Designer / Creative Director: Francie Maupin
via Yaers Fashion TV
Friday, September 30, 2022
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Anya Olsen
Acting Appreciation
I have a thing for Anya Olsen. Yes, the 5'4" gorgeous vixen who appears in adult-themed films. So, naturally, I felt it fitting to celebrate her birthday, today.
Anya was born on September 27, 1994 in Oneonta, New York; however, she and her four siblings grew up in Kansas. When she was thirteen, her family moved back to upstate New York.
For me, its her auburn hair and crystal blue eyes that automatically attracts me. It's probably also her super cool and perky personality as expressed in porn stallion Manuel Ferrara's vlog cast.
She has worked with studios like Girlfriends Films, Digital Sin, Mofos, Evil Angel, X-Art, Reality Kings, Wicked Pictures, Tushy, Brazzers, and Twistys.
Anya has been nominated at the AVN and XBIZ Awards, and a winner of the Spank Bank Award for Most Luscious Labia in 2017 and 2018. She does have a nice labia. Google it.
Source:
Wikipedia
https://wikistarbio.com/anya-olsen/
https://celebs.filmifeed.com/people/anya-olsen/
Monday, September 26, 2022
Sunday, September 25, 2022
Saturday, September 24, 2022
Alessia Merz
Acting Appreciation
Born on September 24, 1974 in Trento, Italian model, TV show host, and actress Alessia Merz debuted in a prime time TV talent show called Bulli e pupe, in 1992. After a few years in TV, she landed a role in the Italian comedy film Ragazzi della Notte.
Here is a video from Non e' la RAI, where Alessia sings Daryl Hall and John Oates' Everytime you go away.
Source: Wikipedia, YouTube, CarlosAggy, Alessiamerz.it
Friday, September 23, 2022
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Alicia Rickter
Acting Appreciation
I recall being excited receiving the October 1995 edition of Playboy because it featured "The Women of the Ivy League." This was a big deal because as a college kid I was interested in what our nation's flagship institutions were offering in terms of girls. But that issue offered a lot more than cute college girls. It featured Elizabeth Berkley topless, a insightful interview with a 24 year old Snoop Dogg, and the gorgeous Alicia Rickter.
Her centerfold titled "Earth Shaker" called her the "postmodern Playmate." "She paints. She reads philosophy. She ponders the meaning of life, the meaning of sex, even the sociopolitical of appearing in PLAYBOY," the article read.
Although she is celebrated as the 500th Playmate, it was later found that one early Playmate appeared twice under different names (Marilyn Waltz and Margaret Scott).
The American model and actress was born on September 21, 1972. After appearing in Playboy, Alicia appeared in TV and film. One such TV series was the sexy drama television series, Baywatch. In 2002, she had a role in the romantic comedy film, Buying the Cow.
In 2005, Alicia married baseball catcher Mike Piazza at St. Jude's Catholic Church in Miami.
via tvmaze
via alchetron
by Arny Freytag for Playboy
Source:
Wikipedia
Playboy, October 1995, volume 42, number 10
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Hom Nguyen
Art Appreciation
Born on September 20, 1972, Dom Nguyen is known for his figurative style portraits.
A self-taught artist, Hom began painting large portraits of celebrities. Using various mediums such as pencil, pastels, inks, gouache felt, charcoal, acrylics and oils, Dom's artwork is considered at times to be contemporary and others more contemplative.
Michelle Obama (2019)
Human Pink (2021)
Croyance (2022)
Sources:
Wikipedia.org
https://hanoigrapevine.com/vi/2021/07/nghe-sy-hom-nguyen-hanh-trinh-tu-nghe-nhan-dong-giay-den-nghe-sy-my-thuat-duong-dai/
https://www.artsy.net/artist/hom-nguyen
http://ssgroup.net/news/hom-nguyen-revealer-of-humanity/
Monday, September 19, 2022
Saturday, September 17, 2022
Friday, September 16, 2022
Fashion is DEFINITELY Art: Coach Spring/Summer 2023 Fashion Show
Coach Creative Director: Stuart Vevers
Noteworthy: Global pop star Lil Nas X his made his fashion show debut at the Coach's Spring/Summer 2023 fashion show in New York City.
via Coach
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Ksenia Milicevic
Art Appreciation
Born on September 15, 1942 in Drinici, Bosnia and Herzegovina, French painter Ksenia Milicevic is best known for creating the Art Resilience movement, which seeks to redefine the notion of art.
Milicevic comes from an interesting family history -- both her parents were partisans engaged in guerrilla campaign during World War II.
At an early age, she came to appreciate architecture and art. She graduated from both the University of Engineering in Belgrade, and the School of Architecture and Urbanism at the Institute of Urbanism in Algiers.
In her spare time, Milicevic took a class from Algerian painter M'hamed Issiakhem, who was known for a painting style that was a blend of abstract expressionism and traditional portraiture.
Milicevic moved to San Miguel de Tucumán in northern Argentina to work as an architect. While there, she joined the art school of the National University. Her first exhibition took place at the National University's Gallery in 1970.
Before settling in France, Milicevic spent some time in Spain and Mexico. She opened a workshop at Bateau-Lavoir in Montmarte, and has been exclusively dedicated to painting. She has since held exhibitions throughout the world.
La quête incertaine (1996)
Le voyage d'hiver (1996)
Azur attendri d'octobre pâle et pur (1998)
Sources:
Wikipedia
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
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Saturday, September 10, 2022
Friday, September 9, 2022
Album Cover: Meghan Trainor - Title (EP)
Album Cover
Album: Meghan Trainor - Title (EP)
Released: September 9, 2104
Cover Art Designed: JP Robinson
Photographer: Sarah McColgan
Art Direction: JP Robinson
Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Charlotte Sohy
Music Appreciation
While driving into work one morning, I came across an NPR story of French cellist Héloïse Luzzati's project that started during the COVID-19 pandemic of uncovering compositions by female composers. This eventually led to a label, La Boîte à Pépites (The Jewel Box), dedicated in showcasing female composers' works that has been historically ignored--4% of composers of classical music are women.
For this story, NPR focuses on the label's first release of French composer Charlotte Sohy set for September 30th in the UK. Luzzati explains that Sohy's composition is "impressionistic, sometimes figurative, with colors of Ravel, Chausson, and Debussy."
Luzzati decided to launch the label with works of Sohy after meeting Sohy's grandson, François-Henri Labey, who had copies of his grandmother's handwritten work.
When asked why female composers have been ignored, Luzzati explains with an example of female Virtuoso pianist Louise Farrenc who's work was forgotten after her death, "It's as simple as that. When a composer dies and she's no longer there to keep her work alive, it disappears almost instantly."
Source:
Sunday, September 4, 2022
Lorenzo Pasinelli
Art Appreciation
Born on September 4, 1629 in Bologna, Lorenzo Pasinelli was an Italian painter trained in the studio of Simone Cantarini. Despite the training of Bolognese classicism, Pasinelli's works embraced more of Late Renaissance style where over exaggerated harmonious qualities results in asymmetrical elegance.
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Love disarmed by the nymphs of Diana (1685-1695)
Penitent Mary Magdalen
The Risen Christ visit his Mother (1657)
Source:
Wikipedia
http://www.hellenicaworld.com/Art/Paintings/en/LorenzoPasinelli.html
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/diana-al-bagno-con-le-ninfe-pasinelli-lorenzo/5gEf1x01zuCOaA
http://catholictruth.net/CTNet_RC/en/archive.asp?d=20180403
Saturday, September 3, 2022
Phil Stern
Photography Appreciation
A self described "humble paparazzo," Phil Stern captured Hollywood celebrities in their most natural state.
Born on September 3, 1919, Stern was an American photographer who got his start with a camera as a war photographer in World War II. He earned a Purple Heart for his courage capturing US troops in combat. After his service, he settled in Los Angeles and started as a staff photographer for LOOK magazine.
Stern is recognized for capturing some of the most iconic portraits of Hollywood starts which included Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Louis Armstrong, and Ella Fitzgerald.
Marilyn Monroe (1953)
James Dean (1955)
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (1952)
Sources:
Wikipedia
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/phil-stern-james-dean-on-motorcycle-sitting-on-front-los-angeles
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/dec/19/phil-stern
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/dec/16/phil-stern-hollywood-photographer-in-pictures
Thursday, September 1, 2022
Daryl Hall & John Oates - Whole Oats
Music Appreciation
In September 1972, Daryl Hall and John Oates released their debut studio album, Whole Oates.
Prior to becoming a pop rock duo, Hall And Oates met at a band competition in Philadelphia in 1967. Discovering they had similar music interest, they began to collaborate. A few years later, they signed with Atlantic Records.
On May 28, 2015, British band Kitty, Daisy and Lewis performed with Daryl Hall I'm Sorry, the first song in the Whole Oates album, in an episode of Live from Daryl's House.
Complete Vinyl Record
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