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and thank you for stopping by, taking an interest in my blog. I am the 'relentless hunter and gatherer of soothing beauty, great and small' behind these pages, which for now means: here you find the stuff that makes me think, that inspires me, that I envy and am passionate about. I would love to see or read your views too, so feel free to comment!
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Tag Archives: canvas
Go For It
Toots Thielemans Before I Get To Phoenix from The Salient One (1973) He died last year.
Posted in ART, CREATIVE CAREERS, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, EARLY WORKS, MUSIC
Tagged 2017, adventure, astronauts, canvas, challenge, challenger, endurance, explore, explorer, goal, hike, Jason Rinaldi, journey, New Year, opportunity, organ, painter, painting, pink, purple, space, stars, strength, the salient one, Toots thielemans, white
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Flowers framed
Two flower paintings I saw in the Museum Kröller Muller. The paintings are similar, but see what a frame can do. Here’s a top 10 of the best flower paintings according to the Guardian.
Posted in ART, CREATIVE CAREERS, TIME LAPSE
Tagged best, canvas, dutch, flower, frame, Guardian, Holland, impression, Jan Sluijters, Kröller Muller, light, museum, Odilon Redon, oil painting, Otterloo, painting, photographic, representation, reproduction, technique, top 10
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Word on the street
Yesterday was a day of Prince and typography. After an inspiring meeting discussing typography with a publisher I had to cross town, where every other car had turned into a Prince radio station, his music was everywhere! and the two put together reminded … Continue reading
Posted in ART, CREATIVE CAREERS, TEXT
Tagged alphabeth, amusement, Ben eine, Black Book Gallery, canvas, evoking, fonts, Gallery, London, Marvelous, Middlesex street, painting, placing, revolution, see no evil, shops, shutters, South Africa, Street art, Typography, words
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Smoke art
When I first saw this image I loved it. For the soft edges on colorful comfortable shapes, floating is a white space. The I found out that the painting is made with smoke. Fascinating. Rosemarie Fiore (b. 1972, New York, United States) … Continue reading
Posted in ART, CREATIVE CAREERS, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, TEXT
Tagged amusement park ride, ART, awn mowers, canvas, cars, circles, color, coverting, fireworks, floor polishers, Los Angeles, machine, NY, painting, pinball machines, Rosemarie Fiore, Smoke art, USA, Von Lintel Gallery, waffle irons
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Props at the ready
Tonight was the first night of a new book club I was invited to. Although I had my props at the ready I sadly missed it. 😉 The bag above is by Sally Beerworth, who opened The J.O.E Foundation in May 2011. Everything … Continue reading
Posted in Books, CREATIVE CAREERS, DESTINATION HAPPINESS
Tagged bag, book, canvas, club, diary, divorce, labels, quote, Sally Beerworth, slaogan, statement, text, tote, wine, women
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Dimensions
More about the artist Daan Den Houter here
Posted in ART, CREATIVE CAREERS, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, EMPATHY
Tagged Amsterdam, angst, ART, artinredlight.com, back, behind, beliefs, black, bomb, canvas, dimensions, extreme, Paint, painting, Paris, report, signature, silence, terror, thisartfair.com, white, words
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PS | International Klein Blue
For a project I had a quick look online for a cmyk translation of a blue swatch I wanted to use, as I couldn’t find my Pantone color guide, and came across this chart on Wikipedia. It reads like poetry! … Continue reading
Posted in ART, CREATIVE CAREERS, PS, REVIEW
Tagged after nature, ART, artsy, blue, canvas, cmyk, color, color chart, feedback, Fine Art, indigo, inspiration, international klein blue, legacy, models, museum, naked, nude, nudity, Paint, painting, Pantone, performance, post script, PS, tess thackara, tha, yves Klein
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Color Inspiration | A Blown China Aster
After more than a week in a vase, an encore, for today. Actually, I noticed the rather generic flower shape of the China Aster changes into a dramatic bundle of colorful ribbons when it’s blown.
Posted in PHOTOGRAPHY, TEXT, THE FABRIC OF HOME
Tagged blown flower, Callistephus, canvas, China Aster, color, encore, flowers, frame, letters, passing, pink, purple, red, ribbons, Time, today, Typography
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Banana play
See, how there’s inspiration around us everywhere! I just l o v e these pictures and the way they have come to be. Marta Grossi is a Hong Kong based artist who picks a banana every night, to draw on, … Continue reading
Posted in CREATIVE CAREERS, OUT OF THE BOX, PHOTOGRAPHY
Tagged Andy Warhol, ART, banana, behance, canvas, daily, everyday, Graffiti, Hong Kong, imagination, inspiration, Marta grossi, unconditioned expression, Velvet Underground, yellow
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Reflector | All Things Sunny
In the paper they mentioned January as the ‘hibernating month’, and yes January can be a very dull and grey, with little sunshine or color. I personally c r a v e longer days and warm breezes, the time when our … Continue reading
Posted in (B)OOST, EARLY WORKS, Education, KIDS ART, REVIEW
Tagged art class, art monkeys, canvas, Children, color, Dalton De Meer, fauvism, fruit, KIDS ART, painting, reflector, school, still life, uncondiotioned expression
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