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Emily A Garnett @emilyagarnett.bsky.social · 1d

Rooftop 2013
Paul Fenniak (b. 1965)
"He shows solitary figures in urban scenes bathed in glowing light. Uncanny quality of mysterious narrative not fully revealed. Author Douglas F. Maxwell said, 'He manages to push that button in the very place in us & touches our vulnerability.'" #art #artlover

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Emily A Garnett @emilyagarnett.bsky.social · 5d

First Date 2021
Chinese American artist Jeffrey Chong Wang b. 1979
"His characters continue to exude intensity, eyes averted, the figures’ postures often appear on the verge of dramatic scene. Paintings remain deliberate & Wang delves into the concept of distance & emotional imbalance." #art

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Emily A Garnett @emilyagarnett.bsky.social · 7d

Roman says hi

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Emily A Garnett @emilyagarnett.bsky.social · 8d

🪽🪽The sky! Heavenly!🪽🪽

Jan Mankes (1889-1920)
“Landscape with a clay heap” 1913
Oil on canvas
9.5” x 12”
#JanMankes #art #artlover #heavenlysky

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Emily A Garnett @emilyagarnett.bsky.social · 12d

Roman wanted to host a sleepover.
His best friends showed up.
#cat #catlover #catsofbluesky #bobtailcats #catpics

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Emily A Garnett @emilyagarnett.bsky.social · 12d

Child with Bread 1892-1899
Happy Birthday Ozias Leduc 1864-1955!
"Dubbed 'the sage of St Hilaire' lived a solitary life his hometown. Painting recalls 2 things common to hisportraits: subject holds accessory (harmonica)& is absorbed in an activity emphasizing innocence&imagination." #art #artlover

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Emily A Garnett @emilyagarnett.bsky.social · 18d

“Lady, PLEASE! My breakfast! Lord.”
Poor thing, Roman. He had his first breakfast at 4am, but was ready at 9 for breakfast #2.
#cats #catlover #bobtailcat #catsofbluesky #catpics #catlove #catsky

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Emily A Garnett @emilyagarnett.bsky.social · 21d

And you can be sure if there were such beds, they'd be available only to billionaires.

Emily A Garnett @emilyagarnett.bsky.social · 21d

"A Town in Winter with Strollers and Skaters"
Petrus Gerardus Vertin (1819 - 1893)
Dutch painter, etcher, lithographer

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Emily A Garnett @emilyagarnett.bsky.social · 24d

"Causalty" 1936
Donato Rico (1912 - 1985)
Happy Birthday to American paperback novelist, screenwriter, wood engraver, and comic book writer-artist, Donato (Don) Rico! Mr. Rico co-created Marvel Comic "Black Widow" with Don Heck and Stan Lee.
#art #artlover #woodengraving

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Emily A Garnett @emilyagarnett.bsky.social · 25d

A visitor this afternoon.
Google search says it’s a Wife Moth, also known as Beloved Underwing. Third pic shows what it’s hiding under those wings. #WifeMoth #BelovedUnderwing #JustDroppedInToSeeWhatConditionMyConditionWasIn

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Emily A Garnett @emilyagarnett.bsky.social · 25d

"March Day" 1937
Happy Birthday John Stenvall (1907-1988)
tempera, ink, and gouache on cream wove paper
"Serving military from 1942-1945, he attended Stanford U in California under the G.I. Bill, received an advanced degree in art education 1952. #art #artlover #JohnStenvall

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Emily A Garnett @emilyagarnett.bsky.social · 26d

"Tornado" 1945
Lloyd Foltz (1897 - 1990)
drypoint etching
#art #artlover #etching #LloydFoltz

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Emily A Garnett @emilyagarnett.bsky.social · 26d

"Spring" 1941

artist Doel Reed (1894–1985)
etching with aquatint
#art #artlover #etchings #DoelReed

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Emily A Garnett @emilyagarnett.bsky.social · 27d

Monty Python Michael Palin bought another Walter Sickert piece. "I look at The Red Shop I feel as if I am in the street. The vivid vermilion of the shop front stands out from the purple-brown & ochre of the walls & surface of lane. Not a smart neighborhood. Shop awning sags. Door beckons." #artlover

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Emily A Garnett @emilyagarnett.bsky.social · Sep 20

The Stranger 1957-58
Happy Birthday Hughie Lee-Smith 1915-1999
"Many years after winning top prize for painting from the Detroit Institute of Arts 1953, he said, 'I was no longer called black artist, Negro artist, colored boy. Winning that prize, there was no longer racial designation.'" #artlove

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Emily A Garnett @emilyagarnett.bsky.social · Sep 19

"Lazarus"
Happy Birthday Stephen Greene 1917-1999
After WWII "he wanted his pictures to reflect the terrible things that are happening in a beautiful world.''
He taught Frank Stella at Princeton. A lecture re: abstract painting 1957 changed his work. "I could no longer draw from the figure." #art

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Emily A Garnett @emilyagarnett.bsky.social · Sep 18

💙"At the Farm in the Winter"💙
Happy Birthday Anton Mauve 1838-1888!

"Mauve was married to van Gogh's cousin Ariëtte (Jet) Sophia Jeannette Carbentus, & he was a major influence on van Gogh, who revered him. He is mentioned in 152 of van Gogh's surviving letters."
#art #artlover #AntonMauve

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Emily A Garnett @emilyagarnett.bsky.social · Sep 17

"Houses - Richmond Street" 1911
Canadian artist Lawren S. Harris (1885 - 1970)
"He once told fellow Canadian artist Emily Carr, “I am in great need of losing my littleness and sharing completely in the life of the universe, in water and skies and land and light.” #art #artlover #LawrenHarris

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Emily A Garnett @emilyagarnett.bsky.social · Sep 15

"Cama para Sueños" Bed for Dreams
Happy Birthday Carmen Lomas Garza! (b. 1948)
"Her choice to use personal & family images to combat racism is a departure from more political works by many Chicano artists. Creation of her own narrative speaks against racism on its own."
#art #ChicanoArtist #artlover

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Emily A Garnett @emilyagarnett.bsky.social · Sep 15

"Icecreeeeeam! Gimmeeee!"
#cats #catsky #catsofbluesky #catpics #catlover

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Emily A Garnett @emilyagarnett.bsky.social · Sep 14

#DrZhivago #Pasternak #flowersTalking

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Emily A Garnett @emilyagarnett.bsky.social · Sep 14

At the vet’s. Just a routine visit for Roman.
#cat #cats #catsofbluesky #catlover #kittycat #catsky #catpics #catlove

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Emily A Garnett @emilyagarnett.bsky.social · Sep 13

Jean Varda 1893-1971 & executed by Alfonso Pardiñas 1924-1975 “Mosaic commissioned 1960, Villa Roma Motor Motel. To be demolished in 1982; 23-ton mural was saved to Sausalito's Marinship Park in 1988. Luminous golden colors, Byzantine & Cubist, richly dressed figures, opulent background." #artlover

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