Andy Warhol "Brillo Boxes"

Let me take the photo of the day in a new direction today. Andy Warhol's "Brillo Boxes." This set of them was produced in 1969 and artist Jay Rolfe saw them at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena CA. You can see other sets of "Brillo Boxes" at other museums.

That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his innovative 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create Uplifting Conversation Pieces.

Henri Matisse

Artist Jay Rolfe is currently reading Hilary Spurling's biography of Henri Matisse, the second volume titled "Matisse The Master." So today's photo is of a painting by Matisse, "Odalisque With Tambourine (Harmony In Blue)" painted in 1926. Artist Jay Rolfe saw the painting at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena CA. Here's the link to the Norton Simon Museum website, http://www.nortonsimon.org/collections/highlights.asp?period=20H&page=4&resultnum=42

That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his Hyper Representational 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.

Ferraris Completed!

Yesterday artist Jay Rolfe completed final assembly of his Ferrari car 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings. We need an available wall for a good photo, so it will have to wait a few days for a photo to be posted.

Today's photo of the day from artist Jay Rolfe is 2 paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder from the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena CA, Adam and Eve. Apparently Cranach found these to be popular, and did about 30 similar paintings. I have seen others at other museums. Do you see the resemblance in my Adam And Eve paintings? Or at least the inspiration?

That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his Hyper Representational 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.

More Van Gogh at Norton Simon Museum

Artist Jay Rolfe really enjoyed his visit to the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena CA. Another Vincent Van Gogh painting, this one from 1889, that Jay Rolfe liked is "The Mulberry Tree." The color and vitality were especially impressive. Today's photo is "The Mulberry Tree" by Van Gogh. Here's the link to the museum's web page for this painting. http://www.nortonsimon.org/collections/browse_title.asp?id=M.1976.09.P

That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his Hyper Representational 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.

Van Gogh at Norton Simon Museum

Artist Jay Rolfe found "Portrait of a Peasant (Patience Escalier)" from 1888 a striking Van Gogh painting at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena CA. Artist Jay Rolfe really likes the dramatic coloring. It's one of a number of beautiful Van Gogh paintings artist Jay Rolfe has seen at the Norton Simon Museum.

That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his Hyper Representational 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.

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

Today Jay Rolfe cut the wood for stretcher frameworks for 3 new 3DSSC (3-D shaped stretched canvas) paintings. It was a beautiful day outside, sunny, breezy, and in the high 70's. I moved my saws and saw horses outside to the driveway and worked near the beautiful crabapple tree in full bloom. It was a glorious afternoon. You can see some completed expressions of Jay Rolfe's unique artistic idea on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/.

Last Wednesday when I was in Washington DC, I went to the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden and the Hirshhorn Museum Sculpture Garden. I love large outdoor sculpture. Both Sculpture Gardens were fantastic. The Hirshhorn had 2 of my favorite Auguste Rodin Sculptures, "Monument To Blazac" and "Burghers of Calais." Both are also in the collection of the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia, the second largest collection of Rodin sculptures in the world after the Rodin Museum in Paris. I also recall seeing "Burghers of Calais" at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena CA. There were a number of beautiful Henry Moore sculptures. I liked Arnaldo Pomodoro's bronze "Sphere No. 6" at the Hirshhorn. I also liked "Nymph" by Aristide Maillol. I've seen several similar, at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and LACMA.

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