Monday, 30 June 2025
Saturday, 28 June 2025
"Here Comes Summer" thanks to three artists who created paintings around the same era
I decided to try something I have always wanted to do. I found three paintings, all oil on canvas and all created around the same era. The background and figures definitely all go together!
Background: "Meadow in Bloom" ca. 1935 by Pierre Bonnard (French, 1867-1947)
*Women: "Dancing Girls on Carmel Beach" ca. 1930 by Arthur Frank Mathews (American, 1860-1945)
Girl & duck: "Feeding the Ducks" 1912 by Elmer Livingston MacRae (American, 1875-1953)
*The painting of the girls dancing on the beach is, of course, in color and is quite beautiful. But I only had an image of the painting in black & white.
Thursday, 26 June 2025
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Theme: Here Comes Summer
Could also be a belated tribute to Brian Wilson who passed away a couple of weeks ago.
Stepping aside as chief theme ponderer for now, thanks for all your fine collages
these past 2 months and looking forward to Angie's challenges.
- Ron
Monday, 23 June 2025
Saturday, 21 June 2025
Friday, 20 June 2025
Quiet...............................Those Noisy Neighbours
My noisy brain…QUIET!!!
My first reaction was, even when it is quiet in the room my brain is still bombarding me with thoughts..
I have crazy dreams EVERY night…..it never seems to shut up..
Luckily I am use to it now……I just distract it.
Thursday, 19 June 2025
QUIET is the WORD in an Octopus's Garden
AND these days "I'D LIKE TO BE UNDER THE SEA..."
Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Theme: Quiet
It could be collages featuring your quiet space,perhaps a favourite spot, real or imagined.
Tuesday, 17 June 2025
repeat: Sha Na Na Na Sha Na Na Na Na
This week, been mostly listening to the classic "Get A Job" by The Silhouettes on repeat.
Sunday, 15 June 2025
REPETITIVE art that is out of this world!
Upper left: "Pal-Ket" circa 1973 by Victor Vasarely (1906-1997)
Upper right: "Bird, Fish" 1961 by M.C. Escher (1898-1972)
Lower left: "Three Flags" 1958 by Jasper Johns (1930- )
Lower right: Untitled sculpture 1969 by Donald Judd (1928-1994)
Middle: "Arithmetic Composition" 1929 by Theo Van Doesburg (1883-1931)
Saturday, 14 June 2025
Repeat Repeat...................................Again Again
Repeat Repeat.........................Stamp Sheet (Oh no not another one!)
Friday, 13 June 2025
Repeat Repeat Repeat..................Frank Knits Himself
Thursday, 12 June 2025
Repetition repetition…
I decided to repeat the idea of last weeks collage …warship, birds and animals…what’s that about?
Then I just repeated adding stickers….kept me amused….
Wednesday, 11 June 2025
Theme: Repetition Repetition
Groundhog Days….etc..etc…
Sunday, 8 June 2025
Free For All........................For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite
Friday, 6 June 2025
Thursday, 5 June 2025
Wednesday, 4 June 2025
Theme: Freeee for all!
Free to do what you want, any old time.
Well, this week anyway. :D
Monday, 2 June 2025
To the MAX ... TOO MANY TEDDIES!
The largest collection of teddy bears is 20,367 items and was achieved by Istvánné Arnóczki (Hungary) in Harsány, Hungary, on 27 April 2019.
As a child, Arnóczki grew up in poverty and never owned a teddy bear. Her dream was to have one that she could cuddle at night. She bought her first ever teddy bear in 1978, when she was in her twenties, and never stopped buying more!
Her personal collection, now made up of items she has purchased and received as donations, is stored in the Teddy Museum her local village in Hungary.
So, although I could not possibly fit that many in one collage, I like to think this is what one wall of her living area might have looked like before she housed the collection.
Sunday, 1 June 2025
News, News, News to The Max!
"You're talking a lot, but you're not saying anything"...to quote Talking Heads.