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Scissorhands
Papercut for Benj. S. Farret, 1848 artist unidentified, American Folk Art Museum The Chinese developed the art of papercutting and it has been used for generations throughout the world. The tools are only paper…
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God is in the Details
Gone by Isabella Kirkland, 2004. Influenced by the exacting reality of the Dutch Still-life, artist Isabella Kirkland studies the plants and animals she depicts in her detailed artwork. In Gone, she shows us species…
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Glass Worlds
Glass artist Amber Cowan creates amazing pieces by layering elements on top of each other. Take a minute and go see images of her work, you will be amazed.
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Nympheas
Water Lily by Georgia O’Keeffe, 1921, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum I saw this lovely pastel drawing by Georgia O’Keeffe today and had to feature it. It is different from her larger, closer, interpretations of flowers,…
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Oil Rig
Regionalist artist Thomas Hart Benton studied in New York but was always drawn back to the middle states of the US where he grew up. There is a lot of material about Benton and…
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Site Specific
Ahuja Azure, Cirtron and Amber Persian Wall by Dale Chihuly, 2010, The University Hospitals’ Ahuja Medical Center, Beachwood, OH Dale Chihuly is the most famous glass artist in the world. Since the later part of…
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Saving The Past for the Future
St. Hedwig by Joseph Felix Męcina-Krzesz, 1914, Location of Original Unknown. The Museum of Divine Statues in Lakewood, OH is housed in the old St. Hedwig Catholic Church and this lithograph image of the…
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Private Gifts Turned Public Treasures
Imperial Peter the Great Easter Egg by the Fabergé firm, 1903, By the Russian jewler Peter Carl Faberge. This egg was made by his shop in 1903 for presentation from Tsar Nicholas III to…
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