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text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AVp2yXtfNGo/TwUC_0cL2sI/AAAAAAAAHxQ/LAlwj9XiRuc/s1600/76_SolsburyHillCloudIMG_0221.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AVp2yXtfNGo/TwUC_0cL2sI/AAAAAAAAHxQ/LAlwj9XiRuc/s320/76_SolsburyHillCloudIMG_0221.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div style="text-align: center;">artwork© Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">******&nbsp;</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-1900545445979454421?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-27153966051488033642012-01-03T18:18:00.000-08:002012-01-04T07:39:10.760-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pxkUUPjHLTM/TwRykSMeIuI/AAAAAAAAHxE/Yc2pIlPMpX8/s1600/75_RainWindCloud_0079.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pxkUUPjHLTM/TwRykSMeIuI/AAAAAAAAHxE/Yc2pIlPMpX8/s320/75_RainWindCloud_0079.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div style="text-align: center;">artwork © Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">******&nbsp;</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-2715396605148803364?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-28154765713716427352012-01-02T22:19:00.000-08:002012-01-02T22:40:40.350-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">Last Sunday night I watched the French film S</span><span style="line-height: 19px;">éraphine (2008) directed by Martin Provost about a French painter whom I have never heard of before:&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9raphine_Louis" target="_blank">Séraphine Louis&nbsp;</a></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">(1864–1942).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">The Belgian actress&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;">Yolande Moreau</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">&nbsp;does a really good job in portraying the middle-aged character's humble and harsh life as a housekeeper, her love for nature, her obsessive religious devotion, her passion for painting and her unavoidable descent into mental&nbsp;illness. The photography has beautiful shots that varies from intense close ups to lyrical views of the French countryside. The score, composed &nbsp;by the American composer&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">Michael Galasso, is well balanced and in a style that suits well the period covered by the film. &nbsp;</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">******</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;">La scorsa domenica ho guardato il film francese&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">S</span><span style="line-height: 19px;">éraphine (2008) diretto da Martin Provost su una pittrice francese che non ho mai sentito nomiare:&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9raphine_de_Senlis" target="_blank">Séraphine Louis&nbsp;</a></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">(1864–1942).</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">L'attrice belga&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;">Yolande Moreau</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;">&nbsp;e' meravigliosa nel rapppresentare la donna di servizio di mezza eta' che lava i pavimenti di giorno e dipinge di notte.</span></i></span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">L'&nbsp;</span></i><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;">amore per la natura, la &nbsp;devozione ossessiva religiosa, la passione per la pittura e l'inevitabile sgretolamento psicologico di&nbsp;</span></i><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">S</span><span style="line-height: 19px;">éraphine sono magnificamente rappresentate dall'attrice con sensibilita' ed acutezza.&nbsp;</span></i><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;">La fotografia e' composta da belle inquadrature che prima si soffermano intensamente su particolari, poi si aprirono sul paesaggio bucolico della campagna framcese. La musica, composta dal compositore americanop Michael Galasso, e' ben bilanciata e in uno stile che accompagna bene il periodo descritto nel film.&nbsp;</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://3.gvt0.com/vi/HpK_qugNHCM/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HpK_qugNHCM&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HpK_qugNHCM&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ehx5LGOxD7g/TwEtgdIDj4I/AAAAAAAAHwU/5WCCjjDT-MQ/s1600/73_ShoppingClouds_0009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ehx5LGOxD7g/TwEtgdIDj4I/AAAAAAAAHwU/5WCCjjDT-MQ/s320/73_ShoppingClouds_0009.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div style="text-align: center;">artwork&nbsp;© Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-2152453650611943819?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-62153340498229813162011-12-31T18:03:00.000-08:002011-12-31T18:03:25.178-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FnzkT95NhdI/Tv--dokTrFI/AAAAAAAAHwA/COaQBzB92qU/s1600/72_CrowsCloud_1753.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FnzkT95NhdI/Tv--dokTrFI/AAAAAAAAHwA/COaQBzB92qU/s320/72_CrowsCloud_1753.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div style="text-align: center;">artwork&nbsp;© Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-6215334049822981316?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-48567408166330234412011-12-30T20:34:00.000-08:002011-12-30T20:40:34.905-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Scx-GA6iMng/Tvz5f7jQUXI/AAAAAAAAHvc/6Hhgh__nNvU/s1600/70_UpDownSignCloud_1659.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Scx-GA6iMng/Tvz5f7jQUXI/AAAAAAAAHvc/6Hhgh__nNvU/s320/70_UpDownSignCloud_1659.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div style="text-align: center;">artwork&nbsp;© Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-1437721476973893117?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-49629439996226424132011-12-28T16:17:00.000-08:002011-12-28T16:17:16.769-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nlNUBnxXfdA/TurCqMqRL7I/AAAAAAAAHsI/9k2pClbzYWM/s1600/56_SnowManCloud_0723.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nlNUBnxXfdA/TurCqMqRL7I/AAAAAAAAHsI/9k2pClbzYWM/s320/56_SnowManCloud_0723.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div style="text-align: center;">artwork&nbsp;©Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-5484372443827516548?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-32414308405718371532011-12-14T19:22:00.000-08:002011-12-14T19:22:20.955-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3gJA1h0sYUU/Tuf5Z5rnKVI/AAAAAAAAHrw/O4AhqUxCSdw/s1600/54_PigeonsDCloud_0589.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3gJA1h0sYUU/Tuf5Z5rnKVI/AAAAAAAAHrw/O4AhqUxCSdw/s320/54_PigeonsDCloud_0589.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">******</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">artwork&nbsp;© Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">******</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-3810044631446899044?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-35899237753014427852011-12-12T20:30:00.000-08:002011-12-12T20:30:45.968-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">Last night I watched the 1966 movie <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chase_(1966_film)">The Chase</a> with R. Redford, M. Brando, J. Fonda, R. Duvall etc. and directed by Arthur Penn on a freemovie website (no ad free though). It is a mix of Who is Afraid of Viriginia Wolf, To Kill a Mockingbird and O Brother, Where Art Thou? There is a nice scene when Redford runs through a large puddle with wonderful reflections of trees, something that I have bee</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">n thinking about a lot lately...</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; text-align: left;"></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; text-align: left;"><i style="line-height: 14px;">Ieri sera ho visto il film <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chase_(1966_film)">The Chase,</a> girato nel 1966 da Arthur Penn, con R. Redford, M. Brando, J. Fonda, R. Duvall etc. e diretto da Arthur Penn. E' un misto di Who is Afraid of Virginia Wolf, To Kill a Mockingbird and O Brother, Where Are Thou? C'e' una bella scena in cui Redford attraversa di corsa una grossa pozzanghera piena di bei riflessi di alberi, una cosa a cui sto pensando parecchio ultimamente...</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; text-align: left;"><i style="line-height: 14px;"><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; text-align: left;"><i style="line-height: 14px;"><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qSFl4GnzA4A/TuaA17rAkYI/AAAAAAAAHrg/zuJaMfaeivU/s1600/Puddle_01_0234.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DwA8cbl4eBo/TuLOLWY_1PI/AAAAAAAAHrI/4K58qimuiY0/s320/50_ACrashCloud_0179.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-8624843371203642305?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-78771519379401067452011-12-08T20:12:00.000-08:002011-12-08T20:12:35.739-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3KwXP9k-b30/TuGKPhrZ1xI/AAAAAAAAHrA/0Fox-krdovg/s1600/49_KKulshanCloud_0149.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3KwXP9k-b30/TuGKPhrZ1xI/AAAAAAAAHrA/0Fox-krdovg/s320/49_KKulshanCloud_0149.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div style="text-align: center;">artwork&nbsp;© Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-7877151937940106745?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-76505208734622927842011-12-07T18:14:00.000-08:002011-12-07T18:14:40.180-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eEGVTG257HI/TuAdNAF1ivI/AAAAAAAAHq4/rdnmM4Mi14o/s1600/48_SingingWClouds_0129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eEGVTG257HI/TuAdNAF1ivI/AAAAAAAAHq4/rdnmM4Mi14o/s320/48_SingingWClouds_0129.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div style="text-align: center;">artwork&nbsp;© Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-7650520873462292784?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-1105852024746846102011-12-06T20:55:00.000-08:002011-12-06T21:46:13.748-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1f18Q0tmWR0/Ttmsl_seEKI/AAAAAAAAHpw/XzgOVfzTDsI/s1600/43__CanadaGooseCloud_0150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1f18Q0tmWR0/Ttmsl_seEKI/AAAAAAAAHpw/XzgOVfzTDsI/s320/43__CanadaGooseCloud_0150.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div style="text-align: center;">artwork&nbsp;© Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-5286873966958502470?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-79278269694123836372011-12-01T10:09:00.000-08:002011-12-01T10:09:15.527-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YeoFo3TrIy4/TtcH2WbGC6I/AAAAAAAAHpg/d1N_vSkIK_c/s1600/41_MJetClouds_0489.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YeoFo3TrIy4/TtcH2WbGC6I/AAAAAAAAHpg/d1N_vSkIK_c/s320/41_MJetClouds_0489.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div style="text-align: center;">artwork&nbsp;© Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-2072082407585014296?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-68000963114918621622011-11-29T19:49:00.000-08:002011-11-29T19:49:20.947-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MB_afkBUB-o/TtWnHi3DTMI/AAAAAAAAHoQ/UR4RR_sEVdA/s1600/40_DoNotEnterCloud_0394.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MB_afkBUB-o/TtWnHi3DTMI/AAAAAAAAHoQ/UR4RR_sEVdA/s320/40_DoNotEnterCloud_0394.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div style="text-align: center;">artwork&nbsp;© Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-6800096311491862162?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-64359486665258395672011-11-28T15:06:00.000-08:002011-11-28T15:06:51.469-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-D82BxL0hTz4/TtQTv0iTbeI/AAAAAAAAHnw/P4NLQsoNFdQ/s1600/39_ScheduleCloud_0319.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-D82BxL0hTz4/TtQTv0iTbeI/AAAAAAAAHnw/P4NLQsoNFdQ/s320/39_ScheduleCloud_0319.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div style="text-align: center;">artwork&nbsp;© Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-6435948666525839567?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-20253519157723732011-11-27T19:16:00.000-08:002011-11-27T19:25:39.854-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XvLyyluixjI/TtL82zD94NI/AAAAAAAAHno/PvydeX7fK7w/s1600/38_CarLightsCloud_0007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XvLyyluixjI/TtL82zD94NI/AAAAAAAAHno/PvydeX7fK7w/s320/38_CarLightsCloud_0007.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">Eventually the rain fell for &nbsp;30 minutes but I could not think traight and I have to shoot that video clip all over again...</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Alla fine la pioggia e' caduta per una &nbsp;mezz'ora ma io ho perso un po' la testa ed ora devo filmare di nuovo quella video clip...</i></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div style="text-align: center;">artwork&nbsp;© Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-2025351915772373?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-61425958717014519632011-11-27T10:13:00.000-08:002011-11-27T10:13:02.033-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oDoBF41jzeQ/Ts3imE3nezI/AAAAAAAAHjQ/mYjr4Kkxp-E/s1600/34_RSeaWaveClouds_0099.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oDoBF41jzeQ/Ts3imE3nezI/AAAAAAAAHjQ/mYjr4Kkxp-E/s320/34_RSeaWaveClouds_0099.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div style="text-align: center;">artwork&nbsp;© Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-3574175394093021024?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-44393866922350483762011-11-22T16:58:00.000-08:002011-11-22T16:58:23.775-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-okB36vc170w/Tssf1qZ8guI/AAAAAAAAHis/u2p9mxqhIlM/s1600/32_ChildClouds_0141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-okB36vc170w/Tssf1qZ8guI/AAAAAAAAHis/u2p9mxqhIlM/s320/32_ChildClouds_0141.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div style="text-align: center;">artwork © Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-2143242833236850758?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-53145864472381494902011-11-21T07:40:00.000-08:002011-11-21T07:40:33.913-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IobjqzNvoq0/Tspwn8KEoqI/AAAAAAAAHik/GX3Y45YzLYc/s1600/31_TahomaCloud_0081_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IobjqzNvoq0/Tspwn8KEoqI/AAAAAAAAHik/GX3Y45YzLYc/s320/31_TahomaCloud_0081_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div style="text-align: center;">artwork&nbsp;© Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-5314586447238149490?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-40245659899125378642011-11-19T23:01:00.000-08:002011-11-19T23:01:07.186-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uhe6liWYto4/TsilolvFr9I/AAAAAAAAHic/m7xxESo0WgI/s1600/30_GoodNightSky_0124.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uhe6liWYto4/TsilolvFr9I/AAAAAAAAHic/m7xxESo0WgI/s320/30_GoodNightSky_0124.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Good Night! <i>Buona Notte!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>******</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">artwork&nbsp;© Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">******</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-4024565989912537864?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-17668979507002036822011-11-18T19:31:00.001-08:002011-11-18T19:31:17.286-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V5VlntHY2pk/Tscin-bzerI/AAAAAAAAHiM/1egbyXXfnWk/s1600/29_FightTimeCloud_0112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V5VlntHY2pk/Tscin-bzerI/AAAAAAAAHiM/1egbyXXfnWk/s320/29_FightTimeCloud_0112.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div style="text-align: center;">artwork&nbsp;© Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-1766897950700203682?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-77589414102458394302011-11-18T19:28:00.000-08:002011-11-18T19:28:48.735-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LHU_5g1pH3E/TsciErBcgUI/AAAAAAAAHiE/8BSS4LJJvN0/s1600/28_DOctopusClouds_0089.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LHU_5g1pH3E/TsciErBcgUI/AAAAAAAAHiE/8BSS4LJJvN0/s320/28_DOctopusClouds_0089.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">*****</div><div style="text-align: center;">artwork&nbsp;© Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*****</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-7758941410245839430?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-49407003885688569882011-11-16T19:14:00.000-08:002011-11-18T19:26:20.365-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hnO5yHruYPY/TsR74_Yai4I/AAAAAAAAHh8/IrDUve-Gizg/s1600/27_LangugeClouds_0321.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hnO5yHruYPY/TsR74_Yai4I/AAAAAAAAHh8/IrDUve-Gizg/s320/27_LangugeClouds_0321.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The weatherman was right: the sky changed overnight. The blasting wind made me feel as if it was already winter &nbsp;while Italian grammar was buzzing in my head. The sun was playing hide and seek while the bus driver kept driving the bus...The red traffic light helped a lot!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Le previsioni del tempo hanno avuto ragione: il cielo e' cambiato tutto in un colpo durante la notte. Il vento nervoso mi ha fatto sentire come se fosse già' inverno mentre la grammatica italiana continuava a ronzare dentro la mia testa. Il sole ha giocato a nascondino mentre il conducente della corriera continuava a guidare...Il semaforo rosso e' stato molto d'aiuto!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div style="text-align: center;">artwork© Elilsabetta (Betty) Bastai</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-4940700388568856988?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-90478643361894399972011-11-15T20:06:00.000-08:002011-11-15T20:38:48.229-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Jzq89SnuYmk/TsM2VMftkfI/AAAAAAAAHh0/GbfRoUMFnRo/s1600/26_SixDeadGeeseCloud_0194.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Jzq89SnuYmk/TsM2VMftkfI/AAAAAAAAHh0/GbfRoUMFnRo/s320/26_SixDeadGeeseCloud_0194.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Beautiful sunny day, the blue and the clouds reminded me of Summer, however finding six dead snow geese without their breasts and a human turd next to them was a pretty sad spectacle...</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Che giornata di sole meravigliosa, il blu e le nuvole mi hanno ricordato l'estate, tuttavia trovare sei oche delle nevi morte senza i loro petti e con un'escremento umano di fianco e' stato uno spettacolo piuttosto triste...</i></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div style="text-align: center;">artwork&nbsp;© Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-9047864336189439997?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-13911150639561174412011-11-14T20:59:00.000-08:002011-11-14T20:59:30.871-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-D18JDayeCdI/TsHxVqZEBHI/AAAAAAAAHhk/Ex-Pl3anTsk/s1600/25_RSCloudsSunset_0150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-D18JDayeCdI/TsHxVqZEBHI/AAAAAAAAHhk/Ex-Pl3anTsk/s320/25_RSCloudsSunset_0150.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div style="text-align: center;">artwork&nbsp;© Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-1391115063956117441?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-28181093441818495092011-11-14T08:04:00.000-08:002011-11-14T08:05:01.848-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0ZTZrrbslSA/TsE7Bu5x2eI/AAAAAAAAHhc/I6MZyX4oOmo/s1600/24_SeaLionClouds_0004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0ZTZrrbslSA/TsE7Bu5x2eI/AAAAAAAAHhc/I6MZyX4oOmo/s320/24_SeaLionClouds_0004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">It was amazing! It happened in just few seconds. Sam was looking at the bottom in 50 ft of water and all at sudden a big, I mean big (well not as big as a whale, though) shadow showed up out of this green soupy nowhere! It was a sea lion, the first one that we have ever seen in WA. It swiftly checked us out, left without leaving any traces and never came back.&nbsp;</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>&nbsp;</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>E' stato incredibile! Tutto e' successo in pochi secondi. Sam stava guardando il fondo ad una profondita' di 15 metri. All'improvviso una grossa, ma proprio grossa (beh non grossa come una balena, pero') ombra e' apparsa da questo nulla di colore verde che sembra una zuppa acquosa! Era un leone marino, il primo che abbiamo mai visto in WA. L'animale ci ha velocemente dato un'occhiata e poi e' sparito senza lasciare traccie e non e'&nbsp;</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>piu' ritornato</i>.</span></div></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">******</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">artwork&nbsp;© Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">******</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-2818109344181849509?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-26781764917783373512011-11-12T18:29:00.000-08:002011-11-12T22:00:06.697-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c6ZSzHBXt1s/Tr8p4ZfXvhI/AAAAAAAAHhU/GRz4aaAncEo/s1600/23_WMill_RainDrop_0251.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c6ZSzHBXt1s/Tr8p4ZfXvhI/AAAAAAAAHhU/GRz4aaAncEo/s320/23_WMill_RainDrop_0251.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I was shooting stills and video clips wearing three layers of clothing, two pairs of gloves, a thick fleece hat and a hood at the local beach park while a bunch of kids in t-shirts were having a lot of fun getting soaked in the rain. One of them asked me if I was a storm chaser…</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Stavo scattando fotografie e filmando video clips indossando tre strati di vestiti, due paia di guanti, un berretto di fleece spessa ed un cappccio mentre un gruppo di bambini in maglietta si stavano divertendo un mondo ad inzupparsi di pioggia. Uno di loro mi chiese se ero una inseguitrice di tempeste....</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div style="text-align: center;">artwork&nbsp;© Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-2678176491778337351?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-44110723388908639362011-11-12T18:20:00.000-08:002011-11-12T18:20:13.396-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r_MttkV0N8o/Tr8pO-UJYiI/AAAAAAAAHhM/mLpPBZTWyao/s1600/22_MoonClouds11111123_0241.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r_MttkV0N8o/Tr8pO-UJYiI/AAAAAAAAHhM/mLpPBZTWyao/s320/22_MoonClouds11111123_0241.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> usually post one sky picture per day, but I decided to make an exception by posting this second sky image that I took yesterday. I was curious to see how the camera would have registered the fact that it was November 11, 2011 time 11pm…Now I now that it follows the 24 hours clock.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Di solito 'pubblico' un'immagine del cielo al giorno. Questa volta ho deciso di fare un'eccezzione ed ho aggiunto una seconda fotografia scattata nello stesso giorno della precedente. Ero curiosa di vedere come la mia macchina fotografica registrasse il fatto&nbsp;</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">che era l'11 di novembre 2011 ore 11 di notte...Ora so che segue l'orario di 24 ore.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 14px;"><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 14px;"><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">******</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">artwork&nbsp;© Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UD762QLvgs8/TrRp2HnvcZI/AAAAAAAAHds/sG--ZNFYn04/s1600/09_Deming_Clouds_0040.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UD762QLvgs8/TrRp2HnvcZI/AAAAAAAAHds/sG--ZNFYn04/s320/09_Deming_Clouds_0040.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">******</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">artwork by Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai&nbsp;©</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">*******</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-5557967308138892544?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-86500124838986870682011-11-04T15:39:00.000-07:002011-11-04T15:42:28.877-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IgAWWHKU3jY/Trirq5BXkJI/AAAAAAAAHfE/GD8RzmAC-d8/s1600/07_BlackHoleClouds_0002+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IgAWWHKU3jY/Trirq5BXkJI/AAAAAAAAHfE/GD8RzmAC-d8/s320/07_BlackHoleClouds_0002+%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">******</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">artwork by Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai&nbsp;©</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">*******</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-8407642442597183476?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-43458354653212416862011-11-04T15:36:00.000-07:002011-11-04T15:43:06.045-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fcWS3wndWEk/TrRoVim2E3I/AAAAAAAAHdU/wPDOlEomiak/s1600/06_Sunset_CloudsI_0457.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fcWS3wndWEk/TrRoVim2E3I/AAAAAAAAHdU/wPDOlEomiak/s320/06_Sunset_CloudsI_0457.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">******</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">artwork by Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai&nbsp;©</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">*******</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-4345835465321241686?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-91656322353087286352011-11-04T15:33:00.000-07:002011-11-04T15:33:14.012-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3dA8XTnKnQw/TrRn4E4xj4I/AAAAAAAAHdM/Aq-36FM6y2Q/s1600/05_OH_Marsh_Clouds_0345.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3dA8XTnKnQw/TrRn4E4xj4I/AAAAAAAAHdM/Aq-36FM6y2Q/s320/05_OH_Marsh_Clouds_0345.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">******</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">artwork by Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai&nbsp;©</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">*******</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-9165632235308728635?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-47280387688505608842011-11-04T15:15:00.000-07:002011-11-04T15:29:31.413-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-igxxx9R6xKg/TrRj4-sfGbI/AAAAAAAAHdE/4zL031F2Hro/s1600/04_PowerLines_Clouds_0330.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-igxxx9R6xKg/TrRj4-sfGbI/AAAAAAAAHdE/4zL031F2Hro/s320/04_PowerLines_Clouds_0330.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">******</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">artwork by Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai&nbsp;©</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">*******</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-4728038768850560884?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-27708894023950918842011-11-04T15:13:00.000-07:002011-11-04T15:31:09.340-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sJj9i8r12uA/TrRjaKLhnkI/AAAAAAAAHc8/Enio24BNjuU/s1600/03_ScubaClouds2_0291.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sJj9i8r12uA/TrRjaKLhnkI/AAAAAAAAHc8/Enio24BNjuU/s320/03_ScubaClouds2_0291.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">******</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">artwork by Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai&nbsp;©</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">*******</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-2770889402395091884?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-71174325748506502582011-11-04T15:10:00.000-07:002011-11-04T15:30:38.661-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cNCvhwq2DuY/TrRiWtIASxI/AAAAAAAAHc0/qqxAz8pLDw4/s1600/02_ScubaClouds1_0103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cNCvhwq2DuY/TrRiWtIASxI/AAAAAAAAHc0/qqxAz8pLDw4/s320/02_ScubaClouds1_0103.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">******</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">artwork by Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai&nbsp;©</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">*******</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-7117432574850650258?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-51141195544685937522011-11-03T22:35:00.000-07:002011-11-28T07:55:57.351-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Lately I am experimenting &nbsp;more with digital photographs and video clips than pencil and paper. The work-in-progress-project Nuovole (Clouds) has originated from submitting pictures of clouds to <a href="http://www.clouds365.com/community/">Cloud 365 Community</a>, a photographic project &nbsp;created by multimedia artist <a href="http://www.clouds365.com/year2/about">Kelly DeLay</a>.&nbsp;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Ultimamente sto sperimentando piu' con fotografie e video clips digitali che con carta e matita. Il progetto-lavoro-in-progressione Nuvole e' originato dalla mia partecipazione al progetto fotografico<a href="http://www.clouds365.com/community/"> Clouds 365 Community&nbsp;</a>creato dall'artista multimediale <a href="http://www.clouds365.com/year3/about">Kelly DeLay</a>.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">******</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KUgdWlr3hS4/TrNz7IWY-II/AAAAAAAAHbE/B-G9ca_qAGM/s1600/01_Flag_Clouds_Oct21_2011_0092.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KUgdWlr3hS4/TrNz7IWY-II/AAAAAAAAHbE/B-G9ca_qAGM/s320/01_Flag_Clouds_Oct21_2011_0092.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">******<br />artwork by Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai©</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-5114119554468593752?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-10642751847987366232011-08-30T17:48:00.000-07:002011-08-30T17:53:21.970-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I saw this amazing large scale sculpture by the American artist <a href="http://www.echelman.com/">Janet Echelman i</a>n Matosinhos, a small city near Porto.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">It doesn’t depict a local important figure frozen in time, nor a massif abstraction of stone and metal, but rather an ephemeral, fluid net-like object that moves according to the whims of the wind. This broad structure tactfully imposes its presence to the cityscape suspended between two worlds: the mighty Atlantic Ocean and Matosinhos’ inhabitants.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">******</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IT" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Ho visto questa scultura di grandi dimensioni dell’artista Americana Janet Echelman a Matosinhos, una piccola città vicino a Porto.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IT" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Non rappresenta un’importante figura storica locale congelata nel tempo, neppure una pesante astrazione di pietra e metallo ma bensì un oggetto effimero e fluido che assomiglia a una rete e si muove a secondo delle bizze del vento. Questa larga struttura impone la sua presenza al paesaggio urbano con delicatezza, sospesa tra due mondi: il potente oceano Atlantico e gli abitanti di Matosinhos.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://2.gvt0.com/vi/R_QyTItUoj4/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/R_QyTItUoj4&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/R_QyTItUoj4&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai©</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">******</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-1064275184798736623?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-36261221909908105892011-08-16T22:27:00.000-07:002011-08-16T22:52:22.455-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000099; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: medium;">It's just a flash in my head. I shot this video clip of the sea from the ferry on my way to Isola del Giglio. While editing&nbsp;<a href="http://vimeo.com/26103776" style="color: #29477f; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">my video about diving at Giglio&nbsp;</a>and worked on this clip I began to think of a video that I watched ages ago when I was a student at Edinburgh College of Art. It was titled Endless Sea and was created by a couple of emerging young Scottish Artists: Dalziel Matthew and Louise Scullion. At that time it did not make an impression on me but I guess ten years later it did...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000099; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000099; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: medium;"><i>È solo un flash nella mia testa. Ho filmato questa video clip del mare mentre stavo andando all'Isola del Giglio. Mentre stavo facendo il montaggio del mio video riguardo alle immersioni che ho fatto al Giglio e stavo lavorando a questa clip ho incominciato a pensare ad un video che vidi tanti anni fa quando ero una studentessa all'Edinburgh College of Art. Era intitolato Endless Sea ed era stato creato da due giovani artisti emergenti scozzesi: Dalziel Matthew and Louise Scullion. A quel tempo non mi fece molto impressione, ma dopo 10 anni sì.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://2.gvt0.com/vi/arKL3--bzkI/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/arKL3--bzkI&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/arKL3--bzkI&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.dalzielscullion.com/prints_page/e_sea.html" style="color: #29477f; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Language &amp; the Environment : Artists Dalziel + Scullion</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-3626122190990810589?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-58503087587326831812011-02-27T19:34:00.000-08:002011-02-27T19:39:28.074-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Poseidon's Horses</i></b>&nbsp;</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>I Cavalli di Poseidone</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sno-isle.org/?ID=1206">Oak Harbor Public Library</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Biblioteca di Oak Harbor</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1000 SE Regatta Dr<br />Oak Harbor</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whidbey Island, WA, U.S.A.</span></span></div><div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">March 1st - 31st, 2011</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>1 - 31 Marzo, 2011</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Opening Hours:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Orario d'apertura:</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday/<i>Lunedi'</i>-Thursday/<i>Giovedi'</i> 10am-9pm</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Friday/<i>Venerdi'</i>-Saturday/<i>Sabato</i> 10am-5pm</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunday/<i>Domenica</i> 1pm-5pm</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">****</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mixed media drawings on paper. They are semi-abstract seascapes that are based on reality and mythology. They refers to &nbsp;particular beaches located on Whidbey Island.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When I create this kind of work &nbsp;I hike on the beach with all my drawing material and spend the whole day there:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Disegni su carta a tecnica mista. Questi lavori sono paessaggi marini semi-astratti che sono basati sia sulla realta' che la mitologia. Si riferiscono a spiaggie specifiche dell'isola di Whidbey.</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Quando creo questi tipi di disegni cammino sulla spiaggia con il mio materiale da disegno e passo l'intera giornata li':</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Lm63JcRoG5c/TWsPqD2Tb1I/AAAAAAAAHT8/LOuJRkbLzc8/s1600/Beach_Studio_July_04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Lm63JcRoG5c/TWsPqD2Tb1I/AAAAAAAAHT8/LOuJRkbLzc8/s320/Beach_Studio_July_04.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In myths around the world the cosmos, natural features and elements are often created from the body parts of a god/goddess or hero/heroine.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In Greek mythology the horse was associated with water. The Ancient Greeks believed that the god of the sea Poseidon created the first horse.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>In miti originati in varie parti del mondo, il cosmo, le formazioni &nbsp;ed elementi naturali &nbsp;sono spesso creati dalle parti del corpo di un dio/dea o eroe/eroina.</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Nella mitologia greca il cavallo era associato con l'acqua. Gli antichi greci credevano che il dio del mare Poseidone avesse creato il primo cavallo.</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The distortions of the realistic elements in these drawings derive from my fascination with artworks by the Italian painter&nbsp;<a href="http://www.settemuse.it/pittori_scultori_italiani/parmigianino.htm">Parmigianino</a>&nbsp;and the Spanish artists&nbsp;<a href="http://jssgallery.org/other_artists/el_greco/pieta.htm">El Greco</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso">Pablo Picasso</a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The simplified forms and colors echo my interest in the works of painters like&nbsp;<a href="http://www.abstract-art.com/abstraction/l3_more_artists/ma59_MiltonAvery.html">Milton Avery</a>.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Le distorsioni degli elementi realistici in questi disegni derivano dalla mia attrazzione verso le opere d'arte del pittore italiano <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parmigianino">Parmigianino </a>e gli artisti spagnoli <a href="http://jssgallery.org/other_artists/el_greco/pieta.htm">El Greco </a>e <a href="http://www.artquotes.net/masters/picasso/pablo_weeping1937.htm">Pablo Picasso</a>.</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Le forme semplificate ed i colori riflettono il mio interesse per la pittura di <a href="http://www.abstract-art.com/abstraction/l3_more_artists/ma59_MiltonAvery.html">Milton Avery</a>.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This work will be displayed to the public for the first time:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Qesto lavoro sara' esposto per la prima volta al pubblico:</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KdsqkXnXF4g/TWsMDK7bVaI/AAAAAAAAHT4/IM0-ArC-qmc/s1600/At_Dawn_Web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KdsqkXnXF4g/TWsMDK7bVaI/AAAAAAAAHT4/IM0-ArC-qmc/s320/At_Dawn_Web.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">At Dawn</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Watercolor, dry pastel and graphite on paper</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Acquarello, pastello secco e matita su carta</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">18 x 26 inches</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">46 x 66 cm.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2010</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">******</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">artwork and photos Betty Bastai©</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">******</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-5850308758732683181?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-56670058393320349562011-02-23T13:52:00.000-08:002011-08-30T14:03:08.044-07:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Janet Miller</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LQuKyJu6Vak/Tl1KU8g2LKI/AAAAAAAAHa4/tPy1IAHkxLg/s1600/19_PlanetJanet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LQuKyJu6Vak/Tl1KU8g2LKI/AAAAAAAAHa4/tPy1IAHkxLg/s320/19_PlanetJanet.jpg" width="273" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I may not have chosen the easiest path</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Forse non ho scelto la strada piu' facile</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">encaustic and mixed media on wood panel</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Encausto e tecnica mista su pannello di legno</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>2010</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">artwork and photo by Janet Miller©</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">*******</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Veronica Bastai</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-c5WR_2hQ2L4/TWnGFQiMeuI/AAAAAAAAHSA/qVu4TWZkt78/s1600/18_Veronica_Web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-c5WR_2hQ2L4/TWnGFQiMeuI/AAAAAAAAHSA/qVu4TWZkt78/s320/18_Veronica_Web.jpg" width="208" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Without looking&nbsp;</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Senza guardare&nbsp;</i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Marker on paper</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Pennarello su carta</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">2011</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Italy</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">artwork and photo Veronica Bastai©</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">*******</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Maurizio Della Nave</b></span><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rSXxtwn-Ces/TWRr3VZ1g3I/AAAAAAAAHQY/P0i27P0SZ_U/s1600/8_Maurizio_SelfP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rSXxtwn-Ces/TWRr3VZ1g3I/AAAAAAAAHQY/P0i27P0SZ_U/s320/8_Maurizio_SelfP.JPG" width="239" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Untitled</b><br /><b></b><i><b>Senza Titolo</b></i><br />&nbsp;digital<br />Italy<br /><a href="http://www.opzioni.net/">www.opzioni.net</a><br /><br /></td></tr> </tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">He was looking&nbsp;at me as if he did not recognize me. Was I surprised? Afraid? &nbsp;Aloof? He was born from&nbsp;nothingness&nbsp;and was already there in the&nbsp;nothingness&nbsp;of his bits, judging me...Earlier on I was I, now he was me or I was him, almost without end and without a definite resolution.Were we both&nbsp;existing? Two unique&nbsp;elements&nbsp;each on in its own place...His eye is almost seducing me in his space, mine are registering him from some&nbsp;infinitesimal&nbsp;angle of the brain...I was watching him as if I did not recognize him. Amazed? Fearful?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>M'osservava come non riconoscesse me. Meravigliato? Spaventato? Sornione? Nato dal nulla era gia' li' nel nulla dei suoi bits a giudicare me...Poco fa ero io, adesso lui era me oppure io ero lui, quasi senza fine e senza una soluzione certa. Adesso esistevamo entrambi? Due elementi unici ognuno nel suo proprio luogo...Il suo occhio quasi ad attrarmi nel suo spazio, i miei a registrarlo in qualche angolo infenitisimale del cervello...L'osservavo come non riconoscessi lui. Meravigliato? Spaventato?&nbsp;</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">artwork and photo Maurizio Della Nave©</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">******</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Annabelle Vergne</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1hOIYOfOCV4/TWRrrF_hLpI/AAAAAAAAHP8/WEdtaUkFPZ0/s1600/1_Annabelle_SelfP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1hOIYOfOCV4/TWRrrF_hLpI/AAAAAAAAHP8/WEdtaUkFPZ0/s320/1_Annabelle_SelfP.jpg" width="212" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Autoportrait</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b></b><i><b>Autoritratto</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Pastels and acrylics on paper</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Pastelli ed acrilici su carta</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">25.5 x 19 inch.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>65 x 48 cm.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2005</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">WA, U.S.A.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">avergne@voila.fr</span></div></td></tr> </tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I like doing self portraits because paradoxically it forces me to go out of my own self, as I have to look at myself as another person in order to be able to observe and draw or paint what I see, not what I'd like to see. It's always a very good exercise.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Mi piace creare autoritratti perche' paradossalmente mi forza di uscire da me stessa, come se dovessi guardare a me stessa con gli occhi di un'altra persona per essere in grado di osservare e disegnare, o dipingere quello che vedo, non quello che mi piacerebbe vedere. E' sempre un buon esercizio.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">artwork and photo Annabelle Vergne©</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">******</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Norine Joy Francis</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FudJBxRfbDM/TWRruHNO2qI/AAAAAAAAHQI/L74Gyj1bhwU/s1600/4_Norine_SelfP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FudJBxRfbDM/TWRruHNO2qI/AAAAAAAAHQI/L74Gyj1bhwU/s320/4_Norine_SelfP.jpg" width="260" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Blue</b><br />Finger paint on paper<br />Pittura con dita su carta<br />26 x 20 inch.<br />66 x 50 cm.<br />2001<br />MN, U.S.A.<br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/njoyfrancis">www.facebook.com/njoyfrancis</a><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">I was working on set during the filming of the comedy "Joe Somebody" (starring Tim Allen). I was decorating a children's classroom at a school location and there was a large blank wall that was lacking "something", so, using supplies at hand, in about an hour I came up with 20 or so portraits of the crew members to fill the space. At the end of filming, most of the crew took their pictures home with them!<br /><br /><i>Stavo lavorando sul set del film comico "Joe Somebody" (Tim Allen come protagonista). Stavo decorando un'aula per bambini in una scuola che era il luogo dove si filmava e c'era un muro bianco grande che mancava di "qualche cosa", cosi', usando materiale artistico a portata di mano, in un'ora circa ho creato 20 ritratti dei membri della film crew per riempire lo spazio. Alla fine delle riprese, quasi tutti i membri della film crew si portarono a casa i loro ritratti!</i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i><br /></i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">artwork and photo Norine Joy Francis©</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><br />******</td></tr> </tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Natalie Niblack</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rlW2ChZ-JTE/TWRrshrJbjI/AAAAAAAAHQA/-PsmdzmS5bY/s1600/2_Natalie_SelfP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="152" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rlW2ChZ-JTE/TWRrshrJbjI/AAAAAAAAHQA/-PsmdzmS5bY/s320/2_Natalie_SelfP.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Self Portraits with Dolls</b><br /><b></b><b><i>Autoritratto con Bambole</i></b><br />Oil on poplar<br />&nbsp;<i>Olio su pioppo</i><br />11 1/4 &nbsp;x &nbsp;25 inch.<br /><i>28.5 x 61 cm.</i><br />2000<br />WA, U.S.A.<br /><a href="http://www.natalieniblack.com/">www.natalieniblack.com</a></td></tr> </tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">artwork and photo Natalie Niblack©</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">******</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Clara Bastai</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nhewUP_xbsM/TWRrf_k_6vI/AAAAAAAAHP4/Nux2GnMkH-8/s1600/15_Clara_SelfP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="226" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nhewUP_xbsM/TWRrf_k_6vI/AAAAAAAAHP4/Nux2GnMkH-8/s320/15_Clara_SelfP.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Self Portrait after a walk on the beach</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Autoritratto</i>&nbsp;<b><i>dopo</i></b><i><b>&nbsp;una passeggiata sulla spiaggia</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Found objects on pine</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Oggetti trovati su tavola di pino</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">5.5 x 14 inch.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">14 x 35 cm.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Portugal</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.carloscastanheira.pt/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">www.carloscastanheira.pt</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">artwork and photo Clara Bastai©</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">******</div></td></tr> </tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Erich Nestler</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zCPtzJuCKZA/TWRrtmqFA9I/AAAAAAAAHQE/uYk4Iemq4Nw/s1600/3_Erich_Nestler_Self-Portrait.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zCPtzJuCKZA/TWRrtmqFA9I/AAAAAAAAHQE/uYk4Iemq4Nw/s320/3_Erich_Nestler_Self-Portrait.jpg" width="226" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Me and My Guitar</b><br /><b></b><b><i>Io e la Mia Chitarra</i></b><br />graphite on paper<br /><i>matita su carta</i><br />12 x 8 inch/ <i>30 x 21 cm&nbsp;</i><br />January 21, 2011<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Germany</span></span><br /><i></i><a href="http://www.erichnestler.de/1,000000185348,8,1">www.erichnestler.de</a></td></tr> </tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">artwork and photo Erich Nestler©</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">******</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Katia Raskolnikov</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7L0rFI0tUJQ/TWRre8RdCYI/AAAAAAAAHP0/La0kj7y6Gl8/s1600/14_Katia_SelfP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7L0rFI0tUJQ/TWRre8RdCYI/AAAAAAAAHP0/La0kj7y6Gl8/s320/14_Katia_SelfP.jpg" width="216" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">My Friendly Monster</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Il Mio Mostro Amichevole</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2011</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">U.S.A.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000428296718"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000428296718</span></a></div></td></tr> </tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">artwork and photo&nbsp;Katia Raskolnikov©</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">******</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Susie Silook</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e3N18SJxzIc/TWRrujgVYvI/AAAAAAAAHQM/UV2mLNAy6xQ/s1600/5_SusieS_SelfP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="208" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e3N18SJxzIc/TWRrujgVYvI/AAAAAAAAHQM/UV2mLNAy6xQ/s320/5_SusieS_SelfP.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Self Portrait</b><br />&nbsp;<b><i>Autoritratto</i></b><br />Ancestral whalebone and my daughter's hair<br /><i>Ossa di balena acestrale e capelli di mia figlia</i><br />14 &nbsp;x 12 x 8 inch.<br /><i>35.5 x 30 x 20 cm.</i><br />AK, U.S.A.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/paallengetaq">www.facebook.com/paallengetaq</a><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">I don't have anything profound to say of self portraiture, many of my pieces are personal in nature.<br /><br /><i>Non ho niente da dire di particolare riguardo alla ritrattistica, molti dei miei lavori sono di natura personale.</i></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">artwork and &nbsp;photo Susie Silook©</span><br /><br />******</td></tr> </tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Sam Osteen</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TNodcoq0wes/TWRsGDL0JgI/AAAAAAAAHQg/anPuimwPgco/s1600/10_Sam_SelfP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TNodcoq0wes/TWRsGDL0JgI/AAAAAAAAHQg/anPuimwPgco/s320/10_Sam_SelfP.jpg" width="210" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Untitled</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b></b><i><b>Senza Titolo</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Graphite on paper</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Matita su carta</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">12 x 9 inch</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;<i>30 x 23 cm.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2011</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">WA, U.S.A.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/samuel.osteen">www.facebook.com/samuel.osteen</a></span></div></td></tr> </tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">artwork and photo Sam Osteen©</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">******</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Mario Lovergine</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ncHqpW-QDNw/TWRr5Ppe2bI/AAAAAAAAHQc/ky0-5_gtuVs/s1600/9_Mario_SelfP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ncHqpW-QDNw/TWRr5Ppe2bI/AAAAAAAAHQc/ky0-5_gtuVs/s1600/9_Mario_SelfP.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Ritrattarmi</b><br />Acrylic<br /><i>Acrilico</i><br />14 x 9 inch.<br />35 x 25 cm<br />2010<br />Italy<br />mario.lovergine@isiadesign.fi.it<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">What is left of us?</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Cosa resta di noi?</i><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">artwork and photo Mario Lovergine©</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">******</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Anna Maria Maselli</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-s3o6pmAEwNw/TWnIOSgy9aI/AAAAAAAAHSE/KaxT6n1MZTM/s1600/17_Anna+Maselli_Web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-s3o6pmAEwNw/TWnIOSgy9aI/AAAAAAAAHSE/KaxT6n1MZTM/s320/17_Anna+Maselli_Web.jpg" width="168" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Without&nbsp;Looking</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Senza Guardare</i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Marker on paper</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Pennarello su carta</i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2011</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Italy</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">artwork and photo Anna Maria Maselli©</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">******</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Angel Martinez</b></span></td></tr> </tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T6Mh8K0i2Sc/TWRra3D_NbI/AAAAAAAAHPw/EPCowjZIBY8/s1600/12_Angel_SelfP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T6Mh8K0i2Sc/TWRra3D_NbI/AAAAAAAAHPw/EPCowjZIBY8/s320/12_Angel_SelfP.jpg" width="261" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Simplemente Yo (asi' me vez tu)<br />Pen and markers on paper<br /><i>Penna e marcatori su carta</i><br />January 29, 2011<br />Puerto Rico<br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/angel.g.jimenez">www.facebook.com/angel.g.jimenez</a><br />album: Calentando Motores<br /><br />artwork and photo Angel Martinez©<br /><br />******</td></tr> </tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Gail Power</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BEBg7U6gB6M/TWRsJ3qP3XI/AAAAAAAAHQk/dNr2NVa5XI4/s1600/11_Gail_SelfP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BEBg7U6gB6M/TWRsJ3qP3XI/AAAAAAAAHQk/dNr2NVa5XI4/s320/11_Gail_SelfP.jpg" width="312" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Myself and my grandson</b><br /><b><i>Io e mio nipote</i></b><br />ink on paper<br />inchiostro su carta<br />2011<br />U.S.A.<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">I was intrigued and scared by your invite to do a self portrait. Why is it so difficult to attempt what we love most...some times? </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Anyway here is a quick rendition of myself and grandson...Someone captured us in a quiet moment...I liked that I was&nbsp;deep&nbsp;in thought and he was so present in the moment...</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">By doing this sketch you have empowered me to work on it in another medium. Grazie.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ero incuriosita e intimorita dal tuo invito di creare un autoritratto. Perche' e' cosi' difficile provare a fare quello che amiamo di piu'...a volte?</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Comunque ecco qui uno schizzo veloce di me e mio nipote...Qualcuno ci ha catturato in un momento tranquillo...Mi e' piaciuto che ero profondamente immersa nei mei pensieri e lui era cosi' presente in quel momento li'...</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Creando questo schizzo mi hai dato l'incentivo di crearlo con un'altra tecnica. Grazie.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">artwork and&nbsp;photo&nbsp;Gail Power©</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">******</span></td></tr> </tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Stephany Vogel</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XqddpTqhvXg/TWRrvLvm39I/AAAAAAAAHQQ/DxwmGMd12ys/s1600/6_Stephany_SelfP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XqddpTqhvXg/TWRrvLvm39I/AAAAAAAAHQQ/DxwmGMd12ys/s320/6_Stephany_SelfP.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Untitled, in process</b><br />&nbsp;<i><b>Senza titolo, in via d'eseguzione</b></i><br />Acrylic on canvas<br />Acrilico su tela<br />36 x 24 inch.<br />91 x 61 cm.<br />2009-present<br />WA, U.S.A.<br /><a href="http://makepeacearts.blogspot.com/">http://makepeacearts.blogspot.com/</a></td></tr> </tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This is the second painting in a two part work. It is only a self portrait in the sense that most of my work is autobiographical. The other painting is happier, younger, brighter. This painting is older, wiser, yet more tired. It's also in the blues, greens and dim shades of my current Pacific Northwest home.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">&nbsp;She is thinking, looking head, but holding many responsibilities, which are heavy, but necessary.&nbsp;Responsibility&nbsp;cares a negative stigma, but it is what I think the world needs now to fix its myriad problems. Sometimes a grown-up ready to hold itself in the storm is exactly what is needed. I have tried to be that person.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">&nbsp;<i>Questa e' il secondo dipinto di un lavoro composto di due parti. E' solamente un'autoritratto nel senso che la maggior parte delle mie opere sono autobiografiche. L'altro dipinto e' piu' felice, giovane, luminoso. Questo dipinto e' piu' vecchio, saggio ma piu' stanco. L'ho dipinto in toni blu, verdi e sfumature pallide della mia casa odierna situata nel Pacific Northwest.&nbsp;</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Lei sta pensando, guardando avanti, tuttavia sta reggendo molte responsabilita', che sono pesanti, ma necessarie. La parola Responsabilita' porta con se' una stigma negativa ma penso che questa e' quello che il mondo abbia bisogno ora per riparare i suoi problemi molteplici. Qualche volta un adulto pronto a tenersi aggrappato nella tempesta e' esattamente quello che e' necessario. Ho cercato di essere quella persona.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">artwork and photo Stephany Vogel©</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">******</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Brian Bonilla</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WX7-wH50Ubk/TWRrv2o4h4I/AAAAAAAAHQU/ehjwJB5WZ58/s1600/7_Brian_SelfP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WX7-wH50Ubk/TWRrv2o4h4I/AAAAAAAAHQU/ehjwJB5WZ58/s320/7_Brian_SelfP.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Brian's Experimental Mustache</b><br /><b><i>I Baffi Sperimentali di Brian</i></b><br />Ink on paper<br />Inchiostro su carta<br />10 x 8 inch.<br />25 x 20 cm.<br />CA, U..S.A.<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">artwork and photo Brian Bonilla©</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">******</span></span></td></tr> </tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Ann Page</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jI29R-LuHBs/TWRrEVEfrGI/AAAAAAAAHPs/qo-ZxLHdnWQ/s1600/13_Anne_SelfP.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jI29R-LuHBs/TWRrEVEfrGI/AAAAAAAAHPs/qo-ZxLHdnWQ/s320/13_Anne_SelfP.png" width="247" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Self Portrait "Taxing Annie"</b><br /><b><i>Autoritratto "Annie Onerosa"</i></b><br />#2 graphite pencil and carmine red correcting pencil<br /><i>Matita n. 2 e penna rossa carmine per correzzioni</i><br />February 1st, 2011<br />MN, U.S.A.</td></tr> </tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Did this at my work desk in 2 minutes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>L'ho creato in 2 minuti sulla scrivania al lavoro.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">artwork and photo Ann Page©</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">******</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Elisabetta/Betty Bastai</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C8G13UhMMzI/TWRrDy4xq4I/AAAAAAAAHPo/MA2MwOdN_pg/s1600/Betty_SelfP_Web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C8G13UhMMzI/TWRrDy4xq4I/AAAAAAAAHPo/MA2MwOdN_pg/s320/Betty_SelfP_Web.jpg" width="201" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Self Portrait with Hair and Bee's Wax</span></b><br /><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Auritratto con capelli e c'era d'api</span></b></i><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Human hair, bee's wax, suture and graphite on paper</span><br /><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Capelli, cera d'api, suture e matita su carta</span></i><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">7 x 5 inch.</span><br /><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">18 x 13 cm.</span></i><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">January 27, 2011</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">WA, U.S.A.</span><br /><a href="http://mysite.ncnetwork.net/res0wkb3/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">mysite.ncnetwork.net/res0wkb3/</span></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(bettybastai.com)</span></td></tr> </tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Every&nbsp;time I create a self portrait I feel like a Ghostbuster...</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Ogni volta che creo un' autoritratto mui sembra di essere una cacciafantasmi...</i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>artwork and photo Elisabetta/Betty Bastai©</i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">******</span><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-5667005839332034956?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-35634957003983953322011-02-11T12:51:00.000-08:002011-02-15T19:35:29.597-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When I was an undergraduate student at <a href="http://www.eca.ac.uk/">Edinburgh College of Art</a> in the early 1990s I created some self-portraits with oil paint that explored the idea of the self in various ways. I don't remember anymore where these paintings have ended up.&nbsp;Fortunately&nbsp;&nbsp;I took some photographs before leaving Scotland in 2001.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Quando ero una studentessa durante il mio corso di laurea in pittura alla <a href="http://www.eca.ac.uk/">Scuola d'Arte di Edinburgo</a> ho creato alcuni autoritratti con colori ad olio in cui ricerco l'idea dell'autoritratto in vari modi. Non mi ricordo piu' che fine hanno fatto questi dipinti. Per fortuna che ho scattato alcune fotografie prima di lasciare la Scozia nel 2001.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f1N4S-g_P6Q/TVWJlchRrVI/AAAAAAAAHLo/rlh3ZfYKF00/s1600/SP_VanGogh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f1N4S-g_P6Q/TVWJlchRrVI/AAAAAAAAHLo/rlh3ZfYKF00/s320/SP_VanGogh.jpg" width="227" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Self-Portrait&nbsp;with&nbsp;<a href="http://blogs.princeton.edu/wri152-3/f05/cchostet/van_goghs_selfportraits_putting_a_face_to_the_stru.html">Van Gogh</a></i></b>, oil on canvas<br /><b><i>Autoritratto con &nbsp;<a href="http://blogs.princeton.edu/wri152-3/f05/cchostet/van_goghs_selfportraits_putting_a_face_to_the_stru.html">Van Gogh</a></i></b>, olio su tela</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&nbsp;<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Bright colors have casted a spell on me since young age. So it does not come as a surprise if &nbsp;I always been attracted to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh">Vincent&nbsp;Van Gogh</a>'s mature work.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">&nbsp;Before going to college I would organize furiously &nbsp;the oil paint straight out of the tube on my first canvases without much concern for creating gradual transitions of &nbsp;hues. I guess at that time I felt that &nbsp;Van Gogh and I shared the same irrational and frantic need to work fast by applying pure colors.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">&nbsp;During my first years as an art student &nbsp;I felt the pressure to switch gear and I began to create more tonal paintings. A process that was on one hand rather 'painful' and on the other 'liberating'.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In this painting I see&nbsp;myself&nbsp;as a mannequin. This ambigous object &nbsp;probably reflects, oddly enough, &nbsp;my interest in the works of the&nbsp;Italian&nbsp;painter <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_de_Chirico">Giorgio de Chirico</a>.&nbsp;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>I colori brillanti mi hanno sempre affascianto. Per cui non e' una sorpresa se ho sempre sentito un'attrazzione per i dipinti maturi di <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh">Vincent&nbsp;Van Gogh</a>.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Prima di iniziare la scuola d'arte ho incominciato a creare le mie primi dipinti ad olio organizzando i colori spremuti direttamente dai tubi sulle tele senza preoccuparmi troppo di creare transizioni tonali graduali diverse. Sentivo che condividevo con Van Gogh un bisogno irrazzionale e frenetico di lavorare in modo veloce &nbsp;applicando colore puro.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Durante i mei primi anni come studentessa d'arte mi sono arresa a pressioni esterne ed ho incomiciato a creare dipinti piu' tonali . Un processo che era da un lato 'doloroso' e dall'altro 'liberatore'.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>In questo dipinto vedo me stessa come un manichino. Quest'oggetto ambiguo probabilmente riflette il mio interesse per i lavori del pittore italiano <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_de_Chirico">Giorgio De Chirico.</a></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-In9p6L0WV1g/TVWF7TAzeBI/AAAAAAAAHLk/ZfOSNN0i58s/s1600/SP_Gauguin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-In9p6L0WV1g/TVWF7TAzeBI/AAAAAAAAHLk/ZfOSNN0i58s/s320/SP_Gauguin.jpg" width="224" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Self-Portrait with Paul&nbsp;Gauguin</i></b>, oil on canvas<br /><b><i>Autoritratto con Paul Gauguin</i></b>, olio su tela</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Another artist that I have always liked is<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gauguin"> Paul Gauguin</a>. In this canvas I have painted a more straightforward self-portrait with one of my&nbsp;favorite&nbsp;Gauguin's painting: <b><i><a href="http://www.theartwolf.com/gauguin_tropics.htm">The White Horse</a></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Un'altro artista che mi e' sempre piaciuto e' <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gauguin">Paul Gauguin</a>. In questa tela ho dipinto un'autorittratto piu' convenzionale ed ho aggiunto uno dei dipinti favoriti di Gauguin: <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gauguin">Il Cavallo Buianco</a>.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qnJsDqiDL1A/TVWF6-7zUVI/AAAAAAAAHLg/f7YFq6j-bRc/s1600/SP_Insect_Skull.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="316" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qnJsDqiDL1A/TVWF6-7zUVI/AAAAAAAAHLg/f7YFq6j-bRc/s320/SP_Insect_Skull.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Self-Portrait with Insect and Skull</i></b>, oil on canvas<br /><b><i>Autoritratto con Insetto e Cranio di Animale</i></b>, olio su tela<br /><br />******<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">artwork by Elisabetta/Betty Bastai©</span><br />*****</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-3563495700398395332?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-56242946389797876982011-01-31T14:57:00.000-08:002011-01-31T14:59:51.210-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wbhX-uV1Ezg/TUc9EE3b0KI/AAAAAAAAHKk/SpKK03CJdbg/s1600/Seascape_SP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wbhX-uV1Ezg/TUc9EE3b0KI/AAAAAAAAHKk/SpKK03CJdbg/s320/Seascape_SP.jpg" width="207" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>A&nbsp;seascape&nbsp;that was not meant to be</i></b><br />graphite, watercolor, gesso, human hair, bee's wax and &nbsp;sutures on paper<br />7 x 5 in, Januray 24, 2011<br /><br /><b><i>Un paesaggio marino che non era destinato ad esistere</i></b><br />matita, acquarello, gesso, capelli, cera d'api e suture su carta<br />17.78 x 12.7cm, 24 gennaio 2011</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hello!</span></div></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">&nbsp;A while ago I have initiated a dialogue about self-portraiture in this blog. It began with the post<em>:</em><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><a href="http://rawbubbles.blogspot.com/2011/01/i-dont-see-anythingnon-vedo-niente.html" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #3b5998;">http://rawbubbles.blogspot.com/2011/01/i-dont-see-anythingnon-vedo-niente.html</span></i></a><span style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">Later my husband Sam remarked: “I recognize myself in your sketches but I don’t recognize you in your self-portraits”...Puzzled I have been keeping experimenting and creating different self-portraits. I have also included links to other artists’ works. Lastly I came up with the idea to invite friends, family members and strangers who populate the cyberspace to send me a digital image of their self-portraits that I will add to the discussion.</span><span style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">&nbsp;Would you like to participate in this online art project by sending me your self-portrait in any medium <b>except photography</b>?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">&nbsp;The file should be .jpg, not bigger then 60/80KB in size, 4 x 6 inches with a resolution of &nbsp;72dpi with the following information:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>-title</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>-medium</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;-<b>size</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">&nbsp;<b>-year</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">&nbsp;<b>-country</b><em><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></em></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- <b>The address of your website, blog or any other link with which you would like to be contacted<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- You may also add a brief statement about self-portraiture <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Please send the images to this e-mail address:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:bettybastai@gmail.com"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">bettybastai@gmail.com</span></b></a><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;">, subject: <b>Self-Portrait<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thank you very much <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Best Regards<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;">Elisabetta</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;">******</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #333333;">artwork by Elisabetta/Betty Bastai c.2011</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;">******</span></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-5624294638979787698?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-75438451834140879072011-01-31T11:28:00.000-08:002011-01-31T12:34:16.582-08:00<div class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wbhX-uV1Ezg/TUcL2vmeHYI/AAAAAAAAHKg/hRTotY8I9Hc/s1600/BettySP_WColor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wbhX-uV1Ezg/TUcL2vmeHYI/AAAAAAAAHKg/hRTotY8I9Hc/s320/BettySP_WColor.jpg" width="203" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Autoritratto del 27 gennaio 2011</b><br />graphite, acquarello, gesso, capelli, cera d'api e suture<br />17.78 x 12.7 cm, 27 gennaio 2011<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><i>Ciao!</i></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Ho iniziato su questo blog un dialogo sull'autoritrattro. Tutto e' incominciato con il post:</i></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://rawbubbles.blogspot.com/2011/01/i-dont-see-anythingnon-vedo-niente.html" target="_blank"><i>http://rawbubbles.blogspot.com/2011/01/i-dont-see-anythingnon-vedo-niente.html</i></a></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><i>Poi mio marito Sam ha commentato: “Mi riconosco nei tuoi disegni di me ma non riconosco te nei tuoi autoritratti”...Perplessa ho continuato a sperimentare ed inserire ulteriori lavori con riferimento ad altri artisti. Infine mi e' venuta l'idea di invitare amici, familiari ed estranei che popolano lo spazio cibernetico a spedirmi un'immagine digitale del loro autoritratto da aggiungere nella discussione.</i></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px;">Ti piacerebbe partecipare mandandomi un tuo autoritratto grafico (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px;"><b>non fotografia</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px;">)?</span></span></i></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;Il file dovrebbe essere di dimensioni 60/80KB, formato da cartolina &nbsp;con risoluzione a 72dpi ed essere un’immagine&nbsp;.jpg&nbsp; con le seguenti informazioni:</span></span></span></i></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>-titolo<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>-tecnica<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>-dimensioni<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>-anno di eseguzione<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>-paese<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>-l’indirizzo del tuo sito o blog o qualsiasi altro link con cui ti si puo’ contattare direttamente. <o:p></o:p></i></span></b></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>- Se lo desideri puoi anche includere un breve pensiero sull’ autoritratto<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i><br /></i></span></b></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Per favore spedisci la immagine a questo indirizzo e-mail:<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:bettybastai@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">bettybastai@gmail.com</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"> con soggetto: <b>Autoritratto<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></i></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><i><br /></i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><i>Grazie tante</i></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i><br /></i></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Cordiali Saluti<o:p></o:p></i></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i><br /></i></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><i>Elisabetta</i></span></div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></i> </span></span><br /></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i>*******</i></span></i></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><i>artwork by Elisabetta/Betty Bastai c.2011</i></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><i>******</i></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-7543845183414087907?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-19715087858606215702011-01-26T16:04:00.001-08:002011-01-26T16:07:03.740-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When I created this drawing of myself &nbsp;something about the German painter <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Dix">Otto Dix</a> surfaced into my consciousness. The visual&nbsp;messenger&nbsp;of this inexplicable 'something' was his portrait of the journalist&nbsp;<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_von_Harden">Sylvia von Harden</a>. In particular &nbsp;one &nbsp;of her eyes must have made an impression on me in such a way that I decided to push the drawing further by burning a&nbsp;</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15px;">hole in the paper.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Quando ho diseganto questo autoritratto qualchecosa riguardo all'artista tedesco <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Dix">Otto Dix</a> emerse nella mia coscienza. Il messaggero visivo di questa cosa inspiegabile era il suo ritratto della giornalista <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_von_Harden">Sylvia von Harden</a>. Uno ei sui occhi mi deve aver colpito in modo particolare perche' decisi di andare oltre con il disegno bruciando un buco nella carta.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wbhX-uV1Ezg/TUCzlKNMbkI/AAAAAAAAHKc/gqZ1Y2VkMQI/s1600/SP_OttoDix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wbhX-uV1Ezg/TUCzlKNMbkI/AAAAAAAAHKc/gqZ1Y2VkMQI/s320/SP_OttoDix.jpg" width="163" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Self-Portrait alla Otto Dix</b><br />ink, guache, watercolor, color pencils, <br />band aids, bee wax, human hair and sutures on paper<br />January 24, 2011<br /><br /><b><i>Autoritratto alla Otto Dix</i></b><br />inchiostro, guazzo, acquarelli, matite acquarellate,<br />&nbsp;cerotti, cera d'api, capelli e suture su carta<br />24 gennaio, 2011<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">******</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">artwork by Elisabetta (Betty) Bastai c.2011</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">******</span></i></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-1971508785860621570?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650133913334217634.post-10870087373143991602011-01-20T12:50:00.000-08:002011-01-24T15:10:52.471-08:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wbhX-uV1Ezg/TTiVD2FqDZI/AAAAAAAAHKM/nP8H740mz3E/s1600/SamHeadC_Jan19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wbhX-uV1Ezg/TTiVD2FqDZI/AAAAAAAAHKM/nP8H740mz3E/s320/SamHeadC_Jan19.jpg" width="210" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Sam</i></b><br />&nbsp;graphite and watercolor &nbsp;pencils on paper<br />7x5in.,&nbsp;January 19, 2011<br /><br /><b><i>Sam</i></b><br /><i>matita e matite acquarellate su carta<br />17,78x12,7cm, 19 gennaio 2011</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wbhX-uV1Ezg/TTiVElcMHyI/AAAAAAAAHKQ/v4vEiziSFcM/s1600/Sam_Jan19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wbhX-uV1Ezg/TTiVElcMHyI/AAAAAAAAHKQ/v4vEiziSFcM/s320/Sam_Jan19.jpg" width="220" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-top: 6px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: 13px;"><i>Sam in front of the computer</i></b><br /><b style="font-size: 13px;"><i></i></b><i></i>&nbsp;ink and graphite on paper<br />7x5in.,&nbsp;January 19, 2011<br /><br /><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Sam di fronte al computer</b></span></i><br /><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b></b></span></i><i style="font-size: 13px;">inchiostro e matita su carta<br />17,78x12,7cm, 19 gennaio 2011</i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Few days ago&nbsp;Sam remarked that he can recognize himself in my sketches but cannot recognize me in my self-portraits...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Do I 'see' better other people than&nbsp;myself?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Is it a subtle sense of anxiety that nags me because I am torn between drawing myself with the accuracy of a <a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.canvasreplicas.com/images/Self%2520Portrait%2520as%2520a%2520Lute%2520Player%2520Artemisia%2520Gentileschi.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http://www.canvasreplicas.com/ArtemisiaGentileschioilpaintings.htm&amp;usg=__fz-_lIypGCuX0spV-72CCflSNg4=&amp;h=317&amp;w=300&amp;sz=24&amp;hl=en&amp;start=0&amp;sig2=KshxD2njJRF6ZwKpqjUY6g&amp;zoom=1&amp;tbnid=Q5CwoVNDu2EaEM:&amp;tbnh=133&amp;tbnw=124&amp;ei=3_89Tc7rO4OisQPb-unuDw&amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3DGentileschi%2Bportrait%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D605%26tbs%3Disch:1&amp;um=1&amp;itbs=1&amp;iact=hc&amp;vpx=344&amp;vpy=94&amp;dur=7037&amp;hovh=231&amp;hovw=218&amp;tx=118&amp;ty=126&amp;oei=3_89Tc7rO4OisQPb-unuDw&amp;esq=1&amp;page=1&amp;ndsp=27&amp;ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0">Renaissance artist</a> or the&nbsp;spontaneity&nbsp;and gestural mark-making of a <a href="http://www.spaightwoodgalleries.com/Pages/Exhibitions_German_Exp.html">German Expressionist</a>? A conflict that makes me create something in between with the loss of an accurate representation of my facial features?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Or it's all the mirror's fault?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Alcuni giorni fa Sam ha commentato che si riconosce nei mei schizzi ma non riconosce me nei mei autoritratti...</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>'Vedo' meglio altre persone che me stessa?</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>E' un senso di ansieta' sottile che mi tormenta perche' sono combattuta tra il disegnare il mio autoritratto con l'accuratezza &nbsp;di &nbsp;un'<a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.canvasreplicas.com/images/Self%2520Portrait%2520as%2520a%2520Lute%2520Player%2520Artemisia%2520Gentileschi.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http://www.canvasreplicas.com/ArtemisiaGentileschioilpaintings.htm&amp;usg=__fz-_lIypGCuX0spV-72CCflSNg4=&amp;h=317&amp;w=300&amp;sz=24&amp;hl=en&amp;start=0&amp;sig2=KshxD2njJRF6ZwKpqjUY6g&amp;zoom=1&amp;tbnid=Q5CwoVNDu2EaEM:&amp;tbnh=133&amp;tbnw=124&amp;ei=3_89Tc7rO4OisQPb-unuDw&amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3DGentileschi%2Bportrait%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D605%26tbs%3Disch:1&amp;um=1&amp;itbs=1&amp;iact=hc&amp;vpx=344&amp;vpy=94&amp;dur=7037&amp;hovh=231&amp;hovw=218&amp;tx=118&amp;ty=126&amp;oei=3_89Tc7rO4OisQPb-unuDw&amp;esq=1&amp;page=1&amp;ndsp=27&amp;ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0">artista del Rinascimento </a>&nbsp;o la spontaneita' e la creazione di linee piu' gestuali &nbsp;ed espressive come un'<a href="http://www.spaightwoodgalleries.com/Pages/Exhibitions_German_Exp.html">espressionista tedesca</a>? Un conflitto che mi porta a creare qualche cosa di mezzo con la perdita di accuratezza delle caratteristiche del mio viso?</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>O e' tutta colpa dello specchio?</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i></i></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i> </i></span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wbhX-uV1Ezg/TTicNCuRBgI/AAAAAAAAHKU/Hp4BKxKyyws/s1600/Face_Jan10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wbhX-uV1Ezg/TTicNCuRBgI/AAAAAAAAHKU/Hp4BKxKyyws/s320/Face_Jan10.jpg" width="213" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Self Portrait</i></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i></i></b><i></i>&nbsp;ink on paper<br />7x5in.,&nbsp;January 10, 2011<br /><br /><i><b>Sam di fronte al computer</b></i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b>&nbsp;</b></i></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">inchiostro su carta<br />17,78x12,7cm, 10 gennaio 2011</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wbhX-uV1Ezg/TT35mAyAq4I/AAAAAAAAHKY/t3ThBnUsNw4/s1600/Hair_In_The_Way_Jan23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wbhX-uV1Ezg/TT35mAyAq4I/AAAAAAAAHKY/t3ThBnUsNw4/s320/Hair_In_The_Way_Jan23.jpg" width="164" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Hair is a distraction</i><br /><i style="font-weight: bold;"></i>&nbsp;ink on paper<br />12x6inch, January 23, 2011<br /><br /><i style="font-weight: bold;">I capelli sono una distrazione</i><br /><i style="font-weight: bold;"></i>&nbsp;inchiostro su carta<br />30.48x15.24 cm, 23 gennaio 2011<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">******</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"> artwork by Elisabetta Bastai©2011</span><br /></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>******</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1650133913334217634-1087008737314399160?l=rawbubbles.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>elisabettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551532941112671236noreply@blogger.com0