here-comes-summer: BBQ Dreams...

"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.

A place on the sun

 Guest staying so I challenged myself to doing a very quick collage…

I could only add two things….

Here Comes Summer..............................Adam And Eve & Pinch Me

Theme: Here Comes Summer

A summer special! All things bright & sunny & holiday mode.

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

Quiet......................................Ear Muffs Ear Muffs!

quiet: Books + Libraries

A quiet time reading a book - always liked that.

Quiet...............................Those Noisy Neighbours

One from the archives.

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.

QUIET is the WORD in an Octopus's Garden

 I have house guests this weekend into next week so I thought I would collage today!

AND these days "I'D LIKE TO BE UNDER THE SEA..."

By the way, the girl is from a painting by Fairfield Porter (1907-1975) entitled "The Screen Porch" 1964. I used another portion of the painting in a collage I made this past March for The Kollage Kit entitled "Happy Camper". This young lady has been sitting on my worktable looking for a place in one of my creations!

Theme: Quiet

It’s difficult to find a quiet place or moment these days with the omnipresent 24/7 media.

It could be collages featuring your quiet space,perhaps a favourite spot, real or imagined.

repeat: Sha Na Na Na Sha Na Na Na Na

Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip Sha-na na-na, sha-na na-na na (Ba doo) Sha-na na-na, sha-na na-na na (Ba doo) Sha-na na-na, sha-na na-na na (Ba doo) Sha-na na-na, sha-na na-na na, ba Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip Mm mm mm mm mm mm, Get a Job

This week, been mostly listening to the classic "Get A Job" by The Silhouettes on repeat.

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)

Repeat Repeat...................................Again Again

A page from my sketchbook.

Repeat Repeat.........................Stamp Sheet (Oh no not another one!)

Made from old colour supplement magazine page dredged up from Dave's huge magazine pile. I went through a few to find useful pages and clippings and this was one. Not sure of the date? Noughties? Michael Jackson was one of the people - mostly film stars - TV stars. Can to recognise any now they have been changed slightly? Repetition of some of the words and numbers.

Repeat Repeat Repeat..................Frank Knits Himself

From the archives. From the archives.

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….

Theme: Repetition Repetition

Collages featuring the idea of repetitive patterns, manufacturing, printing & photcopying, Groundhog Days,

Groundhog Days….etc..etc…

Free For All........................For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite

From the archives. From 2005. Using elements from the poster that inspired John Lennon to write the song that was a highlight on the Sgt. Pepper album.

free-for-all: Sunday ATCs

FREE for ALL -- Portrait of Andromeda

 

Free For All...............Sketchbook Pages

Free for all

 This is what happens if I don’t have a theme…:)

No idea what this is all about !

Theme: Freeee for all!

Not had one of these for a while.

Free to do what you want, any old time.

Well, this week anyway. :D

To the MAX ... TOO MANY TEDDIES!

 I GOOGLED "Teddy Bear Collectors" and read this:

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.

To The MAX..........................Clutterfication Mode

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