by robert maniscalco | May 28, 2020 | Motivational, Portraiture, World View
POETraits Every now and then, I have the privilege to hear from the subjects of portraits I did as many as forty years ago, when I first started doing commission portraits. Here is a current photo of Dianna and Kara, whose portrait I did about 35 years ago. I was/am...
by robert maniscalco | May 22, 2020 | Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites, Theatre Related, World View
We are all one with the cosmic dust of the multiverse I love it when a client/friend asks me to go outside the box and use my creativity. Who said a portrait has to be all about how we normally look? Sometimes I fancy myself to be soaring among the stars. Maija had an...
by robert maniscalco | May 8, 2020 | Fine Art, Motivational, Random Favorites, World View
We’ve all been experiencing a run on toilet paper and hand sanitizer. But you may not be aware of the extreme shortages in portraits and fine art that are gripping the nation. People are falling over themselves to get the proper fix of meaning and inspiration, a...
by robert maniscalco | Apr 11, 2020 | CSA Advocacy, Motivational, Random Favorites, World View
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...
by robert maniscalco | Apr 1, 2020 | Fine Art, Motivational, Random Favorites, Theatre Related, World View
My Sonic Journey I am now recording original music and making it available for soundtracks, films and other uses, with permission. Listen to more of my music This particular track features my clarinet playing. At one time I was training to be an orchestral...
by robert maniscalco | Apr 1, 2020 | Art Instruction, Motivational, Theatre Related, World View
Get into freedom We talk a lot about freedom in this country. We think of freedom in terms of getting away from something that binds us. But freedom isn’t getting out of something, like prison or “work.” We often confuse escape with freedom. Real Freedom gets us into...
