Abstract Expressionism at the AGO

We went to the Abstract Expressionism show last week at the AGO. This Philip Guston was my favorite. It brought back memories of art school - late nights in the studio, looking through books, conversations about artists and painting... A lot of the work was great to see, like walking through an art history textbook (I love that about visiting galleries!), and the exhibit was well put together. Esmae (my 2-year-old) was particularly fond of the Frans Kline black & white paintings, and loved watching and listening to the videos of him painting. Most other gallery visitors were tolerant of her squeals of delight!

The unfortunate thing about galleries/museums is the insane prices for pretty crappy food! Mark took this photo, saying "Now there's an art piece!"

http://www.ago.net/abstract-expressionist-new-york

Fruit, Fowers, Fish

I have a little art show opening this Sunday afternoon. The work is from a class where I studied still life painting with Michael Gerry, a recently retired colleague. What a pleasure to be a student! The show will be low-key, at his studio, with a little wine/beer and nosh. The weather looks like it will be beautiful and he has a lovely garden.

dot dot dot

I couldn't think of what ... is actually called. So I looked it up:


Ellipsis (plural ellipses; from the Ancient Greek: ἔλλειψις, élleipsis, "omission" or "falling short") is a series of marks that usually indicate an intentional omission of a word in the original text. An ellipsis can also be used to indicate  a pause in speech, an unfinished thought, or, at the end of a sentence, a trailing off into silence (aposiopesis). When placed at the end of a sentence, the ellipsis can also inspire a feeling of melancholy longing. The ellipsis calls for a slight pause in speech.

The most common form of an ellipsis is a row of three periods or full stops (...) or a pre-composed triple-dot glyph (…). The usage of the em dash (—) can overlap the usage of the ellipsis.

The triple-dot punctuation mark is also called a suspension point, points of ellipsis, periods of ellipsis, or colloquially, dot-dot-dot.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis

Whoa, my first blog post!

So yes, this is my first blog post. I am new to this. Lately, I find myself thinking that I should share the foibles and happenings that occur in my little life and the insights I gain from them. I know, I know, people say: "be concise", "choose a subject", "don't have a blog about everything". Wellllllll, call me a meanderist... I'm sure there's a way to organize or categorize or compartmentalize all of the stuff that will appear here. Until I figure that out, I will randomly post what's new... 

I begin sentences with So, and And. I use exclamation marks and hyphens and ... a lot.