MariaAragon64
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Self taught artist and 'indie' author.
https://www.mariaaragon.com/
My novels are available via Lulu.com and Amazon.com in hardback, paperback and kindle.
Joined Mar 2020
Been dealing with some deep artist's block and some lurking depression, but gonna try to paint something, anything, today.
Wish me luck.
#CoSoArtist
If you live in, near, or are going to Minneapolis:
And my fantasy epic sprawls on....Just did the cover art for my next Moleskine notebook. I try to use images that invoke the plot/characters. It's also how I can tell my notebooks apart.
A semi-abstract, Beautiful Chaos oil painting I call Shy Dragon.
#CoSoArt #CoSoArtist #dragon
A little late (for me) but I got my Halloween stuffed decorations up, etc.
#Halloween
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@Lindy I was struck by his eloquence about his experience on the bench with so many people who are at the low ebb in their lives, having been dealt a terrible hand in life, and here is this woman who comes from privilege - even though she doesn't recognize it and complains about her life. He points out quite accurately that she shows no remorse and no respect for the law. What did she expect would happen? Honestly.
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@scottyorange There are going to be couches and loveseats walking around the neighborhood on Halloween night.
Mary Cassatt exhibition documentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUEfAkMepDk
While this isn’t especially new or exclusive to the art market, King argued that this way of thinking, primarily that of the speculator, had become the “prevailing assumption” among buyers; in other words, it was no longer taboo to mention in polite company.
The talk of the summer was a memo circulated by adviser Jacob King, who, in taking the temperature of the market as it stands, posited that an “investment mindset”—defined as an approach to buying art that “boils down to a single question: how likely is it to go up in value?”—had run amok.
After 31 years, a French treasure hunt that attracted thousands of passionate followers, who painstakingly tried to solve a book of riddles leading to a buried golden owl statue comes to an end. The hunt's social media account called it off on Thursday, but questions remain about where it was discovered, and by whom. [France 24]
Journalists Yoav Gonen and April Xu, respectively at The City and Documented, examined 2,500 pages of emails, which show how Adams’ aide, Winnie Greco, pushed the Brooklyn Museum to stage a show dedicated to Sun Yat-sen, the first provisional president of the Republic of China, in just one month’s time, on behalf of the Overseas Chinese History Museum of China. [ The City and Documented]
An investigative report by local news outlets found that while New York City mayor Eric Adams was borough president of Brooklyn in 2016, his office allegedly pressured the Brooklyn Museum to host a Chinese history exhibition.
MariaAragon64
- Artist
- Author
Self taught artist and 'indie' author.
https://www.mariaaragon.com/
My novels are available via Lulu.com and Amazon.com in hardback, paperback and kindle.
Joined Mar 2020