Linnea Tobias

Art Appreciation

While surfing one of my favorite art blogs, Art Odyssey, I came across a painting of an Eastern bluebird standing on a abstract circular pattern branch with two large flower bursts of magenta and orange in the background. The painting titled, "Eastern Bird #3" is by Washington artist Linnea Tobias.

Tobias is known for her incorporating textile design and patterns with her watercolor and acrylic paintings of birds, trees, and plants.

You can see more of her work HERE.

Expect to Fly via linneatobias

Eastern Bird #3 via artodyssey1

Toast and Eggs via sirjohnlawesart

Sources:

http://linneatobias.com/
https://www.facebook.com/linneatobias/
https://www.etsy.com/shop/LinneaTobias
http://linneatobias.blogspot.com/
http://sirjohnlawesart.blogspot.com/2015/01/together-and-or-apart-reflections-still.html
http://artodyssey1.blogspot.com/2013/12/linnea-tobias.html

Spacehog - In the Meantime

Music Appreciation

"In the Meantime" is a song by English-American alternative rock band Spacehog, from their debut album Resident Alien. It hit the top of the U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The band was formed in 1994 when Antony Langdon and Jonny Cragg met at a New York City espresso bar.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Meantime_(Spacehog_song)
http://www.radioparadise.com/rp_2.php#name=songinfo&song_id=20208

Pattie Boyd

Fashion Model Appreciation

Pattie Boyd is probably best known as an English fashion model.

Born on March 17, 1944, Boyd started her modeling career in 1962, soon after moving to London. She was cast for a role in the Beatles' 1964 film, A Hard Day's Night, where she met George Harrison. About two years later, they were married.

Due to infidelity, alcohol and drugs, their marriage failed, and they divorced in 1977. Boyd then married Eric Clapton in 1979.

Pattie Boyd is also a photographer. She has exhibited a collection of photographs of Harrison and Clapton, titled Through the Eye of a Muse, internationally. You can see her photographs HERE.

Pattie Boyd and the Rolling Stones
by John French via alfredogarcia70 

Pattie Boyd posing on a park bench by Michael Ward via pleasurephoto

Pattie Boyd for Vogue by Norman Parkinson via pleasurephoto

Sources:

http://www.pattieboyd.co.uk/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattie_Boyd
http://lottieslott.blogspot.com/2015/10/my-favourite-pattie-boyd-photos-i-60s.html
http://truthaboutthebeatlesgirls.tumblr.com/page/69
https://pleasurephoto.wordpress.com/category/pattie-boyd/
http://fuckinpattieboyd.tumblr.com/page/2
http://beatlephotoblog.com/george-and-patti-1972
https://alfredogarcia70.wordpress.com/2015/03/17/happy-birthday-pattie-boyd/pattie-boyd-rolling-stones/
https://simritadhillon.wordpress.com/2015/03/17/happy-birthday-patti-hansen-and-pattie-boyd/
http://lifeofthebeatles.blogspot.com/2010/02/pattie-boyd-pictures_23.html

Anna Atkins

Photography Appreciation

Born in Kent, England on March 16, 1799, Anna Atkins, an English botanist, is considered the first person to publish a book illustrated with photographic images. By many, she is considered the first woman to create a photograph.

She learned the "photographic drawing" or calotype technique from photography pioneer William Henry Fox Talbot, a family friend.

You can see more of her cyanotypes HERE.

Dictyota dichotoma, in the young state;
and in fruit via scientificamerican

Peacock Feathers via blog.hrc.utexas.edu

Poppy via vam.ac.uk

Sources:

http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/1507/anna-atkins-british-1799-1871/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Atkins
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/the-surprising-subject-of-the-first-book-of-photographs/
http://blog.hrc.utexas.edu/tag/anna-atkins/
http://usbuzzblog7.blogspot.com/2015/03/anna-atkins-at-lherbier-through-lens.html
https://blog.fotolia.com/us/2015/03/16/female-first-in-photography-anna-atkins/

Dance: Chris Brown feat. Usher - Party

Choreography: Brian Esperon

via: Brian Esperon

Album Cover: Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo

Album Cover

Album: Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo
Released: March 14, 1995
Photographer: Vance Gellert
Model: Carl Gellert

Sources:

http://thefw.com/album-cover-models-a-boy-named-goo/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Boy_Named_Goo

Cosplay... Is An Art: Madrid Japan Weekend

via HerzloCast