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We would like to present hand painted oil on canvas painting (recreation) of Afremov's artwork mentioned in the title. This art piece made by Leonid Afremov Studio with the same amount of soul and emotion just like the first original painting. The piece is created with oil paint on artistic canvas using Afremov's unique technique of a palette knife.
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Hey, random realization - I can't draw a level circle with a flashlight! I'm doomed for life.
This was a pretty fun project, although I figured out that pointing the flashlight directly at the camera blew out too quickly. So, I tried pointing the light down instead, creating the watery effect near the base of the hourglass, which worked better. Then I pointed the flashlight at the hourglass for ten seconds from the right and ten from the left, which gave it a nice glow. Tada!
... I was sitting on my back porch, observing that holiest of rituals ... Saturday morning. For me all is well on a Saturday morning if I can start it sitting on my back porch looking over a cup of coffee at my flowers, tomato and basil plants, occasionally observing the blue sky through the green cover of the now full-leaved oaks and poplars that line the back boundary behind my apartment. Distracted only occasionally as a squirrel chides a cat from the neighboring yard, tail twitching in time like a rodent-metronome. From the stereo in the living room NPR provides the background entertainment.
It was a week after my latest experience with the Ukranian couple selling flowers by the Thai restaurant. Maybe they are Romanian, I’m sure Romanian passports would surely enable them to buy those heavy black shoes.
This particular Saturday morning I scanned the back boundary of my apartment-kingdom and my eyes fell upon “the soil.” Sure I had soil! It was the last of a bag of “Sta-Green Premium Container Mix with Fertilizer.” I dumped it into a plastic hanging basket left from something I had planted last year. I the followed the old couples directions to a “t”. After placing the soil into the container I dove my index finger into the dirt up to my knuckles. Then I carefully separated the small seedlings (why aren’t they called plant-lings?) And carefully inserted them filling in around them with the nutrient enhanced loam. Yeah, they were a little closer than he had instructed but I knew I would re-pot them into other containers after they grew a bit. Then following her sing-song instruction “plant-today ... water tomorrow” well ... ok ...truth is I forgot them for a day. And I almost panicked when I realized I had actually neglected to water the gift of “a miracle.” My heart sank and I actually worried that if they indeed held some magic power it had wilted overnight right there in my $1.99 plastic hanging basket, like so many neglected plants at a chain hardware store. So I loving watered them trusting that they would indeed recover, since they were after all magic plants of hearty Ukrainian stock ....
I was thinking about none of this mind you at the time my eyes fell upon the white 10" basket of about six plant-lings of 3 to 8 inches in height. My mind was in its Saturday morning place ... coffee, trees, sky, NPR ... suddenly I could not help but laugh out loud, fortunately without a mouthful of coffee because it surely would have sprayed everything within 4 feet of where I sat. As my gaze fixed momentarily on this basket I recognized the plant right away ... “it is a marigold...”
Description of Historic Place:
Lorne Circus is the incomplete realization of a grand urban planning scheme, with a radial street pattern laid out around a central roundabout in a residential area, located south of the Fraser River. The plan is partially extant at the intersection of Grosvenor Road, McBride Drive, Bedford Drive and 114 Avenue, in the neighbourhood of Port Mann in North Surrey. Curved streets to the south, including Gladstone Drive, Melrose Drive, Kindersley Drive and Park Drive, follow the radius of the original circus.
Heritage Value:
Lorne Circus, located in the former City of Port Mann, is valued as one of the first Canadian examples of urban planning, based on scientific principles. Port Mann was planned as a new industrial city with streets radiating from a central circus in the residential section. The proposed business section was designed to cluster around a large open square.
Lorne Circus is valued as demonstrating an important phase in the history of Port Mann and with the rapid industrial and residential growth of the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. The New Westminster Southern Railway established a stop in 1891 at Bon Accord, a small fishing settlement that included a landing where steamboats refuelled. In 1911, its name was changed when Sir Donald Mann and Sir William MacKenzie, co-builders of the Canadian National Railway, decided to establish Port Mann as their western terminus and a rival to Vancouver. Despite the development of extensive rail yards and warehouses at Port Mann, the CNR's grandiose plans for a major urban centre failed to materialize.
Lorne Circus is also valued for its association with pioneer Canadian landscape architect, Fredrick G. Todd (1876-1948), who supervised the planning of Port Mann. Todd was born in New Hampshire and worked for the famed Olmsted office, from 1896-1900, before moving to Montreal to supervise work on Mount Royal Park and, eventually, to establish his own office. He was an influential landscape planner and founder of the Town Planning Institute of Canada and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects. Frederick Todd designed some of Canada's most beloved places, including Bowering Park in St. John's, Mount Royal Park and the Town of Mount Royal in Montreal, Leaside in Toronto and Shaughnessy Heights in Vancouver. Todd popularised naturalistic landscape designs, including the idea of a 'necklace of parks' as linked open space.
Source:Heritage Planning Files, City of Surrey
Character-Defining Elements:
Key elements that define the heritage character of Lorne Circus include its:
- form and scale as public open space;
- radial geometry;
- radiating views to the North Shore mountains; and
- adjacent landscaped area.
- Photo from City of Surrey Website (2006 aerial photo)
Janine discovering that our Virgin Mobile phones got no coverage in the Netherlands. This complicated our vacation considerably.
- One-off
- Fantastic design, dramatic look
- An accessible dream
This exceptional body is the realization of the dream of a truly passionate collector. It was triggered off by the discovery of the photos of a convertible Bucciali TAV 30, exhibited in the 1931 and the 1932 editions of the Paris Motor Show, at the Grand Palais. He completely fell in love with this exceptional car. These rare photos were published in the excellent book by Christian Huet on Bucciali cars, published in 2004.
Before going any further, a little history is in order. This enigmatic brand bears the name of Paul-Albert Bucciali, who often managed to realize his wildest of dreams. In 1930, he designed a body that had all the elements of drama and seduction: long hood, lowered chassis, low-profile windows and very large wheels, like those of the Bugatti Royale. The original curve of the front fender hugged the wheel to extend horizontally back to the height of the chassis. The sides of the long hood were visually cleaned up to receive a large "arrow-like stork", like the one he had used on his fighter plane, a Spa 26, one of the six squadrons of these Storks from World War I. After preparing the drawings in the Bucciali workshop at Courbevoie, the "project" was entrusted to the famous coachbuilder Saoutchik. The body was built on the old chassis TAV 2 of 1928, which was stripped of all its mechanicals. This was a car specifically for the motor show, designed to find a buyer, who would then be able to finance the production of the new S chassis and the gearbox of the TAV 3. A buyer actually came through in 1931, but he wanted a sedan body and not a convertible! For this beautiful convertible, there was no buyer at all, so it was destroyed in 1934.
Realizing his dream became an obsession for the collector, who decided in 2010, to buy a complete Cord L29 FWD chassis. It was powered by an 4.9-liter in-line eight from Lycoming. The Bucciali brand still existed, so he got the authorization in 2012 to carry out a reproduction of the convertible TAV 30 of 1931, under certain conditions of maintaining quality, and the right to make just one example. The original document is part of the file that comes with the car.
The making of this ambitious project was entrusted to the Bonnefoy workshop, in Cher, which fabricated the frame members by extending and modifying the Cord chassis, by developing the suspension system and the steering linkages to fit the larger wheels that were specially made for this prototype. Though based on a wooden frame, the body is made of sheet steel, while the hood, doors and trunk lid are in aluminum. The owner, with the Bonnefoy workshop, customized the achievement, by changing the color of the bodywork and of the storks and adding a rear boot. Completed in 2013, the result was most impressive and car was specially exhibited at the Retromobile Salon of 2014, where the car starred. This outstanding achievement was the subject of a compliance certificate issued by the Bucciali brand and this certificate will be given to the buyer too.
Once a dream has been fulfilled, it usually fades away with time, giving way to another. This is the reason the current owner is putting his dream Bucciali-Cord on sale. Just four authentic Buccialis remain in the world today; therefore, this spectacular car is a very unique opportunity to acquire the only official copy which is both impressive and unrivaled.
Sale Retromobile 2016 by Artcurial Motorcars
5 Février 2016
Estimation € 500.000 - 700.000
Sold for € 596.000
Salon Retromobile 2016
Paris Expo - Porte de Versailles
Paris - France
Februari 2016
Hummingbird Rocks the Structures of the MASP
Monday, 29th September, in the theatre of the MASP (Art Museum of São Paulo), was the realization of the 10th. Prize-giving ceremony for the ten selected projects of the 132 inscribed by Universities from all over Brazil, participating in the Real University Solidarity Programme (UNISOL).
The ceremony was honoured with the presence of Dra. Ruth Cardoso, wife of Brazil’s former President and Founder of the Programme UNISOL and President in COMUNITAS. Also present were Maria Luiz Pinto, Executive Director of Education and Development for the BANCO REAL and Elisabeth Vargas, Executive Superintendent of the UNISOL Programme, along with representatives of the different Universities, Students and Communities involved.
The ceremony also marked the 10 years of partnership between UNISOL and the BANCO REAL.
UNISOL is internationally renowned by UNESCO through their Comenius Award – a distinction granted by the Czechoslovakian Government for programmes and personalities who develop innovative solutions in the area of education. – The Civil Society Association University Solidarity – UNISOL, was created in 1955 by the Advice Councel of the COMMUNITY SOLIDARITY (also created by Ruth Cardoso), and has since mobilized Universities together with the different sectors of civil society and the State, for community participation in the entire country.
During the event the importance of youth participation was emphasized, also after the realization of such projects, which often resulted in the establishment of long-term relationships with the communities involved. “Not one single student will ever be the same person after having participated in a project for social development.”
Mentioned as good examples of the results obtained by the winning projects for 2004, were the hand-crafted sweets produced by the Comunidade de Cabo de Santo Agostinho, in Pernambuco, in partnership with the Federal University of Pernambuco, which could even be tasted during the cocktail after the prize-giving ceremony. Also the trophies made from Bamboo by the team of Cefet Paraná, in partnership with the Comunidade de Fazenda Grande. Both projects have helped to change the perspectives of these communities, bettering the quality and standard of life for their inhabitants.
Then of course there was Hummingbird, making their noise and shaking the audience...
During a cultural presentation lasting approx. 20 minutes, the Grupo Cultural Beija-Flor delivered their special combination of joy and social criticism to the event; with the frenetic dance of AfroBreak and the Capoeira of the slaves from past and present, the melodious sound of our Experimental Band with the vibrations of the Banda Beija-Flor, the MASP was turned into a cooking pot of willpower and talent by the children and youth of the Hummingbird Cultural Activity Centre.
A marvellous show, the happy result of a lot of dedication, which lifted the public from their seats and closed the ceremonial event with a Key of Gold.
Without doubt, joy was the dominating tone of this festive celebration.
In Portuguese:
O Beija-Flor abala as estruturas do Masp
Foi realizado segunda-feira (29) no auditório do Masp, em São Paulo, a entrega do 10º Prêmio Real Universidade Solidária aos dez projetos selecionados entre os 132 inscritos por universidades de todo o País. A cerimônia contou com a presença de Dra. Ruth Cardoso, presidente da Comunitas e sócia-fundadora da UNISOL; de Maria Luiz Pinto, diretora executiva de Educação e Desenvolvimento do Banco Real; de Elisabeth Vargas, superintendente executiva da Universidade Solidária, além de representantes de universidades, estudantes e comunidades.
A festa marcou os dez anos da parceria entre a UniSol e o Banco Real.
A Unisol é Reconhecida internacionalmente pela Unesco com a medalha Comenius – distinção concedida pelo governo da República Tcheca a programas e personalidades que desenvolvem trabalhos inovadores na área da educação - a Associação Civil Universidade Solidária - UniSol foi criada em 1995 pelo Conselho da Comunidade Solidária e, vem ao longo dos anos mobilizando universitários, setores da sociedade civil e do Estado para o trabalho comunitário em todo o País
No Evento, frisou-se a importância do engajamento dos jovens, que após participar dos projetos estabelecem relações com as comunidades que se tornarão presentes ao longo de toda a vida: “Nenhum estudante volta o mesmo depois de participar de projetos de ação social.” Como exemplo de alguns resultados obtidos nos projetos vencedores em 2004, foram citados os doces produzidos pela comunidade de Cabo de Santo Agostinho, em Pernambuco, em parceria com a Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, que puderam ser degustados durante o coquetel servido após a entrega dos prêmios, e o troféu confeccionado em bambu pela equipe do Cefet Paraná, em parceria com a comunidade de Fazenda Grande. Ambos projetos ajudaram a mudar as perspectivas das comunidades, melhorando a renda dos moradores.
E o Beija-Flor chegou fazendo barulho e sacudindo a platéia...
Numa apresentação de durou aproximadamente 20 minutos, o Grupo Cultural Beija-Flor levou alegria e critica social ao evento; a dança frenética do Afro Break e a Capoeira dos escravos dos tempos passados, o som melódico da Banda Experimental e a vibração a Banda Beija-Flor, fizeram do Masp um caldeirão fervilhante de garra e talento das crianças e jovens do ECBF (Espaço Cultural Beija-Flor). Um show maravilhoso, um feliz resultado de muita dedicação, que levantou o público e encerrou a festa com chave de ouro.
Sem dúvida a alegria foi o tom dominante da festa.
Actually I'm the fan of Evangelion, but technically this is my first EVA figure and the only one amazing EVA figure I fall in love with~~~ XD
"Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen." Hebrews 11:1 (Catholic Bible verson).
When I see this moment of hands reaching out to God in prayer, in community, it illustrates to me the outword expression of the inner faith of a community of prayers, in belief of what is hoped for.
Said another way, sometimes, when we don't have answers or can't provide a soulution, praying to God and trusting Him in faith has proven to do what we can not. In His time and not in ours.
God wants us to depend on Him, and Loves us to the point to provide us the freedom to make that decision.
my greenish purple friend.
I have tried my level best. And That's your life and your way.It has become unbearable and unhealthy for me. Exhausted me leaving you ....
A surreal take on an aspect of my self care and recent spirituality journey. The pandemic has come with its difficulties but also granted me the gift of solitude. Through this, I grew my relationship with myself more and removed all distractions (people and materials) and am happier than I have ever been.
Know thyself.
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