Day 2882: Do you know Irene?

"Irene": ink brush drawing and watercolors

Want music?

 

Click here for Fred Parrie & The Satins, In the Still of the Night.

then click back on this blog tab or here to listen as you browse, or not?

Do you know Irene? Artist and friend, Irene Rafael.

I have mentioned Irene in earlier blogs, here, here, here and here.

My watercolor at the top doesn't do Irene justice, 

but I think you can feel her gentle kindness and talent?

 

 

I hope you have a friend like Irene? 

• A 2+ min video, unbelievable Russian family trio, here. 

• A 4 min. video, Katelyn Ohashi floor exercise, here. 

• A funny 3 min video, on teamwork,  here.

Smiles for Wednesday ...

Granddogs, Laker & baby Zoey, May 2018

Day 2866: Oh what a day.

"Cactus Palms": photographs, collage & digital.

Want music?

 

Click here for The Dells, Oh What A Night.

then click back on this blog tab or here to listen as you browse, or not?

A quick Dad story, Dad had been a Greyhound bus driver, 

then a personal driver for the movie studios. 

Driving and cars were his specialty. 

I just saw ads for this and it brought back memories.

 Known as a Brodie knob, suicide spinner, knuckle buster, 

or wheel spinner, a universal steering wheel knob is a 

great add-on that offers an easy way to drive with a single 

hand safely. Common on machines like John Deere tractors,

 this device is a useful driving aid if you make a lot of turns 

in a vehicle, even one with modern-day power steering.

TMI? My Dad had one, do you remember the knob?

2GN2S

 

•  Felix Feneon, a 4-minute video from MOMA, here.

•  Following the sad news that Christo has died, here are eight key projects by the Bulgarian artist & late partner Jeanne Claude, here.

•  The history of In and Out? here.

Smiles for Monday ...

Day2831: It's Okay.

"cool hair?": ink brush drawing, 5 minutes.

Want music?

 

Click here for Rumer, Slow.

then click back on this blog tab or here to listen as you browse, or not?

2GN2S:

Another lucky mail day Saturday: A note from a dear friend and 

Albuquerque artist sent a terrific surprise.

Inside the notecard with his wonderful artwork was a 

A zine is made by folding a single sheet of paper, 

strategically, making 8 pages.

pages 1 &2

pages 3 & 4

pages 5 & 6

pages 7 &8

back cover & front cover

Thank you, Terry, beautiful work as always.

And one more, a great postcard from Mitzi, a Seal Beach

artist, former student, and friend.

note the mask?

Thank you, Mitzi, you are so kind and talented.

Feel-good story:

That precious face.

Ken Benbow, a 94-year-old World War II veteran living in a care home in Preston, England, takes a photo of his late wife Ada to bed with him every night. Ken and Ada were married for 71 years before she passed away last August. One of his care workers, Kia Mariah Tobin, noticed his tender ritual and gifted Benbow a pillow — with Ada's lovely face on it. Love in many directions.

 

 2GN2S #2:

Photographer Spent Days Waiting For Museum Visitors To Match The Artworks They Observe, And it Was Worth It

 France-based photographer Stefan Draschan,  camping in galleries for days, waiting for visitors who perfectly match the artworks they observe.

 

His photo series is called “People matching artworks,” and seeing it at first you might get an impression that it’s all staged. But the artist reassures that these perfect shots are actually achieved using patience. I picked 24 of his original 50 but you can see all here.

Smiles for Monday ...