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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College
The Decatur Fine Arts Exhibition at the Dana Fine Arts Building on the Agnes Scott campus, runs in tandem with the city’s annual Arts Festival from Memorial Day weekend to June 5th. Curated by Dalton Gallery’s director, Lisa Alembik, the … Continue reading
Posted in Art reviews, criticism and blogs, Daily meanderings, Paintings
Tagged agnes scott college, anne dennington, architecture, dalton gallery, Dana Fine Arts building, Decatur Arts Festival, exhibition, fine art, flux projects, gail vogels, gina webb, john portman, Lisa Alembik, painting, Rick Berman
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New paintings and a new climate
It’s hot here in Atlanta at the end of May. Upper 80’s, 90 degrees with no rain for the garden in the last two weeks or more. Friends have warned that the heat intensifies and continues until September. I lived … Continue reading
Posted in Daily meanderings, New Work, Paintings
Tagged abstract, art, contemporary art, fine art, modern art, oil, original painting, painting
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Decatur Spring Garden Tour, Sunday
Continuing my photo essay on the Decatur Garden Tour, here are Sunday’s finds. I volunteered in a lovely garden and my shift partner coincidentally lived in my neighborhood; we spent a very enjoyable afternoon chatting and welcoming visitors. The time … Continue reading
Posted in Daily meanderings, Gardens
Tagged Atlanta, community, decatur, gardens, georgia, oakhurst community gardens, urban gardening
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Decatur Spring Garden Tour, Saturday
It was the perfect spring weekend for attending the Decatur Garden Tour, an annual event in its 23rd year. The ticket included both days and a saturday evening twilight tour and entertainment at Rose Hill Garden. On saturday and sunday … Continue reading
Posted in Daily meanderings, Gardens
Tagged Atlanta, community, decatur, gardens, georgia, oakhurst community gardens, urban gardening
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Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation
It’s not often that one finds a space as grand as the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation in such an out of the way location. Watkinsville is a town, village really, twenty minutes south of Athens and an hour or so … Continue reading
The Vogel collection at the High Museum of Art
I hadn’t been to see the High Museum of Art’s permanent exhibit since 1997, when I left to take an interactive TV job in San Francisco. I specifically went today to see the Vogel exhibit that closes June 5th; Fifty … Continue reading
Spring paintings
I took a couple of months earlier in the spring to complete a large commissioned painting and have just recently gotten back to other work. This painting was inspired by my first spring back in Atlanta after many years, along … Continue reading
Posted in Daily meanderings, New Work, Paintings
Tagged abstract, art, avondale, beethoven, cat, fine art, jerald melberg, oak tree, oil, original painting, painting, Quinlan art center, Razumovsky, spring, trees, vega string quartet
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