More of this story Oct 3, 2008
He also has a fondness for landscape art and plans to produce prints of his landscapes in the future. Though he has over 55 sold out limited editions already to his credit, John C. Green's career is just beginning. (Tyndall Tribune & Register, SD)
Alf Crossley: The Kootenays in Brus... Aug 22, 2008
Crossley's paintings incorporate, not only Modernism or elements of natural settings, but advancement of 2-dimensional landscape art into the 21st century (Part 2 of 3). BC's distinctive wilderness has inspired and nurtured such a varied abundance of accomplished landscape painters as Emily Carr, Jack Shadbolt, Toni Onley, Paul Arness, Ann Kipling and Maxwell Bates, representing a formidable tradition for Canadian painters like Alf Crossley. (Suite101.com)
Exhibit offers fresh view of local landscape art Jun 19, 2008
Early Spring by John Williard Raught, circa 1927, part of the Everhart Museum Collection, will be one of the pieces on display at the new exhibit Art of the Land. What: Art of the Land: John Willard Raught and the Continuing Nepa Landscape Tradition When: Friday through Sept. 1 Where: Everhart Museum, Mulberry Street Details: Gallery hours: Monday, Thursday and Friday, noon to 4 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Adults, $5/seniors and students, $3/children ages 6 to 12,... (Scranton Times, PA)
Valley Forward opens nominations for Environmental Excellence Awards Jun 19, 2008
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Celebrity voices sell Jun 9, 2008
" Co-director John Stevenson says he can take up to 15 takes to get the correct intonation and timing on a single word. Though computer-generated animation has revolutionized movies, the initial process of the creating Kung Fu Panda, which has been in production for the past four years, was the same laborious process used in Disney studios in the 1930s. Artists begin with sketched-out storyboards, which are assembled and provided with temporary music and voices. As the storyboards are developed,... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Flag Day Fun for the Entire Family Jun 3, 2008
Several activities will also be held throughout the day, including a natural history walk, childrens physical fitness training and landscape art workshop ... Landscape Art Workshop: 1:30p. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Helen Escobedo at Yorkshire Sculpture Park May 29, 2008
Escobedo's interest in the cylindrical form of baled hay, its monolithic presence in fields across Europe and traditional pastoral connections within British landscape art, has informed the development of a new site-specific piece at the Sculpture Park. This exciting work comprises twenty cylindrical sculptures sited in a square acre of land in the Country Park. (AbsoluteArts.com)
My fairytale landscape May 8, 2008
Rachel Whiteread grew up near the site for the planned 'Angel of the South. She explains how its industrial expanses have inspired her life's work. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Monet, Turner a money churner Feb 1, 2008
"You won't ever see any of these works together again as there isn't a single collection in the world that has this whole gamut of 19th-century landscape art," he said. The gallery is likely to work with tourism authorities to pitch for international visitors. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Letters: Murals beautify otherwise drab buildings throughout town Nov 28, 2007
Regarding recent letter to the editor, (Crescent City murals are pass, stagnant and hollow'," Nov. 24). M.J. Berry, with a little knowledge of the history of graffiti, feels qualified to pontificate on matters that are purely opinion, and not fact. Some people, with little esthetic sensibility, have mis-placed respect for so-called "Modern Art," while most people consider it pure garbage. Boths sides see the same thing from opposite perspectives, but both views are simply personal opinions.... (Daily Triplicate)
The Do-it-Yourself Japanese Garden Nov 24, 2007
Yet, today, more people are intrigued by the beauty of this landscape art form. Few homeowners have the space or funds to install an Emperor s Tea Garden; however, many have prime areas in the landscape to facilitate the same design elements on a lesser scale. (Suite101.com)
Diversity in 'Color of the Land' Jul 8, 2007
Scott G. Winterton, Deseret Morning NewsLandscape Art Show jurors Ruby Chacon, left, Brad Teare and Edie Roberson go over paintings. The words "Color of the Land," a fixed phrase in the title of the Deseret Morning News/Days of '47 Landscape Art Show, were established to encourage the portrayal of Earth's diversity more specifically, the variety of Utah's terrain ... They need more representation in Utah, and the Landscape Art Show is a venue willing to exhibit each. (Deseret News)
Just Among Friends May 31, 2007
The company has a combined natural environmental interest in landscape art and forestry. Reid explained that Jackson is a neat little western town about the size of Philadelphia, and similarly is built around a square. (Philadelphia Neshoba Democrat, MS)
Thousands turn out for Carlsbad street fair May 7, 2007
Vendors sold beautiful landscape art where, instead of brush strokes, the scenes were hand embroidered on silk canvases. There were hats of all shapes and sizes; tie-dyed sun dresses; jackets that could be worn 10 different ways; grinning cats made out of gourds; mounted butterflies; beef jerky, elk jerky, buffalo jerky, turkey jerky. (North County Times)
On a suburban dig with Mombassa and the divine May 2, 2007
Nicknames, a fascination with fibro homes and his childhood in New Zealand are some of the personal revelations in Golden Sandals: The Art of Reg Mombassa, the first documentary to examine the inspiration behind O'Doherty's suburban landscape art and his more surreal work for the surfwear label Mambo ... Keenan believes O'Doherty's landscape art missed out on the critical acclaim given to other "serious" artists because of the commercial art he did for Mambo. (Sydney Morning Herald)
MOA Exhibit Offers Look at Impressionism Feb 14, 2007
At the beginning of the Barbizon period, landscape art was considered a lower level of art. Artists typically worked for nobility or for churches creating mostly portraits and religious paintings. (The Daily Universe, UT)
Sunset writer rooted in city Feb 11, 2007
With 140 stunning photographs by landscape art photographer Tom Gamache, the book offers the grace and beauty of a coffeetable book, which it was first intended to be. When you start reading it, you see it is more. (Lompoc Record, CA)
A Chinese miner's paper-cut production Jan 23, 2007
UPDATED: 09:44, January 23, 2007. Copyright by People's Daily Online, all rights reserved. (People's Daily Online, China)
