Year: 2010
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Carlo Russo
Philadelphia artist Carlo Russo paints landscapes and figurative work, but his emphasis is on still life. Russo is one of those still life painters who manages to convey a feeling of stopped time in his paintings, a sensation of quiet focus and contemplative stillness. His portrayals of rough textured crockery, weathered wood, and tarnished copper…
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Line by Line, James McMullan
I have long been a proponent of the idea that drawing is as much of a natural potential ability for human beings as writing. I’ve often wondered about that odd demarcation somewhere around puberty where an unspoken law seems to take effect and “all children draw” becomes “only some teenagers and adults draw because they’re…
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I become a twit, er,… Tweeter
OK, after years of resisting, I’ve finally decided to start using Twitter. Despite the original intention that Twitter be used to be “sociable” and inform your friends and “followers” that you’re having 2% milk on your Cap’n Crunch this morning, I’ve always thought of Tweets as basically 140-character blog posts. I just couldn’t think of…
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Museum Day 2010
Museum admission, in case you hadn’t noticed, has kept pace with the rising cost of everything, if not outpacing it significantly in recent years. It can be daunting for some, and can discourage people from investigating museums they don’t already patronize. Smithsonian magazine, an offshoot of the venerable group of cultural institutions in the U.S.…
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Pyle’s Pirates
Avast ye swabs! Now how could I be lettin’ International Talk Like a Pirate Day pass without usin’ it proper to serve up some pirate pictures by Mister Howard Pyle, ARRRRRRguably the rootenest tootenest pirate illustrator of ’em all! There’ be a book of ’em, y’know! There be a good boatload of ’em on 100…
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The Lost Thing animated short
The Lost Thing is a wonderful children’s book by Australian artist Shaun Tan, with an unusual story and a unique look. With the help of co-director Andrew Ruhemann and a small production team, Tan has been working for several years to bring the book to life as a 15 minute animated short. It was finally…