Art Genesis at the DZian Gallery

Here is a postcard I got from the DZian Gallery, both front and back. I picked it up while attending the Arts Genesis show last Friday night.There was art by one particular group and then art by numerous other artists within the area. It was catered very well with lots of delicious food. They even had jewelry for sale. I found it funny that they also had t-shirts for sale.

Here are two pieces of artwork by Elizabeth Swallow, a coworker of mine at the Worcester Art Museum. She was one of the members of Arts Genesis, an art community within a support group for mental awareness. She had wood sculptures, digital photographs and prints on display. There is a unique simplicity to her work, yet it makes people think.

Here are three acrylic paintings by another coworker of mine, Rick Lagueux, who was also a member of Arts Genesis. He has managed this tricky medium very well.

Here is a piece done by Jeff Faust.

Here is an air brush painting done by John Gleason. I have air brush kits, but I have barely ever used them. I think I need to have a class for it somewhere if I can find one.

Here is a painting done by Lauri Blank.

I was surprised to see some work done of famous cartoon characters. It seems there were a few pieces a certain person had come across on and decided to bring them here. This one was actually done by the master Chuck Jones!

Here are two pieces done by Micheal Parkers. He has an interesting fairy tale style.

Here is a piece done by Robert Bissell of an owl.

This painting was done by Svetlana Valueva.

The DZian Gallery is a very interesting place and the Arts Genesis has some impressive members. I suggest checking them out if you are in the Worcester area.

Art Genesis & Tineye.com

Tonight I will be attending the Art Gallery Exhibition Opening for Art Genesis. I don't mind missing out on Magic the Gathering since this is a good way for me to try to branch out in the art community as well as supporting fellow artists who I work with at the Museum. I will write another post on Monday about it.

I was able to successfully find out the sources to those pictures I found online thanks to a special website someone suggested for me, because when I tried to Google search the image subjects the search engine only showed me my own pictures on my website. The website is http://www.tineye.com/ and it is really easy to use. As long as you have a copy of the image on your computer, you can upload it to the search engine and it will come up with the results. I might have not originally gotten the images from the websites I found, but I am satisfied with at least crediting other websites for the images I am using.

Updating

I realized not too long ago that I have to credit other websites for photographs if I use their instead of my own. I will be updating those posts tonight. Unfortunately, the images I found online were from Google, and when I try to search for the images, my blog tends to come up in the search. This seems to be a repetitive cycle.

I'm sorry that there isn't anything really interesting today. I was suggested to check out a yoga class on Monday, but not much of anything else happened today.

Here is an acrylic painting I made in college of some fabrics draped over some furniture. It was one of four exercises in the painting class and it is my best painting from that coarse. I have the original framed at a store called in West Newton. It is currently for sale.

In order to have this painting posted on my website, I had to do some editing. I have done a little bit of what I have done with my past paintings, but now I have tried a few other editing effects to show a bit more variety.

I have not decided whether or not to keep this particular order for these rectangles quite yet, so it is not entirely finished. Once I have made a decision, I will post it on this blog and on my website.

Dragon Painting: Revised

It took me a little of time to realize this, but I was not actually satisfied with the result of this picture. I have revised it in a way that I am more content with. The colors are better in the revised pattern in my opinion. Here it is.

Easter: Delayed Post

It occurred to me that I had not mentioned anything that happened for my Easter. Mostly that was due to the fact that I had been at Anime Boston for three days and I wanted to write a post about that. The reason I remembered it now is because I stopped by CVS and the store was selling all Easter candy and other items with 75% off. I took advantage of that deal.

(This image is from oasis-church-nj.com)

Easter was very sentimental and relaxing. I hung out with my family and the Chinese boys, ate good food, conversed, got some candy, and relaxed as a few of my family members watched a game on the television. The Chinese boys took part in an Easter Egg hunt, and it was funny watching newbies at it despite the fact that they are already teenagers.

As you grow older, you realize the importance of Holidays such as this. It doesn't matter if this holiday doesn't get as much publicity as others do, or if you get enough candy to last you a while. What matters is that you are surrounded by loved ones when you celebrate such a holiday.

It's weird, I always loved pretty much any type of candy when I was growing up, but now I find certain candies lacking. Anything with milk chocolate just tastes cheap and lacking compared to dark chocolate or white, and all of the fruit, chewy candies like jelly beans are less appealing.

Technological Beauty Vs. Natural Beauty

I have decided on what car to get and here it is. It is a 2010 Hyundai Accent. I chose it because it was cheap, doesn't have too many miles on it, gets good gas mileage, feels very good while driving, and several other reasons. I have yet to make the down payment and to get rid of my current car, but the dealer I'm purchasing it from allowed me to keep it in the driveway just so he could have more room at his auto shop.

Here are some cherry, pear, and crab apple trees growing in my mother's yard. They were obviously planted there, but they have naturally grown to be humungous trees that flower beautifully during the spring. It iss very tranquil to look at them.

I just want you to ask yourself and think. Do I find man made objects to be beautiful, or do I find nature to be beautiful? I think most people would agree that nature is more beautiful, but if you read this, feel free to give me your answer below.