Artists
Longest Mural in DC
Graffiti art usually isn’t my thing, but seeing this mural that is being painted in DC helped open my eyes to some real talent. Firstly, spray paint is a hard medium to control. I have used it for a bunch of my decorative painting projects. It takes skill to get this kind of refinement in some sections of this mural. Secondly, these artists are helping to revitalize a rather downtrodden area. Dan Zach describes the five artists Collective Vision in his article, Let’s Spray. The mural is along a formerly blank 500 foot stretch of retaining wall in the Edgewood area of DC, near Rhode Island Avenue. My husband used…
Zoom
I’m zooming to get home from traveling over 651 miles + and back. I have a lot of work to do before a September presentation and this necessary travel took a big chunk away from my time. It’s always reinvigorating, however, to be back in Sewanee, visit with friends and reap in the beauty of the place. It’s just the long drive that kills me to get there and back. I need to zoom like this “Deliverance” sculpture by Daniel de la Cruz. He uses a breakthrough technology that he invented to achieve this effect. When I first saw this, I immediately thought of Umberto Boccioni’s futuristic sculpture and what…
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