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The big blue box and bold yellow letters are immediately identifiable around the world. Some of the stores have an escalator for your shopping cart. No need to bother with elevators. They provide note cards, pencils and tape measures. I never remember to bring them. The stores are laid out in...
I love looking at and capturing reflections on my camera. I see beauty in trees, buildings and animals reflected in lakes, rivers and ponds. It forces to me to slow down, to enjoy the moment and to reflect a bit myself. Using reflections in photos can alter an image, transforming and making it...
Before I let ArtPrize lay dormant until September 2010 when Grand Rapids buzzes and twitters about hundreds, maybe thousands of works of art installed around the city, I’d like to re visit ArtPrize 2009 to take a look at one of my favorite artists and her submission. Ok, right up front, with...
I’m really a sucker for “cute.” Cute stores. Cute houses. Cute chicken coops. I don’t want “cute” stuff in my house necessarily, but I get a kick out of seeing how people can take an ordinary building or item and make it cute with a bit of creativity and...
While I was at the gym getting ready for spin class, I saw an interview on one of the morning’s talk show on the TV in the locker room. The folks being interviewed were proudly showing off the pumpkin they grew— world’s largest —something like 1700 pounds. It was big. Naturally...
ArtPrize: I really blew it. Well, just when a major and I mean Major Art World Moment was occurring in Grand Rapids, my home town, I was off with my husband lallygagging around Colorado, Utah and New Mexico. It was all very fun and beautiful but, oh my gosh! Like many people, I was caught...
“After Vermeer, Rachel as a 9th Grader” by Dennis Grantz This ArtPrize entry is a photomosiac created from 8,480 images from student file folders on the network server of the school where Dennis Grantz teaches. In the artist’s statement, he says, “It’s a face...
If you love Victorian design you’ll be in heaven at the Strater Hotel in Durango, Colorado. I can’t stand the clutter and complexity of Victorian interiors, but thoroughly enjoyed my stay. I can appreciate design done well. And the Strater truly measures up. It is decorated the way...
