Art Sunday; Jennifer Thomson

Art Sunday; Jennifer Thomson
Contemporary scottish Artist

http://www.jenniferthomson.com/

Initially Jennifer trained at Edinburgh College of Art from 1987-1992. She followed that with a short period of teaching at Madras College, St Andrews, before dedicating her time to painting full time.


Her paintings can be described as todays ‘every day art’, they show days out, holidays and favourite tourist spots, all of which often feature her two young children. Her paintings have the ‘feel good factor, unpretentious, unsophisticated and honest.

Her work has been widely exhibited and some of her paintings are in the permanent collections of The City Arts Centre and The Royal Bank of Scotland.
She has done commissions for organisations such as Scotrail, The Ladies Golf Union and Fife Coast and Countryside Trust, to name a few. Her cards are now sold in shops throughout Edinburgh including Jenners Department Store and The National Gallery of Scotland.

A happy artist in touch with the ordinary people of Scotland, a woman who has never forgotten her roots and is proud of her heritage and the landscape of her country.

Britains got talent; the final 2009

Ok folks, wine in the fridge, nibbles in the larder and pizza waiting ready and waiting.
SO………..who do we think is going to win???
The final lineup is:
Diversity
Susan Boyle
Shaun Smith
Flawless
Shaheen Jafargholi
Stavros Flatley
Julian Smith
2 Grand
Aidan Davies
Hollie Steel
Sorry you have to chase around after the videos tonight, so many were disabled I simply gave up in the end and put links in instead.

Diversity
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Susan Boyle
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7Ayk9G7-sc

Shaun Smith
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7mqoDPVfFw

Flawless
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MamSKGd4y28

Shaheen Jafargholi
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhBM7lvTDro

Stavros Flatley
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZCw42UopdU

Julian Smith
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEDjl2CymPs

2Grand
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fWgQlS6kJI

Aiden Davies
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HJAnrwCRyU

Holly Steel
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hk9zhYukvg

Britains Got talent, friday 29th semi finals

Ok, call me an old cynic but this child has been at drama school from a very early age and .............well to be honist I'm not sure about this what do you thinkfirst attempt second attempt

Song Saturday, Bouree, Ian Anderson, Bach and Dali

What a pleasant combination, Dali, Bach and Ian Anderson, a suitable intro for the weekend.

Jethro Tull - Bourée
Jethro tull music. Salvador Dali art.

This flute-dominated instrumental, based on Bach's 'Suite in E Minor for Lute', was a track on Jethro Tull's excellent 'Stand Up' (1969).
Personnel: Ian Anderson (flute, vocals), Martin Barre (guitars), Glenn Cornick (bass), Clive Bunker (drums)
Composer: J.S. Bach (arr. Ian Anderson)

Britains Got talent semi final; tonights best of show.

Think I'm going to be voting for this little guy tonight, this is a picture of him in last weeks show when he danced from Oliver, but the video is from tonights show. Excuse the poor quality of the video, this was on TV about half an hour ago and at the moment this is the only video of him on YouTube, no doubt there will be more as the evening wears on.

Poetry Wednesday; Bluebell

Poetry Wednesday link
back to the tour

http://lauritasita.multiply.com/journal/item/1316/Poetry_Wednesday_052709_Sign_in_and_take_the_tour

The BlueBell

The blue bell is the sweetest flower
That waves in summer air;
Its blossoms have the mightiest power
To soothe my spirit's care.

There is a spell in purple heath
Too wildly, sadly dear;
The violet has a fragrant breath
But fragrance will not cheer.
The trees are bare, the sun is cold;
And seldom, seldom seen;
The heavens have lost their zone of gold
The earth its robe of green;

And ice upon the glancing stream
Has cast its sombre shade
And distant hills and valleys seem
In frozen mist arrayed -
The blue bell cannot charm me now
The heath has lost its bloom,
The violets in the glen below
They yield no sweet perfume.

But though I mourn the heather-bell
'Tis better far, away;
I know how fast my tears would swell
To see it smile today;

And that wood flower that hides so shy
Beneath the mossy stone
Its balmy scent and dewy eye:
'Tis not for them I moan.

It is the slight and stately stem,
The blossom's silvery blue,
The buds hid like a sapphire gem
In sheaths of emerald hue.

'Tis these that breathe upon my heart
A calm and softening spell
That if it makes the tear-drop start
Has power to soothe as well.
For these I weep, so long divided
Through winter's dreary day,
In longing weep--but most when guided
On withered banks to stray.

If chilly then the light should fall
Adown the dreary sky
And gild the dank and darkened wall
With transient brilliancy,
How do I yearn, how do I pine
For the time of flowers to come,
And turn me from that fading shine
To mourn the fields of home -
Emily Jane Brontë

Art Sunday; American Art, Fletcher Martin.

Fletcher Martin (1904-1979)

He was born in 1904 in Palisade, Colorado, a small western town where his father ran the local newspaper. Martin grew up in a family that moved to towns throughout the West.  He showed an early interest in art, primarily from circus posters and amateur painters.


 At age 12, he began working as a printer and only later did he start to paint. He was known mostly for his painting of western subjects but has also  worked as a muralist and illustrator.  His artist's skills were largely self-taught. During his career he taught art at the University of Florida, State University of Iowa, the University of Minnesota, San Antonio Art Institute, and Washington State University.

 He served as a war correspondent for Life magazine during World War II. He was the recipient of the Walter Lippencott Prize in 1947 and the Benjamin Altman Prize in 1949.

His works can be found in the collections of Abbott Laboratories, Brandice University, the Cranbrook Institute, the Denver Art Museum, and the Library of Congress.

Sealing the Crevice
Watercolor on paper

Sealing a fault in the granite wall of the forebay reservoir for the Grand Coulee Third
 powerplant, Columbia Basin Project.

The Columbia Basin Project is a major water resource development in central Washington State with Grand Coulee Dam as the project's primary feature. The power plant at Grand Coulee supplies much of the power needed by the Pacific Northwest. The generators of the third powerhouse alone provide sufficient electricity to meet the needs of both Seattle and Portland.

Inside the Turbine

Oil on canvas, 30" x 42"

Workmen inside the turbine scroll case, Grand Coulee Power Plant, Columbia Basin Project, Washington.

The Columbia Basin Project is a major water resource development in central Washington State with Grand Coulee Dam as the project's primary feature. The power plant at Grand Coulee supplies much of the power needed by the Pacific Northwest. The generators of the third powerhouse alone provide sufficient electricity to meet the needs of both Seattle and Portland.

Pyramid Lake

Watercolor, 22" x 28"
Rocks at Pyramid Lake, Nevada

Pyramid Lake is the terminus for the Truckee River which begins high in the Sierra Nevada at Lake Tahoe. Water from the Truckee and Carson Rivers is used to irrigate lands on the Newlands Project in the vicinity of Fallon, Nevada. The Newlands Project was originally known as the Truckee-Carson Project at was the first project authorized for construction by the then United States Reclamation Service, now the Bureau of Reclamation. The project was renamed the Newlands Project in honor of Francis Newlands, the author of the 1902 Reclamation Act and a staunch supporter of western reclamation.

Song saturday; Janis Joplin

The first video is Janis Joplin singing
 ''Me and Bobby Mcgee''

The first recording of Me & Bobby McGee in the studio. Janis sounds amazing and completely nails it in one take. Is raw and unedited - features studio conversations at beginning. Enjoy!

The second video is Janis singing  
''To love somebody''

And the last one is
''Cry Baby''

Paintings by contemporary American artist Connie Tom


   

Some more......'can you see' ....pics

These pictures fascinate me, most of them are quite obvious but they are still fascinating just because they are so clever. See what you make of them.
We have already done the first one, the faces in the tree

In this one there are three women in the face

This is a kissing couple


And this one has a baby in it. I think this one is very obvious but maybe that's because we are naturally very alert to the baby-shape.  it's hard to ignore a baby.