Merry Christmas everyone!!!

[madjak30]

Santa came, Santa came, Santa came...ummm...I'm going to bed so that when the kids wake me up in the morning, I'm not too tired...here's hoping it isn't too early...

Merry Christmas...(I hope there is an MT-01 under the tree for me...but the box looks a little small) 

Later.

[mister]

Santa came, Santa came, Santa came...ummm...I'm going to bed so that when the kids wake me up in the morning, I'm not too tired...here's hoping it isn't too early...

Merry Christmas...(I hope there is an MT-01 under the tree for me...but the box looks a little small) 

Later.

Might be a key in the box?   

Michael

[sotomoto]

Merry Christmas

[annguyen1981]

Santa came, Santa came, Santa came...

What is Mrs. Claus' last words before Santa left.

[madjak30]

Santa came, Santa came, Santa came...ummm...I'm going to bed so that when the kids wake me up in the morning, I'm not too tired...here's hoping it isn't too early...

Merry Christmas...(I hope there is an MT-01 under the tree for me...but the box looks a little small) 

Later.

Might be a key in the box?   

Michael

I guess I was a little hopeful...but there was a nice gift cert in the box for the bike shop...get some accessories...also got a VHoldR POV camera...that should be a fun toy for next season...will have to make a couple of vids of my road trip into the Rocky Mountains...hope they turnout as good as yours...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!   

[Toogoofy317]

Christmas was good this year. Hope it was for everyone else!

Mary

[mach1]

it was cool i got the red wii

[yamahonkawazuki]

Ehh materially i got little. a pair of pants. but my health held out for christmas so i cannot complain , finances however didnt  . im broke but happy. Soooooooo whadja all get?

[madjak30]

I guess I got a bonus gift from my nephew...stomach flu...yay...puking and diarea for two days...me and my 8yo daughter sitting in bed for a whole day together (she got it too, just not as bad)...I read a book to her, kinda cool...just not the best reason for it...anyway, I hope everyone else had a great holiday season...

Happy New Year!!

Later.

[yamahonkawazuki]

I guess I got a bonus gift from my nephew...stomach flu...yay...puking and diarea for two days...me and my 8yo daughter sitting in bed for a whole day together (she got it too, just not as bad)...I read a book to her, kinda cool...just not the best reason for it...anyway, I hope everyone else had a great holiday season...

Happy New Year!!

Later.

I bet your daughter thinks you the best for doing that Eh?

[madjak30]

Yeah, it was a good bonding day...could have been a better reason, but it was a nice quiet day together.

Later.

[yamahonkawazuki]

Yeah, it was a good bonding day...could have been a better reason, but it was a nice quiet day together.

Later.

So true, but reading to the lil ones, helps out in so manys

[spc]

Madjak: sounds like a blessing in disguise!

Yama:  glad you're still around and kicking!

As for me....
My dad is taking me to vegas at the end of the month as a Christmas present
This is my gift to myself:

It's a 1957 acrylic and charcoal abstract by Hugh Mesibov (My favorite artist)  it's either part of the monhegan or the spontaneous/exploding landscape series.  It falls right in between datewise.
He's a lesser known, but incredibly talented and important American artist.  Gallery value on this piece would be around $20,000.  I paid a very small fraction of that. 

My mom got me a couple of Robert Graham shirts.

[Toogoofy317]

That is exactly why I don't get art. I honestly thought that was a drop cloth from painting your bike.

to each his own.

Mary

[spc]

I used to be the same way, but, as some of you may have noticed, in the last few years I've developed a taste for the finer things in life.
This is the other piece I have by Hugh Mesibov.  It is a 1978 etching-aquatint with only one print made entitled 'Instant Dream'

[yamahonkawazuki]

that last one almost looks like my mothers remington sculpture. anyway i can get high res shots of those, this mini 'puter needs some new desktop art. im liking them, very nice

[Toogoofy317]

See that one I can see as "art" it represents something to my left brain.

Yama with this netbook that is the one thing I'm kind disappointed with. Window's 7 starter does not let you set a desktop. I was going to upgrade but I'm not spending $100 pretty much just for that!

BTW my favorite work of art is Starry Night by Van Gogh.

Mary

[spc]

I don't really like impressionism, it reminds me of the old crappy printers that pixelated everything.

Surrealism is, by far, my favorite genre, but that abstraction by Mesibov represents a unique and short-lived period of his artistic career consisting of ~12-13 paintings.  Most of his work is surrealist.  He did a Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner series that is truly breathtaking and worthy of the tale.

This is another piece of art that captured my gaze

It's an 1863 pencil sketch.  The text reads '1863    The Capitol of South Carolina   Death to Abolition'
Myself and a handful of semi amateur (several have PhD's in history) historians believe we've narrowed the list of potential artists down to fewer than half a dozen names.

I've also got an entirely ink Nicholas Drake drawing.
He was also a surrealist.  I don't have a photo of mine, but here's a link to some of his work that's available.
http://eyelevelart.com/gallery_search.html?artist=47
Sadly, he passed a few years ago.

[yamahonkawazuki]

i have a picasso sketch. does that count lol. ( was moms too)

[spc]

That is just awesome Yama!  Most of Picasso's stuff is a little 'light' for my taste (A good bit of Dali's is as well, but he does have his share of darker work) But having an original piece by Picasso is just awesome.  Drake shows a lot of Picasso influence in his works, though he does tend towards a slightly more cluttered feel.  The piece I have has an uncharacteristic darkness as well.

I'd love to see pics of that sketch yama.