American Genre Scenes are Among My Favorites
Two Fisherman Heading Home from an Afternoon of Trout Fishing
© A. Mac/A.G.
Another week, another CREATIVE ARTS Three Day Weekend.
RED BOX RULES: AN IMPORTANT REMINDER
From time-to-time, I should remind all members of NT, etc., that when posting photos, artwork, etc., it's important, when posting, that you own, and/or legally represent the licensing, copyright, etc., of what you post, and TO PROTECT YOUR WORK, TO INCLUDE YOUR COPYRIGHT SYMBOL/INFORMATION; and/or, WHEN POSTING COPYRIGHTED PROPERTY BELONGING TO PARTIES OTHER THAN YOURSELF, TO …
• BE SURE YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO POST, TRANSMIT, etc, SUCH PROPERTY, and,
• IF/WHEN SUCH PERMISSION HAS BEEN GRANTED, TO PROPERLY AND CLEARLY ATTRIBUTE THE COPYRIGHTS TO THEIR RIGHTFUL OWNER(S).
VERY IMPORTANT … IN THE FUTURE, I WILL REMEMBER TO POST THIS CAVEAT REGULARLY.
Thanks, A. MAC
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Check the articleat the link below; it doesn't get any better!
GENRE SCENES … Paintings of subjects from everyday life, usually small in scale.
art lovers, please don't forget to vote up this article, it really helps keep it on the front page over the weekend.
A photo that's even better because it tells a story.
Did we forget?
Yes, I did. Thanks for posting.
Abstract Floral (© G. Gam)
The Garden Gate (© G. Gam)
oh yeah, x 2 ...
Yeah...
Very nice, G.
Thanks, Kavika
Bet you're really enjoying editing, especially when you succeed creating unique, interesting and beautiful pictures.
I'm having a great time.
Thanks.
For my sweetheart, Red on Valentine's Day from her loving Indian. Still going strong after 43 years.
This is how the conversation went...Red, I'm taking you out to the best restaurant in Ocala for Valentine's Day. Oh, Kavika that is so sweet of you. Kavika, this is a Pizza Parlor, not a 5 star restaurant..Red, in my heart it's a 5 star restaurant. Kavika I'm never going to believe you again. Red, we've been married 43 years do you know how many times you've told me that? After a lot of side eye looks and a couple of harumps they delivered the pizza and Red's heart melted...LOL, am I romantic or what???
As we sometimes say on the streets of South Philly,
MAMA MIA!
Nice! My wife also asked for pizza for VDay. I had to go across the bridge during rush hour traffic to pick it up...
meh, I've been divorced for 20 years. I figure that's saved me at least $50K in vday gifts and associated birthday and xmas grief.
LOL. You pulled off a great one with that, Kavika.
Not much going on, but the new cube tank & sump are working and ready for an aquascape. I'll be doing all that over the weekend and hopefully putting in fish next weekend.
Looking forward to the results.
My back yard this morning.
© A. Mac/A.G.
To me, a scene like that is a beautiful memory.
From the Musical CATS.
brrr.
Evening...what can I say.. Norfolk Island was a balmy 25c every day we were there..
What was the water temp, and what's the shark situation?
.... so when are you going to post the oz nude beach pictures?
Arvo.. water temp is around 20c all year..sharks can't get over the reef so it's perfectly safe..there is a large lagoon there..
Ask and you shall receive..meet fluffy up in Cairns.. completely nude and on a beach as requested..😁
not exactly the type of skin I was hoping to leer at...
Awww poor Fluffy... thought you would have been the first one down on to the beach..🤣🤣
not hardly, dearest oz foil of mine...
The photos are by two different Stone Creek members. Just a stunning set of photos at Little Lake Arlington at Stone Creek.
Top - Great Egret
Bottom - Great Blue Heron
Both - Great photos
cool
Male Cardinal
© A. Mac/A.G.
giving you the birds eye...
Cardinal sin.
I can just hear him saying: "Will you give me some privacy, please?"
Male and Female Cardinals
© A. Mac/A.G.
amac's avian snack bar...
I conSEED the point.
Junco (Snowbird) Male
© A. Mac/A.G.
One of the best small naturalist collections of paintings is housed at The Amon Carter Museum of Fine Art in Fort Worth, Texas. Thomas Eakin's "Swiming", 1885 - at only 27 inches by 36 inches, is housed therein...
Thomas Eakins was a Nineteenth Century PHILADELPHIA artist!
My bad. Thomas."Eakins' The Swimming Hole" is at Anon Carter which specifically highlights smaller yet highest quality American western and natural art...
Fort Worth's Kimbel Museum of Art is top rate but a more international collection.
Eakins along with other 19th Century American genre painters is a favorite of mine. Many thanks for posting a GENRE work.
Red-bellied Woodpecker, Female
© A. Mac/A.G.
I guess the MALE is red-bellied.
Actually, the belly on the make is about the same as that of the female, the difference is in the red crown. The male crown is fully red.
Damned ornithologists. Then why didn't they call it a red-CROWNED woodpecker. Are they blind?
Because there is a species called the Redheaded Woodpecker.
Red Crowned is still different from Redheaded. But calling a bird red bellied when it isn't red bellied is like calling a horse a camel.
American weekends seem to be getting a little long. Could it be wishful thinking. To me a weekend is normally two day, sometimes three days, but it's kind of rare that they stretch into 4 days, because then the weekend is longer than the rest of th week.
Will try and do better.
Thanks to all.