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Dominos

You never know how they are going to fall. Here they are painted individually and assembled together by Robin Daning, an artist who’s work my mother saw during the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans. She has an interesting philosophical take on her work, which demonstrates the tension between maintaining individuality while being part of a group, as displayed here in Brass:

brass-by-robin-daning-artwork via RobinDaning.com

I like this one in particular from her Gallery Page, called Blues:

blues-by-robin-daning from RobinDaning.com

And this one is ALL lip!

red-zippers-by-robin-daning from RobinDaning.com

Since her work is about the human condition and sometimes situations beyond one’s control, here’s a funny video — as I have no music to post on this Friday — but this is just inspirational about the power of one butterfly….When a butterfly spreads it’s wings in one place, you know the rest…

Butterfly Power

But I did find something that is pretty creative, called Sushi by Kyle Andrews. It’s a video made up of 1.4 million picture tiles. It will even recall some old video games for those of us born in the era of Pong and Pac Man….pretty cool and the weekend has started!

And finally, since I’m an Eric Clapton fan, here’s a new artistic venture to look forward to in June — largescale murals dedicated to Eric Clapton and other musicians will be painted by the DayDream Network at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

I'm an artist, wife and mother of two boys. I started my illustration business, The Occasional Palette over 35 years ago, when my oldest son was an infant. Once my children were in school, I began painting decorative, faux finishes and murals through my second business, Casart, now over 30 years old. My third business, Casart Coverings, is a springboard from my second. Click on the link on the sidebar to see innovative, custom, designer wallcovering, removable and reusable wallpaper and coordinating decor.