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Monthly Archives: December 2013
Christmas Time Is Here!!!
From my planet to yours … Merry Christmas to all my blog friends around the world!!! Artwork by Shout, aka Alessandro Gottardo
Posted in Christmas, Holidaze, Stephen Kelly Creative
Tagged Christmas, Holiday, San Francisco, Stephen Kelly Creative
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The Red and The Green: Christmas In San Francisco
It’s Christmas Eve here in San Francisco, just as it is for most of the world, except for you lucky Aussies who are already celebrating the day, probably with shrimp on the barby at Bondi Beach! Here in SF, there’s … Continue reading
Merry Christmas: The Art of Santa Claus
I was beginning to think my quest to find holiday-appropriate artwork was in vain until I stumbled onto the clever, humorous art of Ed Wheeler. A Philadelphia-based photographer, Wheeler has spent the last twenty-five years taking self-portraits of himself dressed … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Christmas, Holidaze, Weekly Art
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Here Comes Santa Claus: SantaCon SF!
I’ve told you guys before that we San Franciscans love our big outdoor celebrations, and it’s even better if it’s a dress-up affair, because I’ve also told you that San Franciscans love wearing costumes. And last weekend’s annual SantaCon celebration … Continue reading
Less Is More: The Minimalism of Alessandro Gottardo, aka Shout
This week I’d like to shift gears from the complex, surrealist art of Jee Young Lee into something completely different. Alessandro Gottardo, aka Shout, is a Milan, Italy-based artist who creates illustrations for advertising campaigns, book covers, magazine layouts, and posters, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Weekly Art
Tagged Alessandro Gottardo, Art, Artist, Illustration, Italian, Milan, Minimalism, Shout
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Community
Every year on the second weekend in December, San Francisco makes like the North Pole and becomes a community of Santa Clauses! It’s all part of a weird and wacky annual event known as SantaCon! Stay tuned for more details … Continue reading
No Photoshop Needed: The Surreal Realism of Jee Young Lee
Korean artist Jee Young Lee doesn’t need water colors or acrylics or canvases and easels to create art; she simply builds it in her studio. Lee, of Seoul, South Korea transforms her small 12 x 13.5 x 8 feet (360 … Continue reading
Turning Japanese 2013: Let’s Go Tokyo!
I’d like to thank everyone for their kind comments regarding the photo of the Japanese lanterns I posted as part of last week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge. That picture really takes me back to my awesome trip to Japan back … Continue reading
Posted in Japan, Photo Essay, Photo Gallery, Photography, Stephen Kelly Photography, Tokyo, Travel
Tagged Japan, Tokyo
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Cut and Paste: The Collage Art of Antonello Silverini
I’ve expressed in the past how I have long admired the work of collage artists who can put together divergent media and make them work as one cohesive piece. This interesting cut-and-paste method of art doesn’t seem to be as popular … Continue reading
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