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I believe both of these paintings are at Albright-Knox Gallery. The top painting is Mashing up the Clouds 2010 by American born, 1971, Casey Cook. Cel-Vinyl, acrylic, and pencil on canvas. For some reason I've always enjoyed looking at art that is crazy and has alot going on, but not all paintings like that appeal to me; this one however does. There's just so much going on and all the shapes and colors seem to compliment each other.

I may enjoy Chaotic paintings, but sometimes taking a break from that chaos and looking at a calm peaceful painting makes you think deep. I don't know what lions truly represent, but when I see this lion it makes me think of power, dominance, cunning, and understanding. The lion looks peaceful there mindning his own business, but you wouldn't dare go near and drink from his pond. He is smart enough to find water that can prolonge his survival. The thing I find strange is that he is the only animal in this picture. Exhile comes to mind, because lions usualy travel in packs. He must not be far from his pack and taking the time to relax and drink until he is content. Jean-Leon Gerome Frenchman 1824 1904; created this painting called Lion in the Desert ca. 1885; Oil on canvas.

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My stepdaughter really enjoyed this art piece. Julio Le parc Argentine born, 1928 Acrylic on canvas serie 14 No. 2 1970. I believe she likes it because "it looks pretty."

I took my wife and stepdaughter to the Anderson Gallery and to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. The walls that they are standing in front of was drawn with pencil. Below Marisa is looking artifacts. She thought it was the coolest thing to see.

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Ever since I can remember, I have always been enthralled by the circus and clowns and such. This picture directly below is oil on canvas and is titled

Carnival -- Fun House at the Fair, 1962 by Carlo Nisita(1895-1990). It reminds me of what the circus is all about. It's about imagination and excitement; The thrill of seeing fire blowing, juggling clowns or tigers being tamed, elephants standing on a really small object, and of course the trapeze artist flying ever so gracefully from swing to swing and not ever falling. For me that is what I get from this picture. The sculptures below give me that same feeling. Except they give a little mystery. They still have that kind of let's have fun look about them. Carrianne Hendrickson created both of the sculptures.

First art center visit

 Our excursions are on Fridays and the next day is when I take my stepdaughter and Wife to the art centers we visited. Stepdaughter Marisa and about 7 1/2 months preg wife Julie at the Burchfield Penny Art Center. Not the clearest of pics. All of us agreed that the sculptures in the room reminded us of a Tim Burton movie. I believe this piece was a chess set or at least looked like one. A really really big chess set.

In this bottom pic we are looking around in the room where the kids can explore some art. Marisa always has loads of fun when we visit any gallery and so do I of course. The box she is looking in has a different animal sculpture in each drawer. Her favorite animal of that day was a rabbit.

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Here is another portion of art that I am adding to my semester long project. The picture below is from Jackie Felix's collection that wasn't on the main display, but in the room where they keep extra art pieces in cases at the Burchfield Penny Art Center. As the class remembers, Jackie Felix was one of two artists we toured. This is acrylic on paper and is called Auditions/Examination Tryouts. It is undated. The hands with eyes in the palms make me think that we are supposed to feel what we are seeing and not just watch what we are looking at with no emotion. Stage performance is art as well. It also reminds me of Pan's Labrynth and the all seeing eye. Here's a little about the artist. Jackie Felix was born in Pittsburgh on 1929 and died on 2009. Some of her artwork is dark, envolves sexual politics, and femisism.