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    Art.view: Let them eat ormolu  Sep 7, 2008
    The Syndicat provides deco-inspired shop fronts for each of the 95 invited exhibitors, but it does not insure their paintings, porcelain, furniture and jewels. The dealers pay those premiums, as well as 1,300 per square metre for their stands ( 40,000 is the minimum; double or even triple that is not rare) and tens of thousands more on d;cor when you include wining, dining and the other costs of wooing prospective customers, a dealer s total bill can easily exceed 500,000. (The Economist)

    In Maine, a toy story made artful  Sep 7, 2008
    Posters, comic books, drawings, original paintings and animation cells are on display with portraits and action scenes featuring the likes of Dick Tracy, Popeye, Lil' Abner, Krazy Kat, Betty Boop, and Charlie McCarthy. In a nod to more contemporary icons, the collection also includes Beatles toys, "Star Wars" action figures and "Alien" movie memorabilia. (Boston Globe)

    So Happy Together  Sep 7, 2008
    Pelissier complemented the two-dimensional paintings with three-dimensional accessories, like bulbous shelves with tall urns, a round mirror flanked by sinewy sconces (Pelissier makes it a practice to pair rounded mirrors with vertical lamps or light fixtures), and a spiky sculptural piece she spray-painted gold that sits atop a stack of books about marine life as an ode to the couple themselves. Gabriel, a former Navy SEAL, and Sarah, a former Peace Corps volunteer, met in St. Lucia. (Boston Globe)

    Through reality's lens, decisively  Sep 7, 2008
    To mark the centenary of the man who made "the decisive moment" one of the medium's defining concepts, the Art Institute of Chicago is drawing on its own collection to mount a show of Cartier-Bresson photographs as well as paintings, prints, drawings, and photographs by artists active in Paris during the 1920s and '30s. The city was the cultural capital of the world, and those were the decades of Cartier-Bresson's artistic formation. (Boston Globe)

    Saying yes is no fun, and no way to get ahead  Sep 7, 2008
    If you can't, put duck paintings on your walls, buy 10 red and blue striped ties, and learn how to always say "yes.". What advice in your book was critical to your success. (Boston Globe)

    Artist's Katrina-inspired work disappears from city streets  Sep 7, 2008
    A local artist inspired to put up hand-created artwork around the city following Katrina says most of the paintings are gone now ... The signs, which were paintings put on wood backgrounds, with simple, uplifting messages came to be symbols of the post-Katrina times, along with the many creative, hand-made street signs put up by residents. (Yahoo News -- Tropical Storms and Hurricanes)

    Pennsylvania Painters to be at the governors residence  Sep 7, 2008
    Curated by Lancaster-based artist and Harrisburg Art Association instructor John David Wissler, Pennsylvania Painters includes paintings from various artists depicting the Pennsylvania landscape ... The sizes vary greatly because some of the paintings are actually plein air paintings, paintings that were done in the open air at one time, says Wissler ... And then you have some paintings that were done in the studio which tend to then be larger paintings. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)

    London - Somerset House - Courtauld...  Sep 7, 2008
    Somerset House is an 18th century palace by the banks of the Thames with a fabulous art collection of Impressionist and Post Impressionist paintings, plus much more ... He wanted this to be a place where students could study art history in a setting of world-class paintings and fine architecture ... Samuel Courtauld was a lover of paintings and his personal wealth enabled him to collect the finest. (Suite101.com)

    BEAUTY AND THE BEHOLDER: Orangeburg women connect through their love of art  Sep 7, 2008
    "We had begun sanding the walls, which released paint dust into the air that we all inhaled. It was a very trying time. As a result, I had to find a way to feel good on the inside. When I would leave the doctor's office after finding out what they were going to do to treat my children, I would walk by the paintings. It made me feel better." ... "Since these old windows had been piling up for some time, I thought that maybe if I could put something on them that people would enjoy, we could sell... (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)

    Madison Slept Here  Sep 7, 2008
    Curators are researching documents, oral history, paintings, fabrics and nail holes to determine how to properly re-create each room. The restoration of the place that served as Madison's childhood home, presidential retreat and place of retirement is part of an effort to give Madison his due respect. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)

    Prepping, planning, preparing (89)  Sep 7, 2008
    After removing and packing paintings from the last exhibition, Hatchadoorian and her five- to six-person team patch holes in the walls and repaint every square inch before anything else can be done ... "It's something that will enhance the paintings, maybe it's a color within the painting itself, or whatever the work happens to be." ... Everything is hung on a center line at 56 inches from the ground, and a team of lighting specialists then use the gallery's lighting grid "to compliment the... (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)

    It's a busy September at Jewish Community Alliance  Sep 7, 2008
    His current show, titled "Multiscapes," consists of oil paintings that feature landscapes, seascapes andspace-scapes. Melinda Mooney-Cramer's work will be on display from Friday, Sept. 26, to Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Florida Times-Union)

    Rural scenes, optical art featured in exhibits at Tarble Arts Center  Sep 6, 2008
    With subjects like farm expos and carnivals, who would have guessed that paintings by James Oliver would be popular in New York City. Oliver s paintings have been exhibited at the George Billis Gallery since 2005, and at the Bowery Gallery and the Nexus Gallery, all in New York City ... His paintings are on view through Oct. 12 in an exhibition titled Rural Happenings at the Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)

    How outsiders get a raw deal  Sep 6, 2008
    There is much to like in this show, from the obsessive word pictures by John Patrick McKenzie of San Francisco to the work of Lisa Reid from Melbourne, whose paintings are growing in confidence and accomplishment with each exhibition. The strangest exhibitor may be Morton Bartlett, who surrounded himself with eerie sculptures of small children and photographed them in stereotypical costumes and poses. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Feature story: Full cycle  Sep 6, 2008
    It's also part of Hill's second show of bicycle paintings at Viewpoints Gallery in Los Altos ... Because of her bike-centered perspective, Hill is more likely to paint feet than facades, and many of her paintings have no people at all ... "Tuscan Tour, Day Three" is characteristic of Hill's paintings. (Palo Alto Online, CA)

     Southern Folk Artist To Visit Sebastopol  Sep 6, 2008
    Some of Webb s paintings have featured old house and barns, churches, lighthouses, cotton fields, antique shops, local buildings, dogwoods, magnolias and swamps ... Today her paintings hang in private collections throughout the United States and Mexico ... Her dream is to see her paintings in museums and galleries across the United States. (Forest Scott County Times, MS)

    County fair is in full swing  Sep 6, 2008
    At the Woods County Fair you can see flowers in vases, jugs and pots, arranged in wreaths and swags, pottery, paintings, crafts, embellished linens, embroidery, crochet and fashion designs and that s all in the first building. The Women s Building also contains food entries fresh baked, canned, preserved photographs by the hundreds and other beautiful items to admire. (Alva Review Courier, OK)

    Exhibit features tradition, modernity  Sep 6, 2008
    This growth could translate into a new art market for Indonesia, where the popularity of paintings has experienced a recent rise on the world art scene. One key to fiber art's appeal could be its variety. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)

     NB artists boat paintings, sculptures at Slough  Sep 6, 2008
    The World Link: NB artists boat paintings, sculptures at Slough. NB artists boat paintings, sculptures at Slough ... Hitch, popular North Bend artist, constructs one-of-a-kind frames for problematic paintings. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)

    Rare Raphael work up for auction  Sep 6, 2008
    The couple had never met, and so Raphael's paintings were to serve as an introduction - in a Renaissance version of the blind date. In his portrait, Lorenzo is seen dressed in a gold tunic and fur-lined cape, resplendent against a rich green background. (Yahoo News -- Art and Museums)

    Watercolor artist paints to evoke peace, tranquility  Sep 6, 2008
    Barbara Phelps likes to create a mood with her watercolor paintings of flowers and landscapes ... Her husband of more than 40 years, Ross, is an avid photographer and takes photos of the scenes she uses for the basis of her paintings ... Phelps said she should set a goal for her paintings because she would like to produce a whole body of new works. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)

    More of this story  Sep 6, 2008
    "In Progress," shown here, is one of those paintings ... She's been commissioned to do a lot of dog paintings, and even recreated the Lee Krasner paintings in the Pollock film. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)

    Artists take on the subject of war: TSL says it's time for a closer look  Sep 6, 2008
    Grier Honer is represented by two paintings of rifles, "The M16" and "The Kalashnikov," the latter being the weapon of choice for those whom the artist perceives as the oppressed, including rebels, revolutionaries, and insurgents who do not have access to the more technologically advanced and expensive weaponry of industrialized nations. Donna Huanca has contributed a 4-by-4-foot abstract map that includes Africa, South America and weapons created from scraps of fabric. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)

    Craft Revolution  Sep 6, 2008
    There are collages, paintings of skewed people, hand-sewn sock puppets, locally made pinwheels and mixed media by emerging artists from around the world ... In the dining room, small, framed paintings surround a large collage painting of buildings in a deep, blood red sky ... Laura KoepplinWhere she lives: LodiWhat she makes: Mixed media designs, including collage paintings. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)

    French pop artist Alain Jacquet dies at 69  Sep 6, 2008
    NEW YORK - Alain Jacquet, a French pop artist known for his reinterpretations of famous paintings, has died, the French Embassy said ... One of his best-known paintings recasts the impressionist giant Edouard Manet's "Dejeuner sur l'Herbe," which depicts a female nude picnicking with two fully clothed men. (Rapid City Journal, SD)

    Around Town -- Back to school means routine returns  Sep 5, 2008
    John Anastasia recently spoke at a meeting of the Scituate/Marshfield Rotary Club. Thu Sep 04, 2008, 05:00 PM EDT. (Scituate Mariner, MA)

    Laurence Eldridge  Sep 5, 2008
    An accomplished artist, Mrs. Eldridge s paintings grace the walls of many area homes. She enjoyed gardening, cooking and reading, but her greatest joy was spending time with and caring for her family. (New Iberia, LA)

    Artist's Katrina-inspired work disappears from city streets  Sep 5, 2008
    A local artist inspired to put up hand-created artwork around the city following Katrina says most of the paintings are gone now ... The signs, which were paintings put on wood backgrounds, with simple, uplifting messages came to be symbols of the post-Katrina times, along with the many creative, hand-made street signs put up by residents. (Yahoo News -- Tropical Storms and Hurricanes)

    Marie D. Courtright  Sep 5, 2008
    JoanTaylor Pohl wrote on Sep 2, 2008 12:59 PM:" Blessings to your familyGod has surely received an angelMay she and my Mother (Mary Taylor) enjoy catching up on all things!!I have one of Marie's paintings that I will treasure forever. ". Name. (Rensselaer Republican, IN)

    Dresden's art collections  Sep 5, 2008
    Augustus interests were varied, as are the objects that range from old masters paintings, to porcelain, to gems to armor ... This and many of the paintings are not covered by glass and, in a rarity for a major museum, you can get very close to the masterpieces. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)

    Dresden's Old World elegance  Sep 5, 2008
    Nicknamed Florence on the Elbe, Dresden s beauty was immortalized in the mid-1700s in the oil paintings of Italian artist Canaletto (aka Bernardo Bellotto, nephew of the famous painter who went by the same name). Those paintings are on display in the Old Masters Picture Gallery in the Zwinger complex. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)

    New antiques shop is 'beyond gorgeous'  Sep 5, 2008
    Whether it is my furniture, paintings, objets d art, or accessories, I want people to know that at Beyond Gorgeosity they will be surprised by what they see and that they can come here to find that elusive perfect side table, important American Impressionist oil painting, or that special vintage Italian light fixture that no one else has and that they won t see anywhere else. Every item in the shop is a singular piece that stands alone and was personally discovered and chosen by Levis. (Hingham Journal, MA)

    Nation gets to know once-obscure governor  Sep 5, 2008
    " In liberal San Francisco - where Obama made his notorious reference to bitter small-town voters clinging to guns and religion - several voters depicted Palin's nomination as pandering to women and religious conservatives. Bob Armstrong, who attends a Methodist church, was concerned that Palin's religious beliefs might be used for political ends. "Evangelicals have had unprecedented access to the White House in the last eight years, and Palin would bring more of that," he said. Armstrong, who... (Anchorage Daily News)

    27th annual Britt Draft Horse Show scheduled for Aug. 29-31  Sep 5, 2008
    Spectators are also invited to visit the commercial building with booths offering everything from souvenir t-shirts and commemorative belt buckles to model hitches, ceramics and gift items, paintings and prints, livestock equipment, and many other items of interest. Food and camping facilities are available on the grounds. (Forest City Summit, IO)

    Bisphenol A: If you're alarmed, learn why  Sep 5, 2008
    Her hero is the biologist , whose jellyfish paintings inspired snazzy chandeliers. Her favorite toast-spread is Marmite, a British delicacy made of yeast extract. (Los Angeles Times)

    Vizquel gives public peek at canvas  Sep 5, 2008
    Omar Vizquel's watercolor and oil paintings will be on display Thursday ... From 5-8 p.m. PT, the Caldwell Snyder Gallery in San Francisco will feature 30 of Vizquel's watercolor and oil paintings at his premiere gallery exhibition ... Many of his paintings are created from real-life moments, he said, while others draw on more intimate matters, such as relationships and the beauty of the human form. (MLB.com -- San Francisco Giants)

    UGA unveils new art school building on East Campus  Sep 5, 2008
    Hundreds of visitors strolled through the school's new building Thursday, perusing hundreds of paintings, drawings, sculptures and other art works by students and faculty. The tours followed a formal dedication, when UGA President Michael Adams and other university and Athens dignitaries ceremoniously welcomed the building, which actually opened with fall semester classes in August. (Athens Banner-Herald)

    The Chadds Ford Days Art Show turns attention to plein-aire style.  Sep 5, 2008
    Chadds Ford's tilted farmlands and conical hills were perfect for Pyle's plein-air painting sessions that introduced the young artists to the fine art of paintings executed in natural light ... " "Take a look at Andrew Wyeth's paintings ... " Cash prizes will be awarded to plein-air artists at Chadds Ford Days. Local architect John Milner and his wife have donated $1,000 for the best painting of an 18th or 19th century building in the area. Eric and Lee Miller, owners of the Chadds Ford Winery,... (The Delaware County Times, PA)

    Villanova gallery shows award-winner  Sep 5, 2008
    For Slupe, it is "the crisp edge and repetitious mark-making" that define her thickly-layered paintings. The straight-sided edge she sees as a basic life form, with the repeated mark- making being symbolic of the rhythms and pulses that play at the edge of human consciousness - heart beats, the act of breathing, the passing of a moment, cycles of life, of the moon. (The Delaware County Times, PA)

    Film by former Clevelanders shows transformative power of art  Sep 5, 2008
    He also became a recognized force in outsider art for his provocative paintings. Like the subject of his documentary, director Miller has reinvented himself. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)

    Artists Alley event to be held Friday in Mangum  Sep 5, 2008
    The shops feature paintings and other art, jewelry, stoneware, raku and ceramics and photography, all created by local and regional artists. Award-winning Artists Alley is located in a restored turn-of-the-century building west of the Courthouse Square in downtown Mangum. (Altus Times, OK)

    Obituaries for Friday, September 5, 2008  Sep 5, 2008
    She was a great artist and while living in Florida won the Purchase Award for one of her paintings at the Harris Co., where she was employed. She loved painting, animals and family gatherings. (Winona Daily News, MN)

    The celebration of sculpture  Sep 5, 2008
    The exhibit will be on display from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. and pieces will range from sculptures, paintings, photographs and fiber art to mixed media. Morning Song Gallery is located at 512 West Ave. NW, across from the Post Office in Lenoir. (Lenoir News Topic, NC)

    Sallu makes peace with AB  Sep 5, 2008
    After the two finally managed to break ice, it was Sallu who took the oppurtunity and promised Abhishek one of his personal paintings. Well, looks like Salman finally learnt the way of the world. (Times Now.tv)

    'Biker chic' gets a television audience  Sep 5, 2008
    Some of her paintings are being used in a new Fox series that premiered this month ... UVic is now home to Honour the Women, Elder's 10-part series of large oil paintings of notable Canadian women, including Olympic rowing medallist Silken Laumann, Victoria poet P.K. Page and singer Ann Mortifee. (Vancouver Sun)

    Cuts to arts funding has major implications  Sep 5, 2008
    So, in closing I would like to say that I am hopeful: hopeful that our elected officials are indeed remembering that it was we who elected them, hopeful that they will begin to realize that the paintings in their offices, the music on their car radios, the books that they read, the paint colours on their walls, and the theatre shows they attend are all part one of the main components of what makes us Canadian, namely culture; hopeful that they will recognize that a two-to-one return on... (Western Star)

    Damien Hirst: Bad Boy Makes Good  Sep 5, 2008
    Those include hundreds of "spot paintings," each a multicolored grid of little circles and named after a pharmaceutical product; "spin paintings" made by pouring paint onto a whirling disk; and "butterfly paintings" made by embedding dead butterflies in pigment and resin, sometimes in elaborate stained-glass-window formations, sometimes just attached here and there on the canvas. At Sotheby's the spin paintings are expected to fetch as much as $720,000 each, the spots as much as $1 ... For one... (Time.com)

    Coyne featured at Front Street Gallery  Sep 4, 2008
    Working in a representational style, Coyne s seascapes and landscapes of the shorelines and salt marshes of the South Shore to Cape Cod and the Islands are the subjects of many of his oil paintings ... His current paintings of landscapes and coastal views have been featured in the Boston Globe, local newspapers and on Chronicle. (Scituate Mariner, MA)

    Bloomington neurosurgeon rediscovers his love of painting  Sep 4, 2008
    There s no stopping me now, he said as he layered Summer Heat, surrounded by other paintings ... I looked at some of his paintings and thought He s got something, Gregor recalled. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)

    In Newport, a peek at how the rich garden  Sep 4, 2008
    He and the owner went on a shopping trip to England and purchased horse paintings and sculptures as well as antiques. The tartan upholstery and blankets come straight from the Lauren line. (Boston Globe)

    Jeptha Wade, 83, lawyer was trustee for Boston museums  Sep 4, 2008
    "His mother would say, 'All right, go out and walk for an hour,' " Emily Wade said of her husband's afternoon sojourns among paintings and sculptures. "And it was much nicer to walk through the museum than walk outside in the Cleveland winters.". (Boston Globe)

    September gets artistic shot in the arm  Sep 4, 2008
    Trude McDermott, one of the artists, writes in the catalog: "The artists in this exhibit present a rich and varied visual response to the subject of how alchemy and art relate to one another, posing questions about the meaning of transformation in their creative process and how they in turn are transformed in the act of creating."Yasuko Yamakawa presents "The Ghettoization of Emily" at Fig Tree Gallery, 644 Van Ness Ave.It features sculpture and paintings influenced by inner city culture and the... (Fresno Bee)

    Laurence Eldridge  Sep 4, 2008
    An accomplished artist, Mrs. Eldridge s paintings grace the walls of many area homes. She enjoyed gardening, cooking and reading, but her greatest joy was spending time with and caring for her family. (New Iberia, LA)

    Artist's Katrina-inspired work disappears from city streets  Sep 4, 2008
    A local artist inspired to put up hand-created artwork around the city following Katrina says most of the paintings are gone now ... The signs, which were paintings put on wood backgrounds, with simple, uplifting messages came to be symbols of the post-Katrina times, along with the many creative, hand-made street signs put up by residents. (Yahoo News -- Tropical Storms and Hurricanes)

    CC loses - scoring decision  Sep 4, 2008
    Giants SS Omar Vizquel is hosting an exhibit of his paintings in San Francisco today. Vizquel will donate a percentage from his paintings sold to the Giants Community Fund. (Cleveland.com -- Sports)

    Marie D. Courtright  Sep 4, 2008
    JoanTaylor Pohl wrote on Sep 2, 2008 12:59 PM:" Blessings to your familyGod has surely received an angelMay she and my Mother (Mary Taylor) enjoy catching up on all things!!I have one of Marie's paintings that I will treasure forever. ". Name. (Rensselaer Republican, IN)

    Pahadi miniature art back in market  Sep 4, 2008
    "Miniature art will never be on a par with the rest of the genres in terms of the number of paintings purchased but definitely in value. The market is very individualised at present.". Ghosh, who is currently cataloguing Sotheby's acquisitions of Pahadi miniatures and promoting them worldwide to attract buyers for its autumn sale, foresees three trends in the Pahadi miniature market. (India Times)

    When Butterflies take a Spin  Sep 4, 2008
    There are reports that White Cube, one of the galleries Hirst works with, is holding more than 200 paintings and sculptures by Hirst, valued at more than 100 million. Does the Hirst show confirm the fact that the west realises the importance of countries like India only when it has saturated the markets within its contours. (India Times)

    Pictured are Walter Brown, Jerry McDonald, Lila Bryan, Sylvia Chapman, Brenda Tabb, and Mary Williams, of the Thomaston Historical Preservation Committee.  Sep 4, 2008
    Doone presented the possibility of using local artists paintings or historic photos and having them enlarged and attached to the walls as a mural- with a frame built especially for the building and painting. Doone suggested this as a way to illustrate more of Thomaston s history and also to save money. (Thomaston Times, GA)

     Southern Folk Artist To Visit Sebastopol  Sep 4, 2008
    Some of Webb s paintings have featured old house and barns, churches, lighthouses, cotton fields, antique shops, local buildings, dogwoods, magnolias and swamps ... Today her paintings hang in private collections throughout the United States and Mexico ... Her dream is to see her paintings in museums and galleries across the United States. (Forest Scott County Times, MS)

    48 hours in the heart of Italy's wine country  Sep 4, 2008
    Take an early start to visit the town's museum in a former convent which houses a sizeable collection of local paintings representing the Sienese school of the 14th-16th century. If you are a history buff, visit an archaeological site in Poggio alla Civitella 3 km away from the town to see the remains of an Etruscan settlement dating back to the 4th century BC.. (MSNBC -- Travel)

    Jeweler, painter featured  Sep 4, 2008
    Her paintings are Western in theme and contemporary in style. She paints in oil pastel, gouache and soft pastel. (Montana Standard, MT)

    Some men carry 'commitment-phobia' gene  Sep 4, 2008
    " Rosie Mestel, Health section deputy editor, studied genetics before abandoning flies, fungi and DNA for health/medical writing. Her hero is the biologist , whose jellyfish paintings inspired snazzy chandeliers. Her favorite toast-spread is Marmite, a British delicacy made of yeast extract. Her least-favorite word is "millenniums. " Susan Brink has made health and medicine her beat for 26 of her 28 years in the business. Shes covered a wide range of disease and health policy stories, and is... (Los Angeles Times)

    'Fall' is visual treat that fails  Sep 4, 2008
    Like a series of paintings in a gallery, they are appealing enough aesthetically to carry the audience. The other half of this movie is less successful. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    DOWN ON THE FARM: Antique Tractor and Engine Show highlights S.C.'s agricultural past  Sep 4, 2008
    A rural art exhibit featuring paintings by members of the Berkeley County Artists Guild will be on display in the Berkeley County Museum. Craft specialists in the areas of blacksmithing, basket weaving, chair caning, furniture making, grist milling and saw mill operations will demonstrate their skills and products in the Crafts of the Lowcountry exhibit at the Berkeley County Museum. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)

    Turner to be shown with Masters  Sep 4, 2008
    The paintings of JMW Turner are to be exhibited alongside those of the Old Masters for the first time ... When he bequeathed two paintings to the National Gallery, it was on the condition that they be hung next to his two favourite works by Lorrain. (BBC News -- Entertainment)

    Creative minds collaborate for art project at Delaplaine  Sep 4, 2008
    Moulden accented Sibbison's works with his highly textural acrylic paintings. "For the most part," Moulden said, "I would say this was an enjoyable experience for me.". (Carroll County Times, MD)

    Rare Raphael work up for auction  Sep 4, 2008
    The couple had never met, and so Raphael's paintings were to serve as an introduction - in a Renaissance version of the blind date. In his portrait, Lorenzo is seen dressed in a gold tunic and fur-lined cape, resplendent against a rich green background. (Yahoo News -- Art and Museums)

    Virtual decorating helps you try before you buy  Sep 4, 2008
    My default position has always been to paint the walls white and cover the floors with gray wall-to-wall carpeting and let the paintings and photos provide the color. The photograph of the simple country kitchen online is static - you can't move the furniture around or shift the view 90 degrees as you can on other sites. (AZCentral -- Home)

    Lodi church to have carnival to promote relief in Darfur  Sep 4, 2008
    Main feature: Big, white tent with paintings depicting problems in Darfur region of Sudan. Entertainment: Samoan dancers from Suisun-Fairfield United Church of Christ. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)

    'Gossip' glam  Sep 4, 2008
    "Blair is moving in a very Art Deco feel, mirroring the paintings of Tamara de Lempicka," Daman said, referring to the Polish painter. "And Serena feels like a Klimt to me; Chuck Bass ( ) as a young circa Hitchcock's 'Marni.' ". (Chicago Tribune)

    Bloomington neurosurgeon rediscovers his love of painting  Sep 3, 2008
    There s no stopping me now, he said as he layered Summer Heat, surrounded by other paintings ... I looked at some of his paintings and thought He s got something, Gregor recalled. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)

    Exhibit playfully melds text and video  Sep 3, 2008
    Text can be problematic even in paintings; it often competes with the visual, rather than supplements it. One video here delightfully melds the two: Lior Neiger's "Intellectual Property" animates those two words, stretching them, replicating them, and bouncing them until they expand into a bar code and nearly shed their textual meaning. (Boston Globe)

    Laurence Eldridge  Sep 3, 2008
    An accomplished artist, Mrs. Eldridge s paintings grace the walls of many area homes. She enjoyed gardening, cooking and reading, but her greatest joy was spending time with and caring for her family. (New Iberia, LA)

    Marie D. Courtright  Sep 3, 2008
    JoanTaylor Pohl wrote on Sep 2, 2008 12:59 PM:" Blessings to your familyGod has surely received an angelMay she and my Mother (Mary Taylor) enjoy catching up on all things!!I have one of Marie's paintings that I will treasure forever. ". Name. (Rensselaer Republican, IN)

     Southern Folk Artist To Visit Sebastopol  Sep 3, 2008
    Some of Webb s paintings have featured old house and barns, churches, lighthouses, cotton fields, antique shops, local buildings, dogwoods, magnolias and swamps ... Today her paintings hang in private collections throughout the United States and Mexico ... Her dream is to see her paintings in museums and galleries across the United States. (Forest Scott County Times, MS)

    Warhol's pop art and politics coming to N.H. museum  Sep 3, 2008
    "Andy Warhol: Pop Politics," will display the artist's paintings, prints, drawings and photographs of political figures. Famous faces in the show include John F. Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Queen Elizabeth II, and Mao Zedong, among others. (USA Today -- Travel)

    Jeweler, painter featured  Sep 3, 2008
    Her paintings are Western in theme and contemporary in style. She paints in oil pastel, gouache and soft pastel. (Montana Standard, MT)

    At the Senior Center: Sept. 4-12  Sep 3, 2008
    Paintings and prints by Evelyn Berde. The brilliant exhibit of paintings and prints by the Brookline artist Evelyn Berde is simply too good to miss. (Brookline TAB, MA)

    Two painted breasts at a time  Sep 3, 2008
    James created The Joyful Bosom Affair, an auction that features 111 paintings with a notable shared motif: Each artist painted her (or, in six cases, his) breasts and pressed them on the canvas, then those impressions were painted into an amazing array of images ranging from a field of flowers to a seabird, "Betsy, The Blue Footed Booby.". Paintings will sell for $250 each and will be displayed Oct. 3-5 at Bend's Mirror Pond Plaza ... James hopes to add to the fundraising by selling T-shirts... (OregonLive, OR -- News)

    Shine greets fairgoers  Sep 3, 2008
    Paintings, photographs and home crafts showed great skill and care in their production. In the neighboring barn were various poultry with ornate feathers, fluffy Angora rabbits and floppy eared Lops. (Grants Cibola County Beacon, NM)

    Joan Acocella: Did a sixteenth-century heretic grasp the nature of the cosmos?  Sep 3, 2008
    A selection of paintings by Brooklyn artist Kehinde Wiley. 00002870. (New Yorker)

    News : Mole Lake Heritage Day organizers spearhead cabin restoration project  Sep 3, 2008
    In one corner, Anthony Gauthier from Keshena sold his Native American paintings. Velma Landru made squaw bread from flour, salt, sugar, baking powder and water in the traditional style she learned from her mother. (Forest Republican, WI)

    Schoultz weighs in on globalization in new show  Sep 3, 2008
    A: This show will consist of a large-scale installation that will include large sculptures, paintings and drawings. The centerpiece will be a large version of the scales of justice, with one side of the scale being weighed down by another scale and the other side will be ripping apart a bridge. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Photo Release -- Wall Street Journal Unveils Highly Anticipated WSJ., a Glossy Lifestyle Magazine Targeting Journal Readers  Sep 3, 2008
    Now they're looking closer to home where surprising values can be found among the works of American Folk Art masters such as Edward Hicks, who will be represented by two iconic 'Peaceable Kingdom' paintings going under the hammer at rival auction houses this fall. Economies of Scale: Why buy a luxury box when you can buy an entire sport. (Primezone Releases)

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