding of a fraternity brother who lives in the Jackson area. The wedding took place in a Methodist Church. Now I’ve been to my share of weddings and I’ve seen various traditions of attire. In this wedding, the gr read more
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dot art | April 14th 2008 by Mo
In June of ’06 I went to a screening of an “Inconvenient Truth.” Even before seeing it, I had read discussions about whether global warming had contributed to the severe hurricane season in 2005 or whether it was just part of the natural cycle read more
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dot art | April 10th 2008 by Mo
This piece starts with the film “Night Watch.” I loved that this film had its own version of a vampire story, including a different world. In particular, there is a certain unconscious state shown in the film that inspired me visually. In one par read more
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dot art | April 6th 2008 by Mo
While I was in Chicago I saw the exhibit “Girodet: Romantic Rebel” at The Art institute of Chicago. The show featured the works of Anne-Louis Girodet de Rousssy-Trioson. Many of the large paintings in the show included reclined figures.acrylic on read more
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dot art | April 2nd 2008 by Mo
In the spring of 2006 I went to a special screening of Steven Soderbergh’s “Bubble.” Soderbergh was on hand to take questions after the movie. The film concerns two workers at a doll factory. One is a young man and the other is an older woman. read more
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dot art | March 29th 2008 by Mo
Two years ago when I attended an art educators convention in Chicago, I was not able to book a room in the main hotel. In fact up until two weeks before the convention I had not heard back from a service that was supposed to find me a room. An ortho read more
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dot art | March 25th 2008 by Mo
In May 2006 I traveled with some artists to see a show of Georgia O’Keefe’s work at the Mississippi Museum of Art. This show was a little different in that it included correspondence with conservator Caroline Keck. The show focused on their relat read more
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dot art | March 21st 2008 by Mo
Another exhibit I visited at the Chicago Cultural Center,while attending the art educators convention in Chicago, was “Los Carpinteros.” This show was by a collaborative group of Cuban artists that creates a wide variety of artworks including ins read more
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dot art | March 17th 2008 by Mo
In April of ’06 I joined an online video aggregating community called VideoSift. It quickly became one of my favorite places online. I have watched a vast number of videos since that time. Some of the more creative videos have had an impact on me c read more
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