Portals and KM

Painting of Shrimp Poboy at Felix's - New Orleans

Here is a 20" x 24" acrylic painting of a shrimp poboy dressed at Felix's in New Orleans. I now an artist with the Arts Council of New Orleans and particpate in their monthy art market. These markets occur generally on the last Saturday at Palmer Park in New Orleans, at the corner of S. Carrolton and S. Claiborne. Saturday May 25 is the next market and I will have a booth and offer paintings for sale. Since I arrived back in my hometown, I have been painting a variety of themes related to the city. 

Painting of Prawns and Chips at a Cafe in Cape Town South Africa

Here is a 20" x 24" acrylic painting of a prawns and chips (fries) at an outdoor cafe based on a trip I took to Cape Town in 2010. I now an artist with the Arts Council of New Orleans and particpate in their monthy art market. These markets occur generally on the last Saturday at Palmer Park in New Orleans, at the corner of S. Carrolton and S. Claiborne. Saturday May 25 is the next market and I will have a booth and offer paintings for sale. Since I arrived back in my hometown, I have been painting a variety of themes related to the city but sometimes do other themes like this one.  

New Orleans Mardi Gras 2013: Painting of a Night Parade Float Rider

Here is a 16 x 20 acrylic of a Mardi Gras float rider. She is holding beads lloking down at who to throw them to.  You see this gesture many times. If you are lucky she is thinking of you. 

I now an artist with the Arts Council of New Orleans and particpate in their monthy art market. These markets occur generally on the last Saturday at Palmer Park in New Orleans, at the corner of S. Carrolton and S. Claiborne. Saturday May 25 is the next market and I will have a booth and offer paintings for sale. Since I arrived back in my hometown, I have been painting a variety of themes related to the city

Painting of Night Rider - New Orleans Carnival 2013

Here is a 20 x 20 acrylic of a Mardi Gras float rider. He is pointing to someone indicating these beads are for that person. You see this gesture many times. If you are lucky he is pointing at you. 

I now an artist with the Arts Council of New Orleans and particpate in their monthy art market. These markets occur generally on the last Saturday at Palmer Park in New Orleans, at the corner of S. Carrolton and S. Claiborne. Saturday May 25 is the next market and I will have a booth and offer paintings for sale. Since I arrived back in my hometown, I have been painting a variety of themes related to the city

Painting of Angel Trumpet at Longe Vue Gardens in New Orleans

Here is a 16" x 20" acrylic painting of Angel Trumpet flowers at Longe Vue gardens in New Orleans. I now an artist with the Arts Council of New Orleans and particpate in their monthy art market. These markets occur generally on the last Saturday at Palmer Park in New Orleans, at the corner of S. Carrolton and S. Claiborne. Saturday May 25 is the next market and I will have a booth and offer paintings for sale. Since I arrived back in my hometown, I have been painting a variety of themes related to the city.

Painting of Jon Cleary at Chicki Wah Wah New Orleans

Here is a 20" x 20" acrylic painting of Jon Cleary performing at Chicki Wah Wah in New Orleans. I now an artist with the Arts Council of New Orleans and particpate in their monthy art market. These markets occur generally on the last Saturday at Palmer Park in New Orleans, at the corner of S. Carrolton and S. Claiborne. Saturday May 25 is the next market and I will have a booth and offer paintings for sale. Since I arrived back in my hometown, I have been painting a variety of themes related to the city including my favorite musicians such as Jon. I am enjoying many of these musicians at Jazz Fest this weekend with many more photos and some paintings to follow. 

Painting of Cajun Dancers - Work in Progress

Based on some photos I took at the French Quarter Festival I am doing a series of dancers moving to Les Freres Michot. These are three 16" x 20" canvases that I will attach together so the total will be 20" x 48". I will line up the backgrounds. The first step is the drawing. Then I fill in the basic background colors. This is the top image. More color variation will be added to the background but it will stay solid colors.

The next step is filling in the basic colors on the figures. The result is a painting in the Alex Katz school as seen below. This will change a great deal before the paintings are done. I will add shadows, texture in the fabric, highlghts, etc. The man's shirt will be white but with texture and shadows. You will see their shadows on the grass which will ground them on the surface. 

I plan to have them ready for the next the Arts Council of New Orleans monthy art market. These markets occur generally on the last Saturday at Palmer Park in New Orleans, at the corner of S. Carrolton and S. Claiborne. The next one is May 30. 

Portals and KM Blog Begins its Tenth Year

It is hard to imagine that I have been writing this blog for over nine years now. I certainly would not have predicted that when I started the blog on May 2, 2004 with three posts: Is KM the Killer App for Portals?, Some good articles on blogs and blogs on blogs, and Is RSS TNBT?  How as I am spending more time on painting that technology this post presents a slight shift in content focus. There will be more on this shift later in the post.

I had recently learned about blogs and sold a free-lance article to Portals Magazine on them. I decided to start one as research so I might know a bit more about what I was writing about. I picked the title as I had recently led the knowledge management and enterprise portals practice in a division of a large consulting firm. The title got shortened to fit the space requirements for Typepad at the time. Now I was operating as an enterprise of one. I soon discovered that I generated more market awareness for this small enterprise than the PR people at my former firm had done for me.

I first wrote about industry stuff and blogs  (ex. Blog as Filing Cabinet). These posts were so 2004.  Soon I branched out to music with Sunday with Ray Charles and then music and food: Slow Cooked Ribs and Cajun Music and First You Make a Roux: Getting Gumbo Right, beginning with stuff from my hometown New Orleans. I started the practice that I still follow of doing work related posts during the work week and music, art, food, travel, etc. on the weekends.

I discovered how blogs could get you on the front page of Google and helped a number of firms and individuals with their blogs.  I began several blogs on my family history to experiment with how to jumpstart a blog. They are still available and one still gets over 65 page views a day. Besides this Portals and KM blog, I am only still active with my Art and Photography Blog. I was excited to sell paintings through it and now I am devoting more time to painting and populating this blog.  I now an artist with the Arts Council of New Orleans and participate in their monthly art market. Here is a post about the March 30 art market. Saturday May 25 is the next market and I will have a booth and offer paintings for sale.

I have been presenting my paintings and my travel photos on the weekends on this blog and I am going to expand that coverage, as well as writing more about my childhood, and current hometown, New Orleans. I will still cover emerging technologies but on a more part time basis.

The Portals and KM blog was posted at least once daily between 2005 and 2012 and five times a week since last summer. Now there are over 3,700 posts, over 2,400 comments, and over 785,000 page views with an average of over 240 page views a day. Thanks for your participation. Who knows how long this will continue.  Blog on.

Paintings with Paintings: Peabody Essex Museum

Here is another in a series I am doing on looking within paintings to create new compositions in my mind. This is from the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA. 

                                        

Painting of a Red, Orange, and Yellow Pepper on a White Plate

Here is a 16" x 20" acrylic painting of a red, orange, and yellow pepper on a white plate. I now an artist with the Arts Council of New Orleans and particpate in their monthy art market. These markets occur generally on the last Saturday at Palmer Park in New Orleans, at the corner of S. Carrolton and S. Claiborne. May 30 is the next market and I will have a booth and offer paintings for sale. It is earlier because of Jazzfest. 

 

Arts Council of New Orleans Saturday April 2013 Art Market Held Early

I now an artist with the Arts Council of New Orleans and participate in their monthy art market. These markets occur generally on the last Saturday at Palmer Park in New Orleans, at the corner of S. Carrolton and S. Claiborne. Saturday April 20 is the next market and I will have a booth and offer paintings for sale. The April market is held a week early because of jazz fest the following week. Since I arrived back in my hometown, I have been painting a variety of themes related to the city.  Below is my booth for the February market. Under it are some of the new paintings I have finisehd since the last market. Many of the ones in the booth picture are aloso available. 

               

Painting of a Ventilator Cap #2, New Orleans Roof

Many homes in New Orleans have tin roofs and ventilator caps such as the one shown below. This is the second in a series of paintings of New Orleans architectural details. Below is a 16" x 20" acrylic painting. I left the canvas blank behind the ventilator cap and focused in on the the details of the cap. 

I now an artist with the Arts Council of New Orleans and particpate in their monthy art market. These markets occur generally on the last Saturday at Palmer Park in New Orleans, at the corner of S. Carrolton and S. Claiborne. Saturday Aoril 20 is the next market and I will have a booth and offer paintings for sale. Since I arrived back in my hometown, I have been painting a variety of themes related to the city. The April market is held on April 20 because of jazz fest the following week. 

Painting of Night Riders - Mardi Gras 2013

Here is a 20" x 20" acrylic painting of two flost riders from a night parade in Mardi Gras 2013. I now an artist with the Arts Council of New Orleans and particpate in their monthy art market. These markets occur generally on the last Saturday at Palmer Park in New Orleans, at the corner of S. Carrolton and S. Claiborne. Today, Saturday March 30 is the next market and I will have a booth and offer paintings for sale. Since I arrived back in my hometown, I have been painting a variety of themes related to the city. The April market is held on April 20 because of jazz fest the follwing week. 

Painting of Mardi Gras Float Rider 2013

Here is a 20" x 20" acrylic painting of a flost rider from the Pontchartasin krewe. I also did a 12" x 12" version with a different color combination. 

I now an artist with the Arts Council of New Orleans and particpate in their monthy art market. These markets occur generally on the last Saturday at Palmer Park in New Orleans, at the corner of S. Carrolton and S. Claiborne. Saturday March 30 is the next market and I will have a booth and offer paintings for sale. Since I arrived back in my hometown, I have been painting a variety of themes related to the city. The April market is held on April 20 because of jazz fest the follwing week. 

Arts Council of New Orleans March 30 Art Market

I now an artist with the Arts Council of New Orleans and participate in their monthy art market. These markets occur generally on the last Saturday at Palmer Park in New Orleans, at the corner of S. Carrolton and S. Claiborne. Saturday March 30 is the next market and I will have a booth and offer paintings for sale. Since I arrived back in my hometown, I have been painting a variety of themes related to the city. The April market is held on April 20 because of jazz fest the following week.  Below is my booth for the February market. Under it are some of the new paintings I have finisehd since the last market. Many of the ones in the booth picture are aloso available. 

              

Painting of Ed Wills Playing Blues at BMC, New Orleans

Here ia is a portrait of Ed Wills, of Blues4Sale, playing blues at the BMC (aka Balcony Music Club) on Decatur Street. I have seen him a number of times at his regular Wednesday night BMC gig and have his CD. Here is YouTube video of Ed Wills at BMC. The painting is in a square format. This is the 20” x 20” version. I also did an 8” x 8” version. Both are arcylic. 

I now an artist with the Arts Council of New Orleans and particpate in their monthy art market. These markets occur generally on the last Saturday at Palmer Park in New Orleans, at the corner of S. Carrolton and S. Claiborne. Saturday March 30 is the next market and I will have a booth and offer paintings for sale. Since I arrived back in my hometown, I have been painting a variety of themes related to the city. The April market is held on April 20 because of jazz fest the follwing week. 

Painting of LA 31 Beer Sign at Mojitos, New Orleans

Here is a 16" x 20" acryiic painting of a LA 31 beer sign at Mojitos, a good place for live music, in the Marigny. LA 31 biere noire is one of my favorites and the biere pale version is wonderful also.

I now an artist with the Arts Council of New Orleans and particpate in their monthy art market. These markets occur generally on the last Saturday at Palmer Park in New Orleans, at the corner of S. Carrolton and S. Claiborne. Saturday March 30 is the next market and I will have a booth and offer paintings for sale. Since I arrived back in my hometown, I have been painting a variety of themes related to the city. The April market is held on April 20 because of jazz fest the follwing week. 

Painting of Street Reflections, Marigny, New Orleans

This painting shows the reflections in the street after a rain at the intersection of Chartres and Spain in the Marigny section of New Orleans. It is a 16" x 20" acrylic. I was recently accepted as artist for the Arts Council of New Orleans for theirmonthy art market. They occur generally on the last Saturday at Palmer Park in New Orleans, at the corner of S. Carrolton and S. Claiborne. Today will my first chance to have a booth and offer paintings for sale. Since I arrived back in my hometown, I have been painting a variety of themes related to the city.

Arts Council of New Orleans Saturday Art Market February 2013

I was pleased to be recently accepted as artist for the Arts Council of New Orleans for their monthy art market. They occur generally on the last Saturday at Palmer Park in New Orleans, at the corner of S. Carrolton and S. Claiborne. This coming Saturday, February 23 will my first chance to have a booth and offer paintings for sale. Since I arrived back in my hometown, I have been painting a variety of themes related to the city. I will offer these and some older ones.

To start here are two Mardi Gras float riders that I just finished after I first published this post. The first is 16" x 20" and the second in 20" x 20." These two and the the rest plus more will be for sale at the art market.

  

The first painting below shows the Phorty Phunny Phellows riding the St. Charles street car and throwing beads, which is the first event of carnival. I am working on a some others from later carnival events and hope to have some ready for the art market. I went to the send off at the street car barn near my house. As you can see, there are male and female phellows. They are a spin off from the Rex krewe. The second is a portrait of a pot of gumbo served at the Mayor's Gala in Opelousas, LA. Opelousas describes itself as a town perfectly seasoned and so was the gumbo. It was a great evening with Keith Frank's Zydeco band. Photos of the event and the rest of our trip out west for Zydeco and cajun dancing appeared yesterday on this blog. The gumbo was delicious.

  

The third shows the reflections in the street at the intersection of Chartres and Spain in the Marigny section of New Orleans. The fourth is a LA 31 beer sign at Mojitos, a good place for live music, also in the Marigny. LA 31 biere noire is one of my favorites and the biere pale version is wonderful also.

  

This fifth is a street corner in my neighborhood. New Orleans initiated corner street markers in the 1920s. They are all with blue letters on white tiles and most survive today. The sixth is a painting of water lilies in the lagoon in City Park, New Orleans, in front of the NOMA.

 

The seventh and eighth are paintings of ventilator caps, from a New Orleans roof. In this case it is my roof. Many homes in New Orleans have tin roofs and ventilator caps such as these two. I plan to do a serie sof thess in different light.

  

The ninth is another gumbo, a bowl from Patois, one of my favorite restaurants in the city. The ten is corn bread and butter at the bar at Dick and Jenny’s, another favorite place. It is larger at 20" x 24."

 

The eleventh is a portrait of Ed Wills, of Blues4Sale, playing blues at the BMC (aka Balcony Music Club) on Decatur Street. I have seen him a number of times at his regular Wednesday night BMC gig and have his CD. Here is YouTube video of Ed Wills at BMC. The painting is in a square format. This is the 20” x 20” version. I also did an 8” x 8” version. The last one is a portrait of our cat, Duc. It is the only one not for sale but I will do portraits of other people’s animals on commission.

 

All are acrylic, most are 16” x 20” with a few in a square format at 20” x 20’. I am also doing a few small format at 8” x 8” and 12” x 12.” Below are a dozen of the new ones. You can click on any of them to see it enlarged. I will also show earlier paintings on a variety of topics and they can be seen at my Art and Photography Blog. You can browse the categories in the right column. Below are two paintigns I finsihed today of flambeaux carriers from a the Babylon parade in carnival. The one on the left is 12" x 12" and the one on the right is 16" x 20." I also did a 9" x12" version of the one on the right. 

  

 

Painting: Historic Street Corner Markers, New Orleans

New Orleans initiated corner street markers in the 1920s. The are all with blue letters on white tiles and most survive today. Here is a 16" x 20" acrylic painting on one in my neighborhood.  It part of a series of local themes that I am painting for the Arts Council art mart. The next market is February 23 and the March one will be held on the 30th. 

Painting: City Park Water Lilies, New Orleans

Here is a 16" x 20" acrylic painting of water lilies in the pond in City Park, New Orleans, in front of theNOMA. It part of a series of local themes that I am painting for the Arts Council art mart. The flower is a little washed in the photo but not in the actual painting. The next market is February 23 and the March one will be held on the 30th. 

Painting of a Ventilator Cap, New Orleans Roof

Many homes in New Orleans have tin roofs and ventilator caps such as the one shown below. This is the first in a series of paintings of New Orleans architectural details. Below is a 16" x 20" acrylic painting. I left the canvas blank behind the ventilator cap. It only appears a little yellow because of the light where I took this photo. This painting and most of the ones I show on this blog are for sale, including yesterday's carnival painting. 

I have been accepted into the New Orleans Art Council's art mart as a vendor and plan to be showing this and all the New Orleans paintings I am working on there, along with others. They are held the last Saturday of every month with food vendors and live music. I plan to have a booth starting with the February art mart. 

Painting of Phunny Phorty Phellows New Orleans 2013

It is carnival time in New Orleans. The first event is the Phorty Phunny Phollows riding the St. Charles street car and throwing beads. I went to the send off at the street car barn near my house. Here are a few of the phellows. As you can see there are male and female phellows. They are a spin off from the Rex krewe. Tomorrow we will see them meet the Buzzards krewe at Franky and Johnny's at 2PM. 

I have been accepted into the New Orleans Art Council's art mart as a vendor and plan to be showing this and all the New Orleans paintings I am working on there, along with others. They are held the last Saturday of every month with food vendors and live music. I plan to have a booth starting with the February art mart

 

Portrait of Gumbo Pot, Mayor's Gala, Opelousas, LA.

Here is a 16" x 20" acrylic painting of a pot of gumbo served at the Mayor's Gala in Opelousas, LA. Opelousas describes itself as a town perfectly seasoned and so was the gumbo. It was a great evening with Keith Frank's Zydeco band. Photos of the event and the rest of our trip out west for Zydeco and cajun dancing will follow. The gumbo was delicious. There will be more paitnings on Lousiana food, music, places, and events in the coming weeks. 

I have been accepted into the New Orleans Art Council's art mart as a vendor and plan to be showing this and all the New Orleans paintings I am working on there, along with others. They are held the last Saturday of every month with food vendors and live music. I plan to have a booth starting with the February art mart

Painting of Duke, the New Orleans Cat

Here is a 16" x 20" acrylic painting of Duke, who is an important part of my new home in New Orleans. This is the first painting I have done in 8 months since I was in Samos, Greece. There has been too much going on with my moive an dother things but I am now settled in my new home. There will be a painting of a pot of gmbo tomorrow. i am going to explore New Orleans and Louisiana themes in my painting for a while.

Images from the Seattle Art Museum

I spent some good time at the Seattle Art Museum. Here are some of my favorites. 

                                       

Images from Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew in Volunteer Park Seattle

We watched Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew in Volunteer Park as part of a Summer series they run every year. Here are the highlights of a great performance. 

                                                        

 

Two Upcoming Art Exhibits with Karen Ay

My London friend, Karen Ay, is showing at two upcoming shows in London.  I have written about her on numerous occasions. See for example, TangentProjects is going to Venice with Invasive Alien Species, and Great Upcoming London Sculpture Show. She combines a sense of humor with art that makes you think but does not dictate the process. 

Karen also has a new blog, Worth a Look, which deserves just what the title suggests. 

Her new work, Terra Infirma  will be at The Multiple Store: Multiplied Contemporary Art in Editions Fairat Christie's South Kensington, 85 Old Brompton Road, 
London SW7 3LD
,  October 12 – 15. Admission is free. As Karen describes it, “The contents of a pocket world atlas, hand cut into tiny pieces, are contained in a glass sphere that rotates. The fragments overlap, intermingle and scatter, creating incongruous associations and connections as they circulate. Localities, once easily defined, become fluid; our understanding of territory is disrupted, reinterpreted, redistributed, repositioned.” Below is an image.

In addition, her neon installation neon installation, YesYesOhhYes, shown below, will be in the group show, ALTER
at VEGAS Gallery, 
Private View:  Thursday October 11^th.  The shows runs October 10 - 3 November 3.  The VEGAS Gallery is located at 274 Poyser Street, London E2 9RF.

Parts to a Whole: Liz Sweibel and Ben Butler

My friend Liz Sweibel and Ben Butler are presenting an interesting art show: Parts to a Whole. It opened on September 22 at the Medicine Factory, located at 85 Virginia Ave. West, Memphis Tennessee.  As the invitation describes it, “In Parts to the Whole Butler and Sweibel present sculpture and drawings referencing ideas of gathering, systems, materiality and form.  Sweibel and Butler both create their work through an accumulation of parts.  However, the methods and sensibilities with which they approach the material yield very different work.”

I have covered Liz’s work before and she does very thoughtful works that allow you to think. See for example, Many Kinds of Nothing Creates a Nice Art Space and Liz Sweibel’s New Art Web Site and Blog. Below is one of Liz’s works from the show.

The site goes on to describes her work as follows: “Sweibel, like Butler, also arrives at a formal conclusion through the act and labor of making.  While Butler’s work references order, classification and systems, Sweibel works from a more visceral  - yet still formal - place, referencing more poetic ideas of absence, longing, and relationship.  Sweibel writes, “My pieces are intimate records of activity that draw attention to attention - given received, withdrawn, absent.  The visual and visceral impact of each tiny point of contact, overlap or disconnect are what the work both reduces and expands to.  It matches my experience of the world as the accumulation and juxtaposition of small decisions and acts that seem simple but aren’t.”

If you are in the Memphis area, I certainly encourage you to take in this show

 

Antique Maps and Prints for Sale

I am moving and would like to sll some of my art by others and old maps. If you live in the Boston area and are interested in any of these send me an email - iveswilliam@comcast.net - and I can provide the price. This post covers antique maps and print and the yesterday's post has art. 

Original 1638 map of Frankfurt Germany nicely framed 19" x 22"

 

Original map of Italy 1704 purchased in Rome - nice frame 27" x 30"

 

Original French 1835 map of North America with many interesting historical points.  Nice frame - 20" x 22”

 

Original antique map of Rome 1887 nice frame - 26" x 30"

Original antique map of central London in 1700s purchased in London - framed nicely 17" x 21"

 

Original antique map of Madrid 1831 nice frame - 18" x 21"

 Antique engraving - published 1810 - purchased in London 13” x 18”

 

Antique engraving of British navy ship maneuvers - purchased in London 16” x 19”

 

Some Nice Art for Sale

I am moving and would like to sll some of my art by others and old maps. If you live in the Boston area and are interested in any of these send me an email - iveswilliam@comcast.net - and I can provide the price. This post covers art and the next one cover antique maps. 

"In the Heart of Autumn" provides red and black grapes -- by Keith Carsten - well known Vermont artists - nice frame 21" x 26"

  

Pastel Mt Monadnock by Robert Collier - well known Vermont artist nice frame 14" x 17"

  

Oil painting by Hungarian impressionist Emil Pap 1925 31" x 23 1/2"

  

"Lifting Fog" pastel by Margaret Gerding – It is by well known local artist. 17" x 29" framed.

  

Color print by South Carolina artist, Dave Starzec of grilled eggplants - nice frame - 16 x 19

  

Color print by South Carolina artist Dave Starzec - "Two Fork Pasta" nice frame 16" x 19"

Some Old Books for Sale

I am moving and trimming down my stuff. Here is the third of three sets of old books I have to sell. Here also is some art work by others and some anitque maps for sale. 

In each case I took a picture of the entire set and a sample front page. This one is an eight volume set of books by Geoffrey Crayon published in 1835. 

 

Here is the second of three sets of old books I have to sell. This one is an eight volume complete set of Johnson's New Universal Encyclopedia published in 1875 by A. J. Johnson, New York with many illustrations. 

Here is the third of three sets of old books I have to sell. These are volumes 1, 2 and 4 of a 4 volume set of The Arabian Nights illustrated by S. L. Wood and published in 1890 by Pickering and Chatto London. 

More Paintings within Paintings at the Boston Museum of Fine Art

I went again to the MFA in Boston to see the Dega Nudes show which was quite inspring, especially the pastels. While i was there I went again to some of my favorite galleries and looked into more paintings to find some paitnins within them. Here are 27 new selections. 

                                             

   

Paintings within Paintings at the New Orleans Museum of Art

Here is another in my series on paintings within paintings as I look up close to see images that are interesting to me within paintings. I am also looking at technique with these images. These images are from the New Orleans Museum of Art located at 1 Collin diboll Circle (504) 658-4100. I took art lessons here are a young kid in the 50s when it was known as the Delgado Museum. The last photo shows the front of the museum.

                                                                                       












































 

Paintings within Paintings at New Orleans' Ogden Museum of Southern Art

Here is another in my series on paintings within paintings as I look up close to see images that are interesting to me within paintings. I am also looking at technique with these images. These images are from the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. It is located at 925 Camp Street (504) 539-9600. The last two images are from the roof of the museum. 

                                          

 

Painting of View from the West Coast of Samos Island, Greece

It is the weekend so back to Greece. There will be more E20 notes on Monday. Here is a 16' x 20" arcylic of the coast of the west side of Samos Island in Greece. 

 

Painting of Fresh Eggplants from Samos Island Greece

Here is a 16" x 20" acrcyic painting of rgreek eggplants from Samnos Island. 

Painting of Fresh Tomatoes from Samos Island Greece

Here is a 16" x 20" axcrylic painting of freash tomatoes from Samos Island Greece given to me by a neighbor.

Fried Potatoes from Samos Island Greece - Painting

Here is a 16# x 20# acrylic painting of froed potatoes from Samos Island Greece. They have the best potatoes I have ever eaten so I had to paint them. The Greeks say it is the potatoes because of the soil and they do a small production. So I bought some at the market and they were indeed the best fried potatoes I ever made. These are from a restaurant as a side dish for chicken with honey carrot sauce. 

Beach Painting from North Coast of Samos Island, Greece

Here is a 16" x 20" acrylic paining of a beach on the north coast of Samos Island, Greece.

Painting of Local lemons, Samos Island Greece

Here is a 16" x 20" acryclic painting of lemons I was given by a local friend in Samos Island. 

 

Painting of a Boat at Rest in Pythagoria Harbor, Samos Island Greece

Here is the second painting of boat at anchor in Pythagoria Harbor, Samos Island, Greece. It is a 16" x 20" acrylic. 

Painting of View from Pythagorio, Samos Island, Greece

Here is a 16 x 20 inch painting of the sea as viewed from the harbor at Pythagorio on Dsamos Isalnd, Greece. it was my first landscape from the trip. More to follow. 

 

Painting of a Boat at Anchor Pythagoria Harbor, Samos Island Greece

Here is a 16" x 20" acryclic painting of a fishing boat tied to the pier at Pythagoria, Samos Island Greece. 

Fifteen Great Gumbos

Here are fifteen gumbos that I have enjoyed. They are mostly from Louisiana, the home of gumbo. But there are few from elsewhere such as Highland Creole Cusine, a Haitian restaurant in Somerville, MA, Summer Shack in Cambridge, MA, and Georgia Brown's in Washington DC. If want find out how to make a good gumbo yourself see: Making a Great Gumbo.  My favorite is from Luzzia's by the Track in New Orleans which is the third shown. 

   
                     

Painting of Lemons and Limes on a White Plate

Here is a 16" x 20" acrylic painting of some limes and lemons on a white plate. 

Painting of New Orleans Gumbo from Patois

This is a 16" x 20" acrylic painting of gumbo from my favorite restaurant in New Orelans, Patois.  See for review see New Orlans Restaurant Update May 2011.

 

Painting of Three Onions in a White Dish

Today is a US Federal holiday to celebrate the birthday of our first president. So I am taking the day off from business posts to offer one of my most recent paintings. It is a 16" x 20' acryclic painting of two red oinions and one white onion, ona white dish with some bluish tones. Happy Birthday George.

Painting of Cornbread from Dick and Jenny's in New Orleans

Here is a 20" x 24' acrylic painting of the wonderful cornbread in a basket that I was served at Dick and Jenny's resturant in New Orleans sitting at the bar. To go with it I had a duck confit pie and frogs legs in a Crystal Hot Sauce butter. Everything was great. The bread basket had cornbread and whole wheat bread with a ball of butter in a small white dish. 

 

My Painting of Four Pears in a White Dish

Since this is suppoed to be a holiday so I will stay with art. Here is a 18" x 24" arcylic painting of four pears. It had been a while since I had chance to paint when I finished this over the New year's weekend. It was started from life in early December but then finished from a photo after a four week break in working on it.