Tag: ART

Flashback Friday: Chihuly Red Reeds and art from VMFA (Trent’s Weekly Smile)

February 26, 2021

Hello Readers – Do you want to know what had me flashing back this Friday? ART! It all started after reading this recent post from Gallivance (here) featuring colorful Chihuly art. The Galliavnce post had some wonderful Chihuly art outdoors, which included the red spikes of glass that reminded me of our local art museum’s permanent Chihuly installation: … More Flashback Friday: Chihuly Red Reeds and art from VMFA (Trent’s Weekly Smile)

Rush’s “Moving Pictures” Turns 40 -Pausing to Celebrate

February 12, 2021

Hello Readers For those Rush fans out there, let’s pause to celebrate the 40-year anniversary of Rush’s 1981 “Moving Pictures” album: Isn’t that a GREAT cover? Want to hear some drummer’s reflect about the influence Rush had on their music? Check out Consequence of Sound (COS) where Mike Portnoy, Charlie Benante, Matt Halpern, Arejay Hale Discuss … More Rush’s “Moving Pictures” Turns 40 -Pausing to Celebrate

Consider Emotions in Photos (Lens-Artists Photo Challenge 1/16/2020)

January 16, 2021

Over at the Lens-Artist Photo Challenge, Patti’s challenge today is to share photos the convey emotion. Priorhouse take on this theme maybe called moody and emotional photos. All photos are from last year (2020) and I guess connect to this month of reflecting. *** *** *** *** *** ***   *** *** *** *** *** … More Consider Emotions in Photos (Lens-Artists Photo Challenge 1/16/2020)

Holidays Table Settings & New Puppy (Lens-Artists’ Photo Challenge #128, 12/24/2020)

December 24, 2020

Over at the Lens-Artist Photo Challenge, the theme is Holiday Season The Priorhouse take has some table setting ideas. This was inspired because Aletta shared her table set up:   I have a slide show with some table setting ideas –However, before I get to that, let me quote my good friend Linda, as she described this year so … More Holidays Table Settings & New Puppy (Lens-Artists’ Photo Challenge #128, 12/24/2020)

Precious Memories & Ornaments (Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, 12/18/2020)

December 18, 2020

Over at the Lens-Artist Photo Challenge, Amy invited us to share some precious memories. The Priorhouse take has some old Christmas ornaments to share. This week, it was fun to AGAIN sort through ornaments and go down memory lane. The last five years we have been tossing/donating more and more Christmas stuff.  I decided to take a few photos to … More Precious Memories & Ornaments (Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, 12/18/2020)

Letter A in Virginia Beach: Lens-Artists Photo Challenge (12/6/2020)

December 6, 2020

The Lens-Artist photo challenge theme is Subjects That Begin with the Letter A  The Priorhouse take has photos from Virginia Beach, Virginia.    ART from Virgnia Beach slideshow  Closing Photos – Art Sculptures from the beach    Care to join in with the Lens-Artists? Here are the host links: Amy of https://shareandconnect.wordpress.com/ Patti of https://pilotfishblog.com/ Ann-Christine (Leya) of https://lagottocattleya.wordpress.com/ … More Letter A in Virginia Beach: Lens-Artists Photo Challenge (12/6/2020)

Wolfsonian Museum & Hemingway’s “How Little we Know” (Squares Day 22)

October 22, 2020

Hello Readers Here is Day 22 for Becky’s Squares Challenge:  Have you ever heard of the Wolfsonian Art Museum in South Florida? This is an eclectic museum in the historic art deco district in South Beach (more info below). In front of the The Wolfsonian museum, there is a long booth with this optical illusion: *** Today’s Blog … More Wolfsonian Museum & Hemingway’s “How Little we Know” (Squares Day 22)

Red Geranium Buds & Quotes by O’Keeffe, Matisse, & Rothko (#Kindasquare Day 5)

October 5, 2020

Happy Monday Readers,  It is time for Monday Morning Blooms – or “three kind of similar buds” on this Monday 🙂 – and connecting with Day 5 for  Kinda-square Full view: ___ Today’s Blog Reflection (because it is Reflect-ober after all)  Years ago – ART was a very popular topic here at Priorhouse blog. Art, … More Red Geranium Buds & Quotes by O’Keeffe, Matisse, & Rothko (#Kindasquare Day 5)

Sculpture Saturday – Artsy Stuff from the Florida Keys

September 19, 2020

Hi Readers,  Joining in with Sculpture Saturday  SCULPTURE: Three-dimensional art made by one of four basic processes: carving, modeling, casting, or constructing (Tate, 2020). ____ Down in one of the Florida Keys – they have this bike sculpture: *** — Care to join in with Saturday Sculpture? Create a post about sculptures, then link or ping back to … More Sculpture Saturday – Artsy Stuff from the Florida Keys