BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Artist of Color

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Artist:  Archibold Motley

Artist:  Robert Pruitt “Tesla Coil”

Photo: “Kalahari Desert Woman” [looks like Oprah]

Amari Baraka aka “Leroy Jones”

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BETTIE PAGE was the Pin-up Goddess

©ourtesy of theniftyfifties reblogged ghastlydelights:

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Lindsay Lohan plays Elizabeth Taylor …duh !!

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Its been a while since Lindsay Lohan starred in any thing note worthy film where she could tap into the wonderful actress she’s capable of being, so it’s certainly pleasing to hear she’ll be playing Elizabeth Taylor in the Lifetime Television Movie “Liz and Dick.” Apparently, the film has been in production since May 2011 and the once troubled star (but now showing signs of upliftment) will channel the internationally known Taylor in this biopic. – - Read more

“I sure hope this doesn’t end up being an ‘unintentional’ Comedy”

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Painting: Acrylic on canvas. 2012

©Never erase a thing. It was all meant for something. This into that into this into that. Eternal forward momentum. You suddenly complete me. 

from  Fox Eats Bird

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Spectacular Rainbow Trees

©Just Beautiful – Borrowed Blog from  BILLblog… no holds BARRed!

So a favorite pastime of mine is just clicking on anything of interest on friends of friends Facebook pages.  It’s my version of Pintrest I guess, liking things enough to recycle them, occasionally I post them here. Well just the other day I sorta hit the “beautiful picture” jackpot.  Don’t ask me how I got to his page but Francesco Mugnai from Florence Italy blogs… and boy does he find some beautiful images.  I clicked through almost all of his pictures (and there were a … -  - Read more

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Bohemian Czech

©A Czech bohemian in Paris from  absinthefiend

Viktor Oliva (1861-1928)  is one of the very few artists (or indeed, individuals) who can lay claim to being Bohemian by birth, in that he was actually born in Nové Strašecí, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. Take that, 21st century hipsters. Having traveled to Paris in 1888 to become part of the art movement and “Bohemian Parisian” community there, Oliva doubled down on his credibility as a true Bohemian artist, and then, while developing a passion for hot air ballooning, of all things, he pulled … – - Read more

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Just a little L O V E …!

©futureaustralian reblogged shallowreality:

Drake: I made it! I finally signed my contract. Now I have millions of dollars.Is there anything you want? I’ll give you anything you want.

Drake’s Grandma: You have a million dollars?!

Drake: No grandma, I have millions of dollars! I can get you anything! What do you want?

Drake’s Grandma: I just want a hug and a kiss. – - by t-ahiti:

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Artful Creations of Alessandro Pautasso

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Alessandro Pautasso, aka Kaneda, a photographer, graphic designer, and illustrator based in Turin Italy. Kaneda is specialized in vector art and lately have been experimenting a lot portraits creating a mixture of photography and vector that is really amazing. View more of him in Artful Creations of Alessandro Pautasso or his site www.nosurprises.it

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umm Chocolate …

©theniftyfifties reblogged susiesnapshot:

geepers and in such a “Pretty Little Box” too !!

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“Just cut the damn thing

©bbook reblogged splashmeadouble:

.…then Let them Eat Cake” – - Marie Antoinette

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Child Abuse

©by  The Activists (The Activists Art Collective)

A painting on the way the rap industry abuses and brainwashes young people

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Alphabeasts- R is for Rockbiter!

©treebeerdstuff

So, here we are at R. I have a long history with the Rockbiter character from the Never Ending Story. More than a couple times I have sat down to do a drawing of these guys and more than a few times abandoned it to frustration. It always truck me that it shouldn’t be a hard thing to draw, but for some reason I could never do something with it I was interested in. I think some of it is the creatures odd design (that’s me passing the blame on to someone else…). I said I wasn’t going … Read more

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