Van Gogh, reasonably enough, pissed at the quality of contemporary photography as a portrait tool, proposes miniature hand painted. portraits. Soon to be a dying art. Filed under: art
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cartoon life: The old man himself
Also at the Mauritshuis you can see any number of Rembrandts. Any student of art or history must make this pilgrimage.Now you cant get within two feet of this small piece, so its hard to see the brushwork, which is really what you want to see; how much is merely
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I stepped over the little brass bar in the floor. Got a yellow card. Guard followed me from room to room for a bit. Sat on the round couch and drew a few things. There is a remarkable cityscape by Vermeer of some buildings and boats. I poked my nose
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We arrived early and still stood at the end of the line. If you whip upstairs fast there are only a few people lingering in front. Filed under: art
Continue readingcartoon life: Two buildings in Leiden
And not even the nicest part. Filed under: art
Continue readingcartoon life: Escher visits the volcano.
Yes, a short visit to Het Paleis Escher museum. Of course its a remarkable collection, and my favourites are the landscapes of Italy, wherein he was working out some ideas. So here he is looking monumental overlooking Vesuvius in eruption. Filed under: art
Continue readingPostArctica: NDG Gothic
Trying some new ideas, let me know what you think. NDG is a neighborhood in Montreal.
Continue readingcartoon life: A chair I sat in.
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Continue readingcartoon life: Decisions, decisions, decisions…
No, its not this gloomy. Just tired. Filed under: art
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Continue readingcartoon life: Square up store up for real books.
I used my Square swipe doodad for the first time last year at an event at The Art Gallery for local authors to shill their books. I actually sold a few books. Really pretty swell. Meanwhile, Square has set up online storefronts. Eventually I got around to opening mine. My
Continue readingcartoon life: A dark and broken cup
Just an unpleasant interaction. Its over. It passes. We move on. Filed under: art Tagged: comment, life
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Continue readingScripturient: The strange life of Bobby Fischer
Forty five years ago this month, a momentous event took place in Iceland that shook the world. After 21 games spread over almost two months, the eccentric American chess master, Bobby Fischer, ended 24 years of Soviet dominance in chess after beating Soviet grandmaster, Boris Spassky. It shook the world
Continue readingcartoon life: Paper periodically posts personal profiles
Paper by 53 periodically
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Continue readingcartoon life: Digging up some old garden gnomes
Paper is shifting its image sharing system to something else, meanwhile, if you type dougrogers on paper into Google, you get a search page with various links to my stuff in various places. I did so, and also browsed down to the images link. There is a BUNCH of stuff
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