Category Archives: random speculation

Friday Feathers- Woodstorks at the 16th Hole

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

I am Artist in Residence this week at Spring Island Trust in Okatie, SC, drawing and painting birds and sunlit landscapes with palmettos and broad marshes, alligators, live oaks dripping Spanish moss. Wonderful wading birds: tricolored herons, little blues, greens, … Continue reading →

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Friday Figures- Man with fur hat

Posted on February 22, 2013 by

A rare male model posed for us today, all buttoned up and dignified under an oversized fur hat (I would have guessed fox, or maybe coyote). I imagined him as a Russian come in from the cold, or maybe a … Continue reading →

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The Fine Art of Science

Posted on January 1, 2013 by

Pauline Kael said, “Movies are a combination of art and mass medium”. Why isn’t there a good word for the combination of art and science? Scientific Illustration is self-explanatory but the term doesn’t really apply here. Art merged with science … Continue reading →

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