When we were in San Francisco, the famous San Fran fog had taken the day off in exchange for record setting heat. But that didn’t stop us from experiencing it thanks to artist Fujiko Nakaya’s Fog Bridge. There was…
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There are artists who take a subject which might, in other hands, be cloying and saccharine, and create imagery that is interesting, intriguing and ok, perhaps a teeny bit creepy. It is in that contradiction that photographer Loretta Lux…
Many of us have a love/hate relationship with Instagram. Maybe we love that voyeuristic glimpse into other people’s lives. Perhaps we hate that their lives might seem more glamorous than our own. What I personally love is the way…
We all struggle against that ideal we have in our head of the person we feel we are supposed to be. Whether it be the strong head of household, the June Cleaverish mom or the anti-establishment free thinker. Artist…
A perfect blend of the beauty of nature and portraiture! I’m featuring the gorgeous photography of Sara K. Byrne in my Artist Watch on Escape Into Life today. Head on over to check it out! Sara K. Byrne on Escape…
There has been a poignant video being posted all over social media this week. By now, you’ve probably seen the Dove Real Beauty Sketches on YouTube. In it, we are confronted with the disparity between the way others see…
What does an artist do when he is gifted with classical skills yet wants his work to be modern and exciting and relevant? For painter Russ Noto, it means creating figures who strike traditional poses, but adding elements of…
One of my favorite things is to discover new views just by changing my angle of perspective. How much more interesting some things become when we look at them with different eyes! The work of San Francisco artist Travis…
Having lived the first ahem, three decades, of my life in the South, I completely understand why people are drawn to it. There is a co-mingling of worlds in the South, some owing to its sordid history, others a…
As I mentioned on Monday, I am battling a doozy of a cold. I’m on my third day of confinement and first day of being out of bed before 10am ( although I’m writing this at 10:37am and I’m…