Red Odyssey 1: Inventory #091003. Mixed media on 24" x 24" gallery wrapped canvas. Odyssey: an adventurous quest. Red: the color of excitement. Have you ever wanted to try something new but were afraid to do so? Something so completely out of your element ...but you still wanted to try it? This piece was inspired by that feeling. Do not be the one who puts barriers in your own path. Go forth and succeed!
Red Odyssey 2: Inventory #091002. Mixed media on 24" x 24" gallery wrapped canvas. Odyssey: an adventurous quest. Red: the color of excitement. Have you ever wanted to try something new but were afraid to do so? Something so completely out of your element ...but you still wanted to try it? This piece was inspired by that feeling. Do not be the one who puts barriers in your own path. Go forth and succeed!
Many have requested the return of the Tabbo Man. When I was a young man I read the book, 'Young Man As An Artist 'by James Joyce I deviored books, life experiences in all forms and layed myself bare for the sake of art. So much for youth and idealism. However I would not change any of it. Here I am sending the Taboo Man out on the mission of enlightenment, knowledge and realization so as to aquire the tools of creativity. Can you identify with his search, realize his progression, see his soul develope and his rapture? Like Orpheus trying to free the soul of his beloved from Hades, the Tuba Man is attemting to free his soul from the world to find creative bliss. Hope you can enjoy my bit of fun with the Taboo man. TK Have I made you think, talk to me about it.
Back..and brought feelings with me...Tried suppress and keep 'posture'.. only way to strength..for Mom and 'self'.. for both.. drew ...and here is first... images within image...'Her'..in here..and 'there'... walking with 'her'...symbolism..in images and forms...
will enter more soon as I have dsl back and my computer.. Leo Evans generous as always..lets me use his computer..embrace you all..will respond to e-mails and comments soon as possible..Thank you, for walking with me..As always...Luise 'Mignon'..
I forgot about this one, I painted it Years ago, then just put it away. Painted it July 2000. Its 36" X 24"
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(Bio from our People search)
The work of Martin Scorsese has helped define American cinema. Born in 1942, Scorsese grew up in New York’s Italian Catholic milieu. As a child, he was kept out of sports and often from playing outside, because of his asthma. Not only did he find his fun in movie theatres, but also spent hours drawing scenes within a frame - a self-taught exercise in how to make a film’s storyboard. He studied at New York University Film School, where he has maintained a teaching presence throughout his career – one of his first students was Oliver Stone. He also developed close friendships with three other directors starting their careers at the same time - Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg. Scorsese’s breakthrough film was Mean Streets (1973). Starring Harvey Keitel (whom he had used in a student film) and Robert De Niro, the film captured the extreme violence, spiritual conflict, sense of duty to friends, and potent use of music (the images from music are often his inspiration for the films) that would have a presence in almost all of his work.
Interesting Factoid: Scorsese had serious deliberations about entering the priesthood and even entered a seminary in 1956.
Quote: Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorese, Parts 1-3 - A series on Ovation TV
PART ONE: In this episode, Martin Scorsese looks the Western, Gangster and Musical film genres through such films as The Bad & The Beautiful, Duel In The Sun, Mr. Smith Goes To Washinghton, Scarface (1932), The Roaring Twenties, The Godfather, 42nd Street, Footlight Parade, Meet Me in St. Louis, The Bandwagon, and A Star is Born.
PART TWO: In this episode, Scorsese discusses how the director is essentially an illusionist, through films such as The Birth of A Nation, The Ten Commandments (1923 & 1956), Samson and Dalilah, Scarface (1932), The Public Enemy, The Robe, East of Eden, The Fall of The Roman Empire, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Scarlet Street, Detour, Double Indemnity, Crime Wave, and T-Men.
PART THREE: In this episode, Scorsese looks at those directors who use their films to challenge convention. Films include All That Heaven Allows, Shock Corridor, The Wedding March, Hell's Highway, The Scarlet Express, Citizen Kane, A Street Car Named Desire, On The Waterfront, The Man With The Golden Arm, Sweet Smell of Success, Bonnie and Clyde, and Lolita (1962).
Marlon Brando
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Why was Marlon Brando such a force in American theatre and film? Brando created a visceral style of acting that overwhelmed colleagues, audiences, and actor training. Born in 1924 in Omaha, Nebraska, Brando rebelled at any early age. His father offered to finance any career choice he wanted, as long as he actually chose a career. Brando chose acting. He went to New York to study, first with Stella Adler, and then with Lee Strasberg. These acting teachers were in the process of redefining actor training in this country, to put the lived-through emotions of a moment as the actor’s central point of focus, and Brando became their star student.
Brando’s first Broadway play was I Remember Mama (1944). The 1947 production of Tennessee Williams’ Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Elia Kazan, brought Brando center stage as the raging Stanley Kowalski, and Hollywood caught on. Amazingly, Brando would be nominated by the Academy for four straight years for a best actor award: the screen version of Streetcar (1951), Viva Zapata! (1952), Julius Caesar (1953), finally winning for On the Waterfront (1954), the same year he starred in the now-classic The Wild One.
His second Oscar finally came for his role as Don Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather in 1972. Brando hired an actress to decline the Oscar and give a speech about the United States’ crimes against Native Americans. Although Brando made no secret of his willingness to act in almost anything for the money, he also continued to create a few classics.
Brando died in 2004. He left behind a legacy that still informs an audience’s expectation of seeing acting that is emotionally accessible, powerful, and real.
Interesting factoid: Brando had been using the Oscar he won for On the Waterfront as a doorstop before it was stolen. He applied to the Academy for a replacement.
Quote: Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent.
Meet Marlon Brando - a program on Ovation TV
Meet Marlon Brando is a delightful, unusually candid portrait of the world-famous movie star: a tongue-in-cheek confrontation with the press. While television journalists interview him about his most recent film, Brando counters their futile questions with wit and insight, a man unwilling to sell himself. "It's a wonderful show," one woman comments about the new project. "Did you see it?" he asks. "No, I haven't seen it yet." "Then how do you know?" Always smiling and never modest Marlon Brando shines in one of his most revealing performances. This Ovation TV special presentation combines this incredible vintage interview with never before seen footage of Albert Maysles recounting the experience of shooting this extraordinary piece.
What is great art about? Truth, Beauty, Love? War doesn’t immediately
leap to mind. But once you think of it, you realize that the list of
great art about war is nearly endless... Iliad, Odyssey, Mahabarata.
Guernica, Rape of the Sabine Women, Goya. 1812 Overture, Star Spangled
Banner. Macbeth, Henry V. Grand Illusion, Paths of Glory, Full Metal
Jacket. Patton, Gone With The Wind, The Sound Of Music and the list
could go on and on.
ART OF WAR is a week long programming event that looks at a small sample
of the myriad ways that artists have attempted to deal with war. It is
one of the great pragmatic functions of art – when weighty decisions
have to be made, human beings turn to art to distil insight,
understanding, and even solace out of chaos and suffering.
Coming on the eve of the national political conventions, this
thought-provoking but not overtly partisan or political mini-festival
will present a variety of feature films and documentaries all related
to war.
Ovation TV invites you, the community, to upload any of your
artwork related to war and tag it to the group, Art of War. There is no
contest here, just a chance to share and discuss your perspective. We
will be curating our home page in August and displaying your works to
the rest of the community.
An exploration of what makes a truly great photograph. This episode relives the journeys that produced some of the "greatest paper movies" ever, including Robert Frank's odyssey through 50s America & William Klein's one-man assault on the sidewalks of N.Y.
