Little Hokum Rag

Friday, January 25, 2013

Disappearing Video

This is exactly what the weather has been like where I live (in the Willamette Valley of Oregon) for the last two weeks. Only it's more of a freezing fog. David Horvitz captures the essence of fog in his beautiful Disappearing Video.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Happy Birthday, Manet!

The Plum by Manet

Manet died at the young age of 51 from complications of syphilis.

They had to amputate his foot.

That's a sad ending for a beautiful genius who gave much to modern art.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

350 William Blake Etchings Found

Hundreds of William Blake's commercially designed etchings were hiding in the University of Manchester's Library. After two years of searching, students (under the guidance of an art historian named Colin Trodd) found 350 of them. Here are a few examples and I love these so much.
William Blake, artist and poet- born 1757-died 1827.
I am newly inspired.
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The Art of Amy Crehore

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.

Photographer, woman and Felix the Cat puppet

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".

The Art of Amy Crehore

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)