Art and Photography Blog

Masking Tape Street Art - BUFF Dis

It is amazing what can you do with tape outside.  Here is the BUFFdiss stuff on Flickr.

Photos of Mark Twain House in Hartford, CT

These photos of the Mark Twain House were taken in October 2007.

Photos of Hill Stead Museum, Farmington, CT - Two

This is the second in a two part series of pictures were taken in October 2007 at the Hill Stead Museum in Farmington, CT.  Inside a lots of paintings by Monet, Manet, Degas, Whistler, and Cassat but you cannot take pictures inside.

Photos of Hill Stead Museum, Farmington, CT - One

These pictures were taken in October 2007 at the Hill Stead Museum in Farmington, CT.  Inside a lots of paintings by Monet, Manet, Degas, Whistler, and Cassat.

 

Photos of Fall Flowers in Farmington, Connecticut

Taken at the Hill Stead Museum in Farmington, CT October 2007. The town was listed among the "preppiest" places in the United States in the tongue and cheek 1980s best-seller The Official Preppy Handbook.

Photos of Fall in Simsbury, Connecticut

These were taken in October 2007 in Simsbury, CT.

Photos of Cows of West Hartford, Connecticut

I found all these cows on the streets of West Hartford. They are part of the cow parade. An R2D2 post box joins the parade.

 

Guido Daniele's Amazing Hand Art

Here is a new niche, hand art or very elaborate body painting by Guido Daniele. It will take him many hours to do a hand. 
Then he photographs it for posterity. Here is a series of Daniele's hand art shown on the blog Fresh Pics. It had 2225 diggs when I looked. Thanks to Don Lesser for sending me the links.

Valdis Krebs on the Scientific Analysis of Art Authenticity

Here is a nice post form my friend, and social networking expert, Valdis Krebs. In Networks, Patterns & Paintings he discusses how network patterns experts are applying their algorithms to a group of recently found paintings -- suspected to be by Jackson Pollock. Valdis wrote that an initial study of these paintings cast doubt on their authenticity. Now, a group of physicists from Cleveland's Case Western Reserve University have come out with what they say is a better analysis. They conclude that “by analyzing paintings by Pollock and others, that fractal criteria provide no information about artistic authenticity.”  Still it was an interesting idea. I guess we have to leave authenticity to more subjective analysis.

Valids leaves the question open and closes with ths. “We as humans leave behind repeated patterns and motifs in our architecture, music, writing, and social networks... so why not in how we paint?”

Painting of a Pair of Cala Lilies

Here is a 24" x 30" acrylic painting of a pair of Cala lilies, larger than life size. It was modeled after a photo taken in Mendicino shown on this blog.  I changed the background to not take away from the flowers.