Vintage Side Show Banners

Here are some choice Vintage Sideshow Banners including a Tattooed Girl with 1037 designs!

Eeka is quite the animal, reminds me of some erotic pop art I've seen.

Everyone loves sideshow banners.

Follow link for artists' names and more work:
Carl Hammer Gallery
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Roman Funerary Portraits

Roman Era Funerary Portaits. A whole page full of them. They are fascinating and beautiful. I love the eyes on these.

Thanks to Adam at Drawn! for finding this link:

Tour Egypt

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Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

"In the Tepidarium", 1881

"A Favorite Custom" 1909

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) was a Dutch/English Painter of Victorian Neo-classicism. CLICK TO ENLARGE IMAGES. A Tepidarium is a warm bath in a Roman bath complex, by the way. More images and info:

OCAIW

Art Renewal

Wikipedia

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Demons in Color

Did you know that "demons" are the creatures that the devil sends to earth to do his dirty work? My earlier post on demons was so popular that I thought I'd look around for more and I found this amazing website:

MONSTROUS

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Amazing Ukulele Exhibit in California

Photos courtesy of Tatiana Sizonenko, Museum of Music Making

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I want to tell you about this fabulous new exhibit that just opened at the Museum of Music Making in Carlsbad, CA (located at 5790 Armada Drive). It's called

The Ukulele and You.

Rick Turner sent me these pictures via Tatiana Sizonenko, curator of the museum. On the far left, top of the bottom picture is a new Rick Turner Ukulele painted by Mary Fleener. Rick Turner, who helped set up the show, invited me to participate, but I was a bit too slow with my "Tickler" . This historic and amazing exhibit will be up until the end of January!

Don't miss it.

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Teenar Has Something to Tell You

Photo by Lou Reimuller, creator of Teenar, Girl Guitar 1986

Teenar knows she's popular because zillions of guys have been "hitting" on her. So, she wants to tell you that she has a new outfit and she will model it soon. She is also supposed to be featured in Japan's Men's Fashion Magazine,
"Popeye",
in the September issue in an article about her creator, Lou.
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"The Charmer" Lure

"The Charmer" 1910 by The Charmer Minnow Company

"The Charmer" 2005 by Amy Crehore

I did a painting in 2005 called "The Charmer". Coincidentally, there is an antique fishing lure called "The Charmer" as well. I had not even heard of this lure when I named my painting.

I will soon be participating in a very unusual and exciting art show of hand-painted fishing lures. I will tell you more about this show in the near future!

The antique lure in the photo was "made by The Charmer Minnow Co., Springfield Missouri. Circa 1910. Commonly referred to as the Barber Pole Bait, the Charmer minnow is a classic old and antique fishing lure. The lure was created by F. W. Breder and J. H. Loyd. The Charmer Minnow has been found in 3 sizes, with or without eyes, and a assortment of colors."- read about lures and see a lot of fascinating antique fish lures here:

OLD FISHING LURE

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