Words Seldom Seen: Periwig

Posted on September 30, 2020August 27, 2020 by Simon

Periwig Noun: A highly stylized form of wig that was at various times in history fashionable. Example: “The Barrister had to find his periwig before he could appear at court.”... Read More

Words Seldom Seen: Oeuvre

Posted on September 16, 2020August 27, 2020 by Simon

Oeuvre Noun: The collected works of an artist, composer or author. Example: “Her oeurve was small but varied.” The painting is Blue Boy and it is hanging in the Main Gallery at the Hunting... Read More

Pio Pico Postcard

Posted on September 14, 2020September 7, 2020 by Simon

”We find ourselves threatened by hoards of Yankee immigrants who have already begun to flock into our country, and whose progress we cannot arrest.” Pio Pico 1846... Read More

Answers

Posted on August 17, 2020July 26, 2020 by Simon

Where there are no answers to be found, answers will be invented. I’m not sure where this quote came from. The photo came from the Norton Simon Museum in 2004... Read More

Art is Everywhere

Posted on January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 by Simon

One of the benefits of living in a relatively prosperous society is public art. In the USA, federal law requires that a small percentage of the money spent on any construction project that is financed... Read More

Andrew Goldsworthy

Posted on October 14, 2019September 29, 2019 by Simon

We first saw Andrew Goldsworthy’s stone sculptures at Storm King Art Center so it was a marvelous moment of serendipity when we found two of his pieces on the woodland sculpture trail from the F... Read More

Glass Blowing

Posted on September 16, 2019September 7, 2019 by Simon

On our trip to Oregon last month our daughters organized for us to go to a glass blowing studio and have a lesson. I was suspicious. I love glass and thought that it was unlikely that we could create ... Read More

Doors will be Doors

Posted on August 21, 2019August 12, 2019 by Simon

Please allow the door to close behind you. We obeyed this sign at the Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh.... Read More

Business Art

Posted on March 13, 2019March 2, 2019 by Simon

This is a very large piece of art in the Atlanta Airport. And if you click through you can find out what it is made of and what it says without going to Atlanta.... Read More

Art Rule #7

Posted on August 14, 2018July 19, 2018 by Simon

If you put it on a pedestal it is art. I’m working on a collection titled what is art? So far I have one other entry that I could find: But is it Art?... Read More

Simon Burrow

Quirky thoughts from an old man.

Tag: Art