CSA Advocacy Blog
My Pillow
No, not that one! When I was a child I dreamt I ate a marshmallow and awoke to find my pillow missing. Gone! I vowed to never trust another pillow so completely as I did then, when I was but a foolish ten. I grew up so unruly, knowing I should never really rest my...
A Dire Warning
I am sickened by these Republican senators, who will likely put their political miscalculations before country, dooming us to fascism, an escalating culture of violence, in the years to come. Why? Because they don’t want to tick off their base. But if they don’t nip...
Loyalty vs Truth
Who is Innocent? And Who is Guilty? Here’s an update on the alleged sexual assault allegedly attempted on my daughter, Mary by our trusted and beloved neighbor. It allegedly happened while under my direct supervision, just out of sight, under water, in his pool. He...
Learning Can Be Painful – Part One
Here is my response to a fascinating blog about my Alma Matter/professional acting school, Circle in the Square. Much of what we learned at Circle was about neutralization, where the goal is to find our neutral, so we might then add or take away any color, behavior,...
Learning Can Be Painful – Part Two
Is the Old School Effective? In Learning Can Be Painful - Part One, I didn’t get into my experiences in music school with my clarinet teacher. Nor did I delve into my experiences learning the craft of painting from my father. These, and many of the examples I describe...
The Quench Project – Overview
MEDIA RELEASE 1-22-23 For more information please email Robert or contact him by phone at 843-486-3161. Here's the latest on The Quench Project "I am humbled that last evening my painting, Heart on My Sleeve, (left) raised $15,000 at auction for the wonderful...
The Artist’s Soul
The Battle for the Artist's Soul This Fran Lebowitz quote seems quite offensive today, where art has been so thoroughly democratized. I don’t subscribe to this perspective, of course. But there is a grain of truth in it. I would only add, for those interested in the...
Who’s Looting Who?
The murder of George Floyd has revealed a breach in our "Social Contract." What is happening right now has been happening every day for more than 350 years. We just keep turning a blind eye. When are we going to wake up to the real looting going on? Massive bailouts...
The Next “New Normal”
What if the world stopped turning? What if everything just stopped? We're now as close as we'll ever get to an answer to that question. We are experiencing a grand pause. A huge reset button has been pushed. Even our enslavement is on pause. For a brief moment in...
Grooming
Trump is grooming his followers. He is a known predator and grooming is essential to how they operate. People say they don’t understand how a sexual deviant can get a kid to agree to go with him alone into a room and get him to voluntarily give up his/her innocence....
Maniscalco Gallery on Facebook
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.Here's a portrait from life. my student's sister was kind enough to pose. I'm calling this one, "Juvenescence." It's 9x12. PM for more info. Portrait Artist Robert Maniscalco. ... See MoreSee Less
Here's one of the many products I offer to make my work available to everyone. This is fun and makes a wonderful keepsake. Here's a recent "Mugs on Mugs."
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Here's a little painting I hope you enjoy.
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Three Dog Night is a recent project, commissioned as a gift to the "owner” of these beautiful animals. maniscalcogallery.com/portraiture/three-dog-night/
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Three Dog Night - Maniscalco Gallery
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Notice the eye entering from the top dog and moving down around, through the middle dog to the bottom dog, who is the focal point.