Artist assistants stand next to 3,604 cups of coffee which have been made into a giant Mona Lisa in Sydney, Australia . The 3,604 cups of coffee were each filled with different amounts of milk to create the different shades! Those Aussies sure do know how to have fun (as I know from personal experience.)
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Posts Tagged as ‘Art’
November 22, 2009
Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa
October 15, 2009
Dancing Words
My friend Sandy is an artist. I always enjoy her take on her experiences at the art shows and fairs she visits in Kansas City. Click here to read her post “Fall Back” on her blog “Dancing Words”. Be sure to check out the video of one of Sandy’s art classes from ART-felt Learning at the [...]
August 26, 2009
Happy Anniversary, Shuttlecocks!
Fifteen years ago, four giant shuttlecocks landed on the grounds of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri. Designed by sculptors Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, the shuttlecocks received a mixed reception when they were first installed, but now they’ve become Kansas City icons. They add a whimsical touch to the classical exterior [...]
April 5, 2009
I’m Addicted to Digital
Last month, I stumbled across a photographer’s blog that mentioned the RedBubble art and photography website, so I checked it out — then I signed up. Now, I can’t stay away from it. The amount of incredible excellent art and photography on cyberspace is mind-boggling — and from teenagers, even.
If only we’d had digital photography [...]
March 3, 2009
Clouds
I was driving home from an appointment when I noticed the sky above with filled with clouds in a pattern like corduroy. I couldn’t wait to get home and grab my camera to take some photographs. We don’t have mountains or oceans in Kansas, but we do have some awesome cloud formations!
December 22, 2008
Round the Town from Down Under
It was a dreary, cold, snowy night when we picked up our Australian guests from the airport in late December. To us locals, the snow was a nuisance, but our guests thought it was beautiful, like fairy dust, fluffy and bright. (It was soon dirty and crusty…)
The first night, the boys raced through the snow in the dark with a [...]
September 25, 2008
Generation Tattoo
When I was growing up, the only “person” I knew with a tattoo was Popeye the Sailor Man. Now, I can’t go anywhere without seeing one or more tattoos on one or more people.
It won’t be long until at least half of the population has a tattoo. The Pew Research Center reports that 36 percent of people age [...]
August 16, 2008
Fauxtography
My friend unveiled her family portrait at a neighborhood party. In the photograph, she, her husband and their five beautiful children – teenagers and young adults – were bathed in a glow of filtered sunlight as they casually stood in a courtyard. They looked so happy to be there together.
There were oohs and ahs all around, but this [...]
June 10, 2008
Women in Art
Women In Art
This is beautiful and fascinating, but it’s also kind of creepy. A lot of the women look the same, too. It’s as if the artists used the same template.
June 3, 2008
Mona Lisa at the Art Fair
I’m an art fair junkie. Or is it groupie? Every venerable shopping district in the Kansas City area has an annual art fair, each with its own flavor. I like to taste them all. I see artist friends and marvel at their stamina. I wouldn’t last an hour in a booth!
The first circuit is in the [...]
