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Lily With Red Carnations
Yes there are red carnations in the painting. You just haven’t looked closely enough. Both the carnations and the lily come from the Valentine’s Day bouquet my husband gave me this year. The Danish silverware vase was my Mother’s. So the painting is a family affair. The fact that the lily inevitably points... »
Afterglow: Pink Coneflower
Afterglow (8 x8 inch watercolor) Painted from a photo I took in my front yard last year, this is a close up of my pink cone flowers (echinacea). Like mums and asters, coneflowers are a reliable late summer flower. In the late afternoon light they just glow. I only have five of them... »
Short Story II
Same song, Second verse, Should get better, But it’s gonna get . . . . Actually I like the second verse better. The dark background gives Short Story II a punch that Short Story I lacked. And I admit that painting the pine cone magnified by the paperweight was just plain fun. The palette for Short Story II is... »
Terence Almond
Oxfordshire, UK When did you first become interested in art? Guess I’ve always been interested in art but, painting myself, if you don’t count school, then about 3 to 4 years ago. What style of art do you use most? I guess it would have to be figurative, I enjoy seeing the people, person I’m painting come to... »
Terence Almond
Oxfordshire, UK When did you first become interested in art? Guess I’ve always been interested in art but, painting myself, if you don’t count school, then about 3 to 4 years ago. What style of art do you use most? I guess it would have to be figurative, I enjoy seeing the people, person I’m painting come to... »
Jill Tattersall
When did you first become interested in art? When I was a child in East Africa and someone showed me how to do lino cuts. After that I was hooked and always did stuff on my own. What style of art do you use most? Semi-abstract: there’s usually a starting-point in nature, even if it’s on... »
The Craftsmen Lantern
Last week’s art show was on OSU campus in Corvallis. Early Friday morning it was dry and clear and the morning light was stunning, but I had no time to do anything but rush inside the Memorial Building to finish setting up. Sunday was dry, clear and cold too, so I went... »
Opera’s push into the mainstream
Share “You don’t sell opera like a pair of jeans,” opera director Denis Krief was quoted as saying last week as he reacted to the latest advertising campaign from Italy’s La Scala. The posters plastered across Milan use a mixture of blood and gore to attract a younger audience. La Scala spokesman Carlo Maria Cella says it... »





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