FOOD, ART & SNOW

I have been negligent of my blog recently.  Lazy actually.  But this weather has me feeling so blahhhhh. 
Week before last I went to the Downtown Gallery Crawl.  First stop was Coda.  My cousin, Donna, is the chef there.  I grew up calling her Dinker and didn’t know her real name for a long time.  I [...]

Tags: BEAUX, CODA, SNOW PICS, THE RISING SUN

ALISE CARTER

I have posted photographs by this young artist on my blog before.  I love her creativity and her imagination.  Below is an article I did on her for Examiner.com
 

To read this article and others I have written go to Examiner.com

Tags: ALISE CARTER, EXAMINER ARTICLE, MEET LOCAL ARTIST

DOWNTOWN GALLERY CRAWL FEB 4, 2010

The Downtown Arts Alliance will be hosting the bi-monthly Downtown Gallery Crawl on Thursday, February 4, 2010 in Monroe and West Monroe, La.  The event is from 5 until 9 pm and is free to all.   Local, regional and nationally acclaimed artist of all medias will be exhibiting.   Downtown restaurants and bars will also participate with their [...]

Tags: ARTISTS WORK, DOWNTOWN ART CRAWL, MY ARTICLES

MY FIRST ARTICLE

Okay.  This isn’t going to win any awards.  Actually I am not too pleased with it.  I was in a rush and had to meet a deadline along with all the other trillion things I have going on.  Here is the link .  And here it is….
One Man’s Trash Is One Man’s Art and Vice Versa
Art [...]

Tags: DON'T SHOOT ME I AM A NEWBIE, MY FIRST ARTICLE

A LETTER FROM HELL

Today I drove to Plains, that is BFE to you, Georgia to the doctor.  Because apparently in my city you can’t go to a doctor unless you have insurance. Cash is not good enough.  But I digress..wait …..I should send them all this blog….JUST KIDDING
On the way in between nowhere and neverwillbe I saw “Floria’s [...]

Tags: FLORIA'S FOLK ART, FOLK ART

NEW ORLEANS – TEXTURES & PATINAS OF AGE & DECAY

I absolutely love textures of old paint, rusty metal, crumbling plaster, etc.  The patina’s are hard to recreate.  These are just a few photos that I took because of the textures and patinas.  These were taken in the St Louis Cemeteries.  Can you tell I took almost 500 photos? 
Burying the dead in crypts is based [...]

Tags: CRYPTS, DECAY, NEW ORLEANS, PATINA, ST LOUIS CEMETERY, TOMBSTONES

NEW ORLEANS – ORNATE IRON WORK

I love all the intricate details that are put into wrought iron especially around crypts.  You see lots of wrought iron around New Orleans.  It is all over homes and businesses.  The patina’s are wonderful on the old ones that are rusting, peeling of paint and disintegrating.  I am surprised how long it lasts in [...]

Tags: NEW ORLEANS, ORNAMENTAL IRON, ST LOUIS CEMETERY, WROUGHT IRON

NEW ORLEANS – HISTORY, DEATH AND DECAY

Walking through the cemeteries really makes you feel your mortality.  Someday we will all be gone with nothing left but memories and a grave marker.  I don’t mean to sound morose.  That isn’t my intention.  We should all live life to its fullest and appreciate our family and friends.  Life should be an ever changing, growing [...]

Tags: CRYPTS, NEW ORLEANS, PHOTOGRAPHS, ST LOUIS CEMETERY

NEW ORLEANS – ANGELS, GUARDIANS & STATUES

Yesterday we went to New Orleans and it was a beautiful day.  The sun was shining and it was breezy.  As a matter of fact my arms got pink.  It doesn’t take me very long to get a little sunburn since I am so pale.  We went to the famous cemeteries and I took about [...]

Tags: NEW ORLEANS, ST LOUIS CEMETERY, TOMSBSTONES

FAVORITE ARTISTS

I thought I would post a few paintings from some of my favorite artists.  I like a lot of different types of art but I do tend to lean toward Impressionists.  Van Gough is one of my all time favorites with his Starry Nights.   
 
Degas….Oh I love his use of pastels.  The colors are so wonderful.  You [...]