tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88458429991795768122024-02-27T21:56:59.252-04:00ACRYLIC and LIGHTThe ART of Alvin RichardAlvin Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15124959252092788130noreply@blogger.comBlogger233125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845842999179576812.post-25243687341489859522024-02-23T22:31:00.006-04:002024-02-27T21:56:28.128-04:00Lunar Codex - Artwork archived on the Moon! <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_Q1kOFJdZ-lx7znCssTr6DwZzu57WCTH72MFhlHevMkYmX2kx1MsftBG0OfIYpQIaRo2YnGazpg3STIc-u5kbT6V7M8IYS8Djt1VC4rAIgAFppUPyyhe7zqwjsOtiUtSMhf7VeGdXE0vHy4ouPp9Z6CXr7cJTS9OO4MRlpEBfUB6xBh-chI0tHrN1v8/s798/428622291_10161232440670170_1875193326007875111_n%20Instagram.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="798" height="441" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_Q1kOFJdZ-lx7znCssTr6DwZzu57WCTH72MFhlHevMkYmX2kx1MsftBG0OfIYpQIaRo2YnGazpg3STIc-u5kbT6V7M8IYS8Djt1VC4rAIgAFppUPyyhe7zqwjsOtiUtSMhf7VeGdXE0vHy4ouPp9Z6CXr7cJTS9OO4MRlpEBfUB6xBh-chI0tHrN1v8/w518-h441/428622291_10161232440670170_1875193326007875111_n%20Instagram.jpg" width="518" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="color: #050505; font-weight: normal;">On March 1, 2022, I had received a notification
from Dr. Samuel Peralta (physicist, author, entrepreneur, art curator) that
imagery of my artwork would be included in a time capsule that would be heading
to the Moon. But I was not alone, far from it. </span><a href="https://www.lunarcodex.com/"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Lunar Codex</span></a><span style="color: #050505; font-weight: normal;">, founded and curated by
Dr. Peralta would include creative works digitalized on nano fiche discs from </span></span><span class="wixui-rich-texttext"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.6pt; padding: 0cm;">35,000 contemporary
artists, writers, musicians and filmmakers from 233 countries, territories and
indigenous nations. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #050505;">Three images of my paintings appeared in The Realism Issue (#67) of </span><a href="https://www.poetsandartists.com/"><span style="color: #274e13;">Poets and Artists</span></a><span style="color: #050505;"> Magazine back in September 2015. It was guest edited by Frank Bernarducci, and published by Didi Menendez. This magazine was digitized on one of the Codex Nova nano fiche discs.</span> </span></span></h5><h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-texttext"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.6pt; padding: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></span></h5>
<h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy_cfZJNzGvnOYP9tZLlpKOdjirXhcqRQbSlI19JPRrNI1xslrckBLs_vBner8akyBxqqwTN3RX6E3HrqssTDYkt2yxXaSw6RJtnsmVZOX2UGyDzg1gKqRWTO0s34w9sMkDj4mv0T2uqxoZSjEV5WHAqNdLvjOtujAKDEiqRUMyLAqUHi93soI1Zqkygc/s322/2024-02-23%20(1)%20copy%20Lunar%20Codex.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="301" data-original-width="322" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy_cfZJNzGvnOYP9tZLlpKOdjirXhcqRQbSlI19JPRrNI1xslrckBLs_vBner8akyBxqqwTN3RX6E3HrqssTDYkt2yxXaSw6RJtnsmVZOX2UGyDzg1gKqRWTO0s34w9sMkDj4mv0T2uqxoZSjEV5WHAqNdLvjOtujAKDEiqRUMyLAqUHi93soI1Zqkygc/s320/2024-02-23%20(1)%20copy%20Lunar%20Codex.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="wixui-rich-texttext"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; letter-spacing: 0.6pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;">A first attempt of a
lunar lander mission was launched on January 8, 2024. </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrine_Mission_One?fbclid=IwAR1XY2CC2dGpVWczlkKwBWC99XAPsRSQTIBM_HZNqr1zUpeWGGg1KiKZpfw"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Peregrine Mission One</span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;">
built by Atrobotic Technology experienced problems shortly after the lander
separated from the rocket. A propellant leak prevented the lander from
completing its mission. The spacecraft would eventually be redirected back to
earth, where it burned over the Pacific Ocean, six days later on January 18. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></h5>
<h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-texttext"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.6pt; padding: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></span></h5>
<h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-texttext"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; letter-spacing: 0.6pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;">The second attempt
was launched on February 15, 2024. The lunar lander, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intuitive_Machines_Nova-C#IM-1_mission"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Nova-C named Odysseus</span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"> was
designed by Intuitive Machines. Codex Nova was among the small payload carried
by Odysseus that successfully landed on the South Pole of the Moon yesterday
evening, February 22. This historical event would mark the first American
spacecraft to perform a soft landing on the Moon in over 50 years, since Apollo
17 in 1972.</span></span></span></span></h5><div><span class="wixui-rich-texttext"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; letter-spacing: 0.6pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="wixui-rich-texttext"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; letter-spacing: 0.6pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #050505; letter-spacing: normal;">The Odysseus lunar lander, including all payloads - is now a de facto </span><i style="color: #050505; letter-spacing: normal;">Artemis Accords Heritage Site</i><span style="color: #050505; letter-spacing: normal;"> - and all the artworks, writings, music, and film on Codex Nova are now part of the designated heritage of humanity, to be preserved for posterity as signed by 36 countries to date.</span></span></span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycVmmswwnp_m802Jm8isbNQX-KdAJQYpVnx8nH_8YaB9hQCqyV22Qv92r-wWBmOpLS4g9tOH7RnoSlWyD8n2CEU_O3uaK2iSzECgdtKXwOJaDg89gOQ2MV-AyXqC1inLRjDZMuBlk3PLOMDaZgYVVVgnpWEchBfnJ_HG0MLqPRs_nWrMtfZS1MetgVA0/s640/PA%20Sept.%202015.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="459" height="557" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycVmmswwnp_m802Jm8isbNQX-KdAJQYpVnx8nH_8YaB9hQCqyV22Qv92r-wWBmOpLS4g9tOH7RnoSlWyD8n2CEU_O3uaK2iSzECgdtKXwOJaDg89gOQ2MV-AyXqC1inLRjDZMuBlk3PLOMDaZgYVVVgnpWEchBfnJ_HG0MLqPRs_nWrMtfZS1MetgVA0/w400-h557/PA%20Sept.%202015.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><div><span style="background: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="337" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Dg2ffigGcYM" width="405" youtube-src-id="Dg2ffigGcYM"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><b>Lunar landing </b></span><b style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">of Odysseus, February 22, 2024</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><b>YouTube video from the NASA Channel </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><b>(skip to 1h41min for landing confirmation)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #674ea7; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0K2pr4HmBqAj57tZFVzm83AMIaFBF7TTuOAGsy5DlWsDqGUhgeGE5Y8c7aJo0hdJCbt_VtgIotSFKLJkjNq7pS46Gmm6ZkYVqdv4U8Im0XsremKmEx-qMvgD0-p3E6u0at9Blh3UNCQ9gl6lvk1XUAS-QZ5G5ejUQDjXlSdKtjNc2uwGpnl-uNaevq1I/s526/428694119_715201704125370_8405275309849456145_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0K2pr4HmBqAj57tZFVzm83AMIaFBF7TTuOAGsy5DlWsDqGUhgeGE5Y8c7aJo0hdJCbt_VtgIotSFKLJkjNq7pS46Gmm6ZkYVqdv4U8Im0XsremKmEx-qMvgD0-p3E6u0at9Blh3UNCQ9gl6lvk1XUAS-QZ5G5ejUQDjXlSdKtjNc2uwGpnl-uNaevq1I/w402-h402/428694119_715201704125370_8405275309849456145_n.jpg" width="402" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #674ea7; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">I
am forever grateful to Dr. Peralta and all those involved in this monumental
achievement.</span></span></div></span></div>
<h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Antigone-Light" style="background: white; font-size: 11.5pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h5><br /><p></p>Alvin Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15124959252092788130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845842999179576812.post-78082771112226406132023-11-19T18:37:00.005-04:002023-11-24T18:22:22.307-04:00Brillo³, an homage to Warhol<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLKPSeeskE7hciPx37yPWkWsW6Xxl3aoz3psQgqd7GGJbDia96Wx7v8Ur4Isze0e9IO3MYBZV-sXwMyo9Q2od7K9smM7Ys12e2Ld8buC4XIDdm9COunQL8epywaYEyUQloQHc9vezVwNDP-vEwhyikzLHQe2wn6gVmpAp7Qe5nrbYdr3Qg7mMQOEobX6s/s800/%23294-%20Brillo%C2%B3%20(an%20homage%20to%20Warhol),%2014%20x%2011%20in.%20acrylic%20on%20mounted%20gessoed%20aluminium%20panel,%202023,%20e-mail%20file%20%20PB169216.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="632" height="553" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLKPSeeskE7hciPx37yPWkWsW6Xxl3aoz3psQgqd7GGJbDia96Wx7v8Ur4Isze0e9IO3MYBZV-sXwMyo9Q2od7K9smM7Ys12e2Ld8buC4XIDdm9COunQL8epywaYEyUQloQHc9vezVwNDP-vEwhyikzLHQe2wn6gVmpAp7Qe5nrbYdr3Qg7mMQOEobX6s/w437-h553/%23294-%20Brillo%C2%B3%20(an%20homage%20to%20Warhol),%2014%20x%2011%20in.%20acrylic%20on%20mounted%20gessoed%20aluminium%20panel,%202023,%20e-mail%20file%20%20PB169216.jpg" width="437" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <b style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Acrylic on mounted gessoed aluminium panel, 14 x 11"</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-small;">Painting #294, 2023</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">S</span><span style="color: #444444;">ome of the first consumer inspired products that made it's way into </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Warhol"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Andy Warhol</span></b></a><span style="color: #444444;">'s artwork during the very early 1960's included the Campbell's Soup Cans, Heinz Tomato Ketchup and the iconic Coca-Cola bottles. During the winter/spring of 1964, he started producing more sculptural pieces. Life size replica boxes of </span><span style="color: #444444;">Brillo soap pads followed by Campbell's Tomato Juice, </span><span style="color: #444444;">Del Monte Peach Halves, Heinz Ketchup, </span><span style="color: #444444;">Kellogg's Corn Flakes and Mott's Apple Juice. Warhol hired</span><span style="color: #444444;"> carpenters who constructed plywood boxes in the exact same size of the depicted products. The Factory (his art studio) assistants Gerard Malanga and Billy Linich then hand-painted each box, before Warhol and Malanga silkscreened the graphic logos onto them. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaag9T9O3aIZMnLS3_lvX0pagxavaizUUA7dHVeXInB3x-9NeNhUCXg4dqm2JJhYMioypnf7_Na8SG8ScCzDaXJjuJuP5Q-b4eGQVJ3GN2mVNhz66v6Y8SpIA7xRBw5qHvny2zb9Dhu1Oq0zTgwH3ZtJn416hvhG3HsFMQvWxtztX-0usiLOxGWqHSIIk/s828/IMG_0238%20Danubiana%20Meulensteen%20Art%20Museum.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="640" height="457" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaag9T9O3aIZMnLS3_lvX0pagxavaizUUA7dHVeXInB3x-9NeNhUCXg4dqm2JJhYMioypnf7_Na8SG8ScCzDaXJjuJuP5Q-b4eGQVJ3GN2mVNhz66v6Y8SpIA7xRBw5qHvny2zb9Dhu1Oq0zTgwH3ZtJn416hvhG3HsFMQvWxtztX-0usiLOxGWqHSIIk/w353-h457/IMG_0238%20Danubiana%20Meulensteen%20Art%20Museum.jpg" width="353" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-small;"><b>Self at the Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-small;"><b>Bratislava, Slovakia - May 5, 2023.</b></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444;">These were first shown in his second exhibition at the Stable Gallery in NYC during the spring of 1964. Eleanor Ward, the art dealer of that gallery at the time remembered that the Brillo Boxes were "very difficult to sell. We had visions of people walking down Madison Avenue with these boxes under their arms". The various boxes were priced between $200 - $400 depending on the size. It also cause controversy with critics stating, <i>"How can this be art?"</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><br /></i></span></div></span><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="325" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SPAV0hQe4Bk" width="391" youtube-src-id="SPAV0hQe4Bk"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-size: x-small;"><b>Preview of the HBO documentary</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-size: x-small;"><b>Brillo 3¢ off by Lisanne Skyler</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #444444;">What Andy Warhol and Eleanor Ward had envisioned would take 50 years to materialize. In 2013, artist </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lutz"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Charles Lutz</span></b></a><span style="color: #444444;"> (b.1982) was asked by the curator of the Armory Show in New York City to create an art installation. The Art Fair was held from March 7-11. The installation using Brillo cardboard boxes was entitled Babel, </span><span style="color: #202122;">based on </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Bruegel_the_Elder" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Pieter Bruegel the Elder"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Pieter Bruegel</span></b></a><span style="color: #202122;">'s famous painting,</span><b><span style="color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tower_of_Babel_(Bruegel)" style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">The Tower of Babel</span> </a> </b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444;">(c.1563). </span><span style="color: #444444;">The boxes were referred to as Stockholm Type since they were an exact replica of the Brillo Boxes that Andy Warhol had shipped from Brooklyn to Stockholm for his show at Moderna Museet in 1968. According to Lutz, the idea was to "disseminate the Brillo Box to the masses". "Each day a new Babel tower was erected out of the Brillo Boxes and visitors were encouraged to take one, fulfilling Warhol's idea of everyone in New York City carrying around a Brillo Box".</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZhHM9Ah8LhoHHJvFPeNO4keLlk6xmJFumxdQXhETbwWFyAjsr0ZIVgUK1d7hS2wmhl2bCBg5dst3UGlQnTUyNKidi57xoZvHrdN-dhs4s2bU8oHQuMNq3hmv2VaYDzuYSpvZ8fKG_91Ay064p4IT0Ch76KTeO7Hdd1KZfpGKY00G1x91w38yLgJnLn0U/s2560/2-%20charles%20lutz%20-%20warhol%20brillo%20P3290336.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZhHM9Ah8LhoHHJvFPeNO4keLlk6xmJFumxdQXhETbwWFyAjsr0ZIVgUK1d7hS2wmhl2bCBg5dst3UGlQnTUyNKidi57xoZvHrdN-dhs4s2bU8oHQuMNq3hmv2VaYDzuYSpvZ8fKG_91Ay064p4IT0Ch76KTeO7Hdd1KZfpGKY00G1x91w38yLgJnLn0U/s320/2-%20charles%20lutz%20-%20warhol%20brillo%20P3290336.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Pittsburgh, PA, </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">March 29, 2013.</span></b></span></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #444444;">The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, PA held an exhibition entitled "Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years" from Feb. 3 - April 28, 2013. The same "Babel" (Brillo Stockholm Type) by Charles Lutz was set-up in the main lobby of the museum. That year, joined by my wife and son, we just happen to spend the long Easter weekend in Pittsburgh. We did a whole lot of walking and sightseeing during this jammed-packed mini-vacation. We were lucky enough to watch Sidney Crosbie play hockey when the Winnipeg Jets were in town to play against the Penguins. We also got to see Green Day rock the Consol Energy Center and attend a performance of the hilarious touring Broadway Musical, The Book of Mormon. We took the funicular, visited the Frick Mansion, the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and the spectacular Cathedral of Learning. I visited the Andy Warhol Museum on March 29. Upon entering I was told that photography was only allowed on the first floor. Before leaving, I asked the security guard if it was OK to take a picture of the Charles Lutz's Brillo Boxes, to which he replied, "Yes, and you can take one with you when you leave". I had to ask him to repeat cause I couldn't believe my good fortune! I had to cut the tape and carefully detach the side where it was glued to fold smaller in order to bring in with me on the plane ride back home to Canada. It's been keeping me company in my painting studio ever since. </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC7clQPz1LjjPksGSuKPgUT41cEska-GfIBFH0-HwYDnivyVDrkwepHsdh1gLabgL6v4BmxbAd75i630KY20lKXeL_oUxj2zR4_kso5GfmVxvKILKVvyTLKNswNwY9VcSEpX-yFyMAWx1rimIgXnTi7cRCrqSGlJLH2sQ_kTNJ9EiXVDh7CB5D80GwRWE/s2400/IMG_1642%20warhol.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="2376" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC7clQPz1LjjPksGSuKPgUT41cEska-GfIBFH0-HwYDnivyVDrkwepHsdh1gLabgL6v4BmxbAd75i630KY20lKXeL_oUxj2zR4_kso5GfmVxvKILKVvyTLKNswNwY9VcSEpX-yFyMAWx1rimIgXnTi7cRCrqSGlJLH2sQ_kTNJ9EiXVDh7CB5D80GwRWE/w400-h404/IMG_1642%20warhol.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Self Portrait, 1967 - ANDY WARHOL</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen on canvas</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Tate Modern, London - visited May 26, 2018</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #444444;">The background for my painting is from a page of the 2017 Andy Warhol calendar printed by Galison. For the exception of the red and yellow version on the top right, I took the liberty to change a few of the colours. Warhol created a very large series in a multitude of colours of this self portrait in 1966-1967, all based on the same photography. </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #444444;">The wooden blocks under the IKEA glass cloche dome are made by a company named Mudpuppy. They come in a box of 8, of which only one is yellow. In reality, Andy Warhol's yellow Brillo Box (3¢ off) are rarer and fetch higher prices at auction. Once hard to sell, they would later found themselves in many of the most prestigious art museum around the globe. The yellow base is actually The Andy Warhol Diaries with the book jacket cover removed. </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #444444;">In response to the art critics, Andy Warhol once said, "ART IS WHAT YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH".<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This painting is currently on view at the Fog Forest Gallery.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial;">To acquire this painting please contact: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://fogforestgallery.ca/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Fog Forest Gallery</span></b></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><h4 style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">14 Bridge Street, Sackville,</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">New Brunswick, Canada, E4L 3N5</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Phone (506) 536-9000</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium;"><div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #444444;">e-mail: </span><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="mailto:janet@fogforstgallery.ca" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">janet@fogforstgallery.c</a>a</span></span></span></div></div></div></h4></div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="background-color: #e7e9f2; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: #e7e9f2;"></span></div></span></div>Alvin Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15124959252092788130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845842999179576812.post-33203438757851966722022-12-28T15:07:00.001-04:002022-12-28T15:14:40.654-04:00Subscribing to posts of new paintings / Follow me on Instagram <p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Blogger has made the decision to disactivate the subscription option located in the right column of this blog and on its' platform in general. This means that past subscribers will no longer get updates via e-mail of new postings of my artwork. If you wish to follow me, you can do so via Instagram via this link, click <span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/alvin_richard_art/?hl=en"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">HERE</span></b></a>.</span> I will however continue to update this blog as long as this platform is available. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Blogger a pris la décision de désactiver l'option d'abonnement située dans la colonne de droite de ce blog et sur sa plateforme en général. Cela signifie que les anciens abonnés ne recevront plus de mises à jour par e-mail des nouvelles publications de mes œuvres. Si vous souhaitez me suivre, vous pouvez le faire via Instagram via ce lien, cliquez<a href="https://www.instagram.com/alvin_richard_art/?hl=en"><b><span style="color: #45818e;"> ICI</span></b></a>. Je continuerai cependant à mettre à jour ce blog tant que cette plateforme sera disponible.</span></p>Alvin Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15124959252092788130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845842999179576812.post-67106373932276902362022-12-06T02:30:00.015-04:002023-11-24T18:36:16.283-04:00Paintings for Sale, an homage to Maud Lewis<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZJHwA5gU_5Dpr9wyv6p3Mkr7YKrwli2VqT5vUGJBTP5Xx64tv1LL7CNqsEY7dQeBgrBQxctonBcjVyQwLmWK0dBAjrtfHCTjxuMsosERzXFXJrl0fApjpfjz2yImNfBUfx9p4DCmZ1HVWeSAQ92UPReTfm_HAY9grNFUyPJS-nsFkFGPzqbvVunmo/s800/%23293-%20Paintings%20for%20Sale,%20an%20homage%20to%20Maud%20Lewis,%202022,%2014%20x%2011%20inches,%20acrylic%20on%20gessoed%20aluminium%20panel,%20Alvin%20Richard,%20e-mail%20file%20PC029212.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="625" height="655" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZJHwA5gU_5Dpr9wyv6p3Mkr7YKrwli2VqT5vUGJBTP5Xx64tv1LL7CNqsEY7dQeBgrBQxctonBcjVyQwLmWK0dBAjrtfHCTjxuMsosERzXFXJrl0fApjpfjz2yImNfBUfx9p4DCmZ1HVWeSAQ92UPReTfm_HAY9grNFUyPJS-nsFkFGPzqbvVunmo/w512-h655/%23293-%20Paintings%20for%20Sale,%20an%20homage%20to%20Maud%20Lewis,%202022,%2014%20x%2011%20inches,%20acrylic%20on%20gessoed%20aluminium%20panel,%20Alvin%20Richard,%20e-mail%20file%20PC029212.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Acrylic on mounted gessoed aluminium panel, 14 x 11"</span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Painting #293, 2022</span></div></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #444444;">When I first visited the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS) located in Halifax back in the late 1980's, I distinctly remember a display of folk art that was part of the museum's permanent collection on one of the upper floors. Among the painters that stood out to me at the time were Joseph Norris (1925-1996) and Maud Lewis (1903-1970). I became aware that this institution held folk art to the same standards as the more academic art movements. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAdlgnG7ZCaiy80yF2gAMCPmEHCM7zD2UorKI2E2Z9jgIkdHYJ-aCXLgZQg14L6azW0Gg4nEKXihy47mkpV95g4wB0UAe_pd3Yu7jDk3aEgnd4kV55Tj0kQxMmXuVmY4CpDZ6NvUwMKn4BtD5dbpjL2CoI7uY_x8bm_-eIm8Ocnlz8KEJ5INA-eiCV/s766/MAUD-LEWIS-PAINTING-JONES-MAR01-01-766x431.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="766" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAdlgnG7ZCaiy80yF2gAMCPmEHCM7zD2UorKI2E2Z9jgIkdHYJ-aCXLgZQg14L6azW0Gg4nEKXihy47mkpV95g4wB0UAe_pd3Yu7jDk3aEgnd4kV55Tj0kQxMmXuVmY4CpDZ6NvUwMKn4BtD5dbpjL2CoI7uY_x8bm_-eIm8Ocnlz8KEJ5INA-eiCV/w518-h291/MAUD-LEWIS-PAINTING-JONES-MAR01-01-766x431.jpg" width="518" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: small;">Maud Lewis in her painted house, photo Bob Brooks</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #444444;"><div style="text-align: left;">Much has already been written about Maud Dowley Lewis. With the passage of time and sustained public interest, her popularity has only continued to grow. In recent years, she has been elevated to the status of an icon. It's impossible to separate the artist from the life she lead and the artwork she created. While her story is defined by poverty, hardship, physical disabilities and debilitating rheumatoid arthritis, it was also one of triumph over adversity that was sparked by her creativity and her temperament to endure.</div></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">Her paintings are a celebration of life and the beauty she observed in her own little world located in Digby and Yarmouth counties Nova Scotia. Unlike her own life, her paintings are happy, whimsical and colorful. Subject matter often remain within the domain of birds, flowers, oxen, cats, deer, modes of transportations (pulled sleigh or wagons, cars, trucks, boats), bucolic winter, pastoral and costal scenes. These themes and imagery were revisited time and again. </span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzWkw5TIXpeGYiVrQfM62Nt803QdhtnohDaEVQNfr315OIj9kGiFpTtSAAJpK1DB9d565xHN0yAIRwr-CGATAJvR8ePJXEAnEZxE1kqzhbnYByc-BhQ7tHVWOtImfX_zSgmlhz8z1E8uG83fRRGYoc1a6uNQBSb3Lv5eA529QwkKAJXv8WqjKHJvd/s5053/0-%20IMG_3412%20Beyond%20Van%20Gogh.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5053" data-original-width="3992" height="665" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzWkw5TIXpeGYiVrQfM62Nt803QdhtnohDaEVQNfr315OIj9kGiFpTtSAAJpK1DB9d565xHN0yAIRwr-CGATAJvR8ePJXEAnEZxE1kqzhbnYByc-BhQ7tHVWOtImfX_zSgmlhz8z1E8uG83fRRGYoc1a6uNQBSb3Lv5eA529QwkKAJXv8WqjKHJvd/w526-h665/0-%20IMG_3412%20Beyond%20Van%20Gogh.jpg" width="526" /></a> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_oYKp28e932yOlIsfat-NxC86AAB5GLgoQK1cVJpiSkmRGBiAvXawMa8k7msfgXviCf-0jLe9zM3zMbhraTQ8eERV0AZ0jIYFrkWNne-jhyKnGLP3trDWKdbujMMvaWl-wCJ0l5WBadk_LvnQRpZGIy6WUWAsLfYH9LpwecE00DaWUYaqfut30by/s1000/0-%20IMG_3422%20Maud%20Lewis.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="784" height="668" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_oYKp28e932yOlIsfat-NxC86AAB5GLgoQK1cVJpiSkmRGBiAvXawMa8k7msfgXviCf-0jLe9zM3zMbhraTQ8eERV0AZ0jIYFrkWNne-jhyKnGLP3trDWKdbujMMvaWl-wCJ0l5WBadk_LvnQRpZGIy6WUWAsLfYH9LpwecE00DaWUYaqfut30by/w523-h668/0-%20IMG_3422%20Maud%20Lewis.jpg" width="523" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: verdana;">Photo op on the Halifax Waterfront - May 2022</span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">While growing up, Maud Lewis was introduced to art and painting by her mother. She crafted hand made Christmas cards done in pen and ink, watercolors and crayola crayons and sold them door to door. After the death of her father in 1935, then later her mother in 1937 she moved out of the family's South Ohio home. There is a brief transition period where she lived with her brother Charles then with her aunt Ida in Digby. Her acquaintance with Everett Lewis was a result of answering an ad when he was looking to hire a housekeeper. They married in 1938 of what appeared to be a mariage of convenience. Her painting career gradually evolved over the 30 years that followed. Her signature painting style was not restricted to panels and boards but could also be found on rock, scallop shells and household items. With her reputation growing over time, the little painted house in Marshalltown would become a popular roadside attraction for locals, visitors and tourists alike with many becoming patrons and collectors of her paintings. </span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">Her work began garnering unsolicited attention by the media during the 1960's. During the Richard Nixon administration either as US president or vice president (conflicting reports), he would have commissioned two paintings. NS premier Robert Stanfield also started to collect her work. In 1965, writer Murray Bernard and photographer Bob Brooks of the Star Weekly Magazine published by the Toronto Star were dispatched to Marshalltown to do a story on Maud. This nation wide publicity would increase demands for her paintings and elevate her status as a painter. The photography taken by Brooks remains the quintessential pictures taken of her as an artist. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #444444;">On November 25, 1965, CBC's biography series Telescope aired a 30 minute televised documentary on the Lewis couple. (A portion of this documentary can be viewed on this CBC </span><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/761637443808"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">LINK</span></b></a><span style="color: #45818e;"> </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">. )</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">Much has also been written about the relationship with her husband, Everett Lewis. In his case, not always in the best light. With the thousands of paintings sold, he could have provided a much better life for her. Her paintings sold for about $2 to 3 dollars at first with gradual price increase to 5 dollars and 7 to 10 dollars for larger paintings. With inflation, a 5 dollar painting would be have been worth the equivalent of about $47 in 2022. While their house was very small, they also lived without indoor plumbing, running water or electricity. </span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">Everett Lewis (b.1893) was raised in the Alms House in Marshalltown, NS. after his father abandoned the family while he was still a child. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">It was an institution known locally as the "Poor Farm".</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">He had no formal education, he never learned to read or write. He earned a living as a fish peddler and also worked at Alms House as a night watchman then later as caretaker. The parcel of land that Everett bought for his house was an adjacent lot to the Alms House. In the 1965 CBC documentary, we</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"> can see Everett leaving the house on his bicycle and passing in front of the Alms House about 200 meters away. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">Despite living in poverty, Everett had a reputation of being a miser and had accumulated considerable wealth by the time of his unfortunate and untimely death in 1979. Everett himself dabbled in folk art creating paintings that were very much inspired by Maud. The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia would acquire some of his work while he was still living. </span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">In 1961, Ten-Mile House and Art Gallery in Bedford, NS owned by Bill Ferguson And Claire Stenning started selling her paintings doubling the purchase price to 10 dollars since these were framed. Maud and Everett Lewis didn't want to appear greedy by increasing the price of the paintings in fear of losing customers and alienating an already established market. </span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikRvH_wwgluMasOk2NeOX-zGDhnRzSytslKIVmE4aVLgQlYDauR02nOTc5yQivLwA5wPIMPxr3PJ-36XkyorqRxBLwYVRl4pHvqfJXz7wOOOxncPXy3I7jX8qqLSd6kqxWKxdjuO8-17qvXaxvasFgbkPzq0VaUEjsxPoDx8YNJ5wKKvy6JwuIFEd1/s1000/0-%20IMG_3406%20Maud%20Lewis%20House.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="1000" height="423" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikRvH_wwgluMasOk2NeOX-zGDhnRzSytslKIVmE4aVLgQlYDauR02nOTc5yQivLwA5wPIMPxr3PJ-36XkyorqRxBLwYVRl4pHvqfJXz7wOOOxncPXy3I7jX8qqLSd6kqxWKxdjuO8-17qvXaxvasFgbkPzq0VaUEjsxPoDx8YNJ5wKKvy6JwuIFEd1/w537-h423/0-%20IMG_3406%20Maud%20Lewis%20House.jpg" width="537" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;">My wife Suzanne with the Painted House, AGNS - May 2022</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2EQA6AsRCr4oW_zXMejYbcKdGH9bPVrwizOICTrmlPZcU27WzKMhALUxQDAwlF2kCjrEo9RtxdSddsSYUqXVKxItOYGbQqlWreIZyJoQu0W_w3SAePWHseLozj0hmpnTU3mqaxK4qceohZkhutQpfU1Ye9iPtw74bWBPEeV2rM223WTppJnh3ZdLj/s1000/0-%20IMG_3401%20Maud%20Lewis%20House%20int%C3%A9rieur.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="409" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2EQA6AsRCr4oW_zXMejYbcKdGH9bPVrwizOICTrmlPZcU27WzKMhALUxQDAwlF2kCjrEo9RtxdSddsSYUqXVKxItOYGbQqlWreIZyJoQu0W_w3SAePWHseLozj0hmpnTU3mqaxK4qceohZkhutQpfU1Ye9iPtw74bWBPEeV2rM223WTppJnh3ZdLj/w544-h409/0-%20IMG_3401%20Maud%20Lewis%20House%20int%C3%A9rieur.jpg" width="544" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: verdana;">Interior of the Maud Lewis House, AGNS, Halifax, NS</span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">Part of Maud's legacy is the little painted house they lived in with many surfaces and items used as her canvas. From the window, walls, doors, stairs to dustpan, cooking stove and breadbox. Their house would become her greatest work. After Maud's passing, Everett did little to nothing in upkeeping the house. In 1979, The Painted House Society was formed in Digby following Everett's death. The house, land and copyrights were purchased by the society from Everett's heir the following year. Unable to raise the $50,000 needed to restore the house, the estate was sold to the Province of Nova Scotia in 1984. The house was moved to a secure indoor location outside Halifax in order to prevent further decay. It would take</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"> another decade before restoration would be undertaken and to plan for it's permanent home once the restauration completed. The Scotiabank Maud Lewis Gallery which also included the house opened to the public in 1998 part of the expansion of the AGNS.</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">Since her death, the AGNS has been a major catalyst in preserving her legacy, with the restauration of the house and amassing a collection of her paintings that is on permanent public display. </span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">Author Lance Woolaver would become Maud Lewis' premier biographer. He's written several books including the popular picture book, <i>The Illuminated Life of Maud Lewis</i> with photography by Bob Brooks (1996). A retrospective exhibition of Maud's work sharing the same title was organized by the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in 1997 that would later tour Canada. A full length documentary also named, </span><i style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">The Illuminated Life of Maud Lewis </i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">was produced by the National Film Board in 1998 with the script provided by Woolaver. He has also written two plays about Maud, <i>A World Without Shadows</i> (1996) and <i>The Return of her Child.</i></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"> And is the writer of her full</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"> biography, </span><i style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">The Heart at the Door</i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"> (2016). <br /><br />In 2019, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection (MCAC) in Kleinburg, Ontario organized the touring exhibition: MAUD LEWIS. The exhibition in currently on view at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia until April 23, 2023. An art book entitled "Paintings for Sale" by Sarah Milroy, chief curator of the MCAC was published in conjunction with the exhibition. The book cover is an image of "PAINTINGS FOR SALE", the road sign that she painted and used outside her home. This book also served as the base and title for my painting.</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">On November 2, 2020, in time for the Holidays, Canada Post issued three stamps featuring her winter themed paintings from the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia collection. All of the Christmas cards we mailed that year were adorned by these stamps.</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyJtpitMYOQLBeqhyji4PKfIDxk9qEvKh7NrNOnL3d1f4TeSFOLb3EJrwVcyiBkwp296MesWLKUu3kUH1xOsigd_nMu3xBBYp46ledQ7C4-Qi6hlom2oh4rv7ZQKx__11NPdnElEhTgRnA9zTjj22mSL1edcyQ8RxZM5DxxJ6JY3pMLIcCo8TK_t6Z/s635/stamps-cp-lewis-1-day-cvr-1-635x357.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="357" data-original-width="635" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyJtpitMYOQLBeqhyji4PKfIDxk9qEvKh7NrNOnL3d1f4TeSFOLb3EJrwVcyiBkwp296MesWLKUu3kUH1xOsigd_nMu3xBBYp46ledQ7C4-Qi6hlom2oh4rv7ZQKx__11NPdnElEhTgRnA9zTjj22mSL1edcyQ8RxZM5DxxJ6JY3pMLIcCo8TK_t6Z/w544-h306/stamps-cp-lewis-1-day-cvr-1-635x357.jpg" width="544" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2BBefW95Sz5ivuauJIMzHspOHDN6k2B4Vu5EhLU4u42jra2B3zSphbCOm7ULiT_33djxUpqu-5mlhJleqQEg5WS-83IL0YmKNBjJXpx5b3me83Leq0zlf5caFOU6v3-HR-5F5OE3Qi3SB1U0VWc0so0j6T89PaYFCD60dlxJ6spLRgnVTdNuviT4S/s1000/0-%20IMG_3408%20Maud%20Lewis%20Christmas%20stamps.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="1000" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2BBefW95Sz5ivuauJIMzHspOHDN6k2B4Vu5EhLU4u42jra2B3zSphbCOm7ULiT_33djxUpqu-5mlhJleqQEg5WS-83IL0YmKNBjJXpx5b3me83Leq0zlf5caFOU6v3-HR-5F5OE3Qi3SB1U0VWc0so0j6T89PaYFCD60dlxJ6spLRgnVTdNuviT4S/w548-h303/0-%20IMG_3408%20Maud%20Lewis%20Christmas%20stamps.jpg" width="548" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">In 2017, Mongrel Media and Sony Pictures Classic released <i><b>Maudie</b></i>. An award winning feature film of the life of Maud and Everett Lewis starring Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke. The movie was directed by Aisling Walsh. This film introduced Maud Lewis a much wider audience outside Canada. Receiving generally positive reviews with an approval rating of 89% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 151 reviews. Sally Hawkins gives an arresting performance as Maude. It won awards in all of the seven categories it was nominated for at the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards, including trophies for best actress, supporting actor, director, screenplay and best film. The film stimulated a resurgence and an interest in Lewis' work. It is currently available for streaming on Netflix. </span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">Maud Lewis was never really allowed to spend the money she made in order to make her life more comfortable. O</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">n the other hand, </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">collectors of her work have been raking in the rewards for having a keen eye for art at a bargain. I remember seeing a few of her paintings being resold in commercial galleries in Halifax for about $4000 to $5000 during the 1990's. On November 30, 2009, her painting "</span><i style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">A Family Outing"</i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"> sold for $22,000 CND at a Bonham's Auction in Toronto. A painting found in 2016 at an Ontario thrift store, "</span><i style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">Portrait of Eddie Barnes and Ed Murphy, Lobster Fishermen"</i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"> was sold in an online auction for $45,000 CND. Click </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8NDaL6KpXE" style="font-family: verdana;"><b>HERE</b></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">. In May of this year, a painting entitled </span><i style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">"Black Truck"</i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"> made national headlines as it was traded during the 1970's to restauranteurs in exchange of a grilled cheese sandwich by a Maud Lewis art collector, an Ontario artist named John Kinnear. The story goes that Kinnear and his wife had lunch at the restaurant every day. And every time he ordered the same grilled cheese sandwich. Kinnear also kept in touch with Maud Lewis, sending her proper art supplies and boards. The painting was expecting to fetch as much as $35,000 CND at auction. But when the hammer fell, it went for 10X as much, for $350,000 CND. Full story </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/08/painting-swapped-grilled-cheese-sandwich-canada-maud-lewis" style="font-family: verdana;"><b>HERE</b></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"> and follow-up </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/may/17/maud-lewis-painting-black-truck-swapped-cheese-sandwich-sold" style="font-family: verdana;"><b>HERE</b></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">.</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">I've always been an admirer of Maud Lewis' artwork but doing an homage painting only appeared on my radar as a result of the pandemic. While we were restricted to the Atlantic bubble for travels because of the Covid-19, my wife and I did a few road trips within the maritimes provinces. In mid-September 2020 we visited the western portion of Nova Scotia. Our itinerary took us to various sites that had a direct connection with Maud Lewis. The background painting that appears in my own painting was the featured image for the month of August in the Maud Lewis 2021 calendar. Growing up in Cap-Lumière, NB, I could relate with the image since our house was located one mile from a similar looking lighthouse. In the calendar, it is referred to as "Lighthouse and Steamer", while in the art book <i>Paintings For Sale</i> by Sarah Milroy, as Untitled (Digby Ferry Passing Point Prim Lighthouse), 1950's. This lighthouse was located 14 km from the Lewis' house. <br /><br /></span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf2AxUvr8DHWEChC8Z006WXr5PysXLnxXSFnb8YypE0fZtnSe4g9I0YxiuHm7hR4FN7_Toj-H-1Zo4XS7XtXSS9zi-CRAEKbKYF5uIzuhokQIjPIew0VX8ctT-Mue3wsFVyaVnd7QMp5slYsMXkAMqWjL2oCOqHxY2LuqnLnu2eBcP-7OLLqSoTVak/s3264/%230-%20IMG_5613%20Point%20Prim%20Lighthouse.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2449" data-original-width="3264" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf2AxUvr8DHWEChC8Z006WXr5PysXLnxXSFnb8YypE0fZtnSe4g9I0YxiuHm7hR4FN7_Toj-H-1Zo4XS7XtXSS9zi-CRAEKbKYF5uIzuhokQIjPIew0VX8ctT-Mue3wsFVyaVnd7QMp5slYsMXkAMqWjL2oCOqHxY2LuqnLnu2eBcP-7OLLqSoTVak/w481-h361/%230-%20IMG_5613%20Point%20Prim%20Lighthouse.jpg" width="481" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: verdana;">The current Point Prim Lighthouse built in 1964 </span></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJguUuyUODMVyoLXEA-A4OGHcByV96xK9wtQZ7sbYHKpTUxCY055V7PglWGYIGvS5r005nsBYpE2ZqfSQW_zXoyIlv13Il-LyXshZek59GKIxlfIpKsX74-Rf2gYn922pCdKpAmMH6PCcjTTNmboWw72qK7pidcOcWMtHtsxZ1y7NEijfHnbfhMCw/s3264/IMG_5608%20Prim%20Point.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJguUuyUODMVyoLXEA-A4OGHcByV96xK9wtQZ7sbYHKpTUxCY055V7PglWGYIGvS5r005nsBYpE2ZqfSQW_zXoyIlv13Il-LyXshZek59GKIxlfIpKsX74-Rf2gYn922pCdKpAmMH6PCcjTTNmboWw72qK7pidcOcWMtHtsxZ1y7NEijfHnbfhMCw/w489-h367/IMG_5608%20Prim%20Point.jpg" width="489" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;">The original Point Prim Lighthouse dates back to 1817. It was destroyed</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;">by fire in 1873. The lighthouse that appears in the Maud Lewis painting</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;">replaced the original. It was equipped with an attached lighthouse keeper's</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;">residence. It remained in operation until 1964 when it was demolished and</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;">replaced by the current lighthouse. </span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2urS32KMBDhp8InCiFtMi4J2PsC-MaGz-GxdZdGHJXG--rOX0Ng1_byLarewvzhnaNLg9P_0eoO0v64zlag6Cs5pncrw8W9NgfMiT_bLVoMmc33dhaNfiYY6ShNmrYHBKCmq9Az2kyX6z-4PLRrSMlc3vx3F0XejwD4FdpYhFJokyuGdBoEILlkKG/s3135/%230-%20IMG_5618%20Maud%20Lewis%20Memorial%20Site.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2449" data-original-width="3135" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2urS32KMBDhp8InCiFtMi4J2PsC-MaGz-GxdZdGHJXG--rOX0Ng1_byLarewvzhnaNLg9P_0eoO0v64zlag6Cs5pncrw8W9NgfMiT_bLVoMmc33dhaNfiYY6ShNmrYHBKCmq9Az2kyX6z-4PLRrSMlc3vx3F0XejwD4FdpYhFJokyuGdBoEILlkKG/w500-h391/%230-%20IMG_5618%20Maud%20Lewis%20Memorial%20Site.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-small;">When the province of Nova Scotia acquired the Painted House in </span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-small;">1984, it also purchased its' land in Marshalltown. In 1997, a </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-small;">stainless steel framed structure was erected where the house once stood</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-small;">and a memorial park was established on the remaining grounds.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP7jEB8wUlsakitCrILDcyU9b4vYQlGcMJfNNefs2ATUfxXYL8iSI_TBV61Zy-uIzQfooSezlvOYraIvxwNqRTcJwx6GJBEkpEu95s8S4jEutG6LNtttUEUarYoVHdEnidXDvigjMAFIO5QSV5BUYM7CDqJC3BPSO0WCGVvspkhOehLUxiQkkZjpwy/s3265/%230-%20IMG_5558%20Replica%20of%20the%20Maud%20Lewis%20House.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3265" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP7jEB8wUlsakitCrILDcyU9b4vYQlGcMJfNNefs2ATUfxXYL8iSI_TBV61Zy-uIzQfooSezlvOYraIvxwNqRTcJwx6GJBEkpEu95s8S4jEutG6LNtttUEUarYoVHdEnidXDvigjMAFIO5QSV5BUYM7CDqJC3BPSO0WCGVvspkhOehLUxiQkkZjpwy/w508-h381/%230-%20IMG_5558%20Replica%20of%20the%20Maud%20Lewis%20House.jpg" width="508" /></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-small;">This <b>Painted House Replica</b> was built by <b>Ross Murray </b>in 1999 on his </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-small;">property. Located on Route 217, seven km from where the original house once stood.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-small;">Amazing to see so much attention to details. The property also</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-small;">included a shed and a mailbox. Being there and able to enter the house</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-small;">and walk around the grounds was like entering a movie set. Completely surreal! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-small;">Click <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/maud-lewis-replica-house-digby-county-1.4735134"><b>HERE</b></a> for backstory. <br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFsvtwrQkOjWBpmNBdhhSOod_bubZjmY_rXLfQPgRJiwJ53DMETzZZ6741XcQAY1Fty4-EmMGgsZKiBCsesRtXJFEOdHh9PXORomO2R2rk-zTgS2ZO3aB1wUe8Cx3n69n5Vamy54RcMwQ_iL_x8fV6UkT5QCYwcWN2d5xPYDV1--mAtS3eN8dJ4SMc/s3264/%230-%20IMG_5573%20Maud%20Lewis%20House%20Replica.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">Photo op in Yarmouth, NS - Bi</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana;">rthplace of Maud Lewis - September 2020</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">My decision to use a Campbell's Soup can as the centerpiece was inspired by the Bob Brooks photo. She used the can to wash her brushes with turpentine. The one shown in the picture taken in 1965 would have been of the same period as when Andy Warhol did his 32 Campbell's Soup Cans in 1962. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">During the summer of 2020, we visited the Village Historique Acadien in Bertrand, NB. Among its' buildings is a replica of the original Nicholas D. Thériault General Store (1924). Almost every items inside are for sale for a few exceptions. The available inventory is meticulously curated by Mrs Lanteigne. While none are antiques, every items has a vintage flair. The top shelf had a display of can goods wrapped in vintage replica labels. When I spotted the vintage Campbell's Tomato Soup cans, my knees buckled. The label is probably pre 1930. When she told me that they weren't for sale, I was so disappointed but understood the situation. When we returned in 2021, I had forgotten about them, but upon seeing them again, my desire to acquire one was renewed. Fortunate for me, she remembered me and said she felt bad once I had exited the door. I had mentioned that I was a painter and wanted to incorporated one somehow in a painting. She kindly agreed to give me one, as long as I was willing to climb up the step ladder to get it. It was a fun moment and I was very thankful. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">I could have used a very similar soup can as in the photo of Maud Lewis, but opted for the retro can to create a narrative that linked her earlier years while her mother taught her how to draw, paint and play the piano when she lived in South Ohio, located 11 km north of Yarmouth. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0NuJrVKvfXUeBP5Ju1GkLcUBDvDdrmE1erOjhahoTYned4i37IZm14x8cZScxit38VPcZ_Mh_aStF49OmQCEdF9QO4z9tvw36g0y9p5Kq4o_csylJUUy65iQb8Jo6u06vLySlHyergk_8YA3-P6NzIt_CqxVdiLSlsQ8x3iuIHa2NZLvRzoWCkWQx/s1000/1-%20IMG_3049%20Campbell.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0NuJrVKvfXUeBP5Ju1GkLcUBDvDdrmE1erOjhahoTYned4i37IZm14x8cZScxit38VPcZ_Mh_aStF49OmQCEdF9QO4z9tvw36g0y9p5Kq4o_csylJUUy65iQb8Jo6u06vLySlHyergk_8YA3-P6NzIt_CqxVdiLSlsQ8x3iuIHa2NZLvRzoWCkWQx/w512-h384/1-%20IMG_3049%20Campbell.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">If you are still reading, hoping you enjoyed the ride!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana;">This painting is currently on view in a group show entitled "Comfort and Joy" at the Fog Forest Gallery</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>-SOLD</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p></p></blockquote>Alvin Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15124959252092788130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845842999179576812.post-20424847592393121032022-06-02T10:58:00.005-03:002023-11-24T18:43:40.953-04:00When The Kiss turns into Kisses, an homage to Gustav Klimt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmziny1KkE9spDHg3T0Dcg1Ca-8kPN7gsq3RnXAr6KCjsZn-u6gWqnpj-IuBYJ63pkS81amWSWyy3iXG-zJRSQnpqqO2OR9ZfAriZORLkTd04i2BAYc5kvTQX7MJLCgq-4ISopFlHsVz7qmewBfmXt7EnpWAAi5yOyNYypktAOZwIclmF08_1D0mBJ/s1000/%23292-%20When%20The%20Kiss%20turns%20into%20Kisses-%2016%20x%2012%20inches,%20acrylic%20on%20gessoed%20mounted%20aluminium%20panel,%20Alvin%20Richard,%202022,%20e-mail%20%20file%20P5149183.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="763" height="653" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmziny1KkE9spDHg3T0Dcg1Ca-8kPN7gsq3RnXAr6KCjsZn-u6gWqnpj-IuBYJ63pkS81amWSWyy3iXG-zJRSQnpqqO2OR9ZfAriZORLkTd04i2BAYc5kvTQX7MJLCgq-4ISopFlHsVz7qmewBfmXt7EnpWAAi5yOyNYypktAOZwIclmF08_1D0mBJ/w498-h653/%23292-%20When%20The%20Kiss%20turns%20into%20Kisses-%2016%20x%2012%20inches,%20acrylic%20on%20gessoed%20mounted%20aluminium%20panel,%20Alvin%20Richard,%202022,%20e-mail%20%20file%20P5149183.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: arial; font-size: small;">16 x 12", acrylic on gessoed mounted aluminium panel</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">painting #292, 2022</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; clear: both; color: #666666;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyfufH9l7GhZ9_MtRp9RYwvG6FNa4xDnanKTbcEJoQNa6snTRk4kDaiVk7vWqzKB3xSDwTn0m5-gonv-BBF9Z75CT6thkofJ_ECWmbts9TdK0wRB1dnG0siww6qJx3-odg8U0MyfipXIU/s1600/gustav_klimt.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #2288bb; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="200px" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyfufH9l7GhZ9_MtRp9RYwvG6FNa4xDnanKTbcEJoQNa6snTRk4kDaiVk7vWqzKB3xSDwTn0m5-gonv-BBF9Z75CT6thkofJ_ECWmbts9TdK0wRB1dnG0siww6qJx3-odg8U0MyfipXIU/s200/gustav_klimt.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="140px" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;">Born in 1862, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Klimt" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><strong>Gustav Klimt</strong></span></a> was an Austrian Symbolist painter and the founding father and a leading member of the Vienna Secession movement, a group of artist who consciously rejected the academic style of the late nineteenth century. Even though he had formally studied art at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts. He received training as an architectural painter and was classified as an academic painter who could paint hyperrealist portraits. He became celebrated for his rich, complex, gold-dazzling friezes and portraits of powerful, chic woman from Vienna's turn of the century society. His artistic vocabulary incorporated esoteric design and eroticism, which was not always well received, including some commissions which were never revealed. His work was greatly influenced by the Byzantine movement and he also was associated with Art Nouveau when the movement was at it's peak.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; clear: both; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; clear: both; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Klimt_-_Der_Kuss.jpeg" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><strong>''The Kiss''</strong></span></a> (1907-08) is a celebration of his deeply held belief in the transforming power of idealized love. Klimt himself is the male figure embracing his life companion Emilie Flöge. Gilles Néret, the author of<b><i> Klimt</i></b> published in 2007 by Taschen writes,<em><span style="color: #444444;">''Klimt's otherwise dominating woman becomes submissive. She yields to the man, abandons herself to him, and sexuality shimmers through her clinging gown''.</span></em> </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; clear: both; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; clear: both; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The Kiss</b> was done during his<i> ''Golden Phase''</i>. During this period he used gold leaf prominently on the artwork, which brought him both success and critical acclaim.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; clear: both; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; clear: both;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">During the month of January 2020, I had book flight tickets to Munich, Germany and had already reserved accommodations of what was supposed to be a month long backpacking trip to Central Europe where my wife and I had planned to visit 11 cities in eight countries. Among those cities was Vienna Austria, where many of Klimt's works can be view. Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic was declared two months later and our trip cancelled. I am hoping that next year, we'll be able to finally travel abroad and embark on this adventure.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; clear: both;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; clear: both;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">I have seen a few Klimt paintings in the past decade, including the<i> Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer 1</i> at the Neue Gallery in New York City during the month of February 2013, <i>Hope 1</i> (1903) at the National Gallery in Ottawa during the month of April 2014 and a small exhibition of Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele entitled <i>"Judith and Edith"</i> that was shown at the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, The Netherlands (May 2016). </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1iIZTUxQQfSxktx5tXV4exPgCCyMqEKvV9Uwch0WNtY36fz6_WH0-rPYMBE0MasFt4hiVKupwLZm8qY1wzEgMdDBfQfgEccEdqAwPCOFqxe5jEihL-GbThVxGu8XX52oi-0-i4hUn9CLnoi0TGCvphc1P8d9beRAyMofFE7NK3cWq086JzApdD6ma/s2549/0-%20P4190177%20Gustav%20Klimt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2549" data-original-width="1266" height="473" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1iIZTUxQQfSxktx5tXV4exPgCCyMqEKvV9Uwch0WNtY36fz6_WH0-rPYMBE0MasFt4hiVKupwLZm8qY1wzEgMdDBfQfgEccEdqAwPCOFqxe5jEihL-GbThVxGu8XX52oi-0-i4hUn9CLnoi0TGCvphc1P8d9beRAyMofFE7NK3cWq086JzApdD6ma/w235-h473/0-%20P4190177%20Gustav%20Klimt.jpg" width="235" /></a></div><br /> </span></span></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjynXvqrPvM0eyYU3FOFYtDobcSUOwqluqYN-fvpblmAWcB5FuRDQXoNhQVf5c_DIbyVTuPgvwXmzRi0cctRU_iBLC22M6a4AK2G51MDpB7fCRuW1221WQ17EmkqcBJ7AJrEi0O3S8FtCpISxsPgV9QTqfJgS_19LWaiZ0vNoFxh47Vq3A0EslgAX6C/s3562/8-%20DSC04956%20Judith%201%20-%20gustav%20Klimt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3562" data-original-width="2081" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjynXvqrPvM0eyYU3FOFYtDobcSUOwqluqYN-fvpblmAWcB5FuRDQXoNhQVf5c_DIbyVTuPgvwXmzRi0cctRU_iBLC22M6a4AK2G51MDpB7fCRuW1221WQ17EmkqcBJ7AJrEi0O3S8FtCpISxsPgV9QTqfJgS_19LWaiZ0vNoFxh47Vq3A0EslgAX6C/w229-h393/8-%20DSC04956%20Judith%201%20-%20gustav%20Klimt.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This painting is my sixth installment in as many years, featuring a large Hershey's chocolate Kisses which is a seasonal product only available from Christmas til Valentine's Day.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><b><span style="color: #bf9000;">UPDATE</span></b> </u>- During the spring of 2023, my wife Suzanne and I finally did get to travel to Central Europe which included Vienna, Austria. On May 1, we attempted to visit the Upper Belvedere Palace two hours before closing, but all remaining admission tickets for that day were already sold out. That evening, we bought tickets on-line for the following morning that had a time slot in order to visit the art museum. It was at this moment that I realized how famous this painting had become. The room in which the painting is on display was packed with admirers who wanted their pictures taken with it. From previous art museum visits, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">as far as popularity goes, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">it is on par with</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Leonardo da Vinci's </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Mona Lisa</i></span><span style="font-family: arial;">, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Picasso's</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> <i>Guernica</i> and Van Gogh's<i> A Starry Night </i>. The Upper Belvedere also house several other Gustav Klimt paintings, as did the Leopold Museum which had a replica of his art studio and the Secession Art Museum where some of his iconic murals are on display on the lower floor. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2N0MIVLfy-krpGTVTHrufb_F8YkinY2YVOyQOsmSZ39MzPRtmiZDXLLKrwjW2SmSED8RzoEaz16JOZGz-kVV8S5aRrIF5D-0_OCW7_xG0yG9zYTnb6aOwZIXNreGxsvG5d7WMEL_wOrpCJ1hP-F80It0axICzK0ApTvsVVczw8rEO4D4book_WSpT/s2000/PXL_20230502_081602218~3%20Gustav%20Klimt%20-%20The%20Kiss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1921" data-original-width="2000" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2N0MIVLfy-krpGTVTHrufb_F8YkinY2YVOyQOsmSZ39MzPRtmiZDXLLKrwjW2SmSED8RzoEaz16JOZGz-kVV8S5aRrIF5D-0_OCW7_xG0yG9zYTnb6aOwZIXNreGxsvG5d7WMEL_wOrpCJ1hP-F80It0axICzK0ApTvsVVczw8rEO4D4book_WSpT/w414-h397/PXL_20230502_081602218~3%20Gustav%20Klimt%20-%20The%20Kiss.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZPRJ3HnnCh66x_xce-4ZPRE2CVnGJvZnnIqEFgyqiRZ5PyW0d8FSPGKG-cOwCPEsi501-qBm0cHfsIYIPULHn3PhnS76FHAPqR2nDEPtbJgoc5TRzqMjXYqHFuaV9En4l7WgUbNM5kJEJuckwXZ1bf-U1pdECR3SmDjywELGjguL8JkxPSn7sdiRU/s2000/PXL_20230502_081952228~4%20Me%20and%20Gustav%20Klimt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1430" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZPRJ3HnnCh66x_xce-4ZPRE2CVnGJvZnnIqEFgyqiRZ5PyW0d8FSPGKG-cOwCPEsi501-qBm0cHfsIYIPULHn3PhnS76FHAPqR2nDEPtbJgoc5TRzqMjXYqHFuaV9En4l7WgUbNM5kJEJuckwXZ1bf-U1pdECR3SmDjywELGjguL8JkxPSn7sdiRU/w410-h574/PXL_20230502_081952228~4%20Me%20and%20Gustav%20Klimt.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-size: x-small;">with <b>The Kiss</b> at the Upper Belvedere Palace</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-size: x-small;">Vienna, Austria - May 2, 2023</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">To acquire this painting please contact:</span></div><h4 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><a href="http://fogforestgallery.ca/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Fog Forest Gallery</span></span></a></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">14 Bridge Street, Sackville,</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">New Brunswick, Canada, E4L 3N5</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Phone (506) 536-9000</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666;"><div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #444444;">e-mail: </span><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="mailto:janet@fogforstgallery.ca" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">janet@fogforstgallery.c</a>a</span></span></span></div></div></div></h4><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Alvin Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15124959252092788130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845842999179576812.post-67436480009900401372021-10-15T14:38:00.001-03:002021-10-31T02:14:26.394-03:00Art-ifacts - Solo Show at the FFG<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim812CPfCP699bKksn4ksuxOYuX7A-5lXe9bo2bwdlfMZc0sUEHoeu6zHf9uxBd6uErN7c47r7UdG7n00SNxteznvfJovqRLbk9HNsr2ZmRH9Kt7JpIoJo6Ku4A08A-DlEfxixNIR-p1U/s1432/Untitled+IG.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1420" data-original-width="1432" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim812CPfCP699bKksn4ksuxOYuX7A-5lXe9bo2bwdlfMZc0sUEHoeu6zHf9uxBd6uErN7c47r7UdG7n00SNxteznvfJovqRLbk9HNsr2ZmRH9Kt7JpIoJo6Ku4A08A-DlEfxixNIR-p1U/w520-h514/Untitled+IG.JPG" width="520" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: helvetica;">Full appreciation goes to Janet and John Crawford of the Fog Forest Gallery for doing such a beautiful job of displaying the artwork for my solo show: </span><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Art-ifacts</span><span style="color: #666666;">.</span></b></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: helvetica;"><b> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: helvetica;">The exhibition runs from Oct. 14 to Nov. 5, 2021. </span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: helvetica;"><b>The gallery will be open on Thursday and Friday from 10 am to 5 pm or by appointment. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: helvetica;">The exhibition can be viewed online from the Fog Forest Gallery website at this <a href="https://fogforestgallery.ca/exhibitions/art-ifacts-paintings-by-alvin-richard" style="text-decoration-line: none;">LINK</a>.</span></div></div><p style="background-color: white;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="color: #666666; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">To acquire any of the remaining available paintings, please contact:</span></span><h4 style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="color: #666666;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><a href="http://fogforestgallery.ca/" style="color: #33aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Fog Forest Gallery</span></span></a></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">14 Bridge Street, Sackville,</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">New Brunswick, Canada, E4L 3N5</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Phone (506) 536-9000</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium;"><div style="color: #666666;"><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #444444;">e-mail: </span><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="mailto:janet@fogforstgallery.ca" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">janet@fogforstgallery.c</a>a</span></span></span></div></div><div><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: helvetica;">https://fogforestgallery.ca/</span></span></div></div></h4></div></div></div>Alvin Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15124959252092788130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845842999179576812.post-38427808910564720692021-10-15T02:01:00.006-03:002021-11-25T22:52:31.520-04:00Solo Show - Art-ifacts @ FFG<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh60ycfjvCog3AHkpXdX48ZqJY1M-HyNLhSfF8J-Rxx5UQwOBSUI4Vupol7vtmiExLyg01w4qaP_3AuI1i5YLd0yVDCBJO94Qp7rnhuincg2ml1Et0HqNN42tvn4iNftCUgKMEhMpt4v6o/s850/%2523268+Murano+Glass+Decanter+on+a+Windowsill%252C+16+x12%252C+acrylic+on+aluminium+panel%252C+2018%252C+e-mail++file%252C+Alvin+Richard+PC048924.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="643" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh60ycfjvCog3AHkpXdX48ZqJY1M-HyNLhSfF8J-Rxx5UQwOBSUI4Vupol7vtmiExLyg01w4qaP_3AuI1i5YLd0yVDCBJO94Qp7rnhuincg2ml1Et0HqNN42tvn4iNftCUgKMEhMpt4v6o/w481-h636/%2523268+Murano+Glass+Decanter+on+a+Windowsill%252C+16+x12%252C+acrylic+on+aluminium+panel%252C+2018%252C+e-mail++file%252C+Alvin+Richard+PC048924.jpg" width="481" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Title- Murano Glass Decanter on a Windowsill</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #45818e; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Acrylic on gessoed aluminium panel mounted on birch cradle panel</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #45818e; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">16 x 12", painting #268, 2018</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-small;">original blog post - </span><a href="https://alvinrichard-art.blogspot.com/2018/12/murano-glass-decanter-on-windowsill.html"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">HERE</span></b></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>-SOLD</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUx6kezgeQomvAy0fiym6pHA8z_aiAw2EUgdi7yTTPejnu1TdXG0sVdPKadK9kR4WTm9e5BgftyfKWQAW_LOPP1hFYIEqEJc2KqEi2v51mSsF6gYiK5QT0r88pJ6AXcz0TiYKSigev54/s817/%2523269+Bowl+of+Fruits+for+Mary%252C+16+x+16%252C+acrylic+on+aluminium+panel%252C+e-mail+R%252C+2018-19++Alvin+RichardP1058945.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="817" height="471" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUx6kezgeQomvAy0fiym6pHA8z_aiAw2EUgdi7yTTPejnu1TdXG0sVdPKadK9kR4WTm9e5BgftyfKWQAW_LOPP1hFYIEqEJc2KqEi2v51mSsF6gYiK5QT0r88pJ6AXcz0TiYKSigev54/w480-h471/%2523269+Bowl+of+Fruits+for+Mary%252C+16+x+16%252C+acrylic+on+aluminium+panel%252C+e-mail+R%252C+2018-19++Alvin+RichardP1058945.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;"><b>Title- Bowl of Fruits for Mary, an homage</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">16 x 16", acrylic on gessoed aluminium panel</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Painting #269, 2018-19</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">original blog post -</span> </span><b><a href="https://alvinrichard-art.blogspot.com/2019/05/bowl-of-fruits-for-mary-homage.html"><span style="color: #741b47;">HERE</span></a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><b>-SOLD</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">These two recent paintings will complete the lot of 12 that included 10 new works for my solo show entitled </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><b>Art-ifacts</b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> at the Fog Forest Gallery in Sackville, NB. The exhibition runs</span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"> from October 14 to November 5, 2021. Unfortunately, in order for the gallery to remain open during the pandemic while keeping everybody safe, the gallery director and I came to the decision that it was safer</span><b style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"> not</b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"> to hold an opening reception. The public however will be able to visit the gallery at their leisure during the run of the exhibition. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>The gallery will be open on Thursday and Friday from 10 am to 5 pm or by appointment. </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>The exhibition can be viewed online from the Fog Forest Gallery website at this <a href="https://fogforestgallery.ca/exhibitions/art-ifacts-paintings-by-alvin-richard" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #990000;">LINK</span></a>.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: left;"><h4 style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="color: #666666;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><a href="http://fogforestgallery.ca/" style="color: #33aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Fog Forest Gallery</span></a></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;">14 Bridge Street, Sackville,</span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;">New Brunswick, Canada, E4L 3N5</span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;">Phone (506) 536-9000</span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium;"><div style="color: #666666;"><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><span style="color: #444444;">e-mail: </span><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="mailto:janet@fogforstgallery.ca" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">janet@fogforstgallery.c</a>a</span></span></div></div><div><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><span style="color: #444444; font-weight: 400;">https://fogforestgallery.ca/</span></span></div></div></h4></div></div></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></div><div style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #45818e;"><br /></span></div><p style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"></div></span></span></div><p></p>Alvin Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15124959252092788130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845842999179576812.post-77053827082619292502021-10-14T07:32:00.003-03:002021-11-16T14:42:42.400-04:00Pinned up 7-Up<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdXZrZ-ij1kbxjGOrgcbv1iRoLVpgFdqn-czz0OIVQE2t2b9M8jFtRjCGq_CWPuLNWg3hFdogdkNkbIWUz-F5-3Yfbq9THfS4UsnZlr9BVOp-lyypiCkLY4T1tg5XdKzLhTWxVZq_QMVM/s802/%2523291-+Pinned+Up+7-Up%252C+revised+14+x+14+in.+acrylic+on+mounted+aluminium+panel%252C+e-mail%252C+2021%252C+Alvin+Richard+PB169177.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="800" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdXZrZ-ij1kbxjGOrgcbv1iRoLVpgFdqn-czz0OIVQE2t2b9M8jFtRjCGq_CWPuLNWg3hFdogdkNkbIWUz-F5-3Yfbq9THfS4UsnZlr9BVOp-lyypiCkLY4T1tg5XdKzLhTWxVZq_QMVM/w543-h544/%2523291-+Pinned+Up+7-Up%252C+revised+14+x+14+in.+acrylic+on+mounted+aluminium+panel%252C+e-mail%252C+2021%252C+Alvin+Richard+PB169177.jpg" width="543" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">Title- Pinned up 7-Up</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">14 x 14", acrylic on gessoed aluminium panel</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">painting #291, 2021 </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>7</b></span><span style="color: #202122;">-Up was created in St Louis, Mo by Charles Leiper Grigg in 1929. The lemon-lime soft drink was initially called "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda". The formulation much like many soft drinks that were often developed by pharmacists during the late-19th and early-20th century contained a drug, in this case the mood stabilizer Lithium that is often prescribed for bi-polar disorder. It was removed from its formulation in 1948. The name was changed to 7-Up in 1936, the same year the slogan "You Like It, It Likes You" was adopted and remained in use until the mid-1970's. There are several theories behind the origin of the name. I like the claim that 7-Up was bottled in a 7oz bottle while many other soft drinks like Coca-Cola were available in 6oz bottles. In 1961, Coca-Cola would introduce Sprite to its product line as a direct competitor to 7-Up. In 1967, sales for the product rose when it adopted the ad campaign of being an "Uncola". </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-um_SDlttXtOiFFir5Po7ka3kU5er9yuQr0TnZaQVTfFMCN9CbUTZt3nXG5MC3SdaXwZg8gbQ56eYiV9EhKxgXUo9iO2G-B0zQ2NiEpyRm-E6C0wlE3U3RJA6u-x1f6_9SLKeZAIXGDo/s1134/d8543a2761aabe347d5843fbb7099395.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="881" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-um_SDlttXtOiFFir5Po7ka3kU5er9yuQr0TnZaQVTfFMCN9CbUTZt3nXG5MC3SdaXwZg8gbQ56eYiV9EhKxgXUo9iO2G-B0zQ2NiEpyRm-E6C0wlE3U3RJA6u-x1f6_9SLKeZAIXGDo/w331-h425/d8543a2761aabe347d5843fbb7099395.jpg" width="331" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">7-Up, 1970's advertisement campaign</div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some time back, while in a store aisle, I spotted this dart board. The first thing that came to mind was a thought of Jasper John's "Target" paintings. I bought it as a prospect prop. It wasn't until this summer that I noticed that the colors of the vintage 7-Up bottle and the dart board were exactly the same. The positioning of the bottle with the board creates a sort of Japanese Rising Sun imagery with the bullseye. The logo and design concepts for the bottle has changed with the passage of time, always trying to stay current. I find this specific bottle to be the most iconic, maybe it's because it was the one in use while I was growing up. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This painting will be part of a small solo show entitled "Art-ifacts", hosted by the Fog Forest Gallery in Sackville, NB from October 14 to November 5, 2021. Unfortunately, in order for the gallery to remain open during the pandemic while keeping everybody safe, the gallery director and I came to the decision that it was safer<b> not</b> to hold an opening reception. The public however will be able to visit the gallery at their leisure during the run of the exhibition. </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #666666; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The gallery will be open on Thursday and Friday from 10 am to 5 pm or by appointment. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The exhibition can be viewed online from the Fog Forest Gallery website at this <a href="https://fogforestgallery.ca/exhibitions/art-ifacts-paintings-by-alvin-richard" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #990000;">LINK</span></a>.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Update- November 15, 2021</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I've decided to reframe this painting from it's initial black frame with round mat opening under glass. The aluminium panel has been mounted on a wood support and is now presented in a black floater wood frame. </span></div></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #666666; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: arial;">To acquire this painting please contact:</span></span><h4 style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><a href="http://fogforestgallery.ca/" style="color: #33aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fog Forest Gallery</span></span></a></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">14 Bridge Street, Sackville,</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">New Brunswick, Canada, E4L 3N5</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Phone (506) 536-9000</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium;"><div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #444444;">e-mail: </span><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="mailto:janet@fogforstgallery.ca" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">janet@fogforstgallery.c</a>a</span></span></span></div></div></div></h4></div></div></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Alvin Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15124959252092788130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845842999179576812.post-1971458890384706382021-10-13T17:42:00.010-03:002023-06-05T01:43:36.444-03:00Bobbing for Apples<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIrZPReDAlvcAl2wzRELNrf2X5bE3ksnf8MMUmH_eiNoSzm9ZRIiudf7IqUF5aUSv447NpzPIUifuCLuOhEcuEf_cqUQdtqDrbwO_hJpQAHELPmwniS1gCL8lZvNwQ9VRe0KuZ8QdTSd4/s800/%2523290-+Bobbing+for+Apples%252C+10+x+12+inches%252C+acrylic+on+mounted+gessoed+aluminium+panel%252C+2021%252C+e-mail++file%252C+Alvin+Richard+PA129153.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="800" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIrZPReDAlvcAl2wzRELNrf2X5bE3ksnf8MMUmH_eiNoSzm9ZRIiudf7IqUF5aUSv447NpzPIUifuCLuOhEcuEf_cqUQdtqDrbwO_hJpQAHELPmwniS1gCL8lZvNwQ9VRe0KuZ8QdTSd4/w541-h460/%2523290-+Bobbing+for+Apples%252C+10+x+12+inches%252C+acrylic+on+mounted+gessoed+aluminium+panel%252C+2021%252C+e-mail++file%252C+Alvin+Richard+PA129153.jpg" width="541" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial;">Title- Bobbing for Apples</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">10 x 12", acrylic on mounted gessoed aluminium panel</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">painting #290, 2021</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">B</span></b>obbing for apples <i>(aka- apple bobbing, dooking, apple ducking, duck-apple, snap apple night)</i> is a game often played on Halloween. <span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">The game is played with floating apples in a tub or basin filled with water. Players then try to catch one with their teeth. Use of arms is not allowed, and the hands are often tied behind the back to prevent cheating.</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #202122;"> I first played it in eight grade during activities held at school on Halloween day. A</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">fter several unsuccessful </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">attempts in trying to take a bite out of a floating apple</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #202122;">, I took a no holds barred approach going head first in the water and immobilizing an apple on the bottom of the tub. When I reemerged, I</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #202122;"> was declared the winner of my round. The prize was a 45 rpm record of Paul McCartney & Wings hit single "Let 'em in". Click </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re61B8sKQWk"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">HERE</span></b></a><span style="color: #202122;"> to listen. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE5qJz6mSn4mEDt-buFvN9yrCgRrZ1vr3-xDdMORhowKoHnmZV3NHytyOsPnG_fdgNfgL8GllZBjHZDSKmY-bXdl-c2195zFKaldDI4VxCARHdnE5ei1DArqZvOw5jZmlzr3cUquSoPz4/s507/wings-let-em-in-beware-my-love-Cover-Art.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="494" data-original-width="507" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE5qJz6mSn4mEDt-buFvN9yrCgRrZ1vr3-xDdMORhowKoHnmZV3NHytyOsPnG_fdgNfgL8GllZBjHZDSKmY-bXdl-c2195zFKaldDI4VxCARHdnE5ei1DArqZvOw5jZmlzr3cUquSoPz4/s320/wings-let-em-in-beware-my-love-Cover-Art.webp" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">During the fall of 2017, we spent a few days in the province of Québec. As we drove around the bucolic Île d'Orléans, we did a few stops, including a visit to a vineyard for some wine tasting. We also bought some fresh produce at the farmer's market that included a large box of honey crisp apples. When we got back home, I did a photo session on the back deck of the house inspired mainly by the cool vintage <i>"Pommes Québec Apples"</i> graphics on the box. Out of the several pics I took was one that inspired the above painting. The intense blue colour inside the galvanized pail is actually a reflection of the sky. I like how the primary colors co-exist in a rather monochrome surrounding.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;">This painting will be part of a small solo show entitled "Art-ifacts", hosted by the Fog Forest Gallery in Sackville, NB from October 14 to November 5, 2021. Unfortunately, in order for the gallery to remain open during the pandemic while keeping everybody safe, the gallery director and I came to the decision that it was safer</span><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"> not</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;">to hold an opening reception. The public however will be able to visit the gallery at their leisure during the run of the exhibition. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="color: #666666; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The gallery will be open on Thursday and Friday from 10 am to 5 pm or by appointment. </span></b></div><div style="color: #666666; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #666666;">The exhibition can be viewed online from the Fog Forest Gallery website at this </span><a href="https://fogforestgallery.ca/exhibitions/art-ifacts-paintings-by-alvin-richard"><span style="color: #990000;">LINK</span></a><span style="color: #666666;">.</span></b></span></div></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>-SOLD</b></span></div></div><p></p>Alvin Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15124959252092788130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845842999179576812.post-90166631783129446552021-10-10T14:52:00.001-03:002021-10-28T21:18:44.022-03:00Perfect Seal Jar<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg18A0-Lapx-PCath9_QxmhWh9fsLiOwEabiraZ6k-sNB4-DZBWVBTz-f3ou2Q1qW0sFxW5DtQeKQItpCnj0wadT8KOpxqy_w0KlbsGVpyGLSL-GXN6781zIEUXiaXW_xsaXRzebHp3KY/s800/%2523289-+Perfect+Seal+Jar%252C+10+x+8+inches%252C+acrylic+on+gessoed+mounted+aluminuim+panel%252C+e-mail++file%252C+2021%252C+Alvin+Richard+P9259141.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="635" height="668" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg18A0-Lapx-PCath9_QxmhWh9fsLiOwEabiraZ6k-sNB4-DZBWVBTz-f3ou2Q1qW0sFxW5DtQeKQItpCnj0wadT8KOpxqy_w0KlbsGVpyGLSL-GXN6781zIEUXiaXW_xsaXRzebHp3KY/w531-h668/%2523289-+Perfect+Seal+Jar%252C+10+x+8+inches%252C+acrylic+on+gessoed+mounted+aluminuim+panel%252C+e-mail++file%252C+2021%252C+Alvin+Richard+P9259141.jpg" width="531" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: arial;"><b>Title - Perfect Seal Jar</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">10 x 8", acrylic on mounted gessoed aluminium panel</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">painting #289, 2021 </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I acquired this antique canning jar in 2016 at an estate sale in Summerside, PEI. After I did the photo study for this painting the following year, I dropped a handful of marbles inside the jar, the jar cracked and the bottom fell out. The same thing later happened with an antique Ball mason jar, except the jar didn't shatter but has a major crack that I was able to secure with a piece of scotch tape. Lesson learned with jars and marbles. Glass hitting glass can either break a jar or even chip a marble. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It's impressive the amount of different brands of antique canning jars that were produced in Canada more than half a century ago. It's always a thrill when I spot a new-to-me jar in an antique shop. It was a time when a lot more people had gardens and did all kinds of preserves for winter. While canning still remains a must for many, what has changed however, almost all fruits and vegetables are now available year-round in grocery stores. Before world-wide importation or green house farming, most fresh produce in grocery stores were seasonal. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #666666; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This painting will be part of a small solo show entitled "Art-ifacts", hosted by the Fog Forest Gallery in Sackville, NB from October 14 to November 5, 2021. Unfortunately, in order for the gallery to remain open during the pandemic while keeping everybody safe, the gallery director and I came to the decision that it was safer<b> not</b> to hold an opening reception. The public however will be able to visit the gallery at their leisure during the run of the exhibition. <b>The gallery will be open on Thursday and Friday from 10 am to 5 pm or by appointment. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #666666; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: left;"><h4 style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><a href="http://fogforestgallery.ca/" style="color: #33aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fog Forest Gallery</span></span></a></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">14 Bridge Street, Sackville,</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">New Brunswick, Canada, E4L 3N5</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Phone (506) 536-9000</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium;"><div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #444444;">e-mail: </span><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="mailto:janet@fogforstgallery.ca" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">janet@fogforstgallery.c</a>a</span></span></span></div></div><div><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">-SOLD</span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial;"> </span></div></div></h4></div></div></div></div><p></p>Alvin Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15124959252092788130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845842999179576812.post-90098602188854375302021-10-08T13:22:00.007-03:002021-12-24T12:13:27.775-04:00Improved Corona Jar <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwraYz4eISTd0GtnZlR-qCYH0mkIMXA0caIcaL-KmwUkllLTK0nG2vFoTrwmvLPPBIuFket3JX4iKFbx649C0Vza14FE8oYlcqxwQsx_a-CAqs3mJSqbh4jmX5XBPQf8_bA0CEM5BrA0w/s800/%2523288-+Improved+Corona+Jar%252C+12+x+14+in.+acrylic+on+gessoed+mounted+aluminium+panel%252C+e-mail+file%252C+2021%252C+Alvin+Richard+P9259143.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="800" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwraYz4eISTd0GtnZlR-qCYH0mkIMXA0caIcaL-KmwUkllLTK0nG2vFoTrwmvLPPBIuFket3JX4iKFbx649C0Vza14FE8oYlcqxwQsx_a-CAqs3mJSqbh4jmX5XBPQf8_bA0CEM5BrA0w/w534-h458/%2523288-+Improved+Corona+Jar%252C+12+x+14+in.+acrylic+on+gessoed+mounted+aluminium+panel%252C+e-mail+file%252C+2021%252C+Alvin+Richard+P9259143.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b><i>Title - "Improved Corona Jar"</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">12 x 14", acrylic on mounted gessoed aluminium panel</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">painting #288, 2021</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">T</span>his painting might look fun and whimsical at first glance, but it is a allegorical piece that is also meant to pose as a form of social commentary. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When the Covid-19 pandemic started in early January 2020, the main concern was to try to contain the virus and stop it from spreading. With no vaccine existing, it wasn't long before there were clusters of outbreaks with this virus being so highly contagious. The only way to stop the spread was to put sanitary measures and for many countries to go in lock down, resulting in the massive disruption of our daily lives. As cases multiplied, the healthcare system was soon overwhelmed with lack of PPE and patients going in severe respiratory distress, having to be sedated and intubated while trying to ride off the storm on a ventilator. It was the beginning of a very stressful time for frontline and healthcare workers. Even if all of this was happening, it kind of brought the world together. There were often rallies in front of hospitals in support of healthcare workers, households displaying rainbow signs in their windows that <i>everything was going to be alright,</i> the Zoom platform exploding in</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> popularity, people in cities opening their windows to sing and play music as a form of solidarity. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Then all of a sudden, it became political, especially when mask mandates were implemented, which for some was a breach of the civil liberties. Science deniers and conspiracy theories would soon follow suite on social media and right-wing channels. Then the virus gradually became an instrument that caused division within the population.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In late 2020, there was hope on the horizon when several pharmaceutical research companies announcing that vaccines had been developed and were being approved for emergency use after their trials were completed. These were found to have a very high efficacy rate in warding off the disease, hospitalization or deaths. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When the vaccine rollout started, the response for vaccines was overwhelming. Finally, there was a light at the end of the tunnel. While some remained vaccine hesitant, the anti-mask / anti-vaccine militants started rallies in protest. Still hope remained as the general population continued to roll up their sleeves to get shots into arm. There was a possibility that herd immunity might be achievable if 70-75% or more of the population would become fully immunized. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">That theory seemed sound until the variants started to appear. The vaccines still remain highly effective with high efficacy rate among the general population with no underlying or auto-immune conditions in warding off, complications such as long Covid, hospitalization or death. When the Delta variant started to spread during the summer in the United States, it was a evident, that a pending storm was about to hit us with a 4th wave. Especially when mask mandates were temporary lifted, our province opened its borders to the rest of Canada and later to the US. It was then referred to as <i>the pandemic of the unvaccinated</i>, now affecting a much younger slice of the population as this variant is more than 2x as contagious as the previous variants according to the CDC (Centers of Disease Control and Prevention). </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When the federal and provincial governments started to gradually impose vaccination mandates for many public workers and students, followed by vaccine passports to access non essential services, this would incite and fuel the anti-vaxxers to start protesting in front of hospitals against health care workers. You just can't make this stuff up. Within a year, rallies in front of hospitals went from cheers to jeers.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our province of New Brunswick had fared rather well since the beginning of the pandemic with all of the precautionary measures in place and were regularly revised depending on the state of contagion. The tide has since turned as we are currently experiencing an unprecedent influx with record high daily number of new cases infected with the Delta variant, hospitalisation and patients requiring ICU care. And this is with 90,1% of the eligible population having received one vaccine and 81,1% that are fully immunized. The fact remains that even if there are breakthrough infections, 80% of those requiring hospitalization are the unvaccinated, proving the the vaccines do work. Our provincial government announced this week that it would be imposing a circuit-breaker system in specific regions in order to contain the transmission of the virus since our hospital system is currently overwhelmed with Covid-19 infections. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">________ </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">A</span>s some of you may or may not know, I was a registered nurse for 35 years before retiring in 2017. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">On my birthday in late January, my wife offered me a scrumptious cloud cake. Three hours after making a wish and blowing the candles, I received a telephone call from my former employer. They weren't birthday wishes. It was to join the vaccination taskforce for the vaccine rollout with public health. My response was, "Be careful for what you wish for" since my wish was for an end of the pandemic by year's end. After I received my first vaccine in March, I came out of retirement and started working at vaccination clinics, putting shots into arm. </span></div><p></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;">As a still life painter, I've been collecting small props for many years. Whenever I get a visceral response or I feel an attraction or a connection for a particular object, I will often buy it on impulse. It can be the first element that can immediately ignite an idea or concept for a painting. Other times, it can take many years before an event might trigger a response when these stored objects come out of hibernation to be used to create the narrative.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Back in 2006, I was watching the Scotiabank Giller Prize on CBC. <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #4d5156;">The Giller Prize, is a top literary award given to a Canadian author of a novel or short story collection published in English the previous year. The winner that year was "Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures" by Vincent Lam. Dr Lam is a medical doctor and was working as an emergency physician in Toronto at the time of his win. The book is a collection of short stories connected through the relationship that develop among a group of young doctors as they move from the challenges of med school to the intense world of emergency rooms, evac mission and terrifying new viruses. I bought the book shortly thereafter. The title alone intrigued me and thought, it would be a great prop for a painting, but under what circumstances? </span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">After I had started working at the vaccination clinic, I can across this Corona mason jar which was stored on a back of a shelf in my studio. When I bought it back in 2016, it dawn on me that it was the Spanish word for crown. Also, that I had previously acquired some Crown jars for a commission painting. In the context of the pandemic, the moment I saw the word Corona on the jar, it took a whole different meaning. It was then that the whole narrative for the painting came to me. Later that week , while working at the clinic, a pharmacist who pre-loads the syringes with the vaccine for the nurses kindly gave me an empty vial of the Pfizer BioNtech vaccine. I often refer to marbles as the mind, in the context of, "I'm losing my marbles". I won't go any further with the narrative and let you draw your own interpretation. Just know that the jar is flooded in light and hope. </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #4d5156;"><span style="background-color: white;">While I was painting away, I listened to "Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures" on audio book. One of the short stories is entitled "Contact Tracing". It deals with the SARS-CoV-1 that occurred in Toronto during the outbreak between 2002-2004. The initials stands for <i>severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-1</i>. The narrator send chills down my spine as the unfolding drama was exactly the same as with our current pandemic. Lack of PPE, medical personnel getting infected and issues that arises while working in a hospital setting during a pandemic. <br /><br />During that pandemic, 8110 cases with a 10% mortality rate were reported worldwide from 31 countries. The United States reported 27 cases with no deaths, while Canada reported 251 cases, 44 deaths including one doctor and two nurses who worked at a Toronto hospital. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">SARS-CoV-1 is one of seven known coronaviruses to infect humans.</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #202122;"> This current pandemic is SARS-CoV-2. When many claim that the vaccine was rushed and developed too quickly, what many don't realize is that the science and research in developing a vaccine for a coronavirus had been in the works in vaccine research labs for years. It's quite impossible to test a specific vaccine for a 3-phase human clinical trial if there is no outbreak within an infected population. </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #202122;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #202122;">But if we all coming together, follow sanitary mesures, do our citizen duty by getting vaccinated to protect ourselves and all those around us; maybe, just maybe, we'll put an end to this pandemic. </span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJAe1HrE1l5dS9Ak0v5stRDHeXxRJJTVT2BjgbcKo1IghBQOCqp9hZYPSqyclMEz-2bNum92_HgLJsxbk8OaEJM0o5yhIc-m6C-VH0Wm5zoD-HcjAZlgu393PXnbJ7MmdxtDeoyGxt7Ro/s450/Bloodletting.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="292" height="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJAe1HrE1l5dS9Ak0v5stRDHeXxRJJTVT2BjgbcKo1IghBQOCqp9hZYPSqyclMEz-2bNum92_HgLJsxbk8OaEJM0o5yhIc-m6C-VH0Wm5zoD-HcjAZlgu393PXnbJ7MmdxtDeoyGxt7Ro/w280-h431/Bloodletting.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><div style="color: #202122; text-align: center;">Buy the book through these links-</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Bloodletting-Miraculous-Cures-Vincent-Lam/dp/0385661444"><span style="color: #660000;">Amazon -Canada</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/bloodletting-miraculous-cures-stories/9780385661447-item.html"><span style="color: #660000;">Chapters/Indigo- Canada</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #666666; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This painting will be part of a small solo show entitled "Art-ifacts", hosted by the Fog Forest Gallery in Sackville, NB from October 14 to November 5, 2021. Unfortunately, in order for the gallery to remain open during the pandemic while keeping everybody safe, the gallery director and I came to the decision that it was safer<b> not</b> to hold an opening reception. The public however will be able to visit the gallery at their leisure during the run of the exhibition. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The gallery will be open on Thursday and Friday from 10 am to 5 pm or by appointment. </b></span></div></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="color: #666666; text-align: start;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: left;"><h4 style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="color: #666666;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><a href="http://fogforestgallery.ca/" style="color: #33aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fog Forest Gallery</span></span></a></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">14 Bridge Street, Sackville,</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">New Brunswick, Canada, E4L 3N5</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Phone (506) 536-9000</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium;"><div style="color: #666666;"><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #444444;">e-mail: </span><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="mailto:janet@fogforstgallery.ca" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">janet@fogforstgallery.c</a>a</span></span></span></div></div><div><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">-SOLD</span></span></span></div></div></h4></div></div></div></div>Alvin Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15124959252092788130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845842999179576812.post-58154522650125698202021-10-06T14:37:00.007-03:002023-11-24T18:41:19.437-04:00Coke adds life to...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9FK-fJIXOUh4jzDIF6mvzqxWZhZK7j9xriIFcdIaKjee9yN2SIzoa3NB5C6BK0McyRbQpv9c_iKeZewp2u3o45Du1W_n3gdWZjdZF4O4_mOQORYOSKujGoE86TXJpAN2cj7oCDwWKf1M/s800/%2523287-+Coke+adds+life+to...%252C+16+x+16+in%252C+acrylic+on+gessoed+mounted+aluminium+panel%252C+2021%252C+e-mail++file%252C+Alvin+Richard+P9039131.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="795" data-original-width="800" height="539" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9FK-fJIXOUh4jzDIF6mvzqxWZhZK7j9xriIFcdIaKjee9yN2SIzoa3NB5C6BK0McyRbQpv9c_iKeZewp2u3o45Du1W_n3gdWZjdZF4O4_mOQORYOSKujGoE86TXJpAN2cj7oCDwWKf1M/w542-h539/%2523287-+Coke+adds+life+to...%252C+16+x+16+in%252C+acrylic+on+gessoed+mounted+aluminium+panel%252C+2021%252C+e-mail++file%252C+Alvin+Richard+P9039131.jpg" width="542" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Title- </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;"><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">C</span>oke adds life to...</i></b></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">16 x 16", acrylic on mounted gessoed aluminium panel</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">painting #287, 2021</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">C</span>oke adds life to...</span></b></i> was the slogan used by Coca-Cola between 1976 through 1979. The ad campaign showed Coke as the perfect accompaniment to food, fun and leisure in many situations common to consumers around the world. The company went all out with print ads, billboards, TV commercials and even a 7" vinyl - 45 rpm record of the jingle.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVXIiCfMn9F9OVX1loXwNJCJqyxyI_tZZ2Ok8ZsSH9CPYKtlRtjYBhCjCHmTgDDsrDp7H6vJW2NtLj1TQQtOvqlYkXF004WDBG1Cu__qtuPmKvw1f9OJpggBOLE2RWW_cQAU45t18YNA/s654/coke-adds-life-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="441" height="489" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVXIiCfMn9F9OVX1loXwNJCJqyxyI_tZZ2Ok8ZsSH9CPYKtlRtjYBhCjCHmTgDDsrDp7H6vJW2NtLj1TQQtOvqlYkXF004WDBG1Cu__qtuPmKvw1f9OJpggBOLE2RWW_cQAU45t18YNA/w330-h489/coke-adds-life-1.jpg" width="330" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Coke adds life to... magazine ad </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EtJ59uwSO4s" width="320" youtube-src-id="EtJ59uwSO4s"></iframe></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Coke adds life... 1977 TV commercial - click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtJ59uwSO4s"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">HERE</span></b></a> to view</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2CG6Zop-pGqGrDQGoRQq34MKtoYOQMbNuxy19-AuA4UqFFyFaRStgWEmICgtpv2VDhuCsT2dGPYLeO1TCe4y7OOa6vlO5MKlXbLvDPNjQ5I0FGFcYERbxyDjKUzWwl3f4RQ1x6Aasq8k/s600/R-3446032-1330700812.jpeg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="600" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2CG6Zop-pGqGrDQGoRQq34MKtoYOQMbNuxy19-AuA4UqFFyFaRStgWEmICgtpv2VDhuCsT2dGPYLeO1TCe4y7OOa6vlO5MKlXbLvDPNjQ5I0FGFcYERbxyDjKUzWwl3f4RQ1x6Aasq8k/s320/R-3446032-1330700812.jpeg.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Coke adds life to... jingle - 45rpm record, 1976<br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This Coke carton was a lucky find from the same estate sale in Summerside, PEI when I bought several mason jars and soda pop bottles back in 2016. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I've pretty run the gamut when it comes to documenting the history of Coca-Cola since this is the 16th themed painting that I've posted on this blog. For a link to all of my past Coca-Cola paintings - click<a href="https://alvinrichard-art.blogspot.com/search/label/coca-cola"><b><span style="color: #990000;"> HERE</span></b></a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: arial;">This painting will be part of a small solo show entitled "Art-ifacts", hosted by the Fog Forest Gallery in Sackville, NB from October 14 to November 5, 2021. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Unfortunately, in order for the gallery to remain open during the pandemic while keeping everybody safe, the gallery director and I came to the decision that it was safer not to hold an opening reception. The public however will be able to visit the gallery at their leisure during the run of the exhibition. <span style="font-family: inherit;">The gallery is open on Thursday and Friday from 10 am - 5 pm. or by appointment. </span></b></div></div></span></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><h4 style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="color: #666666;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><a href="http://fogforestgallery.ca/" style="color: #33aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fog Forest Gallery</span></span></a></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">14 Bridge Street, Sackville,</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">New Brunswick, Canada, E4L 3N5</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Phone (506) 536-9000</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium;"><div style="color: #666666;"><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #444444;">e-mail: </span><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="mailto:janet@fogforstgallery.ca" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">janet@fogforstgallery.c</a>a</span></span></span></div></div><div style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">-SOLD</span></span></span></div></div></h4></div></div></div>Alvin Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15124959252092788130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845842999179576812.post-77868561532981715102021-10-04T20:22:00.029-03:002023-11-24T18:52:21.768-04:00Screech, Fogo Island<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc0tPT1Ajdv3irxGf3muJJoqDAsTDUnvyHorCUjypHfuZxbIo_6TqBRe0ekWjjLS-IF0DVehYjfQRfMhLQwHjdsGTDoQc_vaLFnE3z2Ic4uvsil14RSsgofQzILrftZs_M2qWZTFGnuR8/s800/%2523286-+Screech%252C+Fogo+Island%252C+12+x+9+in.%252C+acrylic+on+mounted+gessoed+aluminium+panel%252C+2021%252C+e-mail+edit++file%252C+Alvin+Richard+P8169119.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="611" height="722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc0tPT1Ajdv3irxGf3muJJoqDAsTDUnvyHorCUjypHfuZxbIo_6TqBRe0ekWjjLS-IF0DVehYjfQRfMhLQwHjdsGTDoQc_vaLFnE3z2Ic4uvsil14RSsgofQzILrftZs_M2qWZTFGnuR8/w551-h722/%2523286-+Screech%252C+Fogo+Island%252C+12+x+9+in.%252C+acrylic+on+mounted+gessoed+aluminium+panel%252C+2021%252C+e-mail+edit++file%252C+Alvin+Richard+P8169119.jpg" width="551" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Screech, Fogo Island</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-size: small;">12 x 9", acrylic on mounted gessoed aluminium panel</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-size: small;">painting #286, 2021</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202122;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202122;">"Kissing the cod" or getting "Screeched-in" is a unique welcoming ceremony that tourists or newcomers often indulge in while visiting Newfoundland and Labrador. </span><span style="color: #202122;">It is traditionally used to give them the experience of being an honorary Newfoundlander. </span><span style="color: #202122;">The tradition involves </span></span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: arial;">a short recitation, </span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: arial;">kissing of a cod fish followed by </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202122;">drinking a shot of Screech (a Jamaican imported rum). The ritual is often performed at pubs, in homes or aboard tourist boat excursions. Even the fishermen appears to be kissing a cod on the label of the Screech liquor bottle. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202122;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/X36gX0njZPQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="X36gX0njZPQ"></iframe></div><span style="color: #202122;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #202122;">Click on this </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X36gX0njZPQ"><span style="color: #b45f06;">LINK</span></a><span style="color: #202122;"> to view a "Screeched-in".</span></b></div></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202122;"><br /></span></span></div><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We've visited Newfoundland on three different occasions. The landscape is unlike the rest of Canada. You almost feel like you're in a different country, it's a magical land. Our most recent visits were in August 2014 and October 2018. During our one-week family vacation in 2014, we rented a salt-box house during a two-day stay on New World Island where our son Jean-Luc was partially screeched-in, although no cod showed up. He had turned 19 in the spring and was now a university student. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6e2QlMe4eU4Q-V7n_XIhztX8ug8vdBCZPpFuD_evFp2_WDq67M_CeZajlK8TkfCx3QWoOUU-hKIRNjblTYoYeBUpoWdHx-vSrTaNHN8us83Ey559DJA4fdmWBf74xX_q9-pZPewziC-o/s2048/0-+Screech+Newfoundland+2014+471.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1539" data-original-width="2048" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6e2QlMe4eU4Q-V7n_XIhztX8ug8vdBCZPpFuD_evFp2_WDq67M_CeZajlK8TkfCx3QWoOUU-hKIRNjblTYoYeBUpoWdHx-vSrTaNHN8us83Ey559DJA4fdmWBf74xX_q9-pZPewziC-o/w390-h292/0-+Screech+Newfoundland+2014+471.jpg" width="390" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: x-small;">My son Jean-Luc, New World Island, NL, Aug. 2014<br /></span><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">When my wife and I returned to Newfoundland in mid-October 2018, we rented a salt-box house in the community of Fogo for 3 days. We were among the very few tourists visiting Fogo Island during this time of year. </span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fogo Island is now among one of the new remote travel destinations on the planet. If it's currently experiencing a revival of its economy after the collapse of Atlantic cod fishery, it's mainly because of the efforts of business woman and entrepreneur Zita Cobb. Born on Fogo Island, Zita Cobb with two brothers launched Shorefast in 2006, a charitable organization with mission to build economic and cultural resilience on Fogo Island through a variety of charitable programs and social businesses. Shorefast is responsible for the Fogo Island Inn, which has received global accolades for its exceptional design. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In addition, four art studios were built where selected artists, often foreign can<span style="color: #0a3039;"> engage in residencies</span><span style="color: #0a3039;"> with Fogo Island Arts. Upon the completion of their residency, their artwork is exhibited in the art gallery at the Inn. The contemporary studios were designed by architect Todd Saunders, a Newfoundlander now based in Bergen, Norway who is also responsible for designing the Fogo Island Inn. Situated at various locations on the island, each of the four studios has a distinct minimalist design. Anchored into the landscape on stilts, the studios range in size from two hundred to twelve hundred square feet and are completely off the grid.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mfw73jNG9us" width="320" youtube-src-id="mfw73jNG9us"></iframe></span></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Click on this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfw73jNG9us"><span>LINK</span></a><span><span style="color: #b45f06;"> </span><span style="color: #0a3039;">to view a most enchanting video. </span></span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="color: #0a3039;">After I first watched this video, I knew I had to come here for myself. Shorefast has also established several hiking trails scattered across the island. During our visit, we had a gourmet lunch at the Fogo Island Inn's restaurant, made our way to all four artists studios, although no artist were currently on site during our visits and hiked most of the trails. </span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span face=""News Gothic", Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0a3039; font-size: 15px;"><br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvmxbWxOSOUDR457-GLY7mQmcqnNZSn_w8L-hJtIC6fpKKEHaxadiedBSO_Tb1DEKB0u3CIh9_hA_FwV9VQ6SWmI-dnjAgw4mHUvuvK1KcoGaGwHTWfaIw9OQqBEyV7bo4eLJQNZAyq6w/s2048/1-+DSC03841+Aunt+Glady%25E2%2580%2599s+-+Old+Salt+Box+Co.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1584" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvmxbWxOSOUDR457-GLY7mQmcqnNZSn_w8L-hJtIC6fpKKEHaxadiedBSO_Tb1DEKB0u3CIh9_hA_FwV9VQ6SWmI-dnjAgw4mHUvuvK1KcoGaGwHTWfaIw9OQqBEyV7bo4eLJQNZAyq6w/w362-h468/1-+DSC03841+Aunt+Glady%25E2%2580%2599s+-+Old+Salt+Box+Co.jpg" width="362" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Picture window from which I did the</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">photo study for the painting</span></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht06dB37oA_Sn7ians6Rf_ab3_9QCugHcfllqJjl41UUdAoVTeze7GUwiASI0H7H4xKY032bCjOAlm_qrTBSAwEu8K1youEBdFjNfmauKz9mVawxjTnTSk-FTtCCLNZpr7S1oX7zGxQmE/s2048/3-+0DSC04133+FOGO+ISLAND+INN.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht06dB37oA_Sn7ians6Rf_ab3_9QCugHcfllqJjl41UUdAoVTeze7GUwiASI0H7H4xKY032bCjOAlm_qrTBSAwEu8K1youEBdFjNfmauKz9mVawxjTnTSk-FTtCCLNZpr7S1oX7zGxQmE/w380-h285/3-+0DSC04133+FOGO+ISLAND+INN.jpg" width="380" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-small;">My wife Suzanne, Fogo Island Inn restaurant</span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtbsNUc5DW44JThPK54E03TXGL8sqnaLuj8xZPoocYIa7UtA6Yo9MsrbAPnl4oTTzolOvBv7pPhGA7jIOEocXbojWJHQESoXqYXh7XeWJGnj0xrcuFFHZ5ZIEc2DomA_4gVJwXpBIRncs/s2048/0a-+DSC04228+Long+Studio+Fogo+Island.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtbsNUc5DW44JThPK54E03TXGL8sqnaLuj8xZPoocYIa7UtA6Yo9MsrbAPnl4oTTzolOvBv7pPhGA7jIOEocXbojWJHQESoXqYXh7XeWJGnj0xrcuFFHZ5ZIEc2DomA_4gVJwXpBIRncs/w380-h285/0a-+DSC04228+Long+Studio+Fogo+Island.jpg" width="380" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-size: x-small;">Long Studio, Joe Batt's Arm, Fogo Island, NL</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuvj-9gJ8S91SXc8mhs-3z2zePVcsRtREqf20htyIfT3_71O2THz4yMy_kkTK0vZN3FY38mtuLdHrRyzDTGi5Au3aNBVFBdIHpzbTim_I_GEcEFrKAZb35UnKeTOVFd7dignzserILCM/s2048/3-+DSC04213+The+Great+Auk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuvj-9gJ8S91SXc8mhs-3z2zePVcsRtREqf20htyIfT3_71O2THz4yMy_kkTK0vZN3FY38mtuLdHrRyzDTGi5Au3aNBVFBdIHpzbTim_I_GEcEFrKAZb35UnKeTOVFd7dignzserILCM/w377-h502/3-+DSC04213+The+Great+Auk.jpg" width="377" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRi_cHVxgaSOpdjvUyy2p3xTR712bOb21Mkg1yjtcqGXswjpig15TqWxGDqDB8cUQ6emFrLANvMjZUASkdd48T6fh9v5MHfRqFLWmFxUSdd7gepQiDL2EfgPu3Ix-srrqS_G2t8hDJ1_Y/s2048/3-+DSC04250+SQUISH+STUDIO.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRi_cHVxgaSOpdjvUyy2p3xTR712bOb21Mkg1yjtcqGXswjpig15TqWxGDqDB8cUQ6emFrLANvMjZUASkdd48T6fh9v5MHfRqFLWmFxUSdd7gepQiDL2EfgPu3Ix-srrqS_G2t8hDJ1_Y/w396-h297/3-+DSC04250+SQUISH+STUDIO.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The book in this composition is <i><b><span style="color: #666666;">The Shipping News</span></b></i> by E. Annie Proulx. The 1993 novel was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1994. The narrative follows <span style="color: #202122;">Quoyle, a third rate newspaperman from upstate New York who tries to rebuilds his life after moving to Newfoundland with his two daughters after his own world falls apart. American novelist Annie Proulx has spent a significant amount of time in Western Newfoundland, returning year after year since the early 1990's</span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202122;">. The book was adapted as a film in 2001 and was directed by Lasse Hallström.</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202122;"> It features a star studded cast including Oscar winners Kevin Spacey, Judi Dench, Julianne Moore and Cate Blanchett. Ms Proulx is the author of </span><b><i><span style="color: #666666;">Brokeback Mountain</span></i></b><span style="color: #202122;">, a short story published in 1997. It was also adapted for the cinema in 2005. It received universal acclaim and was a box-office success. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards, winning three for best adapted screenplay, musical score and for Ang Lee as best director. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122; text-align: center;">The artwork on the book's cover features an image of the etching </span></span><span style="text-align: center;"><i>"Hauling Job Sturge's House"</i><span style="color: #202122;">, 1979 </span></span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202122;">from Newfoundland born artist</span><span style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.davidblackwood.com/home/"><b><span style="color: #666666;">David Blackwood</span></b></a>.</span><span style="color: #202122;"> </span></span><span style="color: #231f20;">David Blackwood (b.1941) is one of Canada’s leading printmakers and most popular artists.</span><span style="color: #202122;"> In 1976, the National Film Board of Canada </span><span style="color: #202122;">produced a documentary film about the artist, </span><i style="color: #202122;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwood_(1976_film)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Blackwood (1976 film)">Blackwood</a></i><span style="color: #202122;">, which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202122;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202122;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX8kzcL-QdH5kidQuhxRpd3IiPa7QiNd_r11bjZosPunOhTcC7X82Em4Lp6k3ol0ceVitimtwJPQY_A15v0k3r-wP447jK-RTIvaxhLNsSi0LtAJ-nDcT_qIAW2YwpNcCJUDS0xwz3VSg/s787/154844127432428_1_B.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="787" height="337" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX8kzcL-QdH5kidQuhxRpd3IiPa7QiNd_r11bjZosPunOhTcC7X82Em4Lp6k3ol0ceVitimtwJPQY_A15v0k3r-wP447jK-RTIvaxhLNsSi0LtAJ-nDcT_qIAW2YwpNcCJUDS0xwz3VSg/w467-h337/154844127432428_1_B.jpg" width="467" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202122;">I first discovered his artwork while stepping in the Cape Spear lighthouse during our first ever visit to Newfoundland in 1990. Parks Canada had printed and was selling a poster of his iconic etching of the Cape Spear Lighthouse. Blackwood narrative artwork </span><span face="nimbus-sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #231f20;">draws on childhood memories, dreams, superstitions, legends, oral tradition, and the political realities of the Wesleyville community on Bonavista Bay where he was born and raised. Blackwood has resided in Ontario since leaving Newfoundland in 1959 to study at the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto. However, he still maintains an art studio in Wesleyville. I've greatly admired his work ever since that first encounter. In 2006, I was fortunate enough to acquire one of his original etchings.</span><span style="color: #231f20;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #231f20; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #231f20; font-family: arial;">The location of this painting is on Sargents Road, Fogo with view of Brimstone Head (rock formation) and Banks Cove. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: arial;">This painting will be part of a small solo show entitled "Art-ifacts", hosted by the Fog Forest Gallery in Sackville, NB from October 14 to November 5, 2021. <br /><br /><b style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unfortunately, in order for the gallery to remain open during the pandemic while keeping everybody safe, the gallery director and I came to the decision that it was safer not to hold an opening reception. The public however will be able to visit the gallery at their leisure during the run of the exhibition. <span style="font-family: inherit;">The gallery is open on Thursday and Friday from 10 am - 5 pm. or by appointment. </span></b></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="background-color: white;"><h4 style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="color: #666666;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><a href="http://fogforestgallery.ca/" style="color: #33aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fog Forest Gallery</span></span></a></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">14 Bridge Street, Sackville,</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">New Brunswick, Canada, E4L 3N5</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Phone (506) 536-9000</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium;"><div style="color: #666666;"><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #444444;">e-mail: </span><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="mailto:janet@fogforstgallery.ca" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">janet@fogforstgallery.c</a>a</span></span></span></div></div><div><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">-SOLD</span></span></span></div></div></h4></div></div></div>Alvin Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15124959252092788130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845842999179576812.post-65593715302416298812021-10-02T14:02:00.006-03:002023-09-09T03:38:06.931-03:00The Bluenose II docks in Lunenburg<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8no1JfrE8E76mmaEDswAu44FG3RmwpieB3NcKCoLBCoy-cJtAXrwzrFT7VkNs_yJ9TFAZZjpANzBx4q6x0jSu_H_YssX56hZji96hm5nwpWWhwVGd4stHUtSYYaNhrU0LPHw1B9UVxPU/s800/%2523285-+The+Bluenose+II+docks+in+Lunenburg%252C+11+x+14+in.+acrylic+on+mounted+gessoed+aluminium+panel%252C+2021%252C+e-mail+file%252C+Alvin+Richard++P8089115.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="800" height="437" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8no1JfrE8E76mmaEDswAu44FG3RmwpieB3NcKCoLBCoy-cJtAXrwzrFT7VkNs_yJ9TFAZZjpANzBx4q6x0jSu_H_YssX56hZji96hm5nwpWWhwVGd4stHUtSYYaNhrU0LPHw1B9UVxPU/w542-h437/%2523285-+The+Bluenose+II+docks+in+Lunenburg%252C+11+x+14+in.+acrylic+on+mounted+gessoed+aluminium+panel%252C+2021%252C+e-mail+file%252C+Alvin+Richard++P8089115.jpg" width="542" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;"><b> The Bluenose II docks in Lunenburg</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">11 x 14", acrylic on gessoed mounted aluminium panel</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">painting # 285, 2021</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;">This year marks the 100th anniversary of the launch of the original Bluenose schooner. The most recognized sailing, racing and fishing vessel in Canadian history. The schooner was designed by marine architect William James Roué of Dartmouth, NS. It was built in response to a rivalry between Lunenburg NS and Gloucester, Ma over which community built the fastest fishing vessel. The Bluenose would go on to win five International Fishermen's Trophy racing against its American challenger and remained undefeated for 17 years (1921, 1922, 1923, 1931 & 1938). </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Fishing schooners became obsolete during the 1930s, displaced by motor schooners and trawlers. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">During World War II, </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Bluenose</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> remained at dock in Lunenburg. No longer profitable, the vessel was sold to the West Indies Trading Co. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">in 1942. The vessel was stripped of masts and rigging and converted into a coastal freighter for work in the Caribbean Sea, carrying various cargoes between the islands. Laden with bananas, she struck a coral reef off Île à Vache</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">, Haiti on 28 January 1946. Wrecked beyond repair, with no loss of life, the schooner broke apart and was abandoned on the reef.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">In 1963, a replica of </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Bluenose</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> was built by Smith and Rhuland at Lunenburg using the original </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Bluenose</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> plans and named </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluenose_II" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Bluenose II">Bluenose II</a></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">. The project was sponsored by the Oland Company and</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> used the iconic vessel as a marketing tool for Oland Brewery </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schooner_Lager" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Schooner Lager">Schooner Lager</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> beer brand and as a pleasure yacht for the Olands family. </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Bluenose II</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> was sold to the government of Nova Scotia in 1971 for the sum of $1 or 10 Canadian dimes. The replica schooner is used for tourism promotion as a "sailing ambassador".</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> The replica has undergone several refits to extend her life. This vessel was decommissioned and dismantled in 2010, and an entirely new </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Bluenose</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> (also named </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Bluenose II</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">, since Transport Canada deemed it a "reconstruction") was built as close to the original schooner deemed necessary and launched in Lunenburg in 2013. (Wikipedia). </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202122;">Bluenose has adorned the Canadian 10-cent coin almost exclusively since 1937. It's featured on Nova Scotia's current licence plate and has appeared on four previously issued Canadian stamps. Bluenose is also one of the very few non-human inductees in the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrj-Armj17P4TgvtHBx2dXMKEgOR0mEHkifLSlKqps15xjT9T7z4EOzbGngP5ntpkdLZ4jaHpmJbRDT4HxRrJbK_gaURShhxggzkCdj1nsJR3DYTHDBNVrfhEavx08Mxgi94c5Il_ODWk/s874/Canada_bluenose_1928_issue-50c.jpg" style="background-color: white; clear: left; display: inline; float: left; font-family: sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrj-Armj17P4TgvtHBx2dXMKEgOR0mEHkifLSlKqps15xjT9T7z4EOzbGngP5ntpkdLZ4jaHpmJbRDT4HxRrJbK_gaURShhxggzkCdj1nsJR3DYTHDBNVrfhEavx08Mxgi94c5Il_ODWk/s874/Canada_bluenose_1928_issue-50c.jpg" style="background-color: white; 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clear: left; display: inline; float: left; font-family: sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrj-Armj17P4TgvtHBx2dXMKEgOR0mEHkifLSlKqps15xjT9T7z4EOzbGngP5ntpkdLZ4jaHpmJbRDT4HxRrJbK_gaURShhxggzkCdj1nsJR3DYTHDBNVrfhEavx08Mxgi94c5Il_ODWk/s874/Canada_bluenose_1928_issue-50c.jpg" style="background-color: white; clear: left; display: inline; float: left; font-family: sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrj-Armj17P4TgvtHBx2dXMKEgOR0mEHkifLSlKqps15xjT9T7z4EOzbGngP5ntpkdLZ4jaHpmJbRDT4HxRrJbK_gaURShhxggzkCdj1nsJR3DYTHDBNVrfhEavx08Mxgi94c5Il_ODWk/s874/Canada_bluenose_1928_issue-50c.jpg" style="background-color: white; display: inline; font-family: sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="874" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrj-Armj17P4TgvtHBx2dXMKEgOR0mEHkifLSlKqps15xjT9T7z4EOzbGngP5ntpkdLZ4jaHpmJbRDT4HxRrJbK_gaURShhxggzkCdj1nsJR3DYTHDBNVrfhEavx08Mxgi94c5Il_ODWk/w333-h240/Canada_bluenose_1928_issue-50c.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">50 cents Canadian Stamp - 1929</span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinVDARi1kOJpewAOWVtILyKEzOF3wDDM2QpZtLd6S5m9-7aLA5uPuHA8oAZKJvzbAjSaodlhVoayRdIgNBimfyl2MzYnu51BGpA82zgR90FMwMtx8PSSCwfJKCiPGCshUu-bXuQtbN8X4/s400/dime_reverse_2008-copy.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinVDARi1kOJpewAOWVtILyKEzOF3wDDM2QpZtLd6S5m9-7aLA5uPuHA8oAZKJvzbAjSaodlhVoayRdIgNBimfyl2MzYnu51BGpA82zgR90FMwMtx8PSSCwfJKCiPGCshUu-bXuQtbN8X4/w225-h225/dime_reverse_2008-copy.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Canadian dime featuring Bluenose since 1937</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwgI4WoNoOPYAAsMjGDDK1VJHBBUEKS_D1a2qDMjcvzF9nbU00YP03udH7cAGCa7kolX0frSNk0C2C75iEjN2l2g0fu_owY5wC3Wsd_tqjbPwsP38i-HXVylhx4KXZiLpdZED9UTU02sw/s450/bluenose-stamps-400p.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="450" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwgI4WoNoOPYAAsMjGDDK1VJHBBUEKS_D1a2qDMjcvzF9nbU00YP03udH7cAGCa7kolX0frSNk0C2C75iEjN2l2g0fu_owY5wC3Wsd_tqjbPwsP38i-HXVylhx4KXZiLpdZED9UTU02sw/w389-h167/bluenose-stamps-400p.jpg" width="389" /></a></div><div></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Centennial commemorative Canadian stamps, issued June 29, 2021 </div><br /><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The photographic reference for the painting was taken last September during a one week getaway in Nova Scotia. I could have done the bow of the ship which is even more iconic, but it didn't have the same visual impact and was far less detailed. The bow could have been done in a fraction of the time it took to paint all of this tedious details since I also had to be as accurate as possible. I did edit out a lot of rope that was coming in every direction to have a more aesthetic and clean look. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5cMYzjYT5qk9v3w1e3v5dXmNeGhNTeyCb2aqwpB7q-QsTif5tg1FFRTta6Ggohuq2a893v7GZHWr4ok3VNFAcr_lWIEcRYBT6oWerFYunxssiNGHQuoDVZeLnwT7sfNSh9vZozpwF7pA/s2048/%25230-+IMG_6065+Bluenose+II.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5cMYzjYT5qk9v3w1e3v5dXmNeGhNTeyCb2aqwpB7q-QsTif5tg1FFRTta6Ggohuq2a893v7GZHWr4ok3VNFAcr_lWIEcRYBT6oWerFYunxssiNGHQuoDVZeLnwT7sfNSh9vZozpwF7pA/w394-h296/%25230-+IMG_6065+Bluenose+II.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Bluenose II, Lunenburg, NS, Sept. 2020</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Captain Archibald Haddock from the Tintin serial by Hergé also celebrates an anniversary in 2021. He was first introduced in the graphic novel <b>The Crab with the Golden Claws</b> in 1941, 80 years ago. Captain Haddock is an alcoholic although he does sober up at times. His drink of choice is whiskey. I chose a Jameson bottle for several reasons. It has a tall ship and anchors on the label, the green color glass and the way it plays with the light. I also had a chance to visit the distillery in Dublin two summers ago with my son Jean-Luc, part of a 3-week European trip. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEges6dBfsagWtO-Q945GS9sZ_X8OrHGvj7cHo_yNgyhVWd82zEqMtQoMCOCO0xE4xfaSIrrQ9QedvFD5HOEqppR31Il0KcTK3NcvGsSHLbdXt78-LDysxaQ68g_Rh_Nb2m1f0wlOZBUo_s/s2048/2-+DSC07867+Jameson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1539" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEges6dBfsagWtO-Q945GS9sZ_X8OrHGvj7cHo_yNgyhVWd82zEqMtQoMCOCO0xE4xfaSIrrQ9QedvFD5HOEqppR31Il0KcTK3NcvGsSHLbdXt78-LDysxaQ68g_Rh_Nb2m1f0wlOZBUo_s/s320/2-+DSC07867+Jameson.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5MITAL_Q9IJWzvFlW8hfDZm5vKqktNLP1CEuH9cXEZG0q2QM7RlmMgoex5OrgNl7nc0cy6GfYVsRHwT34buyHoozpBpscB8ZKQmzfeQHntPcCsEJWhhyphenhypheniPkNzKCrFCLc3KAj1kTe1ix8/s2048/2-+DSC07851+Jameson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1549" data-original-width="2048" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5MITAL_Q9IJWzvFlW8hfDZm5vKqktNLP1CEuH9cXEZG0q2QM7RlmMgoex5OrgNl7nc0cy6GfYVsRHwT34buyHoozpBpscB8ZKQmzfeQHntPcCsEJWhhyphenhypheniPkNzKCrFCLc3KAj1kTe1ix8/s320/2-+DSC07851+Jameson.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-gOJLw2IObR2yj1oNTrpZaA0_U4hRBmOb4xWNWZdtxO2E4vyHf9HKSUU_QP9kjEfqGoO68HgncyatwKpDyxSJM5J56wM06YfK3iT6PXFd7pticdHaaJGRxYYpkWb8rrXZilod4hg1xBc/s2048/2-+01e8180191c2c5261153d9e7763c033d1a42911fe7+Jameson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-gOJLw2IObR2yj1oNTrpZaA0_U4hRBmOb4xWNWZdtxO2E4vyHf9HKSUU_QP9kjEfqGoO68HgncyatwKpDyxSJM5J56wM06YfK3iT6PXFd7pticdHaaJGRxYYpkWb8rrXZilod4hg1xBc/s320/2-+01e8180191c2c5261153d9e7763c033d1a42911fe7+Jameson.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My son Jean-Luc, Jameson Distillery</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dublin, Ireland, July 2019</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This painting will be part of a small solo show entitled "Art-ifacts", hosted by the Fog Forest Gallery in Sackville, NB from October 13 to November 5, 2021.<br /><br /><b style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unfortunately, in order for the gallery to remain open during the pandemic while keeping everybody safe, the gallery director and I came to the decision that it was safer not to hold an opening reception. The public however will be able to visit the gallery at their leisure during the run of the exhibition. <span style="font-family: inherit;">The gallery is open on Thursday and Friday from 10 am - 5 pm. or by appointment. </span></b><br /><br /> </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><h4 style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="color: #666666;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><a href="http://fogforestgallery.ca/" style="color: #33aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial;">Fog Forest Gallery</span></a></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">14 Bridge Street, Sackville,</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">New Brunswick, Canada, E4L 3N5</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Phone (506) 536-9000</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium;"><div style="color: #666666;"><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #444444;">e-mail: </span><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="mailto:janet@fogforstgallery.ca" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">janet@fogforstgallery.ca</a></span></span></span></div></div><div><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">-SOLD</span></span></div></div></h4></div></div></div><p></p>Alvin Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15124959252092788130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845842999179576812.post-70637312214844635372021-10-01T13:38:00.008-03:002022-02-26T12:23:37.108-04:00Candy Crush<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Bfkh77-vxUyEDAzFwvx7FaUbXZvEiJTq9kvQCxL0-FqsbmT3-8iDU3Blk-gU8p7eU3iyMyEZa77lT4iWKqj0o2KLkFlzA15sGTzSOHQP8pOdTqsgjRNK8pNHm01fVqC7RwYiNainaIQ/s900/%2523284-+Candy+Crush%252C+24+x+16+in%252C+acrylic+on+gessoed+aluminum+panel%252C+2021%252C+e-mail.+file%252C+Alvin+Richard+P7199114.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="788" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Bfkh77-vxUyEDAzFwvx7FaUbXZvEiJTq9kvQCxL0-FqsbmT3-8iDU3Blk-gU8p7eU3iyMyEZa77lT4iWKqj0o2KLkFlzA15sGTzSOHQP8pOdTqsgjRNK8pNHm01fVqC7RwYiNainaIQ/w525-h788/%2523284-+Candy+Crush%252C+24+x+16+in%252C+acrylic+on+gessoed+aluminum+panel%252C+2021%252C+e-mail.+file%252C+Alvin+Richard+P7199114.jpg" width="525" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b>"Candy Crush"</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">24 x 16", acrylic on mounted gessoed aluminium panel</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">painting #284, 2021</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Not long after completing the painting</span><a href="https://alvinrichard-art.blogspot.com/2017/05/crush-bottle-on-crushed-crush-cans.html" style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #93c47d;"> "Crush Bottle on crushed Crush cans"</span></b></a><span style="font-family: arial;"> in 2017, t</span><span style="font-family: arial;">he concept for this painting came to me while playing the video game <i><b>Candy Crush Saga</b></i> on Facebook. The big question remained, "But how would I do it?". It wasn't until I walked in a Wal-Mart in early October 2019 that I found the answer with Halloween treats. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">While it wasn't that important that all of the candies found in the video game be in the painting, nonetheless there had to be some. Swedish Fish, Tootsie Roll Pop and jelly beans became the three candies to link the imagery to<i> <b>Candy Crush Saga</b></i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It is among one of the most elaborate, complex and colorful painting I've created so far. It took upwards of 4 months to complete. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Candy Crush Saga was first introduced in April 2012 for Facebook by King Digital Entertainment. It became an instant hit. According to Wikipedia, b<span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">y 2013, </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Candy Crush Saga</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> had been downloaded more than 500 million times across Facebook, iOS, and Android devices. At that time, it was considered the most downloaded app from the Apple App Store.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> By 2016, the game had over 293 million active players each month. </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Candy Crush Saga</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> is considered one of the first and most successful uses of a freemium</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> model. While the game can be played without spending money, players can buy special actions to help clear more difficult boards, from which King makes its revenues. At its peak the company was reportedly earning almost $1 million per day. Since its inception, it has become of multi billion dollar venture. My wife is an avid player and is rank among the top 3% in the world after reaching level 4500. While all of this time playing for free. <br /><br /></span></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This painting will be part of a small solo show entitled "Art-ifacts", hosted by the Fog Forest Gallery in Sackville, NB from October 14 to November 5, 2021. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unfortunately, in order for the gallery to remain open during the pandemic while keeping everybody safe, the gallery director and I came to the decision that it was safer not to hold an opening reception. The public however will be able to visit the gallery at their leisure during the run of the exhibition. <span style="font-family: inherit;">The gallery is open on Thursday and Friday from 10 am - 5 pm. or by appointment. </span></b><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h4 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><a href="http://fogforestgallery.ca/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial;">Fog Forest Gallery</span></a></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">14 Bridge Street, Sackville,</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">New Brunswick, Canada, E4L 3N5</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Phone (506) 536-9000</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium;"><div style="color: #666666;"><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #444444;">e-mail: </span><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="mailto:janet@fogforstgallery.ca" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">janet@fogforstgallery.ca</a></span></span></span></div></div><div><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">-SOLD</span></span></div></div></h4></div>Alvin Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15124959252092788130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845842999179576812.post-74559450776615327832021-09-30T02:35:00.008-03:002021-10-14T14:03:17.140-03:00Acadia<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7K7wUb-KX5PTWwPLxaT3eWVG7NKNvnZIm9r5vZwdTiGkleRcVHvxMLCNcqAEOZMySehYqdmyni6Ln5a9jCMni53EWJN2cexaYflojnx7RqI9HMnEADLUOsNELq2PuRW4pErphfKVp3pQ/s800/%2523283-+Acadia%252C+14+x+11+in%252C+acrylic+on+gessoed+mounted+aluminum+panel%252C+2021%252C+e-mail++file%252C+Alvin+Richard+P3209099.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="637" height="672" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7K7wUb-KX5PTWwPLxaT3eWVG7NKNvnZIm9r5vZwdTiGkleRcVHvxMLCNcqAEOZMySehYqdmyni6Ln5a9jCMni53EWJN2cexaYflojnx7RqI9HMnEADLUOsNELq2PuRW4pErphfKVp3pQ/w536-h672/%2523283-+Acadia%252C+14+x+11+in%252C+acrylic+on+gessoed+mounted+aluminum+panel%252C+2021%252C+e-mail++file%252C+Alvin+Richard+P3209099.jpg" width="536" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #6aa84f; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>"Acadia"</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">14 x 11", acrylic on mounted aluminium panel, 2021</span></div></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial;">painting #283</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Deportation Cross is located in Horton Landing Nova Scotia. It was conceived by René-Arthur Fréchette. In 1924, the gothic style cross was originally erected near a railway about a mile from the memorial church at the national historic site of Grand-Pré. In 2005, it was relocated to its current spot after archeologists determined and believed to be the exact location where the Acadians waited and boarded ships during the deportation of 1755.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This site along the Gaspereau River also includes the New England Planters Monument, dedicated to the settlers who took over the vacated land of Annapolis Valley between 1759 and 1768. A silvery ancient elm tree, believed to be 175 years old once stood only a few paces from the cross. The humongous tree was brought down during a powerful storm in November 2010. Years earlier, it had died from Dutch Elm disease and was bare of its bark and leaves. It had been hit by lightning a few times, still it stood and was admired for its resilience until the storm. Artists Alex Colville and Tom Forrestall both painted the tree while it was still alive. In the 1984 NFB documentary film, <i>The Splendor of Order</i>, Alex Colville mentions that it was believed that the tree had stood there since the deportation of the Acadians. Colville has also painted the deportation cross while it was at its original location. During the same documentary, the camera follows him while he makes his way to the cross, makes a preliminary drawing and takes measurements. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu5BJlBAf8YLaQlBYRvvkhKXMhAuRRX1UHyYhsKKB-MTXH0XiTmTYDV5GzHUkRoNue74zIZrZ7qd3wKcnNstF63Lv2zDHf_56voMt3DrnX0FkhifbfHQaQxEDgAkGRPSWMTTJOtNQSQnY/s1176/0-+IMG_2463+Alex+Colville.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="1176" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu5BJlBAf8YLaQlBYRvvkhKXMhAuRRX1UHyYhsKKB-MTXH0XiTmTYDV5GzHUkRoNue74zIZrZ7qd3wKcnNstF63Lv2zDHf_56voMt3DrnX0FkhifbfHQaQxEDgAkGRPSWMTTJOtNQSQnY/s320/0-+IMG_2463+Alex+Colville.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ALEX COLVILLE</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"French Cross", 56.5 x 80 cm </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">acrylic on hardboard,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1988, private collection</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0k3NwIIBDihNA_4XyArmVCtS-4_r30nVueh92PnKqiKUpVAx4RgVDEVYfmO-bGITdtAQspZXGJWJlpkxypUUkzrdWmDVf4CXkLAAuUhWvgumxq-4fSyRGImETU_r_YU8BbpSJ-J5rL_c/s2048/0-+IMG_2464+French+Cross.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1531" data-original-width="2048" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0k3NwIIBDihNA_4XyArmVCtS-4_r30nVueh92PnKqiKUpVAx4RgVDEVYfmO-bGITdtAQspZXGJWJlpkxypUUkzrdWmDVf4CXkLAAuUhWvgumxq-4fSyRGImETU_r_YU8BbpSJ-J5rL_c/s320/0-+IMG_2464+French+Cross.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My wife Suzanne, Sept. 2020</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cross at its current location, Horton Landing, NS.</div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This painting is infused with symbolism. The imagery that appears on the <a href="https://www.barbours.ca/about-us">Barbours</a> baking powder tin can is of the Evangeline Well and commemorative church at Grand-Pré. Making this a sister painting to my previous post. Barbours is a family owned business right here in New Brunswick. It's as old as Canada itself. It was founded in 1867 in Saint John, NB by George L. and William Barbour. It is renown for its spices, baking ingredients, tea blends and mostly for King Cole Orange Pekoe Tea which was introduced in 1910. The business relocated to Sussex, NB in 1966. Of course, baking powder is one of the ingredients used to make the dumplings in a hearty Acadian fricot.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The site of the cross now serves as a memorial. The small folding seat/table belonged to my late mother. She specifically bought it to attend an outdoor mass celebrated by Pope John Paul II in 1984 during his papal visit to Canada and stop in Moncton. The yellow dandelions represents the Acadians past and present that remained rooted on their homeland. The dandelion globes, much like when a gust of wind breaks and separated the sphere, then spreads the seeds everywhere, represent the Acadians that against their will were deported mostly back to France and along the seaboard of the13 American Colonies. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This is actually the second time I paint the Deporation Cross. The first time was in 2008 with my painting, "Reflecting on Being Acadian" when I painted Clive Doucet brilliant biographical book, <i>Notes from Exile</i>, featuring Alex Colville's <i>"French Cross" </i>on the book's jacket cover.<i> </i>Click <a href="https://alvinrichard-art.blogspot.com/2008/12/reflecting-on-being-acadian.html"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">HERE</span></b></a> to view. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This painting will be part of a small solo show entitled "Art-ifacts", hosted by the Fog Forest Gallery in Sackville, NB from October 14 to November 5, 2021.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <b style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unfortunately, in order for the gallery to remain open during the pandemic while keeping everybody safe, the gallery director and I came to the decision that it was safer not to hold an opening reception. The public however will be able to visit the gallery at their leisure during the run of the exhibition. <span style="font-family: inherit;">The gallery is open on Thursday and Friday from 10 am - 5 pm. or by appointment. </span></b><br /><br /> </span></div></span><h4 style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><div style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><strong><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><a href="http://fogforestgallery.ca/" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: arial;">Fog Forest Gallery</span></a></span></strong></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">14 Bridge Street, Sackville,</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">New Brunswick, Canada, E4L 3N5</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Phone (506) 536-9000</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium;"><div style="color: #666666;"><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #444444;">e-mail: </span><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="mailto:janet@fogforstgallery.ca" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">janet@fogforstgallery.ca</a></span></span></div></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">-SOLD</span></div></div></h4></div><p></p>Alvin Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15124959252092788130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845842999179576812.post-82011386858321475422021-09-06T23:39:00.020-03:002021-12-24T12:18:59.550-04:00Evangeline Well, Grand-Pré <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkMQwf4jUzeI03WrNat_bDCjV7FYWEfhw1PhdlH1uMV8rA_Lwbq1aFCvxSax7GIsdMaYh51-8G3Qzq6j3GQEXO5aM8TquT4tVAswLdfkGp1sKyuSn_WhI7SNnq3mFtz-BT2XICCTN3cpY/s800/%2523281-+Evangeline+Well%252C+Grand+Pr%25C3%25A9%252C+14+x+11+inches%252C+acrylic+on+gesssoed+mounted+aluminum+panel%252C+e-mail+file%252C+2021%252C+Alvin+Richard+P1219096.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="624" height="652" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkMQwf4jUzeI03WrNat_bDCjV7FYWEfhw1PhdlH1uMV8rA_Lwbq1aFCvxSax7GIsdMaYh51-8G3Qzq6j3GQEXO5aM8TquT4tVAswLdfkGp1sKyuSn_WhI7SNnq3mFtz-BT2XICCTN3cpY/w509-h652/%2523281-+Evangeline+Well%252C+Grand+Pr%25C3%25A9%252C+14+x+11+inches%252C+acrylic+on+gesssoed+mounted+aluminum+panel%252C+e-mail+file%252C+2021%252C+Alvin+Richard+P1219096.jpg" width="509" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #990000; font-family: arial;">"Evangeline Well, Grand-Pré (Puits Évangéline, Grand-Pré),</span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;">14 x 11", acrylic on mounted aluminium panel, 2021</span></div></span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;">painting #281</span></div><div style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #262626;">Last summer I was invited to take part in an up-coming 2021 exhibition </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">at the West Baton Rouge Museum in Louisiana that </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">pays an homage to Evangeline, the legendary Acadian </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">literary</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #262626;"> heroine from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem of the same name, The timing was perfect as we were leaving the following week for a Nova Scotia getaway as the NB-NS border had reopened earlier during the summer for tourists of the Atlantic, Canada bubble during the pandemic. We made our way to Grand-Pré, located in the bucolic region of Annapolis Valley. The historic site and grounds were open to the public. However, the statue of Evangeline by sculptor Louis-Philippe Hébert had a barricade behind it during our visit and was going to be removed the following day for restauration. A small ceremony was held during the month of July 2020 to commemorate the statue's 100 anniversary. The commemorative church had scaffolding around its perimeter and was also undergoing restaurative work. The church which was built in 1922 will also be turning 100. It was reopened to the public by this summer. </span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #262626;"> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq9MVNTODajhj6H4WHFslFtS-Q-rqNSu0MHzBaiG31TCeeEAGYiuesKXhxvBTOv6TtgheDSqkBFPZE3nfkuHaRW4xBAjyCLDxQ3sFgGPjTLNjObP6FcRMmt75-IsltGjDK1BGx_3EGR2Y/s2048/DSC02053.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq9MVNTODajhj6H4WHFslFtS-Q-rqNSu0MHzBaiG31TCeeEAGYiuesKXhxvBTOv6TtgheDSqkBFPZE3nfkuHaRW4xBAjyCLDxQ3sFgGPjTLNjObP6FcRMmt75-IsltGjDK1BGx_3EGR2Y/w377-h502/DSC02053.JPG" width="377" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #999999; font-size: x-small;">My wife Suzanne with the Evangeline statue and commemorative church. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #999999; font-size: x-small;">-photo taken during a previous visit, September, 2018.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #999999;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjV8kwgMA1lNOS9YNQHv6ld1ie5kT8fNPSSb3ay8Y2PaOK77NjVBgjYAFinzkbIXZ4aGzblo9WlNy2OjiKbCTAjFzyDLWlcX2EA83VOVGFG0k3R9CvTQpGSOmjh9w8-MeNZ7SL1LVNX1E/s2048/0000-+IMG_2494+Alvin+Well.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjV8kwgMA1lNOS9YNQHv6ld1ie5kT8fNPSSb3ay8Y2PaOK77NjVBgjYAFinzkbIXZ4aGzblo9WlNy2OjiKbCTAjFzyDLWlcX2EA83VOVGFG0k3R9CvTQpGSOmjh9w8-MeNZ7SL1LVNX1E/w432-h324/0000-+IMG_2494+Alvin+Well.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #999999;">Self, September, 2020</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #222222;">I first read </span><b><span style="color: #999999;">Henry Wadsworth Longfellow</span></b><span style="color: #222222;">'s epic poem </span><b><i><span style="color: #999999;">Evangeline</span></i></b> <span style="color: #222222;">in 2017. Longfellow's tale written in 1874
would become a lasting legacy and a gift to the Acadian people. It would
forever give them a sense of identity and help define the plight of the
Acadians to the rest of the world.</span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">While Evangeline is a fictitious
character possibly based on a real person. She is perceived as an iconic and
allegorical figure to the Acadians for her qualities of steadfastness,
fortitude, strength, devotion and love. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">During the deportation of Acadians in 1755, my
6th time grand-father, Michel Richard was deported from Fort Beauséjour to
Charleston, SC where he died shortly thereafter. Avoiding the deportation, his
wife and children had exiled themselves to Prince Edward Island as tension was mounting with the British. To pay homage to my ancestors and the author, I
returned on the grounds of Fort Beauséjour, located in Aulac, NB and used it as
the setting for the first two paintings done in 2017 & 2019. In the poem,
Longfellow writes,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><blockquote style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: medium;">Shaking his head, as in doubt; then, heaving a sigh,
he continued:- "Louisbourg is not forgotten nor Beauséjour, nor Port
Royal".</span></blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">This painting is my
third study using the same props. I wanted to create a full-circle moment
by returning Evangeline to her homeland of Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia. </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">The Evangeline Well was discovered by treasure
hunters at the end of the 19th century. It is located directly to
the right of the commemorative church in Grand-Pré. My previous two
paintings had ginger-ale inside the bottle</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> For this rendition, I decided to
leave the bottle empty, as if returning to the well to fill it with water </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">and as a means of symbolism and for what Grand-Pré and Évangéline represents to the Acadians which for many, also serves as a pilgrimage site</span><span style="font-family: arial;">. A
bust of Longfellow is located about 50 meters from the well. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">The Grand-Pré historic site was established in 1908 and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkaoIcxIA6KIvo-9jEciTYKAHQ42CsWEOF6st8iwGgnqWyoGa1nkkExqIckOAwzIXglps5wuFPI9bXUsDJ4jbSEtdizQuBlCLRuerrMVeyytu_MnfTPbJpj3RntebXwQKG_y6EXStL7ow/s1000/0000-+IMG_2489+Longfellow+Monument.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="686" height="441" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkaoIcxIA6KIvo-9jEciTYKAHQ42CsWEOF6st8iwGgnqWyoGa1nkkExqIckOAwzIXglps5wuFPI9bXUsDJ4jbSEtdizQuBlCLRuerrMVeyytu_MnfTPbJpj3RntebXwQKG_y6EXStL7ow/w303-h441/0000-+IMG_2489+Longfellow+Monument.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><p></p><p>
</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #262626;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #262626;">The exhibition </span><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">"Evangeline, Evolution of an Icon"</span></i></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f;">, organized by the West Baton Rouge Museum, provides a glimpse into Evangeline’s evolving status from her inception through today as a legend and heroine, to a brand image and celebrity, and ultimately into a cultural icon. Inspiring writers, artists, musicians, and entrepreneurs, Evangeline has appeared in many guises. Along the way, her image morphed from that of a demure Victorian-era maiden into a confident modern woman. This exhibition includes artworks by Canadian and Louisiana artists, including François Gaudet, Rémi Belliveau, Mario Doucette, Alvin Richard, Melissa Bonin, and George Rodrigue among several others as well as artifacts and paraphernalia to demonstrate Evangeline’s transformation and her timeless appeal. The exhibit opens Saturday, May 15 and runs through October 31st.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCeU2bgAuXSzxj0wNMKPzk7wa92tsO6vnuSVZr_F-k9p8AD6knlA9YdR9R_R8kUMqyFzpm61k6OTLWiKyTkE1Pw_3zn2IciZoEkTHGERbX7WpH4z31et2wDfczBk6w-PW0KbG7KqvfC4/s2001/1-+IMG_1562+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1075" data-original-width="2001" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCeU2bgAuXSzxj0wNMKPzk7wa92tsO6vnuSVZr_F-k9p8AD6knlA9YdR9R_R8kUMqyFzpm61k6OTLWiKyTkE1Pw_3zn2IciZoEkTHGERbX7WpH4z31et2wDfczBk6w-PW0KbG7KqvfC4/w537-h289/1-+IMG_1562+%25281%2529.jpg" width="537" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTrzfUwSmHe-VFncIs9ma0tKJfQPqeudN3WS3yjy4kfbFzePSNw6vgHmcY3qY-Yzg68mI9cl2IMw_eSWWB2hQ1bvQp6UDOZ1UNw8cKTjIjnWI7_cgri1qeQXuC0MwVXrxAJWhAPSbptzM/s2016/1-+exhibit68-11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="2016" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTrzfUwSmHe-VFncIs9ma0tKJfQPqeudN3WS3yjy4kfbFzePSNw6vgHmcY3qY-Yzg68mI9cl2IMw_eSWWB2hQ1bvQp6UDOZ1UNw8cKTjIjnWI7_cgri1qeQXuC0MwVXrxAJWhAPSbptzM/w540-h374/1-+exhibit68-11.jpg" width="540" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-small;">photos provided by Lauren Hawthorne, curator of collection</span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: arial;">The West Baton Rouge Museum is located at 845 N Jefferson Ave, Port Allen, Louisiana,United States. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday- 10 am to 4:30pm and Sunday 2pm-5pm</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://westbatonrougemuseum.org/314/Current-Exhibits">https://westbatonrougemuseum.org/314/Current-Exhibits</a></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Suggested reading with beautifully mounted video done by the CBC for the 100th anniversary of the Evangeline statue also featuring François Gaudet, one of the artists taking part in the exhibition which I had a good fortune of meeting during our visit in Grand-Pré- click on this <span style="color: #741b47;"><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/true-story-evangeline-enchanted-world-1.5660062">LINK</a> </span>to view.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoRLuYzGPPN6NSXXN44Dd0N4N4GrA7YqkwfK1jwjkh4ox0BQqvE0WzJv43HuPmZecPX_uzF-3fkkJjdoCHGxC23aWo7_WvJU57viSvCh3mXl38qIiTp2MmJaRRuJZzuOqFLOgLH2xvTkw/s875/1-+Emma+Evangeline.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="875" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoRLuYzGPPN6NSXXN44Dd0N4N4GrA7YqkwfK1jwjkh4ox0BQqvE0WzJv43HuPmZecPX_uzF-3fkkJjdoCHGxC23aWo7_WvJU57viSvCh3mXl38qIiTp2MmJaRRuJZzuOqFLOgLH2xvTkw/w481-h308/1-+Emma+Evangeline.jpg" width="481" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This photo is of my mother Emma dressed up in an</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Évangéline costume, circa 1955.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">--------</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b>UPDATE - Sept. 30, 2021 </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">With the cooperation of the West Baton Rouge Museum, the original painting was removed from the exhibition on Sept. 15 and replaced with a reproduction canvas print with hand painted details for the remaining of the exhibition. </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The original painting will be part of an small solo show entitled "Art-ifacts", hosted by the Fog Forest Gallery in Sackville, NB from October 14 to November 5, 2021. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><a href="http://fogforestgallery.ca/" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: arial;">Fog Forest Gallery</span></a></span></strong></div><h4 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">14 Bridge Street, Sackville,</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">New Brunswick, Canada, E4L 3N5</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Phone (506) 536-9000</span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium;"><div style="color: #666666;"><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #444444;">e-mail: </span><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="mailto:janet@fogforstgallery.ca" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">janet@fogforstgallery.ca</a></span></span></div></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">-SOLD</span></div></div></h4><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p></p>Alvin Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15124959252092788130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845842999179576812.post-71559945096546287772021-02-04T19:48:00.010-04:002021-12-24T12:19:21.892-04:00LOVE Letters and KISSES<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA1jIYqXBK1_1uLHEQp1UNsJggvX3PwvW_VPhm-ZmqxtDfE96u6H7pMRpXg9_ZWTmZz8HfXRx-5_zUv3O_C8PxKAiW2VzpEVICSLQrpCbDlmemVWv4yqBPQ0sDWhr92aHduVloC2aAHIs/s900/%2523282-+Love+Letters+and+Kisses%252C+10+x+12+in%252C+acrylic+on+gessoed+mounted+aluminum+panel%252C+e-mail.+file%252C+2021%252C+Alvin+RichardP2039097.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="743" data-original-width="900" height="445" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA1jIYqXBK1_1uLHEQp1UNsJggvX3PwvW_VPhm-ZmqxtDfE96u6H7pMRpXg9_ZWTmZz8HfXRx-5_zUv3O_C8PxKAiW2VzpEVICSLQrpCbDlmemVWv4yqBPQ0sDWhr92aHduVloC2aAHIs/w539-h445/%2523282-+Love+Letters+and+Kisses%252C+10+x+12+in%252C+acrylic+on+gessoed+mounted+aluminum+panel%252C+e-mail.+file%252C+2021%252C+Alvin+RichardP2039097.jpg" width="539" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Acrylic on gessoed mounted aluminum panel, 10 x 12"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Painting # 282, 2021</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This is my fifth installment featuring a large chocolate Hershey's Kisses. I took a much different approach for this one. After a bit of research and brainstorming, I came up with this composition.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Indiana"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>R</b></span>obert </span>I</a></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Indiana"><span style="color: #38761d;">ndiana</span></a> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">(1928-2018) </span><span style="font-family: arial;">was born Robert Clark in New Castle Indiana. The Pop Art artist's is best kn</span><span style="font-family: arial;">own for his work consisting of bold, simple images and sculptures featuring numbers and short words like EAT, HUG, DIE with his most famous work being "LOVE". </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC9dcJASVNSuvaNaZvmLjTMQFFeuRkxtxQaUWzEmV9P0cUV2xGAuXtTox5dtbdCe_8fIJ9EQfq5U5kzWR1DhhZwZmUQEWtjHNartZrPOEDE617JXwVjUElIxP9k0H6EIfIxN-dDkK-9sE/s2048/0-+eat+P6086511.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1539" data-original-width="2048" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC9dcJASVNSuvaNaZvmLjTMQFFeuRkxtxQaUWzEmV9P0cUV2xGAuXtTox5dtbdCe_8fIJ9EQfq5U5kzWR1DhhZwZmUQEWtjHNartZrPOEDE617JXwVjUElIxP9k0H6EIfIxN-dDkK-9sE/w379-h284/0-+eat+P6086511.jpg" width="379" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In 2008, he created the word "HOPE" for the Democratic presidential campaign of Barack Obama. Proceeds of the sales of reproduction prints were donated to Obama's campaign, raising in excess of $1,000,000. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In 1973, "LOVE" was used by the US Postal Service for the first stamp of their on-going Love series. Some 330 million stamps were printed. The first day of issue was on January 26, 1973 in Philadelphia, PA, known as the city of brotherly love. The first-day cover features a Valentine, since the timing of this stamp was for the annually celebrated day for lovers.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxWtRXqzv3z5h1g1pfgwCvuFFwyGKFtqlIjpFs1o919FvK7So7zSZ5A1b2SceXtkKQof_birrUC_5WnfPLeYY8VopxjvbW1DIraIucBjATQ1oON8Aim_ZQ4cLkBHfutZ5w6LxMti_tmSY/s1960/Love+First+Day+Cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1084" data-original-width="1960" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxWtRXqzv3z5h1g1pfgwCvuFFwyGKFtqlIjpFs1o919FvK7So7zSZ5A1b2SceXtkKQof_birrUC_5WnfPLeYY8VopxjvbW1DIraIucBjATQ1oON8Aim_ZQ4cLkBHfutZ5w6LxMti_tmSY/w389-h215/Love+First+Day+Cover.jpg" width="389" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I was able to acquire two of these first-day covers on eBay. For my composition, I decided to make a few changes so that it would become more of an homage to Mr. Indiana and less of a Valentine by doing a few edits. A diffuse reflection of the Kisses chocolate is cast on the plastic film of the box, adding an extra point of interest.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">During my travels, I've had the opportunity to see several of his word sculptures and paintings. Below are just a few. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg77FKqVZul_j9x-XIaI47cW7pERoydm33cNxsmI4XlXB6pSt56gqyZsB0kqihQ66iZ8iQp8KVB77WGWoGTc-kj3RHX9r3ehvYqEIwMyf3yKTzWqrlME6gbVcUHfbFmCEzxZdH_KOHUUL4/s2048/2-+love+PC264662.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2018" data-original-width="2048" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg77FKqVZul_j9x-XIaI47cW7pERoydm33cNxsmI4XlXB6pSt56gqyZsB0kqihQ66iZ8iQp8KVB77WGWoGTc-kj3RHX9r3ehvYqEIwMyf3yKTzWqrlME6gbVcUHfbFmCEzxZdH_KOHUUL4/w394-h388/2-+love+PC264662.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">New Orleans Museum of Art, Dec. 2012</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6dMf4ewfhQlhQ99hPqPlJq3gOfOGJWwg5ZHuVU9Vyh9LHzW5XHNMNF2sxaHnJIYxAcHCHybXnLRcyh6bYbcbvGsr7NERB21K1_zSDkFGNveBO9pb60k8gs2odX-Gl_OAZu4L8IDomkc/s2048/0-+love+wall+P6086490.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6dMf4ewfhQlhQ99hPqPlJq3gOfOGJWwg5ZHuVU9Vyh9LHzW5XHNMNF2sxaHnJIYxAcHCHybXnLRcyh6bYbcbvGsr7NERB21K1_zSDkFGNveBO9pb60k8gs2odX-Gl_OAZu4L8IDomkc/w388-h291/0-+love+wall+P6086490.jpg" width="388" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-small;">Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Me, June 2014</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-small;">Robert Indiana lived the last 40 years for his life</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-small;">on Vinalhaven Island, Maine, located 15,4 miles from</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-small;">the mainland. The island is accessible</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-small;">by ferry from Rockland, Me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HEJh6c82FJaX1ZwrCS2bql1vCVpdUmDQ121yKGqGjwKSf8arHfz53kBvSQ4dbQCi-oIy9OOawNW3JzsTrTrN4BLwmacYFI2qUUwOYozx6g-DBFt6gt1v0ZvpntBEPVLeFU_gyy8lulU/s2048/2-+the+great+love+P3290256.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HEJh6c82FJaX1ZwrCS2bql1vCVpdUmDQ121yKGqGjwKSf8arHfz53kBvSQ4dbQCi-oIy9OOawNW3JzsTrTrN4BLwmacYFI2qUUwOYozx6g-DBFt6gt1v0ZvpntBEPVLeFU_gyy8lulU/w392-h294/2-+the+great+love+P3290256.jpg" width="392" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;">Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, March, 2013 </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9rmHwgaBSoFDO4EcQ3uCuedqyDrdzuSIlMPaeev9Rp0kPaQ_QYKLaqDH5q8tZMUSxuYpguw-qTCkBRtyv_Dk8Dnt7MS4k85nRYXxtdqGPHTByO26kA68cN4CQ0uMC-3lj5wSLii3W94o/s2048/2-+Love+DSC01769.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9rmHwgaBSoFDO4EcQ3uCuedqyDrdzuSIlMPaeev9Rp0kPaQ_QYKLaqDH5q8tZMUSxuYpguw-qTCkBRtyv_Dk8Dnt7MS4k85nRYXxtdqGPHTByO26kA68cN4CQ0uMC-3lj5wSLii3W94o/w392-h294/2-+Love+DSC01769.jpg" width="392" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;">Montreal, QC, August, 2015</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaTV8UGO4KCL8qUwmwyXB13P2Er2EAYq_b4uDRZ0dXlKQEB62fFkVy8LysZ_T2w8VIrzghpM8cUGh_4Q8miEr4lA414JHa5N-7moTxn52FMOYBkGOJD7sneikAmDqhL8YjJB5xiAfCJnk/s2048/2-+JFK+Plaza+DSC02465.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1879" data-original-width="2048" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaTV8UGO4KCL8qUwmwyXB13P2Er2EAYq_b4uDRZ0dXlKQEB62fFkVy8LysZ_T2w8VIrzghpM8cUGh_4Q8miEr4lA414JHa5N-7moTxn52FMOYBkGOJD7sneikAmDqhL8YjJB5xiAfCJnk/w391-h359/2-+JFK+Plaza+DSC02465.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-small;">John K. Kennedy Plaza (aka- the LOVE Park)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-small;">Philadelphia, PA - Oct. 2015</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF6yhiE-4f8qRsUhYFd-Ruo6PurJ_3raO-ow3M63ouynePIpyLkc7PSS1Q8NBTPiiC7OTlZcSZy_qE58EvJf2qdkjbmKQ91Tp72OTwQ1w7AFdu5tk0dxB6rUKc5n6iIS5X05VO9cXn8rM/s2048/4-+Amor+DSC02917.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1684" height="453" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF6yhiE-4f8qRsUhYFd-Ruo6PurJ_3raO-ow3M63ouynePIpyLkc7PSS1Q8NBTPiiC7OTlZcSZy_qE58EvJf2qdkjbmKQ91Tp72OTwQ1w7AFdu5tk0dxB6rUKc5n6iIS5X05VO9cXn8rM/w372-h453/4-+Amor+DSC02917.jpg" width="372" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-small;">Philadelphia Museum of Art, Oct. 2015</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLw-d8u9Y4rjDyzJaMbxDdMvSQZ9vmpemkWtQro-BNkniUs0xXArGP6dm4JlEn14zdbhIfTEKsN9UmGJ9c04wPKjO_3wWBgiuyIhNNgHDdFm2vEnKllpuDJHYqjp2C4fQPfCUZmxYX8w/s2048/4-+LOVE+-+DSC03081.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLw-d8u9Y4rjDyzJaMbxDdMvSQZ9vmpemkWtQro-BNkniUs0xXArGP6dm4JlEn14zdbhIfTEKsN9UmGJ9c04wPKjO_3wWBgiuyIhNNgHDdFm2vEnKllpuDJHYqjp2C4fQPfCUZmxYX8w/w424-h318/4-+LOVE+-+DSC03081.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;">Our son Jean-Luc at Penn State</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;">Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 2015</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1d2129; display: inline;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div><strong><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #45818e;">Galerie de Bellefeuille</span></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #45818e;">1367 avenue Greene, </span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #45818e;">Montreal, Quebec H3Z 2A8 </span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #45818e;">Tel: 514.933.4406</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #45818e;">e-mail- art@debellefeuille.com</span></span></div></div></div><div style="color: #666666; 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font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">16 x 12", acrylic on mounted gessoed aluminum panel</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">painting #280, 2020</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hopper"><span style="font-size: x-large;">E</span>dward Hopper</a></b> painted <b><i>Automat</i></b> in 1927. It is the collection of the Des Moines Art Center in Des Moines, Iowa. <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">An automat was a type of restaurant / cafeteria that served simple quality foods and drinks from vending machines. This fast-food concept first appeared in Berlin Germany in 1895. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">The first to open in the US in 1912 was located at 818 Chestnut St.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>.<span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> Horn & Hardart became the most prominent American automat chain. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">They were popular in northern industrial cities especially Philadelphia and New York City. Hot and cold foods were available for a few nickels. Popular foods were sandwiches, baked beans, salisbury steak, hamburgers, creamed spinach, baked macaroni and cheese, donuts, a variety of pies (beef, chicken, dessert), cakes and their famous coffee. They were generally open 24 hours/day. They grew out of fashion during the 1970's when fast food restaurants entered the landscape. The last Automat closed in 1991. It was located on 42nd street in NYC. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The lone woman seated at a table having a hot beverage. The fact that she has only remove one glove might indicate that she is only there for a brief period or coming out from the cold. Her facial expression and the time of day does sets the mood for the entire painting. There is a tangible sense of isolation and aloneness in her body language. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">During the Covid-19 pandemic, this has been the reality for many people during quarantine measures with social distancing, working from home, school closures, a one unit family bubble during orange /red phases and limited admittance of people within a confine space. In order to reach out to family members, friends, to have the ability to communicate from home to the work place and for distance education, the public has been relying more on videotelephony and teleconference platforms like FaceTime, Skype and most recently the Zoom software which saw a significance increase in usage on a global scale. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">With the coffee cup facing the viewer and resting on a calendar, my intention was to create a date using such software with the lady in the Hopper masterwork as a form of symbolism in communicating while being apart. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">The calendar was published by Graphique de France in 1992. It had been in storage since then. The photograph of the painting "Automat" is credited to Ray Andrews (1990). I own three artbooks of Edward Hopper and the photo in the calendar is by far the best reproduction. The coffee cup was purchased as a prospect prop from Chapters / Indigo bookstore. It had been patiently sitting on a shelf in my studio for about a decade, just waiting to be used. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="color: #222222;">*Update</b><span style="color: #222222;">-</span><span style="color: #674ea7;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Automat"><b>The Automat</b></a></span><span style="color: #222222;">, a 2021 documentary directed and produced by Lisa Hurwitz goes to the core of this bygone institution with nostalgia and first hand account of this bit of Americana. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: verdana;">To acquire this painting, please contact: </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1d2129; display: inline;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border-style: none; border-width: medium; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div><strong><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #45818e;">Galerie de Bellefeuille</span></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #45818e;">1367 avenue Greene, </span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #45818e;">Montreal, Quebec H3Z 2A8 </span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #45818e;">Tel: 514.933.4406</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #45818e;">e-mail- art@debellefeuille.com</span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://debellefeuille.com/" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; text-decoration-line: none;"><b>website</b> </a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000;">-SOLD</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><br /></p></span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Alvin Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15124959252092788130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845842999179576812.post-80129002670337485732020-11-21T03:22:00.010-04:002021-10-05T01:28:07.222-03:00Lose One's Marbles<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBxKnETykIr3s7ZxZAWDNmH2mR2whBYIcBZ6sodY9mZePGt3PVkmk1BUyVggMJsaMrE2ZcOjkc_Ody5cKQ5kvvPiLdAyygdSHie3y-TP_cMAbL0L6pI3yQ7D0J_1mDsVEPk1ws8Xv0iOc/s850/%2523279-+Lose+One%2527s+Marbles+-11+x+14+in.+acrylic+on+mounted+aluminium+panel%252C+e-mail.+File%252C+2020+Alvin+Richard+PB189085.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="850" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBxKnETykIr3s7ZxZAWDNmH2mR2whBYIcBZ6sodY9mZePGt3PVkmk1BUyVggMJsaMrE2ZcOjkc_Ody5cKQ5kvvPiLdAyygdSHie3y-TP_cMAbL0L6pI3yQ7D0J_1mDsVEPk1ws8Xv0iOc/w534-h420/%2523279-+Lose+One%2527s+Marbles+-11+x+14+in.+acrylic+on+mounted+aluminium+panel%252C+e-mail.+File%252C+2020+Alvin+Richard+PB189085.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Acrylic on mounted gessoed aluminum panel</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">11 x 14", painting #279, 2020</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've done several still life paintings using vintage mason jars with marbles. My last one goes back about a decade now. It's always interesting to revisit past subject matter to see how one's fare as my craft continues to evolve. In recent years, I've been using a lot more opacity while painting with transparent glazing on top. I am pleased with the outcome.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For this study, I purchased a 12 x 18 in. white glossy ceramic floor tile from Home Depot which I laid on the windowsill to serve as the base. Its glossiness provided a mirror like effect that I was hoping for. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The lampwork hand crafted marble on the glass lid was done by an American artisan. I acquired it from the artist a few years ago. This one even has a gold dust ribbon swirl. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Currently exhibited in a group show entitled "Apart Together, a Weary World Rejoices" at the Forest Fog Gallery, Nov. 20- Dec. 31, 2020</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To acquire this painting please contact:</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><strong><a href="http://fogforestgallery.ca/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: verdana;">Fog Forest Gallery</span></a></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">14 Bridge Street, Sackville,</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">New Brunswick, Canada, E4L 3N5</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #666666;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Phone (506) 536-9000</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border-style: none; border-width: medium;"><div style="color: #666666; font-weight: 700;"><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #444444;">e-mail: </span><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="mailto:janet@fogforstgallery.ca" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">janet@fogforstgallery.ca</a></span></span></div></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>-SOLD</b></span></div></div>Alvin Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15124959252092788130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845842999179576812.post-36227742927119943442020-11-12T02:30:00.006-04:002021-10-05T01:25:19.843-03:00Lindbergh Again Flies the Air Mail (reposted from Feb. 2017)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<div style="color: #1d2129; font-family: verdana; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">Following the transatlantic flight, Lindbergh went on a three city celebration tour in the United States with stops in Washington, DC, New York City and St. Louis where many honors were bestowed upon him. In Washington, DC, on June 11, 1927, the Postmaster General presented Lindbergh with a commemorative airmail stamp. It was also the first time a stamp had been issued to honor a person still living.</div>
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The top letter in my composition- postmarked St Louis, on June 18, 1927, also bears a special ink stamp in celebration of his crowning achievement on the same day the city would honor him.</div>
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<div style="color: #1d2129; font-family: verdana; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">After his exploit, Lindbergh never return to his regular job as a U.S. Air Mail pilot. However he used the immense fame to help promote the U.S. Airmail Services. Lindbergh would return to his former route of St. Louis to Chicago in a CAM-2 plane for two-day promotional tour (northbound on February 20; southbound on February 21). On those two flights he carried tens of thousands of self-addressed stamped envelopes sent in from all over America and the world. These were back stamped, and then returned to their senders as a souvenir and collector item. Items carried on flights piloted by Lindbergh are still actively collected under the general designation of <i>"Lindberghiana." </i>The bottom letter postmarked with a lucky horseshoe -''Lindbergh Again Flies the Airmail'' was one among those thousands he carried that I was so fortunate to acquire for this painting.</div>
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I've attached a Lindbergh Stamp in mint condition and both letters to the back of the painting, as a special token for the prospect acquisitor.</div>
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Alvin Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15124959252092788130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845842999179576812.post-25106025412605412702020-10-16T04:01:00.011-03:002023-11-26T00:42:45.913-04:00Farm Animals on Animal Farm, a cautionary tale (an homage to George Orwell) <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQmOtBj3lLHUxPuZDJGLuluee75ZoqaDSaOMBEhbrYtOH88UMDjj5Xo4NEgcrneKjlL4Noiv9xnyElviuo1mKwIiZU3gMaK-HSI3MoePMHPBDjmFxH7Q63lIp2lZ7lkzGUoDtclrc-Me0/s850/%2523278-+Farm+Animals+on+Animal+Farm%252C+a+Cautionary+Tale%252C+18+x+14+in%252C+acrylic+on+mounted+aluminium+panel%252C+e-mail+File%252C+2020%252C+Alvin+Richard+PA079084.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="663" height="680" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQmOtBj3lLHUxPuZDJGLuluee75ZoqaDSaOMBEhbrYtOH88UMDjj5Xo4NEgcrneKjlL4Noiv9xnyElviuo1mKwIiZU3gMaK-HSI3MoePMHPBDjmFxH7Q63lIp2lZ7lkzGUoDtclrc-Me0/w530-h680/%2523278-+Farm+Animals+on+Animal+Farm%252C+a+Cautionary+Tale%252C+18+x+14+in%252C+acrylic+on+mounted+aluminium+panel%252C+e-mail+File%252C+2020%252C+Alvin+Richard+PA079084.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Acrylic on gessoed aluminium panel (mounted), 18 x 14"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Painting #278, 2020</span></span></div><p></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This painting was started back in February at the beginning of the pandemic. It may seem whimsical on the surface, but it is an allegorical piece infused with political overtones. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #050505;">I purchased and read</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> </span></span></span><b style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">"Animal Farm"</span></a></b><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"> and </span></span></span><b style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">1984</span></a>"</span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> by </span></span><b style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell"><span style="color: #45818e;">George Orwell</span></a></b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #45818e;"> </span><span style="color: #050505;"> shortly after CNN started using the term of living in an Orwellian time. This came about when then US President advisor, Kellyanne Conway used the term "alternative facts" while coming to the defense of White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer when he stated that Mr. Trump had attracted the "largest audience" ever to witness an inauguration. Right away, Conway's "alternative facts" was compared to "doublethink", a term coined to the act of simultaneously accepting two contradictory beliefs as correct. People also drew comparisons to "newspeak", one of the several wordplay Orwell invented for 1984, meaning to limit freedom of thought. By 1950, Orwell's newly coined words would soon find their way in the Oxford English Dictionary beginning with Newspeak, Big Brother, doublethink, thoughtcrime and unperson. In 1945, he was also the first to use the term <i>cold war</i>.</span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was later reported by the New York Times that US sales of <b>1984</b> had increased by 9500%. Penguin Books quickly reprinted 75,000 copies and the book surged to #1 on the Amazon's Bestsellers List less than a week after the inauguration. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Even more recently when Bob Woodward was invited on CNN to talk about his most recent book "Rage" and his recordings of conversations with Donald Trump, he mentioned the word Orwellian, which is attached to a dystopian totalitarian state.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell"><b><span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-size: large;">G</span>eorge Orwell</span></b></a><span style="color: #050505;"> (1903-1950) was born Eric Arthur Blair. He was a novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. </span></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: verdana;">His penname was taken from the River Orwell in Suffolk, England. He was born in India to British parents. His parents separated soon after he was born. In 1904, his mother would return to England where he and his sister were both raised. In 1922, instead of going to university, he chose to serve with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, where his maternal grandmother lived. His service there fed his lifelong opposition to Imperialism. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: verdana;">Politically, he favored democratic socialism. He went to Spain in 1936 to fight in the Spanish War. There he joined republican forces backed by the United States and the Soviet Union. However, after he was wounded by a snipper, the Soviet forces accused him of betraying the anti-fascist cause and he had to flee the country. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTPQtLSQE9brcoC9VuWioX0FFTSONif0moGOJQcF95x-ZGgmL_wfdUabIrQkYP6EkVnHkceo-Lje2bXvrOCex4V2HUw3JDr9YR8CqNXVIT7CMIJa6jB-HIzz3m9Jmv6fQQwW2FTImE3B4/s2278/Pla%25C3%25A7a+de+George+Orwell.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="979" data-original-width="2278" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTPQtLSQE9brcoC9VuWioX0FFTSONif0moGOJQcF95x-ZGgmL_wfdUabIrQkYP6EkVnHkceo-Lje2bXvrOCex4V2HUw3JDr9YR8CqNXVIT7CMIJa6jB-HIzz3m9Jmv6fQQwW2FTImE3B4/w552-h235/Pla%25C3%25A7a+de+George+Orwell.JPG" width="552" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">George Orwell Square, Barcelona, Spain - dedicated in 1996. </span></div></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Orwell <span style="color: #202122; vertical-align: inherit; white-space: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">lived in </span></span><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: normal;" title="Barcelona"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Barcelona</span></span></a><span style="color: #202122; vertical-align: inherit; white-space: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> between </span></span><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: normal;" title="1936"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">1936</span></span></a><span style="color: #202122; vertical-align: inherit; white-space: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> and </span></span><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: normal;" title="1937"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">1937</span></span></a><span style="color: #202122; vertical-align: inherit; white-space: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> , where he became a member of the </span></span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/POUM" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: normal;" title="POUM"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">POUM</span></span></a><span style="color: #202122; vertical-align: inherit; white-space: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> , coming to fight on the front with the Republican side. He later wrote of</span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> these experiences in <i>Homage</i></span></span><i style="color: #202122; white-space: normal;"><span style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homenaje_a_Catalu%C3%B1a" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Tribute to Catalonia"> to Catalonia</a> (1938)</span></span></i><span style="color: #202122; vertical-align: inherit; white-space: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">, which especially portrays scenes on </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: inherit; white-space: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Rambla" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: normal;" title="The Rambla">La Rambla</a></span></span><span style="color: #202122; vertical-align: inherit; white-space: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> and its surroundings.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #202122; vertical-align: inherit; white-space: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Left photo of myself taken by my son Jean-Luc - July, 2019.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: verdana;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">He spent part of WWII working as a correspondent for the BBC which further fed his distaste for totalitarianism regimes. His experiences in Spain and during WWII created the political leanings that helped shape his most famous novels, Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: verdana;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEx3rxiE4wmDnAC_aSI35KKG5gfj3PGanxbfnz1oktPRJg7HGRiO6RPrBCK_gEHocknPzjcQFr6myq1dJobj8HC7g_8XN1aF8GH1OKnX7zJfzg2RGLDNx2hrEjP2nqpFjMOCQ37aMq9Mc/s600/431px-George-orwell-BBC.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="431" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEx3rxiE4wmDnAC_aSI35KKG5gfj3PGanxbfnz1oktPRJg7HGRiO6RPrBCK_gEHocknPzjcQFr6myq1dJobj8HC7g_8XN1aF8GH1OKnX7zJfzg2RGLDNx2hrEjP2nqpFjMOCQ37aMq9Mc/s320/431px-George-orwell-BBC.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">George Orwell </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: left;">Source Wikimedia Commons</span></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: verdana;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #202122; white-space: normal;"><b>Animal Farm</b> is a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fable" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: normal;" title="Fable">fable</a><span style="color: #202122; white-space: normal;"> that reflects events leading up to the </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Revolution_of_1917" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: normal;" title="Russian Revolution of 1917">Russian Revolution of 1917</a><span style="color: #202122; white-space: normal;"> and then on into the </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Soviet_Union_(1927%E2%80%9353)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: normal;" title="History of the Soviet Union (1927–53)">Stalinist era</a><span style="color: #202122; white-space: normal;"> of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: normal;" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a><span style="color: #202122; white-space: normal;">.</span><span style="color: #202122; white-space: normal;"> Orwell </span><span style="color: #202122; white-space: normal;">was a critic of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: normal;" title="Joseph Stalin">Joseph Stalin</a><span style="color: #202122; white-space: normal;"> and hostile to Moscow-directed </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalinism" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: normal;" title="Stalinism">Stalinism</a><span style="color: #202122;">.</span><span style="color: #202122; white-space: normal;"> The Soviet Union had become a brutal </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictatorship" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: normal;" title="Dictatorship">dictatorship</a><span style="color: #202122; white-space: normal;"> built upon a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_personality" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: normal;" title="Cult of personality">cult of personality</a><span style="color: #202122; white-space: normal;"> and enforced by </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_purge" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: normal;" title="Great purge">a reign of terror</a><span style="color: #202122; white-space: normal;">. Orwell </span></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;">tells a story about humans via animals. In the process he reveals the sins of the revolutionaries are not limited to people involved in the revolution, but when those in charge, guided by high ideals, then goes on to betray them all. Anytime a revolution goes wrong, people often bring up "Animal Farm" and declare it to be ahead of its time. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: verdana;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">George Orwell died on January 21, 1950 from complications of tuberculosis acquired three years previously. </span></span></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><br /></div></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: verdana;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The painting is infused with symbolism pertaining to the animals themselves and the role they play in Animal Farm. It is also a reflection of the current political climate in the US. With the Covid-19 pandemic currently underway, all of these animals have all been linked to previous flus, pandemics and other diseases transmissible to humans.</span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">props used- </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">• Animal figures - Farm World by Schleich</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #050505;">• Background wallpaper-"Golden Lily" by </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Morris"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">William Morris</span></b></a><span style="color: #050505;"> (1834-1896)</span></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #050505;">• base- Record album cover with plastic wrap of ''Power, Corruption & Lies" by New Order (1983) / album artwork - "Basket of Roses" by </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Fantin-Latour"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><b>Henri Fantin-Latour</b></span></a><span style="color: #050505;">, (1836-1904) collection of the National Gallery, London.</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFT6ACh_Nfa-AY1_JyYN_whYQMQ7DYPRJmP-xEphTciv2_E1pLnpbYHm_E8S_yhcQLzAdyqlGJ7M5nJzriTBw5hTgNaYHjeIBrxooif6CInLWJiXM3P8-oGfp4aHLJHy1EVuJjddUZyUU/s2048/2-+IMG_3815+Henri+Fantin+Latour.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1521" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFT6ACh_Nfa-AY1_JyYN_whYQMQ7DYPRJmP-xEphTciv2_E1pLnpbYHm_E8S_yhcQLzAdyqlGJ7M5nJzriTBw5hTgNaYHjeIBrxooif6CInLWJiXM3P8-oGfp4aHLJHy1EVuJjddUZyUU/w162-h218/2-+IMG_3815+Henri+Fantin+Latour.jpg" width="162" /></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhAfLvHHGRC7sSPKBGgXA8sBtW-wwJUW-kPWaNWNOGVZ5Gb3xnSXkhOtyNc9ezOW9uAinmEilB_LLya0Ilfvv1TJeIG87Uh9f8MAoII_YF8lt01y8j6jut9Xd6pxTvMfL3sGrucLnp39g/s1000/no_powercorruption_front_1000x1000.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="1000" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhAfLvHHGRC7sSPKBGgXA8sBtW-wwJUW-kPWaNWNOGVZ5Gb3xnSXkhOtyNc9ezOW9uAinmEilB_LLya0Ilfvv1TJeIG87Uh9f8MAoII_YF8lt01y8j6jut9Xd6pxTvMfL3sGrucLnp39g/w293-h206/no_powercorruption_front_1000x1000.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">L- auto-portrait of Henri-Fantin Latour, photo taken during visit of the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (July, 2019) / R- Record album - Power, Corruption & Lies by New Order</span></span></div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #050505;">• Artwork featured on George Orwell books by </span><a href="https://obeygiant.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Shepard Fairey</b></span></a><span style="color: #050505;">. Ironically, Fairey </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #202122; white-space: normal;">became widely known during the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: normal;" title="2008 United States presidential election">2008 U.S. presidential election</a><span style="color: #202122; white-space: normal;"> for his </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_%22Hope%22_poster" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #faa700; outline-color: rgb(51, 102, 204); white-space: normal;" title="">Barack Obama "Hope" poster</a><span style="color: #202122; white-space: normal;">.</span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #202122; white-space: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBxMxNz0bTIBpGuFtEDfSZ4Z7QTZA3JjeFo9pV7vXonCnIPCGRYS7kCvTsxH2HZOXeqkhoFGT8DxlQ0DZjwuiLVrjJhrm_kgxfjsLswTnN5s7AvQLH1hbQpIy6OoMNf6gzm4ZCQ_T_XLM/s709/Shepard+Fairey.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="571" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBxMxNz0bTIBpGuFtEDfSZ4Z7QTZA3JjeFo9pV7vXonCnIPCGRYS7kCvTsxH2HZOXeqkhoFGT8DxlQ0DZjwuiLVrjJhrm_kgxfjsLswTnN5s7AvQLH1hbQpIy6OoMNf6gzm4ZCQ_T_XLM/s320/Shepard+Fairey.jpg" /></a></div><b><span style="color: #bf9000;">SHEPARD FAIREY</span></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">OBEY 3-Face collage, signed offset lithography</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">24 x 18" (set of 3 prints) - open edition</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">-personal collection</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #202122; white-space: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><div style="color: #666666; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1d2129; display: inline;">To acquire this painting, please contact: </span><br /><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1d2129; display: inline;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="color: #666666;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Galerie de Bellefeuille</span></span></strong></div><div style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1367 avenue Greene, </span></span></div><div style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #444444; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Montreal, Quebec H3Z 2A8 </span></span></span></div><div style="color: #666666;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tel: 514.933.4406</span></span></span></div><div style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">e-mail- art@debellefeuille.com</span></div><div style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #888888;"><span style="color: #888888; font-family: verdana; text-decoration-line: none;"><a href="http://debellefeuille.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;"><b>website</b> </a></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>-SOLD</b></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><p></p>Alvin Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15124959252092788130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845842999179576812.post-2269176385372722542020-02-11T02:04:00.002-04:002023-11-26T00:44:45.368-04:00Marilyn Blowing Kisses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">This is my fourth painting, part of the on-going series that connects a play with words in the title, a retro black and white photograph, a date (calendar) and a large Hershey's Kisses. The previous three all featured couples kissing. With this one, I wanted to step out of my comfort zone and paint a portrait of a single figure that would somehow convey a loving sentiment to the looker while still keeping with the theme. </span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">I found this photograph of Marilyn Monroe on the web. It probably dates back to the mid 1950's when she wore this signature hairdo. Unfortunately, I do not know who the photographer is. I liked the contrast between the white dress and the black background. There was very little detail between her right hand and the dress. I could not make out her thumb and her pinky looked crooked. My wife Suzanne actually posed for me with a white glove. It is her hand. The whole portrait was done using only titanium white and Paynes Grey. </span></div>
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Alvin Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15124959252092788130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845842999179576812.post-46749306615441112732019-12-23T01:45:00.003-04:002023-11-24T19:00:17.427-04:00Bubble Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">The <b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Bubble Up</span></b> brand was created one hundred years ago in 1919 by the Sweet Valley Products Co of Sandusky, Ohio. The introductory flavor was grape juice. In 1938, the soda pop would permanently switch flavor to lemon-lime. It is currently manufactured by the Dad's Root Beer Company.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: #f2f3f5; color: #1c1e21;">I vaguely remember Bubble Up while growing up, since it is rather rare to find some here in Atlantic Canada. I bought these at Winners (TJ Maxx chain) here in Moncton, but it's a US product s</span><span style="background-color: #f2f3f5; color: #1c1e21;">ince a bilingual sticker of ingredients was affixed to the caddy after production so it could be sold here. When I spotted this foursome in the store, I just got a nostalgic visceral response since I hadn't seen these since the 1970's. I got seduced by the graphics and knew I had to paint them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f2f3f5; color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Trivia- A bottle of Bubble Up appears on a piano in the Ariana Grande's music video, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewnhncpo64o">Die in your arms cover ( Justin Bieber)</a>. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #f2f3f5; color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #f2f3f5; color: #1c1e21;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ewnhncpo64o" width="320" youtube-src-id="ewnhncpo64o"></iframe></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Watch here</b>. </div></span></span></div>
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<div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #666666;">Exhibited in a group show entitled-</span><b style="color: #6aa84f;"><span> </span></b><span><span style="color: #444444;"><b>Not a Creature was stirring.... Artworks to Deck the Halls</b></span><b style="color: #6aa84f;"> - </b></span><span style="color: #666666;">Dec. 2019 and <b>Under Summer Sky</b>- June 18 to July 10. </span></span></div>
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Alvin Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15124959252092788130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8845842999179576812.post-6670131662397825112019-11-27T21:16:00.000-04:002020-03-01T13:10:34.840-04:00Barbie at 60, a Fashion Icon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">painting #275, 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On March 9 of this year, <strong><a href="https://barbie.mattel.com/en-us/about/60th-anniversary.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Barbie Millicent Roberts</span></a></strong><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666;"> celebrated her 60th birthday. The following week, it was my wife Suzanne's turn to become a sexagenarian. This is my third Barbie painting. The first two were done when</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie"> <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Barbie</span></b></a><span style="color: #666666;"> turned 50 and 55. This latest incarnation is a sister painting to the previous that also featured one of the two sewing patterns issued by Advance in 1961. The sewing pattern was the instigator that inspired the imagery and composition. It falls in the timeline when Pop Art became an art movement which drew inspiration from advertising among it's influences.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">To view my two previous Barbie paintings - click on this</span><b><a href="https://alvinrichard-art.blogspot.com/search/label/Barbie"> <span style="color: #0b5394;">LINK</span></a>.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">With the passage of time, Barbie keeps re-inventing herself and empowering the image of what it means to be a woman in 2019. Mattel has just released multi-race (in four skin tones)<a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2019/11/26/from-dreamhouse-to-courthouse-this-barbies-no-plaything-for-dallas-judges/"> ''<b><span style="color: #38761d;">Judge Barbie</span></b>''</a> -<a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2019/11/26/from-dreamhouse-to-courthouse-this-barbies-no-plaything-for-dallas-judges/"><b> <span style="color: #38761d;">LINK</span></b></a>. Part of Mattel's agenda has been to inspire girls to be anything that can dream of, and to break the glass ceiling. Even if at times some of their choices have been controversial over the decades.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Both Barbie and my wife share another commonality....at 60 years of age, they both still look Fabulous! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">Currently on exhibition in a group show entitled-</span><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></b></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u><i><b>"Not a Creature was stirring.... Artworks to Deck the Halls"</b></i></u></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u><i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></b></i></u><span style="color: #666666;">at the Fog Forest Gallery in Sackville, NB. from Nov. 21 - Dec. 31, 2019.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To acquire this painting please contact:</span></div>
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<strong><a href="http://fogforestgallery.ca/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Fog Forest Gallery</span></span></a></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">14 Bridge Street, Sackville,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">New Brunswick, Canada, E4L 3N5</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Phone (506) 536-9000</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">e-mail: </span><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="mailto:janet@fogforstgallery.ca" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">janet@fogforstgallery.ca</a></span></span></div>
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