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Sunday, February 22, 2015

Emma at the DIA

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Saturday, February 21, 2015

Friday, February 20, 2015

Stuck inside so I am trying to stay amused. Found 3 on-line editing programs that I am having fun with. Fotosketcher is the program that I used on the above picture. It turns photos into a painting. There are choices like watercolor, oil, pencil sketch etc. The other two are Picadilo and piZap. piZap has a cutting tool which I don't have now. Looking forward to playing around with all of these.

I really want to get outside for a walk but it is impossible......at 12noon today it has reached 0 degrees. Too dangerous for me to be out walking. I bet there are some beautiful scenes at the parks and I am missing them. Next summer I will be asking myself why I didn't take more snow pictures.

I think my photography class will be starting soon. Waiting to hear from Jay as to when we will meet to plan our shoots. Sure am looking forward to that!.

This is our group from last spring....we were at the zoo. That is Barb on the left end, then me. In the back is Mary Jo, Jay and Steve. This was the shoot where I got the great Polar Bear photos!

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Flowers in a Glass Vase

This is one of my favorite paintings at the DIA! It is by Dutch painter Rachel Ruysch.

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An interesting side story. I read a gardening book by the English writer Beverly Nichols (who by the way was a gardener just as a hobby). He wanted to replicate this flower arrangement. He could find every flower exactly except for the red and white Parrot Tulips. During WWII, he was wounded in Africa. While he was being carried down a mountain on a stretcher he spotted the Parrot Tulip. He asked them to stop and dig up the bulb and eventually carried it back to England where he planted it in his garden. Eventually, he was able to duplicate this flower arrangement exactly.

Dutch Masters

Whenever I go to the DIA, I always end up in the same area...modern art, which I really don't like. The last visit I made a point of going to the 3rd level which, among other things, houses the Dutch Golden Age. Rarely would I take photos of paintings but these are some of my favorites. The light is fantastic. The painting calls you from across the room. I did make a few notes on some, not all, of the paintings. Hope you enjoy and visit the DIA . It is a first class art museum.