art to art with Chortlesnail

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There are two cats in this photo. (photo via beef_in_the_dark)

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My neighbor’s cat is a bit of a ham.

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Find the latest from Richard Moore and others at http://ehagemporium.blogspot.com/  June 30, 2014 at 6 PM Pacific Time.

Also find Richard Moore at The Autumnlands (on Etsy):

 https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheAutumnlands?ref=ss_profile

or at http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/5-richard-moore.html

Thanks!

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"Evening in Venice" by Cao Yong

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Have a cuppa.

"Cup with Grapes" by Varvara Harmon

(oil on gessoboard)

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Good morning!

"Kiawah Island Marsh" (2010), Pastel by Karen Margulis

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"Woman Before the Setting Sun", "Woman Before the Rising Sun" 

oil on canvas (1818), Caspar David Friedrich, (1774-1840)

We stand before a world of possibilities.

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                                                      The Time Lord

"The artist should paint not only what he sees before him, but also what he sees within him." -- Caspar David Friedrich

A new year, a new voyage -- life, a work of art

"Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer" ("Wanderer Above the Mist" or "Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog") 1818, oil on canvas, Caspar David Friedrich (German Romanticist; 1774-1840)

(quote from Börsch-Supan, Helmut (1974), Caspar David Friedrich, pp 7-8, Twohig, Sarah (tr.), New York: George Braziller, ISBN 0-8076-0747-9)

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"Moonlit Seascape", oil on canvas by Thomas Moran (1902)

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"Shoshone Falls on the Snake River" 1900 (oil), Thomas Moran (1837-1926)

Our old year tumbles into the sunset ... tomorrow, the new year.

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Snow Furries

Ron Burns, official artist of the National Humane Society

May your year be full of love.

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"Last Light" by Sterling Edwards

Links to "How-to-paint" instructions by watercolorist Sterling Edwards, who emphasizes planning a strong center of interest, keeping colors clear and luminous, and leaving areas of paper white for sparkle and clarity. (from Edwards' book "Creating luminous Watercolor Landscapes")

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"Snow at Argenteuil"

Claude Monet, 1874, oil on canvas

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"Winter River" 

Oil painting by George Gardner Symons (1861-1930)

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Spirit blazing in the snow

"Woodland Horse", watercolor by Carla Mora

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"The Snow is Not Permitted"

by Jacek Yerka, 1991

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Bluebird of Grumpiness (Who invited him?)

"Snowbird 2", digital art by CarrieAnn Reda.