Please Don’t Touch the Magnificent Costumes (All Made of Paper)
The title of today’s post comes from a conversation I had with one of the guards in the gallery. He has seen two women lie down on the museum floor to look up the dresses ( he thought they had...
View ArticleNot a Single Like Clicked on 20 Dec 2009
What Steve Put on the Mantel A blog post from December 2009 Not a single “like” clicked when first posted 20 December 2009. A few comments but zero likes. It’s one of my favorites. Thought I’d repost...
View ArticleHappy Go Lucky Hearts Hotel in Berlin
Happy Go Lucky Hearts Hotel (and Hostel) In Berlin’s Charlottenburg neighborhood. Mural Art by Dom Browne, artist from Kildare Ireland. This is a LOT of mural painting, Dom. Click here to see a...
View ArticleSusan Middleman At Spinning Plate Gallery
Artist Susan Middleman’s paintings and collages on the last day of her show at Spinning Plate Gallery. Bold, colorful, and alive is how I’d describe her paintings. The dancers look as if they could...
View ArticlePhoto Snapped from Phineas Street
I was headed to I-279 and pulled into Phineas Street on the North Side to capture beloved Pittsburgh Pirate, Roberto Clemente’s likeness on this building. Artist Jeremy Raymer painted this stunning...
View ArticleLooks like Van Gogh
“Quick Anna. Get my phone. Take pictures for me” we rolled down her window. I’d picked her up at cross country practice about four. On the way home the Ohio landscape was reminiscent of Van Gogh’s...
View ArticleTea Bag Art
Joanne painted this tea bag art and created a greeting card for my July 4th birthday. My friend Joanne, belongs to an artists’ group in St. Augustine, Florida, -Cafe Sketchers “Mary Ann Miller is the...
View ArticleManna Pottery is All Painted by Hand
Meet Rezgar Mamandi who hand paints the beautiful pottery and tiles you see in the photographs below. Manna Pottery was at Shadyside.. the Arts Festival on Walnut Street on Saturday. The pencil lines...
View ArticleWilliam Pfahl Fine Artist
William Pfahl Fine Artist I’m at Mark and Erika’s House in Ohio and saw the gorgeous painting of Immaculate Heart of Mary church in Pittsburgh’s Polish Hill neighborhood. It’s where they were married...
View ArticleOn Alder Street in Pittsburgh
A mural, Aqua Boogie, by artist Matt Spahr. My friend Jen is friends with him and we walked around the corner, after coffee so she could show me his work. On Alder Street near Highland Avenue...
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