See the Alice Neel show at at Moore College of Art in philadelphia. You still have time.
August 28, 2008 – December 6, 2008
The Levy Gallery for the Arts in Philadelphia
Alice Neel – Drawing from Life features a selection of portraits and still lifes, spanning more than fifty years, that examine drawing as the primary process in both her works on paper and paintings. A self-proclaimed “collector of souls,” Neel’s bold, drawing-based approach reflects the artists’ lifelong commitment to the individual and the moment. Curated by Lorie Mertes, Rochelle F. Levy Director and Chief Curator, The Galleries at Moore.
We went to see the exhibit last week. The drawings are very honest… unafraid of our ideas of what they should be. Changes scratched out or drawn over. I remembered when I first saw Alice Neel’s paintings. They were compelling. They gripped at my chest in a very unexplainable way. I don’t believe that I need to know why creative work moves me. I don’t need to intellectualize the work. I just know the paintings go someplace so personal I can’t resist the emotion.
Tags: art, philadelphia, women, painter, artist, exhibit
Came downtown today to catch up on some work. I fell behind in April because of the flu. We romped into town for breakfast. A awesome day the studio! Broke through several thorny design and development issues. Before we knew it it almost midnight. Time for a second breakfast. Baked eggs for the first breakfast, blueberry pancakes for the second.
Tags: design, software, birthday, breakfast
I crawl around the iphone store now and again to add more fodder to my need for an iPhone. Here is a really cool app that solves one of the problems that drives me crazy from time to time. I use my laptop for almost everything — that means no number keys. I hate the extended keyboards because they just take up too much space on my desk.
{ Do you remember when you could buy a numberpad to attach to your keyboard when you needed it? I had one of those clunky beige things that worked by plugging it into my keyboard… I used it for keying in coordinates for objects in my vector files or layout applications. Most of all I used it when creating schedules and I had to put in date fields. }
Well, here’s a sweet little iPhone app that lets you turn your iPhone into a number keypad.
One caveat it’s Mac only.
Ah, the beauty of the iPhone platform.
Oh, it’s only $1.99
Tags: iPhone, numbers, platform, iphonesoftware,
