Saturday, May 28, 2016

Let's Have a Look at Concha Y Toro



It's a really big winery in Chile, South America. They even have different websites for each of their varietals. I've personally never been disappointed by their wines, their cabernets are rich and chewy. Here's a bottle available: The Gran Reserva Serie Riberas Cabernet Sauvignon 2012, this bottle will be perfect next year.

91pts (WS) Wine Spectator - "Complex and elegant, offering juicy red fruit and spice flavors, accented by some interesting pemmican notes. Sinewy midpalate, with graphite and white pepper accents. Anise and black olive hints enrich the finish. Drink now through 2017. "

Wine Spectator May 31, 2014. Currently available at $17.95 HERE to have it delivered to your door from Calwine.com

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Classic Jerome Arizona

 jerome07  A series of nine photos I picked out of many I took on our field trip to Jerome. I   have more of the women I went with, but I'd have to ask all their permissions before I post those....

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Monday, February 16, 2009

Detail of Dewdrops on a Mushroom

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Do you believe it? Perfectly aligned dewdrops... like they were placed there. Colored, no PhotoShop filters were used in this photo. Nature made this pattern. Something about mushrooms intrigue me. The zoom out:

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Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Art Gallery Review

This is the kind of thing that is hard to take one photo of because this sculpture is a holographic 3D animated fractal fucking THING that is huge and ever changing. I find myself gazing at it for unknown minutes, and I've never seen it the same, so if it's looping, it's a REALLY BIG loop. So I shot five:sculpture02_001 sculpture03_001  

The artist is Gleman Jun and his Gallery in Second Life is in a place called Hazel. I've spoken with him, a very nice young Italian man. I'm hoping to ask him more questions about his art the next time I see him.

sculpture01_001 That's me posing in my new dress, the first one I've made. I bought a dress kit and apply my paintings to the fabric and I'm experimenting with scripted clothing. I know, I must have better things to do, right? This is MY spare time and believe me, inspiration in any form is welcome.

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What are fractals? What is fractal art? (by Second Life artist: Spiral Silverstar)

Simply put, fractals are shapes which show similar features at different sizes. Much as a very close inspection of a rock can show similar features to an aerial view of a mountain, fractal shapes are characterized by this property of self-similarity.

Much of what goes into fractals is based on mathematics. Sometimes the math is complicated; sometimes it isn't. But you do not need to sculpture04_001know or understand the mathematics behind the art to appreciate it.  The basic images are created using fractal generating software.

There are some who will feel that if this is all just based on mathematics, that it cannot be art. Fractal art does not pop out of nowhere, mathematics notwithstanding. To produce an aesthetically pleasing fractal image requires enormous input on the part of the artist. It also requires patience, and an eye for form and color—skills that are required for virtually any artistic discipline. (Damien Jones)

Can't Anyone produce fractal art?  The simple answer is Yes.  However, Anyone can buy a camera and take snapshots, but very few can produce photographs that can be appreciated as art.

The images created in this gallery were made using the Ultra Fractal and Fractal Explorer software programs, with post-processing work done in Photoshop.

I hope you enjoy my work and realize that the finished products here are not simply the result of clicking a few random buttons.  Thanks for taking an interest in my art, my passion.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Artist's Statement

My art is an interpretation of something that flows through me, so the art neither begins nor does it end with me. The viewer might say something about it to someone else or use it to illustrate a love letter, etc. It is my belief that the art itself - has a life of its' own and just uses me like the epicurean whore that I am as it flows in from the top of my head, down through my arm, into my fingers and out through the brush.

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Saturday, September 20, 2008

Painting Art Outside in the Garden

I've painted a series of color images that stand outside the front of my house, I wanted to do something BIG ever since we did the 140X140 street painting at Copia in Napa so I started painting the big boards in my backyard.

This is the first one. I liked it, so I moved on:

This one is upside down, I'm not sure why I do that, but I do it all the time to look at them differently.

This one may not be finished yet. I think I'd like a circular light shape behind the plant, in front of the background, transparent. And then I painted this:

  I call it "Blue Turmoil" I have a fifth board to paint and will post it here. Thank you for looking!