Wrenaissance Art

I’ve just added a new link to my Friends in Real Life blogroll category. I Am Robert Marsh is the website and blog of my talented and funny brother, Bob Marsh. He has published a number of popular books in the “reluctant reader” category, and also directs and writes features for an educational film company. [...]

This was taken on 7 November 2009. The view is not from the grand allées with the imperial palms at the front of and along the central axis of the garden. We were on one of the interior pathways when I shot this scene.

And now for something completely different: Scale: The American Museum of Natural History has created this video showing travel from the face of the Earth to the cosmic horizon, a journey of 13.7 billion years at the speed of light. Absolutely gorgeous. Sally is Painting Today . . . is a blog of painter Sally [...]

Been kind of busy/procrastinating/not habit-building this week, so herewith a makeup session with interesting art news: Obituary: Bob Noorda, co-designer of the signage system used in the New York subways, dies at age 82. His corporate standards for Eni was pretty straightforward and an effective update of the odd, ought-to-be mythical-but-wasn’t Agip firedog. Obituary: Earl [...]

DH and I are leaving for our very exciting vacation in Antarctica today. We’ll be going to Santiago, then meeting the boat in Ushuaia. I’ll post many sketchbook pix on my return in early/mid-January. Meanwhile, I’m turning off comments to keep from being overwhelmed by Russian drug spammers. Happy New Year to all!

Polly Frost has an essay at Identity Theory about the ladies who lurk in the undergrowth of our nation’s museums. Very funny and spot-on characterizations of  the different species of art ladies!

Congratulations, Rio, on winning the 2016 Olympics! (updated link for post-2 October). On O Globo’s home page, Lula is quoted as saying, “The generous soul of the Brazilian people will make this the most extraordinary Olympics the world has ever seen.” Pele says, “I have to thank God for always getting to be on a [...]

The gibberish in the post below was the confirmation claim for Technorati.

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What can I say that would not be trite? In the days following the attacks, the skies over Houston were so clear, so serenely blue—and empty. No planes, no helicopters. World Oil was going to press that week. I could FTP the files up to the printer in PA, and talk to my CSR on [...]