tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40937310821882684762024-03-13T19:41:34.612-07:00Cobalt VioletCobalt Violethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12970693193776542493noreply@blogger.comBlogger646125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093731082188268476.post-53707489012393899592019-12-04T13:02:00.000-08:002019-12-04T13:02:57.837-08:00International Cheetah Day ~ Painting and Drawing My Favorite Animal<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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International Cheetah Day</div>
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I think I started trying to draw cheetahs by the time I was in Ms. Skeehan's class in 1st grade. At some point in grammar school I did a report on cheetahs and bush babies got bumped from my number 1 spot of favorite animals. When I found out, as a little girl, that cheetahs don't attack humans I <i>of course</i> wanted a pet cheetah. The problem is that many people feel the same way and never grew out of it. </div>
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Here's a little ink sketch I made in high school, in 1986.</div>
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These beautiful animals don't belong in homes or in places far from their own habitats with folks who have no idea how to care for them. Most die within a year or two. Believe it or not, this is one of the biggest conservation challenges. Dozens of cubs at a time are are being smuggled out of Somaliland and most of them won't survive the journey. Along with the captive pet trade, another enormous issue is that they have been driven out of 91% of their historic range.</div>
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Cheetahs are the most endangered big cat in Africa. Their population of 7,500 individuals is down from 100,000 and without help they will be extinct, in the wild, in the next 15 years. </div>
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Here's a video from the Cheetah Conservation Fund. Please watch!</div>
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Ink on paper, 2007</div>
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Here's a video of a rescued baby cheetah by the Born Free Foundation.</div>
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For my last solo show <i>Through Time and Place: 5 Decades</i>, I knew I had to paint a cheetah. Seeing them 30 years ago in Kenya was an unforgettable experience!<br />
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I remember standing inside the van with my head popped out of the open top, 35mm with telephoto in hand. We were only 10 to 15 feet away from two brothers sitting on a hill. It was just my family of four, our guide Francis, and these two beautiful cheetah. They looked like they were posing, sitting there so regal and graceful. I remember staring in to the eyes of one of these beautiful beings and it was ... emotional, magical and indescribable. </div>
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You can see, below, I was working from some of my old old Africa photos for reference.</div>
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<i>Kilimanjaro 1989</i>, 2018</div>
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I am planning on doing a life size painting of a cheetah for my next solo which will be on endangered and keystone species and our fragile planet. Stay tuned for that!</div>
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Meanwhile here is a news clip about the problem of cheetah smuggling with footage of many of the cubs, please click <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLBOaKqykRg">HERE </a></i><br />
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If you would like more information or to donate to help cheetahs, click on the links below.<br />
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<a href="https://cheetah.org/">Cheetah Conservation Fund</a><br />
<a href="https://www.bornfreeusa.org/species/cheetahs/">Born Free Foundation</a><br />
<a href="https://www.wcs.org/our-work/species/cheetahs">Wildlife Conservation Society</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170201-things-you-didnt-know-about-cheetahs">5 Things to know about Cheetahs-BBC (with videos)</a><br />
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Happy International Cheetah Day!</div>
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Cobalt Violethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12970693193776542493noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093731082188268476.post-81963307951627756572019-11-24T07:30:00.000-08:002019-11-24T07:30:00.611-08:00Painting Alaska and the West for my Solo Show<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As you develop your awareness in nature, </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A key and critical feature for us to know.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">~Tony Ten Fingers/Wanbli Nata'u</span></i></div>
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There is something incredibly evocative about images of the west. Perhaps I feel that way because I grew up in California, and for a brief time in Alaska, with childhood road trips throughout the Southwestern, United States. For a solo show, where I was painting places that stuck with me and stayed in my memory in a deep and lasting way, I had much to choose from when it came to my early years.<br />
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I had been around Arizona, Utah, Nevada and did an acting job many years ago in Albuquerque but had never made it to parts of the Southwest that one of my favorite painters called home. In December, 2015 I finally made my "O'Keeffe" pilgrimage to New Mexico. I fell in love with the blue sky, red earth and adobe architecture. I could have painted all 32 paintings of Santa Fe and Taos!<br />
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With so much incredible beauty it wasn't the easiest decision to narrow down but for my solo show I chose to paint part of the Taos Pueblo.<br />
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Detail of <i>Taos 2015</i></div>
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<i>Taos New Mexico 2015</i></div>
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This next painting symbolizes the early 70s when my family lived in Alaska. I love the 1970s patchwork fabric my sister and I wore in the reference photo. It also shows me in my petticoat which I wore over everything including my red snowsuit!</div>
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In my previous solo show I had only used metal leafing in gold. For this series of paintings I introduced silver metal leafing which I felt worked really well for some of the cooler landscapes. By cooler I mean in color and feeling and in some instances the weather as well. I used the silver tone for the Scottish landscapes and California seascapes, as well as these next two landscapes below.</div>
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<i>Anchorage Alaska 1971</i></div>
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My paternal grandparents moved up to Mariposa in the mid 70s to build a home. I loved being up in that part of California, visiting Yosemite (only about 45 minutes away) and seeing the deer everywhere! We ate raspberries and blackberries out of my grandma's garden and collected more for her homemade jam. Well, that is if we got to the berries before the deer did! We used to play on the property behind their house, pretending to live off the land, while getting our hair caught on the manzanetta branches. </div>
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In the summer, it would get so hot we'd head out in our striped tube tops and terry cloth short-shorts to fish, swim and jump off the wooden island in the middle of the lake. My favorite thing was walking with our older teenage cousins to the only pizza joint in town to drink root beer and play pinball on <i>Captain Fantastic. </i></div>
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As I grew older and would go visit, I was mostly on a mission to visit my grandparents and the beauty of the natural world in the middle of California. In early spring the deer would walk through the fog and would seem to float by. The trees appeared like mystics with stories to tell.</div>
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<i>Mariposa California 1977</i></div>
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<i style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> We must protect the forests for those who can’t speak for themselves </i></div>
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Growing up in Ventura, where it was often foggy and cool, we'd take day trips up to Ojai which was only twenty minutes up highway 33 and usually about 10 degrees warmer. My favorite place in the small downtown area was a tiny and narrow Native American shop. I absolutely loved it! Being in there transported me to another time and place. I remember a suede and fur papoose hanging in the window, dolls in native dress on the shelves, and all sorts of unique silver and turquoise jewelry and, best of all, old beaded moccasins. I always thought that wearing them would be the most magical feeling in the world.</div>
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These beautiful moccasins, below, belong to my grandmother who was gifted them many decades ago by her Aunt Dorothy. They are very fragile but a wonderful representation of old leather beaded moccasins. While they were not from Ojai, they were the perfect still life to represent that magical shop from my childhood.</div>
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As you can see in the next photo, I had gotten pretty far along with the leather and had added the gold metal leafing but no beads yet!</div>
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Growing up in Ventura our street was a stop off for monarch butterflies on their migration. Speaking of their migration, they have they longest of any butterfly. The eastern migration starts in Canada and ends up down in Mexico! The trees at the end of my street, Vista Del Mar, would be covered in thousands of these orange and black beauties every year. Some time after I left someone cut the trees down and the monarchs never came back. </div>
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I just knew I had to paint these beautiful butterflies to represent where I grew up.</div>
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They were specifically painted for my solo show in December of 2018. If you missed my last post, here is my artists statement for that show. </div>
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My usual way of starting on the wood panels is to first use a clear gesso or medium to seal the wood. It doesn't completely keep the paint from absorbing into the panel but it definitely helps. Then I sketch the composition with a sanguine or burnt siena colored pencil or pastel. If I was painting on canvas and not using gold leaf I would just paint the composition in with a brush. You can see the reddish brown sketching above and the first layers of orange paint on the butterflies.</div>
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This next photo, I'm much farther along. I've added more variations to to orangy-gold in the wings, along with the black. At this point, I was hesitating in adding the white spots. I thought the painting might feel to chaotic but I decided to go for it. </div>
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The butterflies sold to my dear friend Shea who I met during High School in our hometown of Ventura. This photo was at the reception, a week before I turned 50, last year. </div>
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We lose a million to two million acres of habitat a year but we can help by <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>planting milkweed</b> (like swamp milkweed and butterfly milkweed) for the larva and other flowering plants like <b>zinnias </b>and even <b>chives, for the adults,</b></span> which they need to nectar on. This all helps to create backyard habitats for these beautiful butterflies. They also love various types of <span style="color: #b45f06;">daisies, purple coneflower, goldenrods, <b>butterfly bush, </b>cosmos, some species of salvia, Viburnum, Mexican sunflower and then Tithonia (Mexican Torch) for when they come through in the fall. </span><br />
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Check out this video on monarch butterflies.<br />
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This one from the University of Minnesota and while it's very informational it also kind of cracks me up in its down home local TV vibe. ;-)<br />
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<a href="https://monarchlab.org/">University of Minnesota Monarch Lab</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.fws.gov/midwest/news/PollinatorGarden.html">How to build a Monarch Garden in 7 Steps</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happiness is a butterfly, </span></i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">which when pursued, </span></i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">is always just beyond your grasp, </span></i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">but which, if you will sit down quietly, </span></i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">may alight upon you. </span></i></span><br />
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Cobalt Violethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12970693193776542493noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093731082188268476.post-31740857104828907952019-11-03T20:27:00.001-08:002019-11-03T20:27:35.961-08:00Ojai Birds and Bats ~ My 2018 Solo Show<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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One year ago I was painting like mad to finish 32 paintings for my solo show in December. The show was called <b>"Through Time and Place: Five Decades" </b>and it was my way of celebrating my<i> 50th birthday!</i> I wanted to honor the places that I love and that have influenced me while also feeling very productive as my birthday rolled around. </div>
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I used the money from the painting sales to go on my Saint Francis walk last spring. It was another way of marking my 50th, getting in shape, and also being in touch with the gratitude I feel for surviving a life challenging illness 10 ago when I turned 40. It was quite a full circle moment!</div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>This exhibition is a reflection upon five decades and
many places: The cities in which I have lived, countries where I have traveled
and destinations that became pilgrimages. All have affected me in ways that are
personal, powerful and life changing. These works are varied, as are the
memories and connections I have with these places from my “Five Decades.” I
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<i>Ojai, California, 2017 (The Swallow)</i></div>
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The painting of the bird in my mom's hand above, and the one below of the bat, both represent Ojai, California. I have spent so much time in that little town. Not only is it 20 minutes up the hill from my childhood home of Ventura but my sister, parents and many friends have moved up there over the last 10 to 20 years. </div>
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<i><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings.</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">― </span><span class="authorOrTitle" style="text-align: left;">William Shakespeare</span></span></i></div>
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The baby swallow had flown out of its nest, under my parents tile roof, a bit too soon. It hadn't been quite ready and we were worried it would become hawk food. We spent half the day encouraging it to fly but before that happened I managed to capture a photo with my mom's outstretched hand. It was so cute! And yes, it finally took flight. We were very proud. :)</div>
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Not long after my parents moved to Ojai in 2007 we had a little visitor in the guest room. It was a little brown bat and when I say little, its tiny furry body could have fit in the palm of my hand! It was so adorable! Fortunately, that bedroom has a door to the courtyard and we were able to encourage his swift exit without too much drama. OK, there might have been a little drama. It's not every day you expect to see a bat hanging from the shade next to your bed! </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><i><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">and we anticipate this number to increase </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><i><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">as a new assessment is currently underway ...</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><i><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">~Bat Conservation International</span></i></span></div>
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<i style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Trish Wimberley looks after hundreds of orphaned baby bats and rears them until they can be released into the wild. It's a tireless, never ending job which keeps her awake all hours (she apparently went 3 nights without sleeping once)."</span></i></div>
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There are 50 bat species in the United States but there are 1,300 in the world which make up a quarter of mammal species! The little brown guy I painted, that was hanging out in the guest room, was a micro bat. There are a lot of large tropical bats which are called flying foxes. The largest is the Malayan bat and it has a 6 foot wing span! The smallest is the bumblebee bat which has a 6 inch wingspan. Some can fly up to 50 miles an hour! They can live between 10 to 20 years. Isn't that crazy? I never knew until I researched information on bats for this post! </div>
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Check out the "Bat Watch" in Austin Texas! Very cool! </div>
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Leonardo da Vinci was absolutely fascinated by bats and the phenomenon of flight. He produced a famous drawing of a glider with bat wings! I know these little mammals freak people out, mostly based on age old myths and lore, but they are amazing animals who are also eco-friendly pesticides! They are an important part of ecosystems around the world!</div>
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I can't believe this was a year and a half ago! Both the pastel (above) and my time in Hawaii.</div>
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Turtle Bay wasn't too far up the road from Kevin's old place, at Sunset Beach, and maybe a couple of miles north of Velzyland. It's really the only big resort in the area and it is in a prime location, as you can see!<br />
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They also make a great poolside Mai Tai but I suggest limiting it to one! They are tasty but they do pack quite a punch!<br />
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I don't know what the name of these trees are, pictured in the photo below, but I love that they look like they are wearing hula skirts!<br />
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Turtle Bay has a number of horses on their property. It was fun to photograph my friend's daughter with the horses because they absolutely <i>loved</i> her!<br />
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I was so inspired by this moment I decided I had to paint it! Of Course, with some silver leaf and a bit of artistic license!</div>
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When the sun shines, color pops and we all "Ooh and aah" over the beauty. When the skies are grey the colors are more muted. It calls for us to slow down and see a more subtile beauty.</div>
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Hawaii, as everyone knows, has a tropical climate so there is bound to be an ample amount of rain. It happened, though, that on my two trips in 2018 it was grey about 90% of the time. It was around the time that a lot of the flooding on the North Shore of Kauai and O'ahu were reported in the news.</div>
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When the sun came out I would run outside and take a zillion photos! That's why, after all the posts I've done, you might be surprised about the weather. Of course, it's Hawaii so it's always pretty temperate and very beautiful regardless of it being sunny or not! The colors are softer when the sun is obscured and everything has a more muted palette.<br />
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Well, hello green turtle!<br />
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<i><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I am the daughter of Earth and Water,</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">And the nursling of the Sky;</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores;</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">I change, but I cannot die.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">For after the rain when with never a stain</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">The pavilion of Heaven is bare,</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Build up the blue dome of air,</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">I silently laugh at my own cenotaph,</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">And out of the caverns of rain,</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb,</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">I arise and unbuild it again.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">- P. B. Shelley</span></span></i></div>
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<i>Sunset Beach, O'ahu</i> (2018)</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">The painting of plumeria was done for my December 2018 solo show, <i>Through Time and Place: 5 Decades.</i></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Spring 2018</b></span></i></span><br />
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Below, the Waimea River has run into the estuary.<br />
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There is a road you turn on from the Kamehameha Hwy that leads you up the river. You'll be greeted by the Waimea Valley Geese, no doubt!</div>
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So gorgeous and lush!</div>
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<i><span style="color: #660000;">"Waimea Valley is a botanical garden, historic and cultural site with a 45 foot waterfall located on the North Shore of O’ahu, Hawai’i. It is a 1,875 acre ahupua‘a, a division of land stretching from the mountains to the sea. Waimea Valley has gone through many changes throughout <span style="box-sizing: inherit;">its </span>history and today many of the historic and cultural sites are surrounding by a world class botanical garden stretching over 300 acres ... Waimea Valley is the home of more than 5,000 documented kinds of tropical and subtropical plants including native and endangered Hawaiian plants."</span></i><br />
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I'm a little embarrassed to admit that both times I was there I went to the farmers' market and never made it all the way in to the Botanical Garden, nor the hike to famous waterfall. You'll see, however, that just being in the Peacock Pavilion area, it is filled with birds and incredible flora.</div>
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During the Thursday night Farmers' Market there was a wonderful man playing Hawaiian music, food, produce and artisans selling handmade jewelry, clothes and all sort of other goodies. </div>
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You can tell that Shannon and I were enjoying ourselves!</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #473e36; font-family: "hk_groteskregular" , sans-serif;"><i>also referred to Hawaiian Moorhen or Gallinula</i></span></span></div>
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This little guy was so friendly and just sat there while Shannon and I took a bunch of photos. He changed positions, turned around and walked up and down the vine covered fence. I had no idea this species is so endangered! </div>
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<i>"The Hawaiian Common Gallinule was listed as Endangered under the U.S. <a href="https://abcbirds.org/program/esa-and-public-lands/the-endangered-species-act/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #dc6b2f; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;">Endangered Species Act</a> (ESA) in 1967; it's also listed as endangered at the state level. The filling, dredging, and draining of wetlands in Hawai'i has greatly reduced the amount of habitat available for the gallinule, limiting their distribution and abundance. </i></div>
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<i>Introduced predators such as <a href="https://abcbirds.org/program/cats-indoors/cats-and-birds/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #dc6b2f; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;">cats</a>, mongooses, bullfrogs, and turtles are another problem for the ground-feeding birds. And <a href="https://abcbirds.org/threat/climate-change/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #dc6b2f; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;">climate change</a>, particularly rising sea level, threatens the species' low-lying coastal habitat." - American Bird Conservancy </i></div>
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Peace lilies! These are great for your home air quality!</div>
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Spot the bee in this next one? I don't think Trumpet flowers are endemic to Hawaii but they sure are groovy.</div>
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You can see how beautiful it is! Waimea Valley is also an incredibly important religious and cultural area for Hawaii. This video shows shrines, a temple site, deities, a cooking house, old original walls, and other places of historic importance for the Hawaiians. </div>
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There is so much more to explore in Waimea Valley. I hope to go back one day and take in more of the culture and see additional rare and endangered species that they are working so hard to preserve.<br />
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Here's a fascinating documentary by the American Bird Conservancy narrated by Richard Chamberlain. It explains how birds and other flora and fauna first came to the Hawaiian Islands and how they adapted and evolved. But, it also explains how "<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "hk_groteskregular" , sans-serif;"><i>Thirty-three of Hawai‘i's remaining 44 endemic birds are listed under the Endangered Species Act; 11 of those have not been seen for decades and are likely extinct."</i></span><br />
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This a pretty good overview video of visiting Waimea Valley but it's by Hawaiian Airlines so the touristy nature of the voiceover leaves something to be desired. If you are enjoying the views and want to see more of what's in the Valley then I think it is worth watching. ;-)</div>
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<a href="https://www.waimeavalley.net/">Waimea Valley Falls and Botanical Garden</a><br />
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Blessings, Light and Aloha!</div>
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<i>Two Open Rectangles Excentric,</i> 1977</div>
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This is a wonderful museum in Honolulu with a beautiful and varied art collection. I actually joined the museum when I was there, hoping to be able to spend more time. If I was an O'ahu resident I think I would practically be living there! You'll see why.</div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><i>"The museum’s permanent collection has grown from 500 works to more than 50,000 pieces spanning 5,000 years, with significant holdings in Asian art, American and European painting and decorative arts, 19th- and 20th-century art, an extensive collection of works on paper, Asian textiles, and traditional works from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas." - from the website</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"The museum is really lovely—white— rooms not too large—open courts here and there—open to the sky—a lovely building ... The Chinese room very beautiful—much more human feeling than what we do with such things in the East—flowers and grass seem to get in—they help in a museum ..." ~ Georgia O'Keeffe, letter from Hawaii to her </span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>husband Alfred Stieglitz</i></span></span><br />
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There's a building for the "Arts of Hawai'i" which is so lovely to experience while you are in Honolulu. Here is a very small sampling of those works. </div>
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Theodore Wores</div>
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<i>The Lei Maker</i>, 1901</div>
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Chris Campbell</div>
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<i>Strike a Pose III,</i> c. 2005</div>
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<i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"It is hard to tell about the island- the people have a kind of gentleness that isn't usual on the mainland. </span></i><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I feel that my tempo must definitely change to put down [or paint] anything of what is here- </span></i><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I don't know whether I can or not- but it is certainly a different world- and I'm glad I came." </span></i><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">~Georgia O'Keeffe</span></i></div>
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<i>The Torchlight Fishermen, </i>Waikiki, 1930</div>
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Lionel Walden</div>
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<i>Hawaiian Fisherman, </i>1924</div>
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<i>Hilo Sampans</i>, 1917</div>
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<i style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"One of the things I find myself thinking most often is that there is some thing so perfect about the climate here that it seems a bit ridiculous— even if you walk in the rain as I did yesterday up on the side of the mountain . . . it is neither hot nor cold and I love slushing through the water—Such lovely rainbows too ... " </span></i><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">~ Georgia O'Keeffe, in a </span></i><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">letter to her husband Alfred Stieglitz</span></i></div>
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<i>The Rainbow,</i> 1913</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><i><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you'd like to get to know more of Robert Delaunay's work check out this </span></i></span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>slideshow (with music) someone uploaded to YouTube. I actually adore his wife Sonia Delaunay's work, as well.</i></span></div>
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Alexander Calder<br />
<i>Hi!,</i> c. 1928<br />
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Hans Hofmann (American, 1880-1966)</div>
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<i>Fragrance, </i>1956</div>
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I love this vibrant work of abstract impressionism! In person it has even more a sense of energy, light and movement! </div>
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Detail of <i>Fragrance</i></div>
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Kevin, below, enjoying art of the 19th century. Van Gogh to the left, Monet's Water Lilies directly in front and a lovely Camille Pissarro, <i>Rouen Saint-Sever Morning,</i> to his right.</div>
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Vincent van Gogh<br />
<i>Wheat Field,</i> 1888<br />
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This next photo was one of my favorite rooms. I <i>want </i>this room! Haha! I could have sat in there for hours with my journal or sketchbook. How cool do the orange walls look with the incredible (and very large) portraits, crystal chandelier, and lucite chairs? Yum!</div>
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<i>Mrs. Thomas Lincoln Manson,</i> Jr., 1891</div>
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<i>Arrangement in Black No. 5: Lady Meux</i></div>
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<i>Ada With a Black Scarf, </i>1966</div>
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There's also a wonderful Alice Neel painting in that room!</div>
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And, of course, when there are Italians present I must include a couple of those! Check out the look on Baby Gésu's face below.</div>
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Follower of Benozzo Gozzoli</div>
<i>Madonna and Child with Angels</i> (detail) 15th Century<br />
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Workshop of Fra Fillippo Lippi<br />
<i>Two Saints, </i>Mid 15th Century<br />
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I love this garden area! So peaceful and the pond has koi fish! I want to go back and sketch there too!</div>
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The beautiful area above leads you into their wonderful collection of Asian Art. </div>
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I don't have any photos of the Japanese Woodblock Prints because (for preservation) the room was too dark but they have the most incredible and expansive collection. More than 10,000 prints which is the 3rd largest in the United States! You can see many of them on their website including Hokusai's <i>The Great Wave.</i></div>
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OK, so keep in mind this next sculpture is large. As in ... life size. The room lights are dim and as you enter the room it's presence is so powerful. As you'll see, it sits there washed in a warm glow of light in the "royal ease" positing. Stunning.</div>
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The Hawaiian wood works and textiles were almost impossible to photograph behind glass. It was too dark and there was too much glare for my iPhone but if you get there, they are definitely worth seeing.<br />
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When I came around a corner and saw these paintings I took a long breath and exhaled. Beauty in green! There's nothing else like a Georgia O'Keeffe. Here, she seems to pare the paintings down to their absolute essentials and the result is captivating. You have all the information you need about these beautiful scenes.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">" My paintings are all sharp green valleys with waterfalls. Today was very rainy so the valley is full of mists—It is queer to sit out there in the rain painting and not mind the rain till it really poured so hard I couldn’t see much ..."</span></i><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">~ Georgia O'Keeffe, in a </span></i><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">letter to her husband Alfred Stieglitz</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"Such deeply wrinkled mountain sides with such high waterfalls could be seen through breaks in the trees across the valley—It is really a beauti-ful world . . ." <span style="text-align: center;">~ Georgia O'Keeffe</span></i></span><br />
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There was a whole show of O'Keeffe's Hawaii paintings at the <i>New York Botanical Garden </i>last year! Wouldn't that have been great to see? Well, we may have missed it but here's a great little video explaining her time in Hawaii. The video also shows more works that she did while she was staying in the islands as well as works she painted when she got home that were inspired by her visit. </div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"It all just doesn’t seem real—a lot of different kinds of waterfalls—mostly very thin—tumbling way down from way up high—Then the trees—such wonderful trees ... " ~</span></i><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Georgia O'Keeffe</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"The shade is sort of thick and light at the same time—the sun pale—a long dreamy blue sort of a mountain raising up out of the ocean to the right and on the other side of the house a nearer mountain rises up so abruptly it is startling—it has a look like a sort of mossy rock.—palm trees—other trees—flowering things—many birds.<span style="vertical-align: 3pt;"> </span>I think I am going to like it." </span></i><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">~ Georgia O'Keeffe</span></i></span><br />
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Well, I'm finally up to 2018! Haha!<br />
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Here's a beautiful Hawaiian love song to listen to as you check out the post! :)<br />
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Kevin and I started New Years Day in Waialua at a Yoga Mala. 108 sun salutations, 27 in each of the four directions as well as setting intentions for the New Year! Not being in tip top yoga shape, along with the heat, I spent a lot of it in child's pose! Anyway, it was worth it to meet some of the wonderful instructors in such a gorgeous place. One of my favorites yoga teachers Darcie Peck, from the North Shore Yoga Co-op, is the "8" on the far right in the photo above.<br />
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Kevin surfed at this beautiful spot and we both jumped in the water for a swim. It was a perfect way to start the new year!<br />
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Another day, early in the evening, we hopped out of the car and climbed the lava rocks to check out the sunset!<br />
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You wait until the water rushes out and make a run for it! You run from one mass of lava, quickly cross a patch of sand, and then climb up onto the rocks that create one side of this huge cove.<br />
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What made my second visit, in the spring, extra special was that my dear friend Shannon came to visit with her daughter! We met when we were 3 and 5 years old and are closer now than ever. Really, we are family. I gave her the orchid painting at the top of this post. It was on my 40th birthday at a party she hosted for me, at her house, in our hometown of Ventura.<br />
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It seems crazy to me that this was our third time in Hawaii together. As I've mentioned before, we were there for our bestie's wedding in '96. Then again a few months after her first baby was born!<br />
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Here we are with sweet Beckie, in 2002, out by the pineapple fields! I didn't realize it then but sunglasses in the mid 90s looked very "Three Blind Mice!" (You might have to Google image that.)<br />
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She was living on the west side of the island in Ko'Olina back then and her husband Shawn would send us off to the beach with sandwiches in the morning every day! Then we'd all have dinner together in the evenings. It was such a beautiful and memorable trip! </div>
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Shannon's daughter Makena is an incredible surfer and athlete. She also happens to surf on the USA Surf Team. She's a shredder and Kevin couldn't wait to show her all the world class surf breaks on the North Shore of O'ahu.</div>
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As you can see, she's also a super cutie pie!</div>
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This next shot is Makena!<br />
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I watched quite a bit of surfing but I was also inspired to do more painting just as I did on the previous trip.</div>
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Quick little watercolors are so much fun!<br />
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Props to Kevin who picked out my cute pink suit for Valentine's Day! He got it at the Brazilian Bikini Shop in Hale'iwa! If you get to Halei'wa Town, it's definitely worth a stop!</div>
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For two decades in LA I haven't had my own outdoor space. I'm always pinning patio ideas on Pinterest and saving design photos for lanais on Instagram. I fantasize about a sitting area that is somewhere in my future but the thing is ... Kevin <i>did </i>have a lanai and it was <i>begging</i> for a makeover! I'm not going to show the before (sorry) but just imagine a lot of beach towels and beach blankets covering up his beautiful teak Bali furniture, as well as a bunch of extra stuff he didn't really need.</div>
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I found the beautiful screen toward the back of the lanai on the on Craig's list O'ahu and the Indian fabrics on eBay. I ordered the plant hangers, yellow chairs, prayer flags and groovy rug while I was in LA and had them sent to his place. </div>
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As I mentioned, he already had the beautiful Bali furniture as well as the lamp and tiny flower table. I also added the string of lights. When I got out there we put it all together and went to the nursery to find the plants. </div>
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It was great place to hang out when Shannon and Makena arrived!</div>
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This was an incredible week of creating memories. I felt incredibly blessed to spend that time with Shannon and her daughter on the North Shore and so grateful to Kevin for be so generous in hosting. It was his idea! Thank you Kevin!!<br />
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Next up ... the wonderful Honolulu Museum of Art. Some of the works you might expect to see in Hawaii and surprises too!<br />
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Blessings, Light and Much Aloha!</div>
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In the summer of 2002 I was in Hawaii with my friend Shannon. She and I had driven our rental car up to the North Shore of O'ahu to swim at Waimea Bay. Waimea Bay is known for its big waves but in the summer it's calmer and though you can still feel the power of the ocean you won't be crushed by a two story wave.</div>
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Shannon was sunning on the beach and I was in the water, about fifty yards out, with my snorkel and mask. All of the sudden I looked to my right and there was a Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle about three feet from my head! I was so excited I swallowed a mouth full of water! In my state of glee I started waving wildly at Shannon who <i>thank God</i> didn't see me or she would have thought I was drowning!</div>
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That was my first sea turtle sighting and at that moment I fell in love with Honu. </div>
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<i>Honu</i> (pronounced hō new) is Hawaiian for sea turtle.</div>
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Below is a 4 Minute Ted video on The Survival of the Sea Turtle! It's a great little video on how an adult sea turtle is a miracle beating the odds.</div>
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Honu "Olivia Dawn" on the Beach</div>
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All 7 species of sea turtles are under threat by fishermen's nets, dangerous plastics destroying the oceans, pollution, and habitat destruction. On top of that they are hunted for their eggs, skin, shells and meat. </div>
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There are strict laws protecting the Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle and you are not allowed to come within 10 feet from them. At Laniakea Beach, on the North Shore of O'ahu, the "turtle police" are there to enforce the rule. </div>
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The Honu love to sun themselves at Laniakea (also a great surf spot) but that means there are a million tourists and horrible "turtle traffic" as the locals call it. Because of the traffic and crowds I would highly recommend going somewhere else to snorkel and see see the turtles.</div>
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I think it's cute how they put up signs with information about certain certain sea turtles. They sun themselves at this spot because it's also one of their favorite lunch-spots for sea grass. </div>
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On this day I hopped out of Kevin's car to see the turtles. He knew the weather and conditions were perfect for a sighting! Isn't Olivia Dawn cute? Her Hawaiian name is Ipo and she is 42 years old.</div>
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Another day ... another beach! There ended up being three or four of them on the sunning themselves on the sand! </div>
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Here's a wonderful 3:44 minute video from National Geographic with more great information and beautiful shots of sea turtles! </div>
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The art piece I did at the top of this post is the smallest and <b>most endangered</b> of all the sea turtles, the <b><a href="https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Reptiles/Sea-Turtles/Kemps-Ridley-Sea-Turtle">Kemp's Ridley.</a> </b>They are found mostly in the northern waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The Kemp's Ridley and Hawksbill are both listed <i>Critically Endangered</i> by the <b>IUCN Red List Status,</b> Followed by the Green Turtle which is listed as <i>Endangered. </i>The Flatback currently has insufficient data while the Leatherback, Loggerhead and Olive Ridley are all still listed as vulnerable.</div>
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Over the years there have been many kids at the Art School where I teach who have been inspired by Honu! Here are a few of their loving portraits!</div>
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Juliette's incredible first oil painting! </div>
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Clio's lovely pastel of a sea turtle and school of fish ...</div>
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Audrey's beautiful watercolor sea turtle!</div>
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And lastly little Julia, who is 7 years old, did this unbelievable Honu watercolor ... </div>
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Here's one more video with a visit to a sea turtle sanctuary in Malasia. It's cute to see one napping on the reef!</div>
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One of my passions is protecting Endangered Species which I've incorporated into my art projects in the past. Because of what is happening, with both climate change, single use plastic abuse, and threats to laws protecting endangered species, I am moving back toward this subject matter as it becomes more and more critical. Right now there are more than 28,000 species that are threatened with extinction. That's 27% of all assessed species.</div>
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Something we can all do to help in the immediate is to reduce our plastics and do our part to pick up plastics that can end up in drains and rivers which dump into our oceans. It's time for us all to wake up about this critical issue. </div>
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<b>For more information on Endangered Sea Turtles and all other Vulnerable and Endangered Species on our planet, please visit the <i><u><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/">IUCN Redlist</a>.org</span></u></i></b></div>
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What is "The Red List"?</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>To see my other Endangered Species related art, click<a href="https://cobaltviolet.blogspot.com/search/label/Endangered%20Species%20Art"> <u><i>Here.</i></u></a></b></span></div>
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I remember driving to a cute little surf town on the North Shore with my friend Shannon in 2002. We had lunch and shopped for puka shell necklaces before heading to the beach at Waimea.<br />
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All these years later, Hale'iwa is still one of my favorite places.</div>
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Of course, being on the North Shore of O'ahu, it has great surf shops like Tropical Rush below.</div>
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This next photo is of the towel I bought at Tropical Rush. It has the adorable Tahitian Hinano Girl! </div>
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I love the Waialua Bakery! Yummy organic sandwiches, smoothies and freshly baked cookies for a very reasonable price. Everything is delicious. It's definitely a favorite.<br />
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This next sign is for John John Florence. There have been four World Champions from Hawaii but everyone was so stoked because he was the first surfer from the actual North Shore of O'ahu to win the world championship title!</div>
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There is a very cool Ukelele shop in Hale'iwa called "The Ukulele Site" with a vast and beautiful array of beautiful ukes. Someday I'd love to learn on one of these! The wood is so gorgeous! Of course, at first glance, the gloss Koa Tenor that I spotted is a mere 2,002.00 retail! Though the workmanship is truly exquisite I think I might need to start with something more modest. Something perhaps in the one to two-hundred dollar range! ;-)</div>
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The Waialua River runs through the town.<br />
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And on the river, in a parking lot, is this HUGE mango tree! The sign says "Falling Mangos: Park at your own risk!"<br />
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The Edible Bike Path had soy beans, mango, papaya and coconut palm trees, magnificent flora...</div>
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Kevin's place had these beautiful star fruit in bloom! They were so tasty.</div>
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I'm not even sure how far it goes but I took the bike path from Sunset Point across from Ted's Bakery all the way to Shark's Cove which is about 3 miles. </div>
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"Groms" = Keiki (pronounced K key) = Kids </div>
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KoKua = your assistance or your help is appreciated</div>
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This day I was walking on the bike path but I did cruise along on Kevin bike one day! It was so fun seeing how many different colored flowers I could find. I definitely found a whole rainbow of colors!</div>
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Here's one of the hundreds of feral chickens that run around on the North Shore. As one friend put it, you can definitely tell no one is starving on the island! You can definitely hear roosters crowing to the new morning light. </div>
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This chicken was near Shark's Cove. At this point on my walk I crossed the Kam Hwy to get an Ahi Poke Bowl from Foodland. I enjoyed my own little picnic as as I sat on the rocks with a spectacular view of the Pacific.</div>
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On my way back to Sunset Beach I stopped at the beach park.<br />
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And this next shot is looking up the beach toward Rocky Point ...<br />
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Magic hour is definitely my favorite time of day!<br />
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links<br />
<a href="https://www.tropicalrush.com/">Tropical Rush</a><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Waialua-Bakery-Juice-Bar-204446471154/">Waialua Bakery</a><br />
<a href="https://www.theukulelesite.com/">The Ukulele Site</a><br />
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Aloha nui loa!</div>
Cobalt Violethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12970693193776542493noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093731082188268476.post-38846940198408326422019-08-18T13:26:00.001-07:002019-08-18T13:26:46.081-07:00Byodo-In Temple and Colorful Koi Fish on O'ahu<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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When I was four years old my family left our home, in Alaska, to move back to Southern California. On our way we made a stop in Hawaii. Being so tiny I can't say I remember the whole visit but there are a few things emblazoned on my brain. </div>
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I remember the smell of plumeria, men twirling "sticks that were on fire" and my sister and I dressed in little muumuus. I also have a vague recollection of feeling warm both in and out of the water without having to wear a snow suit! What I do have a <i>very</i> clear memory of was kneeling over a pond filled with huge brightly colored "gold fish." </div>
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<i>Mokoli'i, otherwise known as Chinaman's Hat, on our way to the Byodo-In Temple ...</i></div>
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When I was thinking about what to paint for my last solo show <i>"Through Time and Place: Five Decades" </i>I thought of places that imprinted themselves on me and had made a big impression. Some of those places even changed me. Hawaii made an impression on me at 4 and then in my late 20s when I went back for one of my best friend's weddings. I went back again after she had her first baby.</div>
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Now, 16 years later, I had a boyfriend on O'ahu. Hawaii was and is a place filled with incredible memories! Of course, it's <i>beautiful</i> there but there's also something that feels mystical about it. I find it hard to explain. I ended up doing two paintings representing the islands. One piece was the koi fish in the at the top of this post. The other was of a plumeria, one of my favorite scents on the planet! </div>
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Like I always do, before going to Hawaii for Christmas of 2017, I did my research! I looked up things to do and see on O'ahu and one that came up on all sorts of travel articles and YouTube videos was the <i>Byodo-In Temple. </i>It's a "non-practicing" Buddhist temple which welcomes people of all faiths. It really is a perfect place to meditate, pray, enjoy the incredible walking garden and just enjoy a bit of Japanese culture in Hawaii.</div>
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The temple is at the foot of the Ko'olau Mountains in Kaneohe. It's a wonderful replica of a 950 year old Buddhist place of worship in Kyoto, Japan. It was built for the 100 year anniversary of the first Japanese immigrants in 1968, which also happens to be the year I was born! </div>
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It also has hundreds of very healthy looking koi fish ready for a photo op! I took so many pictures and definitely felt a painting coming on! </div>
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Perfect models for my painting! Although, I'm pretty sure they were thinking they were going to get fed!</div>
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This golden <i>Amida Buddha</i> (<b style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Amitābha) </b>is thought to be the largest figure carved outside of Japan. The 9 foot Buddha was carved by the Japanese sculptor, Masuzo Inui. "Amida Buddha" is one of the five "Wisdom Buddhas." <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Amitāyus means "Infinite Life" so Amitābha is also called "The Buddha of Immeasurable Light and Life" is the principal Buddha in a branch of East Asian Buddhism called <i>Pure Land Buddhism </i>which is part of the larger <i>Mahayana Buddhism.</i></span></span></span><br />
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The photo below is of me in a beautiful silk shawl my Aunt Cheri designed with a plumeria in my hair!<br />
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After the temple, we headed down to Waikiki. It's definitely packed with tourists, hotels and traffic but it also makes for some beautiful photos, wonderful memories and great people watching. My mom lived there in her early 20's working at one of the hotels and even sung with Don Ho! I was there with my girlfriends at the famous Hawaiian Hilton with the big rainbow on the side, for our friend Beckie's wedding 30 years later. It's fun to go back and revisit places that inhabit wonderful memories.</div>
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This next photo is the<i> Makua and Kila</i> Sculpture based on a children's story by Fred Van Dyke. It honors "Hawaiian values of love and respect for Ohana (family) and the ocean."</div>
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The photo below is from O'ahu in 1996 for Beckie and Shaun's wedding. The bride is on one knee in the middle and I'm next to her in blue.</div>
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This next photo is in Honolulu, from 1973, with my Mom and my big sister Penny.<br />
Dad was taking the picture. Maybe my colorful little muumuu is the reason why I still love a red and bright pink color combo!<br />
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This beautiful hidden gem is up in the hills above Sharks Cove on the North Shore of O'ahu. It's a non-denominational sanctuary where you can meditate and pray in a magical setting. On Sundays there is a Self Realization Fellowship style meditation service where they read a teaching by Paramahansa Yogananda, Amma, Jesus or other spiritual teachers.</div>
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Kevin and I went a few Sunday mornings while I was there. It somehow would always start raining outside during the meditation which not only made it even more peaceful and I felt fused with the whole of nature outside.</div>
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Phones are not allowed on the property or in this meditation garden. They will allow cameras but not phones so I took these photos with my digital SLR. Because your phone has to be off, there is thankfully no one taking selfies or Instagramming their meditation! </div>
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I love these vermilion colored magical flowers that seem to float among the trees in the garden ...<br />
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All the white with blue made me think of Greece.</div>
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<i><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">flowers say more to us about God </span></i></div>
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Kevin practicing a yoga inversion in the silence.<br />
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This Heiau is the largest religious site or temple on the North Shore and covers almost 2 acres. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1962 because of its historic significance.<br />
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The Heiau is on the ridge above Waimea Bay and it is said that signal fires were up at that spot for communication between the islands. It really is a stunning location. The turquoise and azure waters with the rust colored earth are breathtaking. </div>
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<i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The beauty in the world bespeaks </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the creative motherly instinct of God,</span></i></div>
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My little Fabriano sketchbook ...</div>
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Hawaii is incredible! There is a reason why people from all over the world visit Hawaii in their lifetime. The colors, the water, the air, the beaches, the hiking and the flowers are magnificent. So, if you are going to have a long distance relationship, where you have to spend time on an airplane, might I recommend the North Shore of O'ahu?!<br />
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These colors make my heart sing! These plants are on the walk to Sunset Beach.</div>
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Kevin's place where he was living at the time ...</div>
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Kevin said geckos make the best roommates. They are a little messy but they are good luck, eat the bugs, very quiet and super cute so I guess it balances out!</div>
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It actually <i>is</i> where mothers love to take their kids to learn ocean awareness, surfing and swimming skills. Plus there is a huge shade tree, which makes for the perfect temperature on a sunny day. There are many local families, of all colors, including regal Hawaiian ohana there spending time together. Below, Kevin at "Mother's" getting ready to paddle out to the outside reefs of Sunset Beach.</div>
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More little watercolors on the beach! Often, at home, I do black and white sketches or ink drawings in my tiny sketchbooks but that's rare in Hawaii. The colors are so incredible around the island it was nearly always a watercolor.</div>
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Here's a shot I captured of Kevin up the beach at Velzyland. Yes, he actually surfs and isn't just a poser! Haha!<br />
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Sunset Point, on the North Shore of O'ahu, is a legendary surf spot. The thing is, it is one of <i>many</i> on a stretch of beach called the <i><b>7 Mile Miracle</b></i>. It starts at Haleiwa and goes up to Velzyland. When we drove along the Kamehameha Hwy, which runs along that stretch, you can catch sight of the ocean between beachfront homes in some places. While driving along Kevin would point and name all the famous surf spots without making a pause! Some of the most important surf contests in the world, like the Pipe Masters and the Triple Crown of Surfing, are held along this famous 7 mile stretch of the North Shore.<br />
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The reef makes for some great surf breaks but you have to be careful not to fall on it or let a wave drag you across it. That goes for swimming too, of course. Kevin loves to quote this Hawaiian proverb, "Never turn your back on the ocean."<br />
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I kept seeing a man cutting them open and then I finally got my Sunset Beach coconut water! When I was done I went back to the man who prepared it and he scraped all the meat of the coconut for me. And let me tell you, it went into some very delicious frozen adult beverages!</div>
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You can see that with so much beauty it is very inspiring for an artist. I did quite a few little watercolors and when I got home I painted two oils for my solo show which was last December. I'll be sharing those soon!</div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">"The first </span><span style="text-align: left;">internment camp</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"> in operation was Manzanar, located in Southern </span><span style="text-align: left;">California</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">. Between 1942 and 1945 a total of 10 </span><span style="text-align: left;">camps</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"> were opened, holding approximately 120,000 </span><span style="text-align: left;">Japanese</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"> Americans for varying periods of time in </span><span style="text-align: left;">California</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Arkansas." ~ Encyclopedia Brittanica</span></i></span></div>
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It was a beautiful clear December day in California's High Sierra. I went up there for my birthday with my boyfriend, Kevin. It had been almost 3 months since my big Scotland and Italy adventure, and in that time I had gone back to work, gotten back into my groove, and continued my long distance relationship with my boyfriend. He was living in Hawaii and had come out for Thanksgiving and my birthday that year.</div>
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Kevin spent many years living, raising a family, and working at Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort on the Race Department as an Alpine Ski Coach. He needed a visit with his grandkids and we wanted to ski so we decided to head north for my birthday weekend. He wanted me to see the WWII Japanese interment camp, Manzanar, that is just off Highway 395, near Lone Pine, CA. I had driven on that road so many times as a kid and I don't remember ever seeing it.</div>
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There are so many things I could say about the place but I don't know where to begin. There is this incredible natural beauty surrounding something that represents such a sad time in our history. And frankly, there seemed to be an empty melancholic energy there. It's a strange juxtaposition. </div>
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There are so many people who experienced Mazanar first hand, during the war, who can express its history better than I. There are loads of documentaries worth watching on this subject. I'm adding a link at the bottom of this post to an article that mentions 10 of them that you can watch online for free.</div>
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A year and a half ago I was trying to imagine how they could have put innocent people, especially children, behind wire and fences. Fear makes us rationalize all sorts of things and the human race does it over and over. At its worst fear becomes hatred, violence, and racism. Are we doomed to repeat the past over and over?</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The 500-acre housing section was surrounded by barbed wire and eight guard towers with searchlights and patrolled by military police. Outside the fence, military police housing, a reservoir, a sewage treatment plant, and agricultural fields occupied the remaining 5,500 acres. By September 1942 more than 10,000 Japanese Americans were crowded into 504 barracks organized into 36 blocks. </span></i></span></div>
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We arrived in Mammoth that evening and our spirits were lifted by watching Kevin's adorable granddaughter Rylie in her ballet class and being able to breathe in the crisp clean air. There were fires raging in our home town of Ventura where we still have many friends and up in Ojai where my family lives. Many, including my parents and my sisters family, had to evacuate. Sadly, my Aunt Cheri and Uncle Larry lost their beautiful home to the fire but we are so grateful everyone was safe!<br />
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There was a cloud of smoke hanging over Los Angeles but it was nothing like the smoke in Ventura County in the path of the Thomas Fire.<br />
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An unfortunate name for such a beautiful place because escaped convicts ambushed and killed General Robert Morrison and members of his posse in 1871 at this scenic location!</div>
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I hadn't been on skies in almost 20 years and it was <i>almost </i>like riding a bike. Except for the fact that the last time I'd skied I was going down black diamond runs and now I was on the bunny slopes! I hadn't been on the bunny slopes since I was five years old. I learned to ski early and my first run was down our driveway in Anchorage when I was three years old.</div>
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There are several natural hot springs in the area but sorry no nighttime hot spring shots to share! </div>
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I hadn't been up to this area in so long. I forget how completely different the landscape is and what a gorgeous drive Highway 395 is through the High Sierra. This road trip is about 5. 5 hours north of Los Angeles or a 3 hours drive south from Reno.</div>
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For my Christmas present that year Kevin bought me a ticket to Hawaii. It might have been my biggest travel year since I was 20! He said I was his Christmas present but I think I got the better end of the deal! After spending Christmas Eve and morning with my family I jumped on a flight and headed to the North Shore of Oahu. </div>
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I went a little nuts taking photos of Hawaii but I have to say I also managed to do a lot of watercolors and drawings. That's all coming up next!</div>
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I hope you are all having a lovely summer and finding a way to stay cool! I'm sending you all much love and prayers for nice cool breezes!</div>
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Cobalt Violethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12970693193776542493noreply@blogger.com1Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546, USA37.648546 -118.9720790000000137.447311500000005 -119.2948025 37.8497805 -118.64935550000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093731082188268476.post-271002892832604982019-07-21T08:00:00.000-07:002019-07-25T00:05:02.080-07:00Verona ~ Loveliness in Romeo and Juliet's Hood<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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After Venice, we headed to the charming town of Verona. My mom and dad had been there before and had loved it. It also happened that was where my aunt and uncle were renting an apartment and after years of all of us discussing our love of Italy we were finally all going to be there together!</div>
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After so much rain on our trip, I finally got to wear my little black silk dress! </div>
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My aunt and uncle found this wonderful restaurant with a beautiful view called <i>Re Teodorico.</i> It's just above where the tram takes you up ton he hill above the Adige river. </div>
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We stayed at the family run <b>Hotel Torcolo.</b> They were incredibly kind, welcoming, and not even a block off the main piazza with its old roman amphitheater. </div>
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My favorite thing about the museum was how the individual works were mounted and displayed. I don't know if you can really see it in the photographs but it was beautifully done. </div>
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What made Verona extra special was the addition of my niece!! Elizabeth lives in Berlin and was able to join us for the weekend. And, of course, an afternoon spritz!</div>
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Though the whole Romeo and Juliet balcony is a tourist trap, we had to go! There were throngs of people and crowds below taking pictures of their friends and lovers as they emerged out onto the balcony.<br />
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The old Gothic style building from the 1300s is lovely but the hundreds (?) of tourists make it less romantic and more hilarious. The crowd was pretty jovial, and very loud as they shouted up to the various stream of Juliets who waited for their photo ops.<br />
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The church is "co-entitled" with St. Peter of Verona, who was martyr and co-patron of the city, but it's generally known as Sant'Anastasia. I'm not sure which one because there are several saints with the name and at least three matyrs named Anastasia. It doesn't mention her on the official website or even clear it up on Wikipedia. Hmm. Still on a hunt for that information so I can give her props. </div>
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To say that Venice is photogenic would be a gross understatement. I suppose this comes as no surprise. It has been a painters dream location for centuries. Google the images of John Singer Sargent's watercolors in Venice and you'll see why. You could do the same with Monet, Whistler, J.M.W. Turner, Renoir, Manet, and for his many paintings for rich travelers on "The Grand Tour" Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto.</div>
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Looking up to beautiful mosaics on the façade of the Basilica of San Marco! </div>
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The next view is looking down from the campanile which is also the top photo in this post! We got our tickets ahead of time online for both the campanile bell tower and the interior of the Basilica. It was a pretty low price, as I recall, and it was totally worth it! We walked right up at our appointment time and avoided the very long lines! </div>
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We also made sure to be down from the tower before the bells rang at noon. I was afraid we wouldn't be able to hear for the rest of the day!</div>
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I got as much wear out of my new hat as possible! The bonus of traveling with black clothes is you can generally go accessory crazy once you arrive. Especially in Italy!</div>
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I took so many photos! Everywhere you look is another gorgeous view. For now, I'll leave you with a bit of twilight over the beautiful waters of Venice.<br />
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Next up Verona and more exciting art from the Venice Biennale! </div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ci Vediamo!</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A Presto!</span></i></div>
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The shapes and materials were reflective and beautiful! Though they were not moving, they seemed to dance through space. I wish I could have laid on the floor under them and listened to Bach. They felt somehow musical to me. </div>
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As modern as the space looks, the actual building opened in 1228 and is a historic building right on the Grand Canal in Venice. It was rebuilt after a fire in the 1500s in the Italian Renaissance style. It's right near the Rialto Bridge and used to be the headquarters and restricted living quarters of Venice's German merchants.</div>
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In the 20th century it was used by Venice for the "Poste Italiane" and in 2008 it was bought by the Benetton Group. Rem Koolhaas was hired to incorporate a huge shopping area inside. There were a lot of beautiful things but I was on an art mission and didn't stop to shop!</div>
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I love how seeing various kinds of artists broaden you perspective of what art can be and also how it impacts your immediate mood or state of mind. This experience has happened to me over and over visiting many art exhibitions. On this occasion, I did leave with a sense of lightness and a burst of positive energy that still took me by surprise!</div>
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For more of the interview with Loris Cecchini click <i><a href="https://www.whitewall.art/art/whitewall-presents-loris-cecchinis-immersive-installation-waterbones">here</a></i></div>
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<a href="https://www.loriscecchini.com/">Loris Cecchini </a>(official site more works and a slide show)</div>
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<a href="https://www.dfs.com/en/venice/t-fondaco-rooftop-terrace">Fondaco Rooftop Terrace</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.labiennale.org/it">Venice Biennale</a><br />
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I have an art history bucket list. Somewhere in my top 5 was the<b> Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel. </b>It just so happens it is a short train ride from Venice so I planned ahead and got entrance tickets for my parents, my aunt and uncle and myself. It happened that my Aunt Penny and Uncle John would be staying in Verona during that time and we would all be able to be there!<br />
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This chapel is entirely frescoed by late medieval master Giotto. Some consider him the first renaissance painter because he brought painting forward with more modeling and three dimensionality than previously created in the medieval period. It was commissioned by the Scrovegni family of bankers. Because usury was a sin, a chapel was a good way to atone and hopefully get to heaven.<br />
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Just like going to the see the Last Supper, you need to reserve a ticket and entrance time prior to visiting. Similarly, because of the fragility of the work, you enter into a climate controlled anti-room for 15 minutes before you enter the chapel with your group. The directions are on the website link at the bottom of this post. Once you enter, you have 15 minutes inside the chapel to take in this magnificent work of art.</div>
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We studied this fresco, in the lower rectangle below, in art history. In fact, we had to write an essay about in on our midterm. This was a perfect example how Giotto changed art from the current standards of medieval painting. The overlapping of figures, angels who show their anguish in dramatic mourning, and setting the stage in a natural setting. This was all new to the period. (More on this in video 3 of the Smart History Videos below.)</div>
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The adjacent museum was much more extensive than I had expected! Here are a few of my favorites that stood out to me.<br />
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Ginevra Cantofoli (Bologna, 16181-1672)<br />
<i>Giovane Donna in Vesti Orientali</i><br />
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This is a detail of the painting above. There was something so captivating about her expression. I kept going back to it!<br />
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Below is a detail of a Tintoretto. So much movement and drama! He seems to be getting a jump on the Baroque period!<br />
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Jacopo Robusti, called <b>Tintoretto (Venezia, 1519-1594)</b><br />
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Oil on Wood<br />
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This painting wins for the "most over top" frame on a small portrait. It is the goddess Minerva after all, so why not?<br />
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Pietro Liberi (Padova 1614-Venezia 1687)<br />
<i>Minerva Armata</i><br />
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I love the way this next unfinished piece by Andrea Mantegna looks with it's contrast of a color and monochrome. I might need to use that idea in an intentional way on one of my pieces.<br />
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<i>Madonna della Tenerezza, 1491</i><br />
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This next portrait of a padre looked so much more contemporary than what the year would suggest! My mom and I loved it. When you go into some of these museums a lot of the art can sort of run together but then there are others that stop you in your tracks. This was one of them. In person he looked like he was going to start talking to us!<br />
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Francesco Apollodoro called Il Porcia (1532-1612)<br />
<i>Ritratto del compositore Costanzo Porta </i><br />
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I loved that the trams that take you around Padua are decorated with stars like the ceiling of the Scrovegni Chapel!</div>
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The renaissance tomb of Saint Anthony is inside this church. Unfortunately, you can't take photos but the large and impressive basilica has many relics of St. Anthony as well as sculptures by Donatello. It was started just a year after the saint's death.<br />
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I mainly wanted to say a big old thank you to St. Anthony. I can't tell you how many times at work or at home that I've prayed "Saint Anthony please come round, something's lost and must be found." I tend to misplace things.<br />
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The church is filled with pilgrims and they line up to place a hand on the tomb. When I placed my hand on the cool surface I said thank you and I felt a burst of energy go up my arm into my chest. I smiled as I walked back to family sitting in the pews.<br />
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Just a side note, there is a big gift shop and when you walk through it, there is another small room filled with local teas and other artisanal products. I brought back a lovely floral tea!</div>
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Prato della Valle is a 90,000 square meter elliptical piazza and the largest in Italy. Scroll to the top for another beautiful view. I love how piazzas are such a part of the fabric of Italian life. People of all ages gather together in an outdoor space, large or small, to visit and spend time together out in their neighborhoods and communities. It's the best of Italy and says so much about the culture. I just love it!<br />
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links<br />
<a href="http://www.cappelladegliscrovegni.it/index.php/en/">Scrovegni Chapel</a><br />
<a href="http://padovacultura.padovanet.it/en/musei/picture-gallery">Museo d'Arte Medioevale e Moderna</a><br />
<a href="http://www.santantonio.org/en/basilica">Basilica Sant'Antonio di Padova</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">MARK BRADFORD</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2017</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Check out how cool his work and medium are in this video.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was incredible. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mark Bradford was born November, 1961 in Los Angeles, California. I'd seen his work at the Broad Museum downtown and was very excited to see his pavilion that year!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here he his talking about the installation and his philanthropic work in Venice.</span></div>
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Art is everywhere, in Venice, during the Biennale. It all began in 1895 and it was founded by the Venetian City Council. It is held in odd-numbered years.</div>
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The formal exhibiting happens at the the Giardini. It is a huge park or garden where there is an enormous exhibition hall and 30 smaller national pavilions. The 30 permanent national pavilions are owned by the participating country and managed by their ministries of culture and if you didn't end up in one of those, your country might be exhibiting at another venue somewhere around Venice. </div>
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As I said, art is everywhere!</div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Spoiled Foot, 2016</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The entrance room of the American Pavilion of 2017 was filled with this enormous installation piece that pushed you to the outer edges of the room to get by it. It had Mark Bradford's trademark layering and textures. It would be difficult to describe it so I'm glad I photographed it. It was a metaphor for people being "pushed to the margins" (you physically were pushed) and for "centralized social power." </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 20px;"><i>I'm kind of an insecure artist.</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 20px;"><i>I hop from piece to piece. </i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 20px;"><i>I always think my life depends on every painting. </i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 20px;"><i>Every painting is my first painting. </i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 20px;"><i>~Mark Bradford</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Medusa, 2016</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Acrylic, paint paper, rope, caulk ... </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Medusa, as told </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Ovid, was a </span>beautiful and
powerful woman raped by Poseidon in Athena's temple. Athena was pissed and transformed her lovely locks into serpents and gave her a face that would turn men to stone looking upon her.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">This piece made me sad for Medusa.</span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I looked her dead in the eye</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">~Mark Bradford's poem of Medusa </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Oracle, 2017</span></i></div>
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About this piece he said it was "a site between cave and altar, between nature and culture, where oracles would deliver profound truth and predictions."</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 20px;"><i>I just follow the things I'm interested in. </i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 20px;"><i>That's always guided me. </i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 20px;"><i>If I'm interested in something, that's where I go. </i></span><br />
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I wish you could see the following two works in person. They represented the "beauty and fragility of nature" and they were stunning. </div>
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The layers of color and texture were absolutely transporting. There was so much depth. I think that's why I love Rothko, as well. You feel like you can fall into the layers and let them take you on a journey somewhere else. I'm not great with talking about art in a way a historian or gallery person would talk about it, but I know what I love when I see it. And this ... I loved!<br />
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<i><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My art practice is very detail-, labor- intensive </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">so that I can hear myself think. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">if I can get to it.</span></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 20px;"><i>I've always been inspired by small details that make me wander. </i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 20px;"><i>My mother would ask me, 'What are you looking at so intensely?' </i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 20px;"><i>I would answer, 'Everything and nothing.' </i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 20px;"><i>She really supported my wanderings, </i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 20px;"><i>called me Marco Polo. </i></span><br />
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "neue helvetica w01" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 23px;">"...</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "neue helvetica w01" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 1px;">In Venice, as an adjunct to his pavilion, he has pledged to provide funding over six years for Rio Terà dei Pensieri, a local prison cooperative that teaches practical job skills to inmates. Consider it site-specific social work. For him, art is “not just what happens in the hermetically sealed studio, and it’s not what happens in the communities—it’s something in between.”</span></i></div>
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I'm back! AND it's my 10 year anniversary of Cobalt Violet! My very first post went up June 6, 2009. While I'm not as prolific a poster as I once was, it's still important to me and I love the wonderful folks I've found through this blog and I miss it when I'm away!</div>
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I have returned from my recent adventure on the Via di Francesco, walking in the footsteps of Saint Francis from La Verna in Tuscany south to Assisi in Umbria. It was as incredible as I'd hoped and I can't wait to share my experiences on what was a crazy, wonderful, challenging and sometimes even a bit brutal pilgrimage!</div>
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While I try to organize my thoughts and crazy amounts of photos, I will be finishing posting my last trip which was somehow a year and 10 months ago! </div>
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After traveling around Scotland, my parents and I headed to Venice for the Biennale, one of the worlds largest and most prestigious international art exhibitions. I will get to that later but I thought I'd take you on a side trip to Burano.</div>
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A short boat ride takes you from Venice to the little fisherman's island known for its lacemaking and colorful houses. About 450 of its 3000 residents are still registered as fisherman.</div>
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The island is really an artist's dream. I have so many photos to paint but, of course, the dream is to go back and stay and paint en plein air! I had wanted to visit Burano for so long that I really did feel lucky just to spend an afternoon.</div>
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My mom and I decided to help the local economy and each bought a hat! Here I am, below, in my fabulous new red hat which took an act of God to get it back to L.A. without being destroyed! That and letting everyone in the seats next to me on the plane know that there was precious sartorial cargo in the overhead! </div>
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How can an artist not be inspired by the beauty of Venice?! This oil painting was for my solo show in December. I mean, who doesn't love a gondolier?</div>
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The night we arrived in Venice we took a water taxi to our little apartment. There was an incredible downpour with lightening over the water. It was exhilarating and yet a bit scary! I kept wondering about the likelihood of being struck! </div>
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The first time I heard Vivaldi played live was in Venice ... </div>
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When we entered the apartment we rented we were even more in a state of exhilaration. This next photo is out the window of my bedroom. </div>
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It was like a dream! A beautiful 2 bedroom apartment with beamed ceilings, antique furniture, beautiful new bathrooms and the best view EVER!</div>
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My boyfriend laughed when I sent him this photo. He has an appreciation for my wardrobe changes. In this case, I'd moved on from my plaid cotton shirts I'd been wearing in Scotland to more fitting Italian attire. I don't think it's neccisarily true but I feel a little more in keeping with Italian fashion when I wear black. </div>
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On our first full day in Venice we were blessed with beautiful blue skies. It was a glorious September day. I'd been there in December of 1996 and it was so cold that the fountains were frozen along with part of the canal. I still loved it. I wondered what I'd feel about it now, but as soon as I started to wander down the tiny narrow streets and over the bridges, I knew I felt the same love for this wonderful city.</div>
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This was the summer of the 2017 Biennale and art was everywhere! I happened on a lovely Palazzo and discovered a new artist. Well, she's not new but she was new to me. The sound of classical music (no I'm not making this up) came in through the opened windows along with a light breeze that moved the art with its every breath. It was stunning.<br />
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Art Installation by Beverly Barkat<br />
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This bookstore was incredible and filled to the brim. The place apparently floods like crazy so they have to keep things off the floor when the water comes in. As you can see there is a very large gondola in the middle of the store that is used for displaying "molti Libri."<br />
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One more of the bookstore for my friend Evelyn, who has a thing for books and kitties!</div>
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I don't think we made it here in 1996 and it was high on my list for this trip. In part because of Giorgione painting <i>The Tempest </i>which I couldn't get a good shot of for you. There were too many people around it! It lived up to the hype. It was enchanting. You can Google it. ;)</div>
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Here is a tiny sampling of the incredible collection.</div>
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Look at all those faces in the ceiling. There were hundreds! Thousands!</div>
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This room, below, was incredible. One of the large paintings installed was by Titian but I couldn't get a good shot of it.</div>
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Antonio Vivarini e Giovanni d'Alemagna's <i>La Madonna col babino </i>1446</div>
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Below, an enormous painting of Saint Mark's Square by Gentile Bellini, 1496, called Procession in Piazza San Marco. It's Tempera and oil on canvas. He must have had to run back across the room over and over to see what the whole thing looked like. He was 67 at the time.<br />
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It's hard to take in these monumental paintings sometimes. They are so massive and there is so much going on that they can be overwhelming.<br />
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When you zoom in and notice the details ... the clutching of pearls and intricate brocade it's absolutely incredible. I guess it's not surprising since it's Veronese but you really have to take the time with some of these pieces.<br />
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And look at these faces! The expression of the angel on the right side is so beautifully felt.<br />
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Cobalt Violethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12970693193776542493noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093731082188268476.post-45797210898871177582019-04-28T07:30:00.000-07:002019-04-28T07:30:00.419-07:00Journey of Traditions! Stories of South Central Asia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'm so happy to announce the self publication of my mother's beautiful book Journey of Traditions! Back in the 1990s my parents lived in Pakistan where my mom collected beautiful textiles and artifacts. Over time she came up with the idea of sharing the beauty of South Central Asia through an exhibition. She wrote stories and painted these incredible illustrations that include the artifacts that will be in an upcoming exhibition.<br />
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On top of this she started a blog that includes some of the many artifacts they collected.<br />
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There is so much beauty and artistry in South Central Asia but sadly the news doesn't cover that. Through these objects, paintings, textiles and stories, the objective is to give a different perspective of this incredible part of our world.</div>
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The book came out so great! The stories are wonderful and the actual printing of the artwork looks amazing. It was definitely a labor of love. I'm so proud of my mom!<br />
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I love this painting, below. It's definitely one of my favorites. These wonderful performers were at the Lok Virsa festival in Islamabad, where there are all of these artisans that present their goods. Some were actually doing their wonderful crafts at the festival, from wood workers to to intricate embroidery. I'm not sure they actually call it a festival but that is definitely what it felt like.<br />
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I brought her painting outside to photograph. It's actually a fairly large piece and I thought it ended up looking cool among the vines. I just love the light from the fire and that wonderful sky!</div>
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If you are interested in her new book, which is just beautiful and would make a wonderful gift for a young person or an adult, check out her Etsy site <i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/KikisTrunk">here</a></span></b></i> !<br />
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Please check out and follow my mom's new blog by clicking <i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://journeyoftraditions.blogspot.com/">here</a> </span></b></i>There are so many beautiful things to look at! Enjoy!<br />
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Glasgow Cathedral<br />
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We arrived in the evening to our funky little place in Glasgow. It was a young lady's artsy flat a few floors up. Every time we left the place we had trouble getting back in and we had to drag our stuff up maybe 3 or 4 flights from the underground parking. It was not exactly a swanky part of town but, to me, it made things interesting and I loved it!<br />
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We were very hungry by the time we got settled and ended up walking a mile or so to an Indian restaurant that the pub across the way recommended. We got there pretty late and we might have been the only ones there but it was delicious!!</div>
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I am going to have to hunt down the name of the restaurant. I usually keep track of those things but I was so tired and stuffed by the time we left. Bonus was that being in an apartment we were able to put our copious amounts of leftovers in the fridge.</div>
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We hoped to make it to Kelvingrove Museum but because of some mixup we waited<i> forever</i> for our cab. At that point, it was too late to get into the museum. I think you have to get there a full hour before they close. That is the case with many museums and monuments in Scotland.</div>
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When we finally got our next hilarious cab driver we had him drop us in an area with some cool street art and murals. There is actually a Glasgow Mural Trail Map! I'll link that below.<br />
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<span style="font-family: proximanova-regular; font-size: 16px;">From Artists Rogue-one and Art Pistol,<i> Wind Power,</i> which can be found on Mitchell Street. </span><br />
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I loved my red raincoat. A funny Scotsman compared me to a phone booth whilst wearing my red hat and coat. I can totally see that.<br />
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I've been blogging about this Scotland adventure since the beginning of 2018! This is my 26th post of Scotland! Perhaps a wee bit excessive but I loved it so much that I didn't want to leave anything out. Alas, there were probably 14,000 or more photos so it was tough to edit. I tried to include my art and some of what I was inspired to paint for my solo show last December.</div>
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After our incredible time in Scotland we went to the Veneto area of Italy which was also wonderful. We were able to meet up my niece, my Aunt and Uncle. This was all in August/September of 2017. In 2018, I spent some time in Hawaii where my boyfriend was living and we were back and forth. This was just part of the reason for my sporadic posting. Like many of you, life has gotten busy!</div>
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I'm currently training for a pilgrimage walk in Italy, sometimes referred to as The Way of Saint Francis or the <i>Via di Francesco.</i> I will try to share a bit of Venice, Verona and the Biennale before moving on to this new adventure on my blog. Hopefully, I can share a bit of Hawaii too!</div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">that I now have a huge fabulous list on my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm4OAnkG5kTvaya9SqgZY7A?view_as=subscriber"><b>YouTube Account.</b></a></span></i></div>
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If you have the time, and are there on the right day, you can reserve a spot on a small boat to take you over the Loch to the castle. If you are a Monte Python fan you might recognize it as "Castle Aaaahhh" from <i>Monte Python and the Holy Grail.</i></div>
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There is a little cafe above Castle Stalker that looks out from these views and a gift shop where we did some damage. Haha! My mom bought the most beautiful woolen shawl and I got a few items including a couple of charming little children's books.</div>
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My favorite history of this castle was that Flora MacDonald stayed here. Flora is the heroic woman who helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape! Here's some more info on that.</div>
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We'd driven by some "coos" on the Isle of Skye where we couldn't pull over. Before we caught a glimpse in the Borders area but they were quite far away and not so easily photographed. Our time in the countryside was ending and I had almost lost hope in getting a good "paintable" photo.</div>
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And here we were outside Inveraray Castle ... and there they were! </div>
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As feminine and lovely as the previous room was, the next room was by contrast, a testosterone filled fantasy! </div>
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I'm not sure how I feel about the Badgerhead Sporran, below, but it might discourage pickpockets? For those of you unfamiliar with Sporrans they are a small "man bag" that one wears at the waist of a kilt.</div>
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Like a ghost story? This next room is the one for you. Although, I'm not sure how I feel about the harp reference! (I started playing in Junior High and one still sits in my living room.)</div>
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My favorite part of the castle was this next room which is called the "Victorian Room" which was a lovely eclectic living space. Love that carved chair!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"The Victorian Room is a <b>tribute to the marriage between HRH Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria and the Marquess of Lorne</b>, who subsequently became the 9th Duke ... </span></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white;">items on display include a porcelain figure of Queen Victoria at her spinning wheel, sculpted by Princess Louise, a talented artist and sculptor. There are also two intriguing pieces of furniture converted from an old coach presented by the Duke of Sutherland to the 8th Duke of Argyll.</span>"</i></span></span></div>
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On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' L</span></i><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">och Lomond.</span></i></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Loch Lomond </span></i><br />
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After spending two weeks humming, singing and whistling <i>On the Bonnie Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond</i>, with my parents, driving around Scotland ... we finally made it. </div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><i style="text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Where deep in purple hue, the hieland hi</span></i><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">lls we view</i></span></div>
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Arriving at Loch Lomond meant we were almost at the end of our journey and only 14 miles outside of Glasgow. Also, of possible interest, it's a fresh water loch and has the largest surface area of any lake in Great Britain. Just in case you were about to ask.</div>
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In honor of my folks and all the driving we did around Scotland, here is Deanna Durban (at 18!) singing the old Scottish song. It was in 1940.</div>
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<b><i>Links</i></b></div>
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<a href="https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/explorer-passes/">Historic Scotland Explorer Pass</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.castlestalker.com/wp/">Castle Stalker</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/dunstaffnage-castle-and-chapel/history/">Dunstaffnage Castle and Chapel</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.inveraray-castle.com/">Inveraray Castle</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.lochlomond-trossachs.org/">Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park</a></div>
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<i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">The wee birdies sing and the wildflowers spring,</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">And in sunshine the waters are sleeping.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">But the broken heart it kens nae second spring again,</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Though the waeful may cease frae their grieving.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">O ye'll tak' the high road, and I'll tak' the low road,</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">And I'll be in Scotland a'fore ye,</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">But me and my true love will never meet again,</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond.</span></span></i></div>
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Next up Glasgow!</div>
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Blessings and light!</div>
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