Appreciating art is food for the soul ...

- A Coloring Morning, AZ. -

For Macro Monday, Aug 14

Theme: high key

I'm deeply saddened by the events over the weekend and felt the need to speak of love in a visual art form, so I combined the MM theme with the message.

Love,

Dee

Credits:

AG. Sarah Skin - Lelutka Applier Available at Avi-Glam

AG. Hope Eyes - lagon color @ ShinyShabby

Babel - Tattoo [CAROL G] @ DISTRICT23 Tattoo Event

LeLutka Bento Head - MAY

credits:

-Belleza- Sadie FLF Lelutka Applier

LeLutka Axis HUD Face New Update

.LeLutka.Head.Chloe 3.2 New Update

^^Swallow^^ Ears HD - High Definition

Tableau Vivant \\ Lelutka hairbase 03 - C

Odd-shaped, and with unusual building materials, the University of Toledo Center for Visual Arts contrasts sharply with the adjacent Neo-classical design of the Toledo Museum of Art.

Darkly-oxidized metal shingles coat the outside of the front of the building, (which, to me, make it appear to be a derelict building). The rear of the building are walls of green glass. A sign on the green glass, for some unknown reason, directs viewers to "Look Up."

Designed by prize-winning architect Frank O. Gehry.

(Please see first comment below for the another view of the Center).

Sculpture ... people searching for connection metaphorically

Credits:

V/.VoluptasVirtualis [Noa] Gachakey @ The Epiphany

\//.VoluptasVirtualis - Bianca. ThinChoker @ Mainstore

.::Nanika::. Bella Sunglasses @ Tres Chic

^^Swallow^^ Rox Ears

{ Speakeasy } Breathe RARE @ POCKETGACHA

AG. Reverie Eyes

Genesis "Sweet Storytime" Cosmetics @ The Epiphany

Genesis Head Bento - EVA

Taking a selfie at black sand beach on the coast of Iceland.

Visual Art installation for BULGARI in Milano

mirroring art, Museumsinsel Berlin

Excerpt from issuu.com/dtkownit/docs/field_guide_for_web:

HALLS LANE Nº 3

Artist: Bruno Smoky (@brunosmoky)

Location: 61 Halls Lane (behind DNA Screen Printing)

Medium: Mixed media mural and spray paint

The Artist Bruno, also known as “Smoky”, has dedicated his life to visual art. Since childhood, drawing and creativity was always a part of his daily routine. In 2004 he began painting on walls with spray paint in Brasilandia, a precarious neighbourhood in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he grew up.

This piece is a hopeful message of growth and rebirth — a peaceful communion between technology and nature through a respectful balance, represented by the recycling symbol and careful use of colour. Promoting this Region’s existing conservation on technology for good, Smoky hopes to inspire the community to explore Halls Lane in Downtown Kitchener.

An ant gets in on the act exploring Lynn Chadwick's beast series of sculptures at SCVA, Norwich, UK

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M+ Art Museum; West Kowloon cultural district

A museum "dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting visual art, design and architecture, moving image, and Hong Kong visual culture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries"

Questo lavoro eseguito in grafite, è preso da un volume "Pittori a confronto" in cui vengono mostrati analoghi lavori da artisti diversi (Diane Wright, e Martin Taylor). La finalità (premesse le corrette proporzioni!) è quella di mostrare agli artisti interessati a svolgere questo tema artistico, che uguali soggetti disegnati da artisti diversi, mostrano tecniche e tratti diversi, ma uguali per valori complessivi! Ciò porta a ritenere come giusto che sia, che il disegno oltre ad essere un'arte visiva è anche un linguaggio individuale. Questo allegato è il mio lavoro!

Carta Favini liscia 220 gr/mq

Matite in grafite: HB, 2B, 4B;

Sfumino e gomma pane;

Grazie a tutti coloro che vorranno lasciare un commento

This work done in graphite, is taken from a volume "Painters in comparison" in which similar works by different artists are shown (Diane Wright, and Martin Taylor). The purpose (assuming the correct proportions!) Is to show the artists interested in carrying out this artistic theme, that the same subjects designed by different artists, show different techniques and traits, but the same for overall values! This leads us to believe that it is right that drawing is not only a visual art but also an individual language. This attachment is my work!

Favini smooth paper 220 gsm

Graphite pencils: HB, 2B, 4B;

Smudge and gum bread;

Thanks to all those who want to leave a comment

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M+ is Asia's global museum of contemporary visual culture, dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting visual art, design and architecture, moving image, and Hong Kong visual culture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

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M+ est le musée mondial de la culture visuelle contemporaine en Asie, dédié à la collecte, l'exposition et l'interprétation des arts visuels, du design et de l'architecture, des images animées et de la culture visuelle de Hong Kong aux XXe et XXIe siècles.

Credits:

*Mon Chéri* Soraya Bikini @ Uber

I wear too:

-[Glam Affair] Eyeshadow [ Catwa ] 004

-[Glam Affair] Sybil applier Catwa @ Dubai Event

- .euphoric ~Mina Lashes Applier ~[Catwa] @ Sense Event

Credits:

pr!tty - Luna Hair ♡ Giveaway Contest

[Glam Affair] Rachel Applier [ Lelutka ]

[Glam Affair] Lipstick [ Lelutka ] 008

.LeLutka.Head. Bento - May

wear also Avi-Glam eyes Charm & LODE Accessory

Sunshine in the pines in my hometown,

lazy days and summer haze fill the air all around.

Credits:

AZOURY - Endless Butterfly soon @ Collabor88

Kaithleen's Denim Silk Tape Top @ Fetish Fair

Moon Elixir - Scarlet Kitten - Kimono RARE Gacha @ FGC

Tableau Vivant \\ Amaris hair @ Uber

Tableau Vivant \\ Lelutka hairbase 02 - C @ Mainstore

DeeTaleZ *Appliers* LeLutka Heads "Shannyn" @ Mainstore

.LeLutka.Head. May

Avi-Glam Charm Eyes

Credits:

Baiastice - Kimmy Suit @ Uber

.::Nanika::. Hydrangea tattoo @ SaNaRae

credits:

[ session ] Rose Catwa applier @ Dubai Event

euphoric Nina Lashes Applier ~[Catwa]

euphoric Seduction Eyes Applier ~[Catwa]

Baiastice Lulea Sweater @ Uber

.::Nanika::.Diva Necklace @ Dubai Event

Juna - Beatrix tattoo

Speakeasy Byron pose pack @ Mainstore

Credits:

AG. Grace Eyes

Glam Affair - Kaori - Catwa Mesh Head Applier @ Uber

Some mornings are perfect. Despite the frosty appearance, it wasn't cold when I drove along Butte Road toward the park (Grasslands, the big national park close to my home), and I stopped repeatedly. Thus, a six minute drive took me 45 minutes.

I have photographed this lone tree many times over the past decade of living here, but I don't think it has ever looked better. The silence and stillness, the coating of hoarfrost, the sweet clear light of dawn, and the privilege of having it all to myself... all combined to stoke my sense of wonder. Again. This seems to happen here on the prairie more than anyplace else I have lived. Maybe the secret is that I'm now old enough to recognize something special when I see it; I really don't know.

I think that to photograph prairie well, you have to come to terms with space. The spaces between things. An unearthly scale. You must learn to use these "negative spaces" in a positive way, ie. as compositional tools. In a way, what looks most challenging about this place may well be its strongest graphic component: the lack of clutter. Try to photograph a rain forest and you are dealing with complexity; visual art demands simplicity more often than not, so you really have your work cut out to make sense of the tangled chaos of the forest. Out here, most of the work has already been done for you. Nature has provided a clean canvas, and then periodically it drenches the land with exquisite light. Like the light you see here, in the tranquility of dawn, in the moment before the world is born and another day begins to unfold.

Photographed near Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2020 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

...casual shot at UNSW...

Credits:

^^Swallow^^ Tiara

.euphoric ~Egoist Mesh Eyes

DeeTaleZ *Appliers* Skin/Lipstick/Eyeliner* LeLutka Heads "Victoria"

LeLutka Bento Head - CATE

credits:

[ session ] Susanne Applier Catwa @ eBento

AG. Crystal Eyes ONYX- New Available @ N21 event

Lode flowers

Minimalism in visual art, sometimes referred to as "literalist art"[3] and "ABC Art"[4] emerged in New York in the 1960s. It is regarded as a reaction against the painterly forms of Abstract Expressionism as well as the discourse, institutions and ideologies that supported it. As artist and critic Thomas Lawson noted in his 1977 catalog essay Last Exit: Painting, minimalism did not reject Clement Greenberg's claims about Modernist Painting's reduction to surface and materials so much as take his claims literally. Minimalism was the result, even though the term "minimalism" was not generally embraced by the artists associated with it, and many practitioners of art designated minimalist by critics did not identify it as a movement as such.

In contrast to the Abstract Expressionists, Minimalists were influenced by composer John Cage, poet William Carlos Williams, and architect Frederick Law Olmsted. They very explicitly stated that their art was not self-expression, in opposition to the previous decade's Abstract Expressionists. In general, Minimalism's features included: geometric, often cubic forms purged of all metaphor, equality of parts, repetition, neutral surfaces, and industrial materials.

Robert Morris, an influential theorist and artist, wrote a three part essay, "Notes on Sculpture 1-3," originally published across three issues of Artforum in 1966. In these essays, Morris attempted to define a conceptual framework and formal elements for himself and one that would embrace the practices of his contemporaries. These essays paid great attention to the idea of the gestalt- "parts... bound together in such a way that they create a maximum resistance to perceptual separation." Morris later described an art represented by a "marked lateral spread and no regularized units or symmetrical intervals..." in "Notes on Sculpture 4: Beyond Objects," originally published in Artforum, 1969, continuing to say that "indeterminacy of arrangement of parts is a literal aspect of the physical existence of the thing.” The general shift in theory of which this essay is an expression suggests the transitions into what would later be referred to as Post-Minimalism.

Credits:

Juna - Femme tattoo @ DARKNESS Event

Baiastice Ilya Corset & Adel long Skirt @ MainStore

“Sunsets are proof that no matter what happens, everyday can end beautifully.” - Kristen Butler

Category: Mobile Photography

Device: Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus

Location: Bangladesh

Credits:

tram H0210 hair

[Aleutia] Mariposa Dress @ Tres Chic Mar'18

Genesis Head Bento - MOLLY

Genesis - Dancing with the Moonlit Knight

Jennifer Holliday Luther Vandross - Bridge Over Troubled Water

Eric Dolphy - Something Sweet, Something Tender omaggio di Lup

Luna Omaggio di Vecchiotinti

LunaOmaggio di Vecchiotinti

Ravi Shankar - Raga Anandi Kalyan omaggio notturno di Lup

Explore #101 24.10.2008

Stai quieto, mio Dolore, stai calmo. Invocavi la Sera: ec-

cola, scende e un'atmosfera scura avvolge la città, appor-

tando agli uni pace, agli altri affanno.

Mentre la moltitudine vile dei mortali, sotto la sferza del

Piacere, carnefice impietoso, va a cogliere rimorsi nella fe-

sta servile, dammi la mano, o mio dolore, vieni da me,

lontano da loro. Vedi affacciarsi dai balconi del cielo gli

Anni defunti in vestiti antiquati, vedi sorgere dal fondo

delle acque il radioso Rimpianto;

il sole addormentarsi moribondo sotto un ponte; e come

un lungo sudario strusciante a Oriente, ascolta, mio caro,

ascolta la dolce Notte che avanza. (C.Baudalaire)

"Digital paint correspondances" on natural raw material

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