Wow! I can't believe it's been so long since I last posted. I've been tracking a new art website that I've been hesitant to advertise until I was sure it was a good thing, and I stopped posting while I considered it. I've decided it's a genuine article, so I'll get back to you you on that very soon.
Two things today: be sure to see Delores 'Moon' Smith's paintings in Room L 129 before the end of the month. Next month, Muril Wilson will be hanging her paintings there.
Also: if you haven't checked out the online art lessons of Lesley Humphrey, who gave a spectacular demonstration at the Tomball Art League a year or more ago, they really are worth your while. Here's the link. http://lesleyhumphrey.net/lessons/introduction/
Artist's Date: every time I open this blog to send something to all of you I'm met by what must be the next blog in the blogspot list or something I've inadvertantly tagged that now follows me everywhere. Somewhere in New York there is a man who has a great talent for finding artfully dressed older women, whom he photographs and writes about on this blog. Shall we dare to be so clever? Here's the link:
http://advancedstyle.blogspot.com/
I remember how thrilled I was the first time I had the privilege of glimpsing a 'data farm'. All those racks of servers; all those rows of server racks; the incessant deafening hum of the cooling fans; the refrigerator temperatures; all that information on one floor. Wired.com is a daily technology news website and the digital home of Wired magazine, and it's currently featuring a photo essay about one of many of Google's data centers. In case you want to know what that looks like--theirs is more colorful than most and has a sense of humor. The photo above, by Google's Connie Zhou, gives you an overview of the central cooling plant in their Douglas County, Georgia, data center. Here's the link: http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/10/ff-inside-google-data-center/
Here's a wonderful opportunity to do some colorful sketching: come to the LSC-Tomball Community Library this Saturday for Fiesta! Starting at 11:30 a.m. There will be live music, dancing, crafts, and refreshments, all in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month at the library.
Even though chalk pastels are excellently suited to plein air painting in the Texas heat, I don’t think I’ve yet featured a Texas landscape artist who works in pastels. The other day when I was searching for painters of the harsh landscape of California's version of Big Bend I found Mike Major. Major's blog, if you scroll down far enough, details his process from the pumice and acrylic undercoat to the beautifully detailed pastel finish. Here's the link: http://mikemajor.blogspot.com/
I can't tell you how excited we are here at the library. Mandy Hamilton's Horse painting hanging in our meeting room as part of the Winners exhibition from the Fall Show snagged her a new painting commission this week.
On Monday a man stopped at the reference desk and asked me if I knew who had painted a particular painting hanging in the meeting room. When he pointed out the painting I've copied on the left here, I remembered that Mandy had attached business cards to the back of her painting and gave him one.
When I stopped by the reference desk on Wednesday our Young Adult Librarian was all excited. "Guess what gr-r-eat news I have?!" she beamed at me. She told me that Mandy had dropped by to tell us that the man had phoned her and commissioned her to do a painting for him. We're delighted for you, Mandy! Way to go!
So, I hope this will encourage all of you to hang your winning pictures here after the Spring Show! Someone remind me when that is, will you? I need to reserve the meeting room!
