Friday, April 30, 2010

Final_Poster on Location


















This poster was posted at 2 locations at the Commons, UWF.
Looked like it belonged :-)


Monday, April 12, 2010

Japan House

NAGHIBACHI


(Not the actual picture of Habachi from the Japan House)
(Keyaki Wood)
Hibashi & Haikaki
Iron Kettle & Gotoku
Donated by Mrs. Michiko Seay
August 2004

The hibachi is a traditional Japanese heating device. It consists of a round, cylindrical or a box-shaped open-topped container, made from or lined with a heatproof material and designed to hold burning charcoal.

In North America, the term "habachi" is used to refer to a small cooking stove heated by charcoal (actually called shichirin in Japanese), or to an iron hot plate (teppan) used in Teppanyaki restaurants.

Although the word is Japanese and the device is strongly associated with Japan, the hibachi originated in China as a type of portable charcoal brazier used to heat the homes of the nobility.


Monday, April 5, 2010

Egon Schiele





















Self-Portrait as St. Sebastian. 1914/15.

This is a big difference from his other paintings. This one is treated like a poster.

















Klosterneuburg, Kahle Baume and Hauser. 1907.

This painting has a reason to be dark and gloomy. The brush strokes add to the spook of this painting.








Little Tree (Chestnut Tree at Lake Constance). 1912.
The subject in this painting really pops. This painting is a remimber that simple really works.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Alphonse Mucha

The Abolition of Serfdom in Russia (1861). 1914.

It looks as if it was a huge painting. He did a good job of separating things without separating them. You can look at the huge background without losing the figures in the mid & foreground.



Meditation. 1886.

I love the title. It fits perfectly with this painting. It looks like a well-known person at that time almost out in nature.

Flower. 1894.
This is a great piece for women to model after. I applied the artist for having the women dressed... and having the flower around the flower.