The Mexican Muralist Diego Rivera in Mexico City
The Mexican Revolution, a civil war that raged from 1910 to 1920, ousted the hated dictator Porfirio Díaz and created a new era with the government being in the hands […]
Category Archives: Art
Art Unexpected: Driftwood
My dad used to take us kids wandering along the beaches of the Pacific West Coast where there was driftwood galore. Every often he’d find something the reminded him of […]
Sea Creature Sculptures
A collection of sea creature sculptures from around the world. From my sculpture tour in Puerto Vallarta I learned that this seahorse was the first sculpture added to the city’s […]
Portraits in Denmark
In Denmark it seemed as if there were more portraits than in other places. I’m not sure if that’s true but here are a few I noticed in particular. Family […]
Two Free National ‘Arts’ Museums in Dublin, Ireland
The National Museum of Decorative Arts along with the Irish Museum of Modern Art are two free museums on the western side of Dublin. We did both of them in […]
Portraits of Pain, Frida Kahlo’s Museum in Mexico City
Frida Kahlo, the great Mexican artist, lived in a world of pain, and her anguish shows in her many self-portraits. And yet she embraced life. Her pain was both physical […]
Taking Panorama Shots when Travelling
Years ago I discovered these wonderful little throw-away cardboard cameras that shot great panoramas. They didn’t have much range of focus; essentially the only things in focus were at least […]
