Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Sunday, September 20, 2015
Julie Bell
Art Appreciation
Born in Texas, Julie Bell is best recognized as a former body builder and fantasy model for her husband Boris Vallejo. But Bell is also a very talented illustrator and painter.
You can see more of her beautiful work HERE.
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| Shadows via artodyssey1 |
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| Silver Surfer via mariaxhe |
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| Tempest via mariaxhe |
Sources:
http://www.juliebell.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Bell
http://www.imaginistix.com/
http://insideyourart.com/artists/Julie-Bell
http://fantasy.art.passion.free.fr/news.php
http://archivesofkhazad-dum.blogspot.com/2011/05/julie-bell-hobgoblin.html#.VFU27PnF8xE
http://mike-destasio.blogspot.com/2011/01/julie-julie-julie.html
http://artodyssey1.blogspot.com/2013/08/boris-vallejo-and-julie-bell.html
http://mariaxhe.blogspot.com/2009/11/julie-bell_08.html
http://centaurican.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/best-of-the-bunch-6-from-various-media/centaur-by-julie-bell/
Friday, September 18, 2015
Dan Eldon
Photography Appreciation
Recently, our society has seen images that have triggered international response, such as the image of the young Syrian refugee boy whose dead body washed up on the Turkey coast.
I came across a story of an extraordinary human being whose life was taken too early. Dan Eldon was a English-born Kenyan photojournalist and activist who was one of the youngest Reuters photojournalist known for his photographs that covered the war and famine in Somalia. His photographs, which were published in international periodicals, brought attention to Somalia.
On July 12, 1993, he and three colleagues were stoned to death by an angry mob in Mogadishu. What he left behind were his journals filled with collages, photographs, and drawings of his life experiences and his thoughts.
You can learn more about this incredible person HERE.
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| via thealteredpage |
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| via blakemycoskie |
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| via howtorideagiraffe |
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Eldon
http://www.daneldon.org/
http://blakemycoskie.blogspot.com/2011/01/journey-is-destination-being-inspired.html
http://thealteredpage.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-journey-is-inspiration-call-for.html
https://howtorideagiraffe.wordpress.com/inspiration-2/inspiration/
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
My Old Comic Book Collection
| COMIC | NO. | DATE | PRICE | APPROX. VALUE |
| FLASH | 53 | Aug-91 | $1.00 | $9.99 |
| SUPERMAN | 82 | Oct-93 | $2.00 | $5.99 |
| WAR OF THE GODS | 1 | Sep-91 | $1.75 | $4.99 |
| DAREDEVIL | 295 | Aug-91 | $1.00 | $3.00 |
| DAREDEVIL | 297 | Oct-91 | $1.00 | $4.00 |
| DEATHLOK VS. DOOM | 3 | Sep-91 | $1.75 | $2.00 |
| GHOST RIDER | 17 | Sep-91 | $1.75 | $4.00 |
| SLEEPWALKER | 3 | Aug-91 | $1.00 | $5.00 |
| SPIDER-MAN | 14 | Sep-91 | $1.75 | $5.95 |
| THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN | 352 | Oct-91 | $1.00 | $2.00 |
| THE INFINITY GAUNTLET | 2 | Aug-91 | $6.00 | $8.00 |
| THE INFINITY GAUNTLET | 3 | Sep-91 | $2.50 | $4.99 |
| THE INFINITY GAUNTLET | 4 | Oct-91 | $2.50 | $6.00 |
| THE INFINITY GAUNTLET | 5 | Nov-91 | $2.50 | $20.00 |
| THE INFINITY GAUNTLET | 6 | Dec-91 | $2.50 | $5.00 |
| THE INFINITY WAR | 3 | Aug-92 | $2.50 | $2.99 |
| THE LETHAL FOES OF SPIDER-MAN | 1 | Sep-93 | $1.75 | $2.00 |
| THE SILVER SURFER | 60 | Dec-91 | $1.00 | $3.00 |
| THE SILVER SURFER | 58 | Nov-91 | $1.00 | $2.00 |
| THE SILVER SURFER | 55 | Sep-91 | $1.00 | $10.00 |
| THE SILVER SURFER | 57 | Oct-91 | $1.00 | $2.00 |
| WEAPON X | 84 | Sep-91 | $1.25 | $5.75 |
| WHAT IF… SPIDERMAN | 31 | Nov-91 | $1.25 | $4.50 |
| WOLVERINE | 46 | Sep-91 | $1.75 | $5.50 |
| WOLVERINE | 45 | Sep-91 | $1.75 | $5.50 |
| X-FORCE | 1 | Aug-91 | $1.50 | $4.00 |
| X-MEN | 1 | Oct-91 | $1.50 | $15.00 |
| X-MEN ADVETURES | 1 | Nov-92 | $1.25 | $19.00 |
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Sunday, September 13, 2015
Joel Peter Witkin
Photography Appreciation
Welcome to The Freak Show. The place you'd probably hear Nine Inch Nails in the background as you walk through a dark gallery with Joel Peter Witkin's work hanging along the walls. There you would see two decapitated heads kissing or photos of a hermaphrodite Venus.
Joel Peter Witkin is an American photographer best known for his subjects which are either corpses, cadaver pieces, or live individuals who are either malformed or have sexual oddities. The technique used in developing the photos adds to the troubling and disturbing images.
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Untitled via stufftoblowyourmind
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The Kiss (1982) via mathilda-herve
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Venus Preferred to Christ, Paris (1997) via artnet
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Sources:
http://v1.zonezero.com/exposiciones/fotografos/witkin2/
http://www.art-forum.org/z_Witkin/gallery.htm
http://www.emptykingdom.com/featured/joel-peter-witkin/
http://mathilda-herve.blogspot.com/2009/12/transgressive-art-why-are-we-as-society.html
http://www.kenweingart.com/blog/interview-joel-peter-witkin/
http://blog.art21.org/2011/10/06/on-view-now-the-curious-case-of-night-scented-stock/witkin_lebaiser/
http://www.ateliervagabond.com/blog/2012/06/29/the-moral-questions-ofwitkins-photographs/#.VUGO8PnF-So
http://newanalogue.blogspot.com/2011/05/joel-peter-witkin.html
http://www.artnet.com/artists/joel-peter-witkin/
http://www.stufftoblowyourmind.com/blog/artatomical-joel-peter-witkins-harvest/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel-Peter_Witkin
Saturday, September 12, 2015
Josie and the Pussycats
On September 12, 1970, Josie and the Pussycats premiered on CBS. The 16 episode cartoon series was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions.
Characters included Josie (the redhead), Valerie (the blonde), and Melody (the first regularly appearing black character in a Saturday morning cartoon show).
Other characters included Alexander Cabot III (a Shaggy-like manager), Alexandra Cabot, Alan (the roadie, who looks likes Fred from Scooby-Doo), and Sebastian the cat.
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