Did you know she had a Spanish album? Here's a sample.
(Eartha Kitt born Jan 17, 1927, died in 2008)
My friend, artist Carlos Lara, pointed out to me that she sings in perfect Spanish.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Happy Birthday, Eartha Kitt
Did you know she had a Spanish album? Here's a sample.
(Eartha Kitt born Jan 17, 1927, died in 2008)
My friend, artist Carlos Lara, pointed out to me that she sings in perfect Spanish.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Photo of the Day: 1920s beach photograph
Beach photograph of a photographer, woman and Felix the Cat puppet, a photo by National Media Museum on Flickr.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
My Painting for Garrison Keillor's article
Nostagia Man painting by Amy Crehore 1996 9 1/2" x 10 1/2"
Over the course of my career, I painted many illustrations for top American magazines. My illustration for Garrison Keillor's 1996 article for the New York Times Magazine called "The Future of Nostalgia" now accompanies a brand new article published today by Matt Novak on Smithsonian Magazine's blog PALEOFUTURE.
Read the article here: Garrison Keillor's 1996 Predictions for the Future of Media.
Shown above, the surreal oil painting I did in 1996 for the original article in the New York Times Magazine. It certainly was fun illustrating something that Garrison Keillor wrote.
I'm calling it "Nostalgia Man".
P.S. The many magazine (and book) illustrations that I did over the years are not currently on my website. I am still organizing them and I hope to add them in a special section sometime in the future. You will, however, find many other paintings on my site, such as the fine art works in my previous blog post. (Follow link above)
Monday, January 14, 2013
2012 Paintings by Amy Crehore
Blue Mirror, oil on linen, 16" x 16" by Amy Crehore © 2012
Rose Quarry, oil on linen, 12" x 14" by Amy Crehore © 2012
Basker's Cove, oil on linen, 18" x 24" by Amy Crehore © 2012
Girl With A Fig Leaf Parasol, 16" x 20", oil on linen by Amy Crehore © 2012
Friday, January 11, 2013
Stu Mead and Dorothea Tanning exhibits
Ape-Girl-Artist painting by Stu Mead 2012
Birthday drawing by Dorothea Tanning 1976
There are a couple of events happening in California tomorrow (Sat. Jan 12th, 2013) that I would not mind going to. The first is a Stu Mead exhibit at Hyaena Gallery (1928 West Olive, Burbank, CA). The opening party is from 8 pm til midnight. What fun! I can't go because I live up in Oregon, but I would if I could. Stu Mead lives and works in Berlin, Germany. His solo show will be up until January 31st, 2013. I just ordered his new book Fentasia.
The second event is a scholarly one called A Dorothea Tanning Round Table Discussion from 2pm - 3:30 pm at Gallery Wendi Norris (161 Jessie Street San Francisco, CA). The gallery is currently having a Dorothea Tanning exhibit: Unknown, But Knowable States (Jan 10- March 12th). Dorothea Tanning, surrealist painter, lived to be 101 years old. She passed away about a year ago. I like this drawing she did called "Birthday" (same title as one of her books).
There are a couple of events happening in California tomorrow (Sat. Jan 12th, 2013) that I would not mind going to. The first is a Stu Mead exhibit at Hyaena Gallery (1928 West Olive, Burbank, CA). The opening party is from 8 pm til midnight. What fun! I can't go because I live up in Oregon, but I would if I could. Stu Mead lives and works in Berlin, Germany. His solo show will be up until January 31st, 2013. I just ordered his new book Fentasia.
The second event is a scholarly one called A Dorothea Tanning Round Table Discussion from 2pm - 3:30 pm at Gallery Wendi Norris (161 Jessie Street San Francisco, CA). The gallery is currently having a Dorothea Tanning exhibit: Unknown, But Knowable States (Jan 10- March 12th). Dorothea Tanning, surrealist painter, lived to be 101 years old. She passed away about a year ago. I like this drawing she did called "Birthday" (same title as one of her books).
Thursday, January 10, 2013
What Am I Reading?
I received these two books in the mail from Amazon yesterday.
GOYA by Robert Hughes and Los Caprichos, Goya's etchings (a Dover book).
The actual Robert Hughes book was cheaper than the kindle version.
A beautiful book it is, with illustrations throughout.
This will be a good excuse to shut off the television and the computer at night.
I miss Robert Hughes and I know these two books about Goya will inspire me.
P.S. As you can see, Little Hokum Rag looks totally different now! My list of blog links disappeared and I will try and get them back. I also lost my feedburner counter which showed that I had almost 13,000 readers. I do think that you will find this blog easier to read and to navigate. The archives are still intact, so all is well....I hope you will continue to follow my future posts and read the old ones as well. Thanks! Amy
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
New look for Little Hokum Rag ...
Little Hokum Rag is way overdue for a face lift. This morning, I could not upload any photos to this blog from internet explorer (due to a problem that blogger is having) and then I noticed that the flickr badge was not displaying properly when using firefox. It was covering up my profile information.
So, I have decided to finally update my template and get a brand new look for this blog. Hopefully, when it is done, everything will work properly with all browsers.
Please stay tuned...I am not going anywhere....and what you are seeing now is NOT the final version.
Love, Amy
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