Adrien Brody as Salvador Dali

Adrien Brody was fantastic in the new Woody Allen movie, "Midnight in Paris" (which I went to see on my birthday). It's a great movie with some wonderful sequences that transport us back in time to the art/literary world of Paris in the 1920s. Brody simply nailed Salvador Dali with an over-the-top performance that was pitch perfect. Of course, he had a wealth of references to study such as the 1968 French commercial for Lanvin chocolate or this 1957 "What's My Line? , not to mention beautiful old photos like this one of Dali posing with a rhino. Brody also looks a lot like the lanky artist which doesn't hurt. And did you know that Hitchcock's dreams in Spellbound 1945 were designed by Dali? (follow links to view). What a perfect casting choice. I always liked Adrien Brody ever since I saw him in The Pianist.

Black Ace Bottleneck Blues

Thanks, Jad Fair (facebook)

It's a MeduSirena Day

MeduSirena Marina

Sea No Evil Art Show 2011 is happening June 25th

"Blue Whale Cove"- oil painting by Amy Crehore 2011 SOLD

I shipped off my little painting (in antiqued gold frame) to Riverside, CA for the Sea No Evil Benefit to be held June 25, 2011 at 6pm. The band She Wants Revenge will be providing music that night. For more details about the show:

LINK

Here's a video about this year's show and the wonderful people behind the scenes:

The Art of Amy Crehore

The Fair Brothers at Yard Dog Gallery, Austin, TX

Crossroad 2 by David Fair

Pow Pow Ow by Jad Fair

Opening Saturday, June 11, 2011 (my birthday) in Austin, TX is an exhibit at

Yard Dog Gallery

by David and Jad Fair.

Each brother has a distinct style of paper cutting.

Each brother has a great sense of humor. I love them both! This sounds like fun.

Exhibit will be up through July 10.

Jad & David Fair (Half Japanese) will perform at the opening,

accompanied by guitarist Mark Jickling.

1510 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704

Parades of Pink Flamingos

Each day, as I take my hike up the hill, I notice more houses sporting parades of pink flamingos in their front yards. Sometimes one house will trade them off to another house, but there are at least three houses right now with these crazy decorations. I was puzzled about it and wondered if the purpose was to scare the deer away from eating flowers. Then, after searching online, I found a forum that mentioned "pink flamingos are uglier than wild turkeys and would scare them off". We have had many wild turkeys roaming the neighborhoods and grazing on lawns for the last year or so. There was even an albino turkey in the pack. I thought they were sort of cute, but I guess it has gotten so bad that the neighbors became desperate to try anything to make them go away. Even if it means having dozens of tacky plastic flamingos in their front yards! Hope it works. On the way down the hill, I saw the turkeys doing their thing.

The Art of Amy Crehore

Hobo Clown Film by Allison Schulnik

I'm blown away by the beauty of this animation. See her paintings here: Allison Schulnik