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Joe Maniscalco Returns Fom the hey-day of illustration Here's one of the vintage Joe Maniscalco illustrations I have re-purposed. I wonder what they were used for originally. They are masterfully painted in the hey-day of illustration. I was thinking of other...
Joe Maniscalco Illustrations
Joe Maniscalco Retrofitted I've really been enjoying excavating my father's legacy by digging out these vintage illustrations and re-captioning them. I am re-purposing and compiling images of his and my work, along with witty and not-so-witty aphorisms into a coffee...
Fold in the Light
This is from an art lesson yesterday in class. Want to express folds in drapery or in skin? You must understand how forms behave in the light. Here is a fold depicted in light, side view and top view. There is a hard cast shadow on the left side. And there is a soft...
Aspire to Happiness
This life therefore is not righteousness but growth in righteousness, not health, but healing not being but becoming, not rest, exercise. We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it. The process is not yet finished but it is going on. This is not...
The God Factor
Most theologies would support that God is more about how things are connected than in how the are separate. Drawing is a celebration of the connections between forms. Therefore, these connections might be thought 0f as a celebration of God; the more connections,...
Beauty
As I approach the first anniversary of y marriage to Cate (June 1), I am re-sharing the poem I wrote soon after we reconnected. In that moment, I realized I'd found the love of my life. I pray for all who long for love to know it's waiting for you too, if you are...
Drawing for Smart People
Here's some advice for all you really smart people who want to be able to draw what you see: Dumb it down a bit. Great painters have more in common with magicians than with detectives. See less, rather than more. Don't show off your sexy curves. Curves are where...
Reviews Are In for 33 Variations
Here's a lovely, thoughtful review of the show, this by wonderful art spirit that is Olivia Pool of ART MAG. We are so lucky here in Charleston, to have the support of our media as our many artists throw themselves into their passions. The review also has a great...
Hoping is the Great Curse
"Hoping is the great curse" Beethoven, from 33 Variations Keeping dreams alive that can never be is a form of insanity. This flies in the face of those who have bought into The American Dream and other delusions fed to us by those who desire to control us. Better to...
Beethoven and God
In answer to Schindler's question about the Opus 31, No. 2, Beethoven replied, "Read Shakespeare's Tempest." Much is said about listening to your inner voice and soul, which is all well and good. But first you have to connect your inner voice and soul with others. ...
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My portrait of Miss Susie Jackson, along with "The Tan Suit," will be part of the upcoming MOJA exhibition at Charleston City Gallery, part of the city-wide MOJA Festival. ...
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