Tag: art
group name: photoessayist
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June 07, 2007 09:07 AM EDT --
Inspired by Gather members who have posted several of their art collections, I have taken pictures of some of the African art that Matt and I collect. By far, Dogon pieces comprise the bulk of . . . more
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August 31, 2008 08:49 PM EDT --
Saturday I went a few miles north of my home to shoot some cemetery photos. Imagine my surprise when I rounded the square, only to see it blocked off for some type of festival. To put it mildly, my camera . . . more
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April 13, 2007 08:41 AM EDT --
Late winter / early spring is always the time for Texas artists to hit the highways, camera in hand, to generate this year’s crop of bluebonnet photos. It is almost a religion in Texas, akin . . . more
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May 13, 2007 06:13 AM EDT --
Through my life I have owned a lot of different pieces of various forms of artwork. I know enough about art in general to know that I don’t know anything about art. It’s a cliche but even though . . . more
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July 09, 2007 08:02 AM EDT --
As Matt and I pulled into Onekama over the Fourth of July holiday, we noticed fish popping up everywhere.
Apparently several artists designed and painted them to auction . . . more
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July 18, 2008 05:17 PM EDT --
Summer Vacation photographs offer inspiration for the imagination. Here are a few that can offer inspiration to writers.
Amazing life-size glass flowers made of hand-blown glass spring . . . more
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August 11, 2008 09:12 AM EDT --
While driving to and from the Georgia Geocachers Annual Snake show on Saturday, I had the opportunity to find 8 other geocaches. This was the first stop on my way to the event and was a pretty cool cache . . . more
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February 20, 2008 01:00 AM EST --
Welcome to Wednesday Writing Essentials. Today, February 20, is OPEN.
Schedule:
February 27: OPEN
March 6: OPEN
March 13: St. Paddy - Polish your Irish! Erin go Bragh! . . . more
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September 05, 2008 10:53 AM EDT --
They never fail to delight.
I found these sculptures at a Nursery a few miles away from home and they so perfectly captured the essence of play and the freedom of spirit in my own grandchildren . . . more
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April 03, 2008 03:18 AM EDT --
This is the second installment of our trip to the state of Nayarit, Mexico. It's about a forty-five minute drive north of Puerto Vallarta (in the state of Jalisco).
Our friends . . . more
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June 16, 2007 09:36 PM EDT --
I have been suffering (if that is the word) from photography burn out. In particular, I am so very tired of shooting all the beautiful subject matter available on this tiny island including; gorgeous varieties . . . more
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September 26, 2007 10:40 PM EDT --
A week ago last Sunday I went to my first Flea Market with my sister Fran and posted some images of things that caught my eye. Though I bought nothing, I didn't walk away empty-handed. . . . more
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February 22, 2008 02:19 AM EST --
I wrote an article here on Gather a couple months back about the newest art exhibit that was to come to Chicago. Well it came, and I have never been as disappointed in art as I was about this . . . more
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February 17, 2008 08:22 AM EST --
Thursday was Valentine's Day in our kindergarten class. With anticipation the children came to circle with their homemade Valentine Boxes to share love notes and conversations. The images . . . more
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January 31, 2008 02:00 AM EST --
One of the hobbies that I enjoy doing is needlework, which I've been doing for nearly thirty years. These pieces are made with yard and thread stitched on a blank canvas by following . . . more
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February 02, 2008 06:47 PM EST --
Here are a few more of my needlework pieces that I would like to share with you:
This is my most recently completed piece (see the little bird nest with eggs in it?):
Here is another flower . . . more
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March 03, 2008 10:45 PM EST --
Since pre-historic times, man has used art as a way to record stories and communicate ideas.
One only has to think about the cave art at Lascaux or the petrographs that can . . . more
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August 13, 2008 07:27 AM EDT --
This Sunday, August 17th is the Women's Art Festival in Kingston Ontario. I have been double timing myself producing work to show at this festival. I paint on slate.
I sell my slate . . . more
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March 20, 2008 08:37 PM EDT --
Yesterday morn I wrote an article about creativity. I was questioning whether or not we are not all born with the ability to be creative. I received some wonderful responses from the Gather . . . more
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April 17, 2008 07:03 PM EDT --
My husband was fiddling around with something the other week in his recliner and suddenly he presented something to me with a proud look on his face.
I'll have to admit that I was pretty . . . more
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