Paaseiland, an amazing web designer and graphic artist from the Netherlands, is also a wonderful photographer, and has some lovely pictures posted on Stock.xchng (and how fun it is to explore their whole site!). Paaseiland has included photographs of animals and flowers, and also some great landscapes and macro shots.
A visit to Paaseiland’s own sites, Boschhaan and Meener Web, reveals a wealth of talent and creativity. Even without being able to read Dutch, I found their sites to be delightful, and I had so much fun exploring them, Boschhaan especially. There were so many exciting design ideas. Here are some more of Paaseiland’s photographs:
Greyhounds are intelligent, affectionate dogs, and they make wonderful pets. They are gentle, clean, and very social, and work well in any kind of family, including those with children or other pets. Many greyhounds are rescued every year from racing, and are looking for new families to love. The Greyhound Project is a volunteer non-profit organization that serves as a comprehensive clearinghouse of information on greyhounds and their adoption, for both adoption agencies and the public, and they walk you through the whole adoption process. They also make matching donations to greyhound cancer research. If you’re looking for a new pet, please consider making one of these beautiful dogs a loving part of your family. The Greyhound Project’s site has all of the information that you’ll need.
Knowing a work of art’s history and context can add so much to an understanding of it. But with thousands of years of art history, and a whole globe full of artists, no one can ever hope to know everything.
That’s why it’s always so nice to find a good art history resource, and the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History on The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s website is a great one. It’s a remarkable exploration of the history of art, from prehistory to the present, covering the entire world, examining art in terms of chronology, geography and theme. The Metropolitan Museum’s staff have created numerous timelines and many thematic essays and indexes, all illustrated by nearly 6000 works of art from The Museum’s own collection. In addition, there is also a bibliography containing close to 2000 Metropolitan Museum of Art publications, as well as others.
The whole site is very well organized, and makes an enormous amount of information very easy to navigate through. It works very well if you have a specific question in mind, and is also a fascinating site to just wander around in, seeing what you end up discovering. When I was last there, I ended up discovering some amazing Inkan art, something I know little about. The Timeline is well worth a look.
RozArt Floral #34
Every once in a while, I like to wander around Etsy, and see what all of the wonderful artists and craftspeople there are up to. Recently I found an amazing oil painter who goes by the name RozArt. She’s been a professional artist for more than 20 years, and the color and texture in her paintings, and the obvious talent and vision of the artist, are remarkable. She also has a site of her own that showcases more of her work.
She likes to paint animals, especially cows and roosters, flowers, and also happy people leaping through the air. I found the colors in her art to be so vibrant and expressive, and her skillful use of the medium gives her paintings a wonderful tactile quality. Here are a few of her works for you to enjoy. Stop by her Etsy shop or site if you’d like to see more, and to see larger images.
RozArt Rooster #349
RozArt Koi #22
RozArt Quail #9
RozArt Cow #138
RozArt Dancer #3
