Song of Sunday...

...wow I can't believe it's been that long since I posted. Well first of all, I got the job at Intel...so very happy, start next week. Still being a bum and enjoying the countdown until I go back to the corporate world. Today's video is from awhile ago, Shakespear Sister's "Stay"...enjoy! ;-) peace

Peed for two days straight

My awesome webmistress redesigned my site in prep for next week’s release of The Specialists: Model Spy. Check out my new site at www.shannongreenland.com

And I got very techno and put a slide show up on MySpace. Check it out at http://www.myspace.com/shannongreenland

Now here’s a funny story for you, and I’ve already told this to a few people. So if you are one of those few people, just ignore the fact you’ve already heard it. Anyway, here goes:

Earlier this week I went and swam laps. It was just me and this geriatric in the lane beside me. Geriatric is code for “old fart”. So anyway, I’m busy lapping it, breathing heavy, got the ole heart rate up, and here’s what happened.

Geriatric: “Hi.”
Me (having to stop my laps): “Hi.”
Geriatric: “Guess what?”
Me (do I know this lady?): “What?”
Geriatric: “I lost 19 pounds. Not twenty. Just 19.”
Me: “Ummm...that’s great.”
Geriatric: “And guess what else?”
Me: “What’s that?”
Geriatric: “I peed for two days straight.”
Me: “Ummm...that’s great?”
Geriatric: “Of course its great. How do you think I lost 19 pounds?”
Me: “Ummm...”

And then she waggles her fingers at me, “You may continue on now”. As if I was the one who had interrupted her. Ha! Gotta love old people.

Painting today .. my journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso

Today Jay Rolfe started painting the 2 new 3DSSC paintings he is creating. Here's a photo of him painting. You can see some completed expressions of Jay Rolfe's unique artistic idea on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/.

When that dries a bit, I'll paint some more.

That's today's step on the journey of Jay Rolfe From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso.

Pissarro ... my journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso

The Baltimore Museum of Art beckoned to Jay Rolfe today. He's been intending to go to see the "Pissarro: Creating the Impressionist Landscape" exhibit since he read Ed Sozanski's excellent review in the Philadelphia Inquirer on April 1, 2007 (no fooling!). I mentioned Sozanski's review in my post of April 2. The exhibit was all Sozanski said it was, and I enjoyed it. Since it was landscapes, it didn't include Pissarro's great paintings of crowds on Paris' plazas and bridges. The development of his landscape style over about 10 years, from 1865 to 1875 covered by the exhibit, showed the development of impressionist style. Here's an sample from 1873 lent by the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, "Hoarfrost at Ennery." The first Impressionist exhibit was in 1874, and Pissarro had spent many months painting separately with Cezanne and Monet by that time. I can see the cross influences. Here's a link to the Museum's page on the exhibit. www.artbma.org/exhibitions/index.html

This was my first visit to the Baltimore Museum of Art. What a great museum. They've got scads of Antioch mosaics, great old master paintings such as this Botticelli, "Madonna Adoring The Child With Five Angels," and a great 20th Century collection which is especially rich in Matisse paintings and other materials. Here's an example of Matisse, "Striped Robe, Fruit, and Anemones" from 1940.

It was a wonderful day today! You can see some completed expressions of Jay Rolfe's unique artistic idea on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. That's today's step on the journey of Jay Rolfe From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso.

Stretching canvas ... my journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso

Jay Rolfe stretched canvas over 2 stretcher frameworks for 2 new 3DSSC paintings today. You can see some completed expressions of Jay Rolfe's unique artistic idea on his website at www.3dssc.com.

I've got a number of other things to do the rest of the day which don't involve creating art.

That's today's step on the journey of Jay Rolfe From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso.

It's All About the Eyes...

...it's been awhile since I posted some beautiful eyes, of course I had to put a pic of William Levy in there!! Second interview went very well, I should know this week. Other than that not a whole lot going on, other than I'm getting bored! The first week off was nice and much needed, this week, I'm a bit restless...on the other hand...all my laundry is done!! I've also watched more DVD's than I have in the past year, in the past week and a half. The return of Heroes has been awesome also! Who would have thought Sylar was president!! You could have knocked my ass over with a feather!! Only 3 episodes left this season...then I go insane over the summer waiting for the new season! Ok, yeah um, I'm a bit obsessed with this program!! At least I'm not out getting into trouble (which means this summer I will when the show is on hiatus!) have a great night! ;-) peace
p.s. as usual click the pic for a larger image!

New paintings ... my journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso

Today Jay Rolfe built stretcher frameworks for 2 new 3DSSC paintings. Phew! That was a lot of work. You can see some completed expressions of Jay Rolfe's unique artistic idea on his website at www.3dssc.com.

The Sculpture Garden of the National Gallery of Art that I visited last Wednesday was about equal to the Sculpture Garden of the Hirshhorn Museum, although the average sculpture was more recent. Alexander Calder's "Red Horse" was cool - a stabile of his was in the Hirshhorn's Sculpture Garden. Louise Bourgeois's huge "Spider" was typically creepy. The large "Typewriter Eraser" by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen was playful. Roy Lichtenstein's "House 1" created an optical illusion, one of those optical illusions that even when you know it's not what it seems, it still looks like it is. I really enjoyed all of them.

That's today's step on the journey of Jay Rolfe From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso.