Friday, August 24, 2007

Vintage Circus Posters 1930's


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I always loved old circus posters with lots of half-naked figures tumbling and contorting themselves. Check out the "Famous Nelson Family" on the top poster - they were "Miracles of Action and Infallible Calculations". You can buy or look at many different kinds of wonderful authentic antique posters here:
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

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:

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

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:

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:

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
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.

Friday, August 17, 2007

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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