Focus on Nature XI: Natural History Illustration opens April 12 at the New York State Museum, showcasing world-class, juried artwork by top illustrators from 13 countries.
Entries Tagged as 'Old Fashioned Fun'
Focus on Nature Exhibit – April 12 – October 31, 2010 in Albany, NY
April 10th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Animals · Art · Nature · Old Fashioned Fun · Politics · State of Mind · the Earth
April 8, 2010 Maplewood, NJ
April 8th, 2010 · No Comments
I’m having an art exhibit with Joy Yagid, and Tricia Zimic. Joy is a photographer and Tricia is a ceramicist and painter, and all three of us have chosen nature as a focus for our work. I’ve shown my work in various venues but I’m surprisingly excited to show these paintings in the town I [...]
Tags: Art · Flowers · Insects · Nature · Old Fashioned Fun · Pop culture · State of Mind · Suburbia · cultural understanding · the Earth
Maplewood, NJ January 15, 2010
January 16th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Art · Old Fashioned Fun · cultural understanding
November 24, 2009 Maplewood, NJ
November 24th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Art · Food · Nature · Old Fashioned Fun · State of Mind
October 4, 2009 Maplewood, NJ
October 4th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Food · Nature · Old Fashioned Fun · Suburbia
Cakes I have baked…
February 26th, 2009 · No Comments
…for birthday celebrations. These are just some of the many cakes I’ve managed to throw together by party time.
Classic Cupcakes garnished with an m&m.
The Rocket Cake
Planets (to go with the Rocket Cake)
The Lego Cake
More Cupcakes (kinda phoned this one in)
Giant Donut
More Planets (sticking with a winner)
“Earth” (crushed cookies) and “Worms”
More Cupcakes
As you can see, I [...]
Tags: Art · Food · Old Fashioned Fun · State of Mind · Suburbia · cultural understanding · mommish
It has come to pass.
February 9th, 2009 · No Comments
Over 40 years ago, Disney opened the “It’s A Small World” ride to promote world peace and showcase the cultures of the world. Now after almost a year of renovation, Disney unveiled the “updated” version populated with trademark porn: Aladdin, Nemo, Ariel and more than two dozen other characters plucked from its movies.
Shame on you, Disney, [...]
Tags: Art · Old Fashioned Fun · State of Mind · Travel · World Peace · cultural understanding · mommish · the Earth
ZAP! POW! BAM!
February 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
Speaking of Superheroes…
the Skirball Center in LA is exhibiting
ZAP! POW! BAM! The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comic Books, 1938-1950
from February 19th to August 9th of this year.
And how could I not post a link to Cartoon Brew’s Superman’s Secret Cartoon History!
Tags: Old Fashioned Fun · Pop culture · mommish · power
Maplewood, NJ. February 2, 2009
February 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
to action figures. One favorite book series, Sidekicks, is still on our shelves. Unfortunately I think they are out of print. These books are hilarious if you have even a working knowledge of the superhero genre – a Tick for my children’s generation.
Tags: Art · Old Fashioned Fun · Pop culture · State of Mind · mommish · power
Maplewood, NJ. January 26, 2009
January 26th, 2009 · No Comments
happy new year. I’m upgrading everything so I will be silent for a bit.
In the mean time:
Tags: Art · Flowers · Old Fashioned Fun · State of Mind · Suburbia · mommish