Alex Gardega

Thursday, July 31, 2008

quote of the day--picasso

Pablo Picasso - "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."

please excuse the above utter lack of humility. (It is sometimes hard to express humor through typing.) I thought I would share this with people whop collect my work and read my daily mumblings.

click link below.

http://cityfile.com/dailyfile/1118

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

ophelia

I spent a few hours in the national arts club yesterday. I was invited to come down there and visit. It is an amazing place. I donated an original gardega glass piece to their collection. Will upload some new art tonight

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

NY POST

I was lucky enough to have some ink in today's NY POST concerning my barter experiment. Press is always welcome by artists...

http://www.nypost.com/seven/07292008/entertainment/portrait_of_the_artist_making_a_deal_122018.htm

Monday, July 28, 2008

blueberrys for sale...

This painting is for sale now on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290249293182

artist of the day---vitruvius

Many poeple do not understand that the above drawing by leonardo is a study of the theory of a genius named vitruvius. Much of Leonardo's work and inspiration came direct from vitruvius who was a renaissance genius before the renaissance ever happened. I suggest you google him and learn about him and you can start with the wiki link although I hate wikipedia it is a start...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvius

the more you study him, the more you can learn that leonardo did not arise out of a vacuum but rather had some great sources.

and as DALI said--genius is concealing your sources.

my staten island cover was approved--now I paint two paintings for Nassau county

Friday, July 25, 2008

artist of the day--daniel garber

I generally dont like impressionism as a whole but some of the American regional impressionists weren't so bad. One of my favorite painters from that era is a guy named daniel garber. I have a connection to him as a girl I once dated lived on the former property of his. I used to spend time in his old studio where most of these paintings were made. As the saying goes "the best laid plans of mice and men..."

http://store.encore-editions.com/Daniel_Garber.html