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Contemplation

Detail of Face in "Snake Tamer's Ditty" Copyright 2007 Amy Crehore

Do you know how many times I painted this face over and over again and wiped it off and sanded it down? Neither do I. Too many times to even count! It's a completely made up face...straight out of my imagination.

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CRANKbait!! Online Exhibition!

A most unusual art show is going on now! Collectors take note! The following fine artists have painted one-of-a-kind fishing lures, the likes of which you will see nowhere else on the planet:

Mark Frauenfelder, Sandow Birk, David Krys, Amy Crehore, Wednesday Kirwan, Scott Harbine, Natalie Parks, Elyse Pignolet, Ape Lad, Devi Pellerin, Becky Harbine, Skot Olsen, Hugh Macdonald, Ken Barrett, Justin Morrison, Steve Lodefink

Hurry on over to FINKBUILT blog to see the newest exhibition in Finkbuilt Gallery: "Lures of Distinction" (click on artists' names for more details of lures and mini-interviews):

CRANKbait!! Art Show

Thank you, Steve Lodefink, for organizing this unique art show.
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Cemetery Statues

Photo by David Robinson
Cemeteries and cemetery statues have always been fascinating to me - the more ancient the better. Here is a selection of soulful statues from all over the world. I love how the guy's face in the top photo is half gone. The bent-over women in the middle photo - look at her hand- it is so tense with grief. What an amazing sculpture. My favorite cemetery is located in Richmond, VA. It's actually called Hollywood Cemetery. I spent a lot of time in my youth roaming around this place. Located on a scenic bluff overlooking the James River, it's a place full of history and beauty - take the virtual tour:

Hollywood Cemetery

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Miniatures from Topkapi Museum

The portrait of Sultan Mehmet, the Conqueror.ascribed from Sinan Bey.

From Sarai Albums.Istanbul, towards end of 15th century.

Wash-basin in the form of a peacock -Illustrations from al-Jazari 1205

This museum has an outstanding group of Islamic miniature paintings, found in illustrated copies of classic works and as surviving fragments pasted or bound into albums in the former royal libraries. Here's a portrait of a Sultan sniffing a rosebud and grasping his hanky in case he might be allergic. That's how I see it anyway. And here is a mechanical drawing of a wash-basin with a beautiful peacock design from 1205. I always loved the fine-lined delicacy of Persian miniatures.

Topkapi Museum Miniatures

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Einstein on Gandhi

"I believe that Gandhi's views were the most enlightened of all the political men in our time.We should strive to do things in his spirit: not to use violence in fighting for our cause, but by non-participation in anything you believe is evil." -quote Albert Einstein

Read: Einstein's letter to Gandhi.

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New Beginnings

Detail of sketch, Amy Crehore

I'm just showing a small detail of a sketch here because I want this new work to be a big surprise. It will be a large painting with a lot going on. It's for a show at Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA in November, but I am getting started on it now because I know it will take me forever to paint it. I only use the finest Belgian linen and Holbein oil paints and the result is well worth it.

I can't wait to get immersed in this new work. Art is great therapy and you always have something to show when you are done.

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