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Oil Painting: Anna Hineman Roberts -- Flowers in Vase (Still Life)

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Oil Painting: Anna Hineman Roberts Flowers in Vase (Still Life) 14 x 18 inches (unframed) 16 x 20 inches (framed) ________________ Oil Painting: Anna Hineman Roberts Flowers in Vase (Still Life) 14 x 18 inches (unframed) 16 x 20 inches (framed) ________________ Oil Painting: Anna Hineman Roberts (Signature) Flowers in Vase (Still Life) 14 x 18 inches (unframed) 16 x 20 inches (framed) ________________ Anna Hineman Roberts (1915 -2013) ________________ Oil Painting: Anna Hineman Roberts (1915 - 2013) Resume ________________ Anita Siegel (1915 - 2006) also painted in bright colors ___________________ Title : Flowers in Vase (Still life) Artist : Anna Hineman Roberts Size : 14 x 18 inches (Without frame) Size : 16 x 20 (With frame) Where acquired : Shrewsbury Goodwill Date acquired : December 21, 2019 Paid : $4.00 (Not for sale) Ms. Roberts’ style reminds me of my late mother-in-law’s (Anita Siegel) work. The colors are so vibrant an

The Kaleidoscope Bowl

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The Kaleidoscope Bowl (top) ___________________ The Kaleidoscope Bowl (side) ___________________ The Kaleidoscope Bowl (bottom) ___________________ “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” – Aristotle _________________ Occasionally one picks up an item that doesn’t have much monetary value, and yet it feels as though it has vast psychic value. While on vacation in Sioux City, Iowa, I picked up such an item: a ceramic/pottery bowl at a thrift store that absolutely carries some kind of positive power – what,  I don’t know, just that I “feel” something coming from it. It’s very weird because I usually only feel such spirituality from rocks and mineral specimens (and people, of course). It was obviously done at the hand of child or a childlike person. While the young artist has a fine sense of color, the piece itself is not a wowzers in terms of its physical attributes and form. In fact, it’s a bit

“Dealer’s Hand”: The.Best.Lead. – EVER...

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F Hadley, 1971 Paris Street After a Rain (The Webmaster's title) Apologies for the awful photograph ___________________ Well, okay. Maybe I’m overstating my opinion, but let’s just say that I have stumbled upon one of the best lead-ins I have ever encountered in a magazine article, a form not typically viewed as great literature. “Dealer’s Hand,” a profile of David Zwirner, a noted gallery owner who caters to the insanely rich and famous – not just mere millionaires – takes the reader into the world of high-end art sales and buying (Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker , December 2, 2013). The first paragraph – hell, the first sentence – sucks in the reader totally and sets the tone for the rest of the profile: Very important people line up differently from you and me. They don’t want to stand behind anyone else, or to acknowledge wanting something that can’t immediately be had. If there’s a door they’re eager to pass through, and hundreds of equally or even more impo

Thought for the Day--April 13, 2011: Find a Heart-shaped Rock...

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This rock was found on a rock pile (Skopje, Macedonia, 2010). _________________ Geologists have a saying--rocks remember. --Neil Armstrong 1. Find a heart-shaped rock (or other unusual shape), and slip it into your pocket. 2. Wash it. 3. Photograph it. 4. Fix and crop the photograph. 5. Manipulate the photograph in interesting ways. 6. Post the images on your blog. 7. Feel the rock's earth energy. 8. Keep the rock and love it. I love rocks of all kinds, including the expensive kind, but I particularly like the common random rocks that you stumble upon by accident, the ones that you catch out of the corner of your eye and beg to be picked up. When I was a teenager, a know-it-all doctor told me that I spent too much time looking down (instead of up), but I have since discovered that looking down has its good points, too. Collecting rocks is my bliss. What's yours? If you don't know, look for it. Have a good day, my cyber friends.

Thought for the Day--February 27, 2011: Complimenting Someone

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A Macedonian Monastery, by Danco Ordev _______________________________ Compliment someone on his or her fine work. It costs you nothing and can make some one's day. I absolutely adore Danco Ordev's paintings, and I told him so. I love the new abstract style he has developed, although I could not find any examples on the web. But he is known for the style as pictured above; his buildings and landscapes go beyond the typical "static." His dynamic style really pops, rendering inanimate objects alive and roiling. I'm not an art critic, but I know what I like.

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