Wednesday, March 31, 2010
alex writes a song
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
gardega road
http://www.realtor.com/property-search/Cleburne_TX/Gardega-Rd
the eye of the tiger
Here is a portrait of tiger woods I made out of 500 condoms. Some people can see it and some cant. I am going to finish entire face and then it will be unmistakable and a work of genius. This is my last project before I start my 12 women series. I promise. If you cannot see it then blur youyr eyes a bit, this is the same as stepping back from a painting.
goodbye winter
30,000 year old handprint
Monday, March 29, 2010
words of the day: peter gabriel
Sky blue
Back on the road alone with the sky
Sky blue
There's a presence here no one denies
Sky blue
Sky blue
Sky blue
So tired of all this traveling
So many miles away from home
I keep moving to be stable
Free to wander, free to roam
I can hear the same voice calling
Crying out, from my heart
And that cry, what a cry
What a cry, it's going to be
If i can stop to let it out, oh
Sunday, March 28, 2010
health care
hmmmm
tick tock
Saturday, March 27, 2010
words of the day
update
Friday, March 26, 2010
overheard in a restaurant
alex may be a genius but he cant make that up
madman or genius
aspergers syndrome
aspergers syndrome
come monday
alex
update
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
the hanging
Saturday, March 20, 2010
the best song ever written
Living on the road my friend
Was gonna keep you free and clean
Now you wear your skin like iron
Your breath's as hard as kerosene
You weren't your mama's only boy
But her favorite one it seems
She began to cry when you said goodbye
And sank into your dreams
Pancho was a bandit boys
His horse was fast as polished steel
Wore his gun outside his pants
For all the honest world to feel
Pancho met his match you know
On the deserts down in Mexico
Nobody heard his dying words
That's the way it goes
All the federales say
They could have had him any day
They only let him hang around
Out of kindness I suppose
Lefty he can't sing the blues
All night long like he used to
The dust that Pancho bit down south
Ended up in Lefty's mouth
The day they laid poor Pancho low
Lefty split for Ohio
Where he got the bread to go
There ain't nobody knows
All the federales say
They could have had him any day
They only let him slip away
Out of kindness I suppose
The poets tell how Pancho fell
Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold
So the story ends we're told
Pancho needs your prayers it's true,
But save a few for Lefty too
He just did what he had to do
Now he's growing old
A few gray federales say
They could have had him any day
They only let him go so wrong
Out of kindness I suppose
Thursday, March 18, 2010
blog honor roll
mary desilva
amy and hubby and cyd and jon and christian...
john n.
jacqueline
barry
donald from weschester
my moscow friend
my long lost goldsteins (wheres our spotted pig drinks?)
barbara from miami
richard johnson
judge nap (modern hero)
nick stevens
the creators of the wonderful show "scrubs"
my close and dear friend marshall arisman
monika, whose face is like the beauty of the sun.
rainwater grill great food, good peeps
my old buddy gerks, long may you run
jim from georgia
germany, australia, and france
and all my exes from texas and other lands.
thanks for the tacos.
words of the day---gabriel
Round a figure lying down
And someone runs to make a phone call
And the man kneels on the ground
The man kneels on the ground
There's a tightening in my chest
I know that I'm drawn in
Oh god let it not be - you
Don't leave us
Don't leave like this
Don't leave me here again
I'm not quitting on you
No one else
You're not quitting on us
No running out
The colour in your shirt is darkening,
Against the paleness of your skin
I remember how you held the goldfish
Swimming around in a plastic bag
Swimming around in a plastic bag
You held it up so high
In the bright lights of the fair
It slipped and fell
We looked everywhere
Don't leave us (your eyes are bright, your blood is warm)
Don't leave like this (your heart is strong, you're holding on)
Don't leave me here again (i feel your pulse, i hold your hand)
I'm not quitting on you
There's no one else
You're not quitting on us
There's no way out
No way out
Don't leave us
Don't leave like this
Don't leave me here again (i feel your pulse, i hold your hand)
I'm not quitting on you
There's no one else
You're not quitting on us
No running away - no way out
POSITIVITY
In my life as an artist I have lost hope in a thousand people, I have been shammed, scammed, burned and "bammed" but for so me reason I never spend more than 3.5 minutes lamenting on my past. My brain burns bright with hope for the future and for mankind and art. I still have faith in art and very little faith in humans. Lost loves come and go and as peter gabriel said " life carries on and on and on...If I was not an eternal optimist I would have quit long ago but my religious faith in art is granite. I own a DVD about the life and art of Michelangelo and when I get down or lose steam I put it on and let a person who lived 500 years ago inspire me into action. Every artist deals with the same crap, deadlines, bad art directors, dumb popes, crappy conditions to work in etc etc and etc.Times change but artists deal with the same crap the did when they painted the Egyptian tombs, I often think of the artists who painted the tombs sitting around and drinking Egyptian beer and complaining the same way I do about my saint Michael commission. speaking of which, I was commissioned this weekend to paint a painting of a mugshot of Elvis Presley. In the end we are all just goldfish swimming around in a plastic bag and love comes and goes but art carries on, and on and on...
Monday, March 15, 2010
what I am reading---by gardega
2010 a space odyssey
A book about the unibomber (...screenplay research idea)
the health care bill...this way when idiots talk to me about it I can laugh in their face
a nation of sheep-----judge napilitano (my buddy)
el mucho reado
gardega world
St. Done
the bill
Sunday, March 14, 2010
drink your tap water!
Story on Mystery Substance Distracts from Fact Fluoride is a Deadly Killer
Kurt Nimmo
Prison Planet.com
Sunday, March 14, 2010
The “investigative” team at WCVB TV in Boston ran a story yesterday about an unknown substance in fluoride imported from China. “Team 5 Investigates found the Amesbury Water Department pulled fluoride from its system amid concerns about its supply from China,” the news station reported. “Department of Public Works Director Rob Desmarais said after he mixes the white powder with water, 40 percent of it will not dissolve.” Desmarais said the residue clogs his machines and makes it difficult to get a consistent level of fluoride in the town’s water.
A screen capture from the WCVB TV report reveals fluoride added to drinking water is a deadly toxin. | |
In the video report below, WCVB mentions melamine in food products and the heavy metal cadmium in toys imported from China while completely ignoring the larger and more important issue — fluoride is an extremely dangerous toxin that kills.
“Fluoride is added to the water most of us drink because the government believes it’s a safe and inexpensive way to prevent tooth decay.”
Fluoride does not prevent tooth decay. According to numerous studies, water fluoridation actually increases tooth decay. The AMA and others fallaciously claim that fluoride added to over 62% of U.S. water supplies reduces tooth decay. However, no less than six studies from dental journals show it does not and, in fact, may increase the likelihood of dental cavities.
Exposure to fluoride often results in dental fluorosis. Large numbers of U.S. young people — estimated up to 80 percent in some cities — now have dental fluorosis, the first visible sign of excessive fluoride exposure. Dental fluorosis consists of damage to tooth-forming cells, leading to a defect in tooth enamel. It is also an indicator of fluoride damage to bones.
WCVB TV’s own report reveals that fluoride is a deadly chemical. Near the beginning of the video, we are shown an industrial sized bag of fluoride at the Amesbury Water Department. “Sodium Fluoride,” a label on the bag warns, “Danger! Poison-Toxic by Ingestion.” The label states the chemical targets the heart, kidneys, bones, central nervous system, the gastrointestinal system, and teeSaturday, March 13, 2010
Florence
Moscow
I have a new friend and reader from Moscow. She is a graphic designer but she is shy so she wont let me link to her blog. I love the internet and doing this work because it makes my existence as an artist less lonely. in honor of a new friend I have linked to the great Russian artist Repin..
http://www.abcgallery.com/R/repin/repin.html
I will post some of his drawings in the near future.
12 women series
the answer to my quiz was the Golden Mean...The small is to the large as the large is to the whole is the golden proportion...I do believe index cards are in the proportion...
the ancients knew much of sacred geometry, they werent brain dead from watching too much tv. I dont watch tv, I make art.
saint almost done
6' x 7' oil on masonite.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
daily alex quiz
what does this refer to?
ale
daily gardega
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
free art lessons online
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totally free, no strings, no spam.
sneak peek
dreams need to have action... Neil peart
TV
Sunday, March 7, 2010
acrylics vs. oil: art lesson
I use acrylic for illustration and oils for my fine art. Acrylics are great for new artists and for learning because they dry fast. A secret for painting with acrylics is to keep a spray bottle of water near you to mist your work and palette to keep from drying too fast. Most of the crappy art from the 1960's was made in acrylic. A pro can use both. I use acrylic often for under paintings of my oils but I dont like to admit to it.
snow on the palisades
Rain Water Grill
I made this etched mirror for a friends restaurant. It is etched from behind and lit with LED. A waterfall flows down the front of the mirror. It was a lot of work to perfect the waterfall but it makes a soothing sound and is visually a centerpiece of the bar. Rain water is an excellent restaurant in Westchester. I want to make a waterfall mirror for my own home but all dentists have bad teeth and all barbers need haircuts...
in progress
I will be done shortly..showing art before it is finished is like airing out your dirty laundry...This is 7 foot high by 6 wide. The face is not done but will be today along with details...they delayed delivery on me so I can work on what I was going to finish onsite. This is for a mausoleum...When this leaves my studio I am going to have a party..I call this the never-ending painting...
Saturday, March 6, 2010
michelangelo's working method
what I am reading
alfred kubin: dark genius
I never get board of sharing alfred kubin with the world most artists have never heard of him and I am out to change that fact.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Kubin
art lessons online
Bronzino
I really want to see the Bronzino show at the met..what a great draftsman...his line quality is almost as good as Raphael's. I said ALMOST...there is only one Raphael.
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/drawings_bronzino/view_1.asp?item=11&view=el
Friday, March 5, 2010
gardega update
art lessons online
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Thursday, March 4, 2010
dayo
alex thinks
happy hippy
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
florence
interesting times
thought on the train platform
killer whales
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
art update...
modern architecture
alex reads the news
wind energy
atrazine
Monday, March 1, 2010
death penalty
thought
spelling
spelling
new art
mona lisa
drink your fluoride
Alice in Winter Watercolor
12 x 16 inches on arches paper to purchase https://tendollarart.com/products/alice-in-winter-watercolor
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