My Friend wrote “I made the papers without dying or getting arrested!”
He got my attention!
(Anyone who knows Bill McCafferty will get it)
He texted me this photo first and wrote-
“Go ahead. Ask me where I got this!”
Our local paper is Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Hmmmm I had no idea, Bill.
Then he sends photo #2.
Check out Third Place
A winner of the caption contest 293.
Artist of the cartoon-Stacy Inherst
click Stacy Innerst Website to check out his illustrations
Congratulations Bill. Very exciting. So glad you are alive and not in jail.
On Top of the World
The city of Pittsburgh’s Mt. Washington (elevation 6,289) just before sunset, Monday evening.
Inspired by the Weekly Photo Challenge
and a big nod to Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen sculpture Spoonbridge and Cherry in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the sculpture garden- Walker Art Center The spoon weighs 5,800 pounds the cherry 1,200 pounds. I saw this sculpture when we visited Matthew when he was a student at Macalester College in St. Paul. It came to mind when I was thinking about photographing a cherry on top for the weekly photo challenge.
And the cell phone shots below to compare which I thought looked better than the good camera.
Cherry on a spike and one of my gray hairs and the Duquesne Incline
Without the spoon, the city in focus
Triadelphia West Virginia Car Wash
And a nod to Jackson Pollock at the car wash. Abstract expressionism for sure. I’ve photographed some impressionism at the car wash before today.
I was on my way to Columbus Ohio, stopped for gas at the Sheetz in Triadelphia West Virginia. Do you want a car wash? Y or N? I thought, why not? Hit Y.
A code is printed on the receipt and you go get in line across the lot.
Not sure what’s in their soap but the car looked nice and clean once it rinsed off.
A little break in the monotonous drive on the interstate.
Oh, then there was the potato chip art, from the bag I’d purchased when I went to the rest room. Lunch.
A Starfish right in the middle of the giant ruffled chip.
An art day, right in Triadelphia, West Virginia. Who knew?
Hart’s Artist Consignment- Carson Street- South Side
Meet Claudia Hart- People at Work Series- Artists’ Consignment Shop Owner
Watermelon Onsesie (tie-dye) by artist Susan. (yes, I bought two!)
There it is, tucked in the middle with the green awning. 1905 Carson St., SouthSide.
Look Up – Panza Gallery
Weekly Photo Challenge: Look Up
He looked up. I looked down. Can it count for the challenge?
Mark Panza, artist, photographer and gallery owner.
He looked up at me on the stairs. Oh no, all I had was my phone.
You’ve met Mark on the blog before. He creates those peaceful mediation lights.
I was in Millvale Friday afternoon. The Pittsburgh Society of Artists Show is up and the opening is 6PM Saturday night. They were asking members who are photographers to volunteer to photograph events so I said I would. Thought I’d check it out when it was empty first. A sneak peek below. More to come.
Tomorrow night the gallery will be filled with people!
Etna Memorial Day Parade 2016 is my piece on left.
On the way home, stopped at a light in Lawrenceville. I looked up -saw the Artist Crossing Sign
Sign on Butler Street, Lawrenceville in front of Paint Monkey
(Note to self: I’d better get my windshield washed if I am going to photograph through it)
200 Tons of Sand Divided by 5
My friend Roberta called me today. What a great find for the blog! She told me about the cool competition happening in front of the main Carnegie Library. Pittsburgh themed and sand sculptures being created by five international teams of two, right under a big tent in Oakland.
The competition is over Friday afternoon at three-“Trowels Down”
200 tons of sand from a quarry was delivered to the walkway in front of the museum, then moved by a front loader.
Each team received 40 tons of sand to sculpt.
International Sand Sculptor Katsuhiko Chaen has a Sand Museum in Japan
Teammate Bruce Phillips from San Diego concentrating on details of “Dear Andy”.
Teammates Andrius Petkus from Lithuania and Maxim Gazendam the Netherlands creating “The Pearl”
“The Pearl”
“Master of Steel”
Jon Woodworth from Texas and Karen Fralich from Ontario Canada work on their sculpture “Master of Steel”
Fergus Mulvany from Ireland and Thomas Koet from Florida
“The Renaissance of Pittsburgh”
“Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio The Three Graces of Pittsburgh”
Teammates Ilya Filimontsev from Russia & Susanne Ruseler of the Netherlands
Sifting the sand to get rid of the rubble
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh- Main
If you want to try your hand at sculpting sand, here is a link from Katsuhiko Chaen to the Sand Museum in Japan on how to do it.
David Lujan of Gallery Black Lagoon
People at Work Series.
From the April wedding in Austin, Texas.
David Lujan co-owner(with his wife) & curator of Black Lagoon: art+ yoga and artist. He tended the bar at the wedding celebration and made the little fairy chairs out of the champagne tops. He was sketching a tree house for his daughter, as I remember. I must carry a reporter’s notebook to write down the details.
Available light portrait of David Lujan
The Fairy Chairs he created from the champagne bottle tops.
Wildflower Paintings on Beehives
My artist friend Joan paints Pennsylvania Wildflowers on her beehives. I learned there are different parts to a beehive. (see article link below)
Her bees were busy and didn’t want to be disturbed but Joan assured me she keeps an EpiPen in case I was allergic.
Trying to photograph the hive without agitating the bees as the hive is tucked in between lush rhododendron.
One thing for sure, the bees will know which hive belongs to them and where to return
First she sketches onto the white super
Blocking them out over the pencil sketches.
As you can see, Joan has painted lots of flowers onto things in her home, too.
View from an artist’s studio
Joan’s garden provides for the bees.
If you’re interested in learning the basics of beekeeping and the parts of the hive, here’s an article A beginner beekeeper’s guide to the parts of a beehive. by Anita Deeley at BeverlyBees.com
Recent Comments