Category: Art
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Friends
Here is a short documentary video about a dance and music performance by our friends Peter Price and Megan Bridge and their son Tristan. Performed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2024.
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Vintage Pens
Higgins
Seven Higgins German-made pen nibs which fit a rapidograph ink pen well enough that they work just fine. Most of them are 14K gold “Music Pens” and unused. Original owner.
Mont Blanc
Mont Blanc pen with two pistons, original owner.
Pelikan 120
Pelikan 120 pen and additional nibs, original owner. Purchased CA 1977.
Pelikan MC 120
Pelikan MC 120 pen which came with a calligraphy and standard nibs and additional nibs, original owner. Purchased 1985.
Sheaffer Imperial Sterling Silver Fountain Pen
Sheaffer Imperial Sterling Silver Fountain Pen with 14K gold nib. This is a really beautiful pen, but somewhere in its past it was misused. I bought a repair kit for it, but can’t seem to manage to rescue it. Needs repair.
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Motion Picture Museum
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in LA overlooks some toy-like buildings at LACMA and is across the street is the former Bernie Sanders campaign headquarters which is housed in a classic diner.
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Study
One session study from a model at Fleisher Art Memorial. Life-study from a two-hour pose at Fleisher Art Memorial. I have always loved the immediacy and freshness of a study or even a half-finished painting.
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Sculpting
Clay on an armature from a model at Fliesher Art Memorial. The sculptors are kind of a club that take these classes ongoing. One of the figure drawing instructors urged us to take clay modeling classes and it becomes a challenge for new students and a way of “keeping in shape” for experienced sculptors.
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Who Knew? Sheboygan, WI.
On a trip to the midwest we stopped in Sheboygan and found it a beautiful town on the lake with two outstanding free museums. The contemporary art museum, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, is right in town, established in and around a Kohler family home. The John Michael Kohler Arts Preserve is just outside of town and features three floors of outsider art collection from around the world.
