Passion…Heartbreak…Art
Kirby Kendrick2014-09-09T02:51:44-07:00
Frida Kahlo, born in Mexico in 1907, is Mexico’s most exalted woman artist. As a teenager, she suffered […]
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09, 2014
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07, 2014
3 Terrific Tips on Showing Art in your Living Space
Kirby Kendrick2014-07-29T14:45:18-07:00Ever wonder how to best show your art…those pieces you have lovingly collected over the years? Top San Francisco designer, Linda Applewhite, presents 3 terrific ideas!
Linda Applewhite’s Design Tips
Play With Color and Texture
To make artwork stand out in a room! Combine […]
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05, 2014
Mark Rothko: Paintings of Ecstasy and Tragedy
Kirby Kendrick2014-05-05T14:04:16-07:00
“I’m not here to make ‘pretty pictures!’ I want my paintings to stop your heart, you understand that?! I am here to make you think…feel a moan of rapture…sense the divine, or damned.” — Mark Rothko
Mark Rothko felt that a […]
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03, 2014
Spectacular Performance Art
Kirby Kendrick2014-03-18T12:08:11-07:00
Artist Joe Sola was in his second story studio being interviewed by a couple of haughty and condescending art critics.
Midway through the humdrum interview Sola got up and took a flying leap out of his closed second story […]
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02, 2014
30 Art Masterpieces in 60 Seconds
Kirby Kendrick2014-02-25T11:57:29-08:0030 Art Masterpieces in 60 Seconds
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01, 2014
Andy Warhol…Why is He an Important Artist?
Kirby Kendrick2014-01-15T12:39:17-08:00
Andy Warhol painted icons.
Andy Warhol painted history.
Love him or hate him, Andy Warhol was just the latest in the long line of artists documenting our times.
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12, 2013
World’s Largest Portrait of…
Kirby Kendrick2013-12-10T12:18:59-08:00
Johannesburg – Nelson Mandela is lilac, pulsing-pink, blue, and sandy tan. He is a collection of energy, a precise assembly of meticulously measured stripes.
This describes the gigantic portrait, 14 feet high, honoring “Tata,” or father, the term of endearment many South Africans use for […]
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11, 2013
California Art…Seeing is Believing
Kirby Kendrick2013-11-12T16:20:49-08:00Art San Diego Contemporary Art Fair 2013
Take a quick tour of the exciting San Diego Contemporary Art Fair!
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10, 2013
World’s Greatest Portrait Painter
Kirby Kendrick2013-10-30T01:45:06-07:00The greatest portrait painter in the world?
Rembrandt Van Rijn, 1606-1669
Acclaimed master of the self-portrait, forty of which survive today.
Rembrandt’s paintings will forever change the way we experience an artist’s self-portrait. Rembrandt revealed much more than his likeness in the paintings. He painted his turbulent life for all to see. The masterly portraits painfully […]
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10, 2013
The Earliest Art Form…Dance!
Kirby Kendrick2013-10-15T11:09:11-07:00Dance has long been considered the earliest art form, but it has been elusive to capture and difficult to document. Hence, scant records of dance movements exist.
Fortunately, artists throughout time have depicted dancers on cave walls, pottery, tapestries, marble, parchment, canvas, and most recently on computer screens.
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