Yesterday dw and I topped off our social quota for the year by attending two events. First we went to Lauri L.'s (one of my nieces) house for a family party. The event was to welcome back to the U.S. her brother Greg L. who just finished three months larking about over-seas -- He's a military guy of some rank and oddly enough he wasn't in Afghanistan or Iraq -- Of course he didn't offer any proof of where he was, so he might have been hanging out in Paris or Minsk, but since his wife (Kristen) and daughter (Sara) --- also at the party --- took his word for where he was, the rest of us might as well. Also present were Chris, another brother, and Rosemary and Gene -- parents and my sister and brother in law respectively -- We spent a pleasant couple of hours visiting and looked at some of Lauri's work (she does really nice bead jewelry and lately, leaded glass)
After that we went to El Casa Matador, a good tex-mex place, for Mel M.'s 60th birthday party. (He's one of dw's favorite co-workers) In addition to Mel, his wife and two (adult) children, there were 20 or so people present. It was very pleasant with the added fun of the cake (ordered by Jill -- manager) from Whole Foods having a typo. It was supposed to say "Birthday Vigil" but actually said "Happy Birthday Vgil" and then they squeezed in an "i" so it finally read "Happy Birthday Vigil" -- we could have used beer to re-baptize Mel so his name would match the cake but no one thought of it in time.
In other news, dw has been doing graphic designs using MS-Paint. I was going to post a couple of them, but she says she isn't ready for her public debut. (I pointed out that while a ton of people could read this blog not many actually do -- it made no difference) -- A temperamental artist -- And half-joking she said I would need to help her write an artist's statement. I pointed out that writing a statement is really easy:
Exploring -- blah, blah
By means of -- blah, blah, blah
Refer to exploring color and form or the absence of color and form
Refer to exploring unusual tools or combination there-of : hammers and feathers or termites
If possible include or refer to something disgusting
Two of the final three are usually sufficient
Voila: an artists statement
Books: "Secret Knowledge" (David Hockney -- the painter) It's a large art book with lots of color illustrations. Hockney presents his theory that the old masters actually used cameras obscura (a room sized pin-hole camera) or a combination of mirrors and lenses (similar to an opaque projector) to assist them with their drawing. It's a very interesting book and he makes a good case. It makes me feel good since I use similar techniques -- on my best day, my draftsmanship is mediocre at best. Thanks to modern technology I haven't needed to convert an entire room into a camera, but just think --- Rembrandt, David and me: we're almost like triplets -- DA
After that we went to El Casa Matador, a good tex-mex place, for Mel M.'s 60th birthday party. (He's one of dw's favorite co-workers) In addition to Mel, his wife and two (adult) children, there were 20 or so people present. It was very pleasant with the added fun of the cake (ordered by Jill -- manager) from Whole Foods having a typo. It was supposed to say "Birthday Vigil" but actually said "Happy Birthday Vgil" and then they squeezed in an "i" so it finally read "Happy Birthday Vigil" -- we could have used beer to re-baptize Mel so his name would match the cake but no one thought of it in time.
In other news, dw has been doing graphic designs using MS-Paint. I was going to post a couple of them, but she says she isn't ready for her public debut. (I pointed out that while a ton of people could read this blog not many actually do -- it made no difference) -- A temperamental artist -- And half-joking she said I would need to help her write an artist's statement. I pointed out that writing a statement is really easy:
Exploring -- blah, blah
By means of -- blah, blah, blah
Refer to exploring color and form or the absence of color and form
Refer to exploring unusual tools or combination there-of : hammers and feathers or termites
If possible include or refer to something disgusting
Two of the final three are usually sufficient
Voila: an artists statement
Books: "Secret Knowledge" (David Hockney -- the painter) It's a large art book with lots of color illustrations. Hockney presents his theory that the old masters actually used cameras obscura (a room sized pin-hole camera) or a combination of mirrors and lenses (similar to an opaque projector) to assist them with their drawing. It's a very interesting book and he makes a good case. It makes me feel good since I use similar techniques -- on my best day, my draftsmanship is mediocre at best. Thanks to modern technology I haven't needed to convert an entire room into a camera, but just think --- Rembrandt, David and me: we're almost like triplets -- DA
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