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Inspirational art: Vase

Sharing the most inspirational art I can find on the web! Title: Vase Date: ca. 1894–1896 Location: Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. Artist: unknown Type of art: vase; porcelain with overglaze material Source and information: Art Institute Chicago Artists, get featured in one of our anthologies. We pay ongoing royalties! Click …

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Early photography: Tapping a blast furnace, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Arthur Rothstein

Sharing my favorite images from the early days of photography… Title: Tapping a blast furnace, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Date: 1938 Location: U.S. Photographer: Arthur Rothstein (1915-1985) – Farm Security Administration (Sponsor) Process: gelatin silver print Source and information: The New York Public Library (The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, …

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Haiku 7

Haiku 7 A few years ago, I was lucky to spend a week in Kauai, one of the most beautiful islands in the world. Also known as the “Garden Isle,” Kauai is the oldest and fourth largest of the main Hawaiian Islands. Legend has it that Hawaiʻiloa, the Polynesian navigator …

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Haiku 6

Haiku 6 I don’t know about you, but I love walking in forests. I am lucky to live in a city that has many green spaces. Assiniboine Forest, where I took the photo below, is one of the largest urban nature parks of its kind in Canada. It has several …

Haiku 5

Haiku 5 Recently, I blogged about FortWhyte Alive, a lovely nature center in Winnipeg. I want to share another photo from that place with you. Just outside the Reception Centre, there is a small man-made pond. When the weather is beautiful and the wind calm enough, you can catch some …

Inspirational art: Echo – Theodor Kittelsen

Sharing the most inspirational art I can find on the web! Title: Echo Date: 1888 Location: Norway Artist: Theodor Kittelsen (1857-1914) Type of art: oil on canvas Note: Norwegian artist Theodor Severin Kittelsen was famous for his nature paintings and illustrations of fairy tales and legends. Source and information: WikiArt

Early photography: Eventide – J. B. B. Wellington

Sharing my favorite images from the early days of photography… Title: Eventide Date: ca. 1880/90, printed April 1890 Location: England Photographer: J. B. B. Wellington (1858-1939) Process: photogravure Note: Photogravure from “Sun Artists, No. 3” (1890) Source and information: The Art Institute of Chicago

Haiku 4

Haiku 4 Today, I am taking you to one of my favorite spots in Winnipeg. FortWhyte Alive is an environmental, education and recreation center that spans 640 acres (259 hectares). It has everything a nature lover can wish for: prairie, lakes, forest, wetlands, and animals like bison, deer and waterfowl. …

Inspirational art: Books and Scholars’ Accouterments (chaekgeori) – Yi Taek-gyun

Sharing the most inspirational art I can find on the web! Title: Books and Scholars’ Accouterments (chaekgeori) Date: late 1800s Location: Korea Artist: Yi Taek-gyun (1808-after 1883) Type of art: ten-panel folding screen; ink and color on silk Note: There is a hidden seal in the third panel from the …

Early photography: Mt. Ushba at Sunrise, Central Caucasus – Vittorio Sella

Sharing my favorite images from the early days of photography… Title: Mt. Ushba at Sunrise, Central Caucasus Date: ca. 1889 Photographer: Vittorio Sella (1859-1943) Process: gelatin silver print Note: Sella was an Italian photographer and mountaineer, the first person to climb the Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa and the Matterhorn in the …