A Wet November Weekend

We had rain all weekend. Here are some images from my walk up the Middle Road and my glad return to my hearth in Woolwich on Saturday afternoon...

Back to the Woods

I'm heading back home to Woolwich after being away for 2 weeks. These photographs by Julia Fullerton-Batten remind me of how much I miss the woods. Have a relaxing weekend, all!

Double Portraits, Turning Heads

Thomas Woodruff's Solar System (The Turning Heads) at P.P.O.W. Exhibit closes today. Incredible images!

Tagged...

I've been tagged by Musings by Artslice, and I've tagged these 6 blogs:

http://paintsee.blogspot.com/

http://www.allisonbaird.net/

http://ohmycavalier.blogspot.com/

http://strangemaine.blogspot.com/

http://paperbackpirate.blogspot.com/

http://www.tillystudio.blogspot.com/

Tag Rules:

1. Link to person who tagged you.
2. Mention the rules
3. Tell 6 quirky but boring, unspectacular details about yourself
4. Tag 6 other bloggers by linking to them
5. Go to each person's blog and leave a comment that lets them know they've been tagged

And here are my 6 quirky, boring, unspectacular details:

1. I eat oatmeal and some sort of eggs and cheese with vegetables every morning.

2. In winter I like to sleep on the floor in front of the fireplace all night long.

3. I'm a good swimmer, but I'm afraid to dive down to the bottom of the deep end of the pool.

4. I know the words to dozens of old songs (I mean old, as in early 20th century...)

5. I love to read words backwards (my name backwards is Ahtram Htebazile...)

6. This is what I looked like in the 8th grade (see attached junior high photo...I sewed that dress myself!)

Naked or Nude Revisited

Kurt Kauper

from David Leddick's Male Nude Now

Leonard Baskin

Fritz Martinz

David Leddick 's book cover

Francisco Lopez

Kurt Kauper

Martha Miller

David Hockney

Kurt Kauper

Whoa, Cary Grant's wearing no...

Found these paintings on-line of the Hollywood icon by Kurt Kauper, and had to make a mix of male nudes. What do you say to these, Naked? or Nude? Isn't this partly defined by our own reaction? Whether we feel shame, desire, compassion, or indifference? Cary Grant looks completely self-assured and unembarrassed, but I feel a bit embarrassed looking at these! Is it that tan line? That sense of boundary crossed so now we can see (and we're not supposed to see) where the sun don't shine?

Substitute Teaching

For the past two weeks I have been substitute teaching two classes at MECA for a friend who is travelling abroad. One of the classes is portrait painting, and last week the students taped mirror tiles to their easels and began self-portraits in oil. This week they worked on completing these paintings and I had fun taking their digital portraits. With their reflections and their paintings, I was able to capture some interesting double and even triple portraits!

Somebody HELP ME

Warning!!! Hit the start arrow at your own risk...
I have had this song stuck in my head for 5 days now - I wake up and there it is, orchestrating the simmering of my oatmeal...
Help! Does anyone know the antidote????

"An antidote or counterdose is a substance which can counteract a form of poisoning."

Poisoning!!! Help...