Sorry, Its been a while.

I really don't have much to say today.  I guess that could be a reason why I haven't done much with this blog in a little while. Well I guess lately art has been my focus so today I will leave you with a simple,  yet brilliant piece. In my studio class we've been focusing on lines lately and I find the use of lines in this sketch to be very effective. As you can see, the crosshatching gets denser, the closer to the edge of the wall. The detail that I am particularly fond of in this piece (I guess it could be considered a lack of detail) would be how the farther away things get from the edge of the wall, the more the objects take on the qualities of a "gesture drawing" (for those of you non-art buffs out there, a gesture drawing is essentially a really really sketchy, non-detailed outline of an object that is as basic as possible while still retaining the essence of the object. So in this case, the bodies to the far right of the drawing could be considered gestures.) Anyways, now that I've gone super-art-nerd on your poor, unsuspecting brains, I'll shut up and let you appreciate it for yourself.

(Click for a larger view *recommended*)

Here's the link: Another rainy day...

Don't you sometimes feel like floating away with your umbrella when things get gloomy? I guess I'll leave you with that thought.

~Celerybear

*I do not own any rights to this picture. All rights belong to NegativeFeedback*

My Day in Savannah, GA

Today was a really great day spent mostly in the historically picturesque Savannah, Georgia. We kicked off our trip by going to the Telfair Museum of Art. I saw the Kahlil Gibran exhibit and some very intriguing collages by Romare Bearden, some really awesome laser art by Andrew F. Scott and a great piece by Hans Hofmann called Afterglow. I really enjoyed the museum and it was definitely worth way more than the discounted 5 dollar admission fee.

"Afterglow" - Hans Hofmann 1938 (Click to enlarge)

Next, I ate lunch with my aunts and uncle (and possibly a bunch of super old pirate ghosts) at the Pirate's House. It had great gumbo (my aunts had the gumbo) and really good she crab soup (I had the soup). What was really interesting about this place, though, was the history. Apparently, the building that the restaurant is in was first built in 1733. About 20 years later, General Oglethorpe had an experimental garden made next to Pirate's House in 1953 in order to grow wine and fruit trees and was named the Trustees garden in honor of Oglethorpe's men. The building adjoining the Pirate's House was to house the gardener who tended the Trustees garden.
Well, unfortunately, the garden was a flop. But the building wasn't. Soon after the garden idea was tossed, the area of Savannah where Pirate's House was became mostly residential and the building was opened as an inn for visiting seamen. Eventually, the inn became a popular rendezvous for blood-thirsty pirates and drunken sailors of the Seven-Seas. Now, the same place that once provided as much rum and grog to pickle Blackbeard and a houseful of tale-swapping buckaneer, is the restaurant where we ate lunch. Although the people eating at the neighboring tables were far from the pirates that once filled the rooms, rumor is that the ghosts of some of those pirates are still there haunting the 200+ year old brick chambers to this day.

After the interesting lunch, we went down to the bluffs of Savannah where they used to ship cotton on river boats.

(click to enlarge in order to read some interesting history)

My aunt Jeanine and Margaret at the bluffs in front of the river boats.

After the bluffs we drove by the Mercer House which is a really beautiful and famous landmark that has an interesting story behind it. Although now it is a museum, it is in a really beautiful area and i got to take some great pictures.

The beautiful Mercer House

(If you're still interested in the story behind the Mercer house, I recommend checking out the film "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" or, for those of you who read books, the book with the same title that the film is based on.)

Another beautiful house across the street from the Mercer house.

After some coffee at the local Starbucks and a quick stop at the art store (I couldn't resist), we headed back. This was a really wonderful day and i'm really glad I got to go and I hope to visit Savannah again one day. 

Well now that I've written no less than a novel about my day, I hope you have enjoyed me recounting my steps and retelling what I've learned today. 

~ Celerybear