Project 365 Days 194, 195, and 196

July 13, 2010
July 14, 2010
July 15, 2010
These 3 ATC's are photo ATC for a Photos of Signs swap on AFA.

Project 365 Day 99

April 9, 2010

Prague Castle from West

Marker and colored pencil on poster board

Project 365 Day 100

April 10, 2010

Day 100 of Project 365

For Day 100 I have made 2 ATC's. The first one, Prague, Charles Bridge is the regular card for this day. The second card, Village, is a special card for Day 100 to be given as a prize by Robby. Wonder who gets it.

Both cards are marker and colored pencil on poster board.

Project 365 Days 65, 66, and 67

March 6, 2010, March 7, 2010, March 8, 2010

These ATCs are for the AFA On the Map Swap. They are marker and real used stamp on map collage. ATCs depict life in the United States of Zizkov in the 1930's under Prohibition. Chicago style gangs led by Al Kapoun were running S.S. Zizkov (S.S. is an abbreviation for United States in Czech) making and running sodas and other soft drinks and operating soda dens after Zizkov seceded from The City (as Prague was known). As you may have guessed this was a reverse Prohibition.

N.B Zizkov is part of Prague, Capital of Czech Republic. ATCs are based on a satirical book about Zizkov from late 1930's.

16th Century Dutch Photorealism

Just in case anyone is wondering what is 16th Century Dutch Photorealist style of painting, here are few examples. Yours Truly coined the term and there was a write up on it on Suite101.com . Please bear in mind that in 16th century they did not even think about a pinhole camera yet as this kind of camera was invented by Johannes Keppler in 1604, I believe. The pinhole cameras came into wider use in late 17th century and Carl Zeiss, the proverbial father of optics, was born in the 19th century, wasn't he?





These paintings are all oil on canvas of various sizes, largest being 28" x 22". They were painted long time ago. The first one in 1972. The first painting is a painting of Prague Castle. It dominates the Prague skyline and is like an omnipresent fixture. The construction of St. Vitus cathedral was started in the 15th centure and the official year of completion is 1927.




The second painting is a spoof on still life, a very popular genre in Holland around the 16th century. While we are on the subject, I always thought that when refering to Holland one should say The Netherlands as Holland is only a province of The Netherlands but I came to find out that even the Dutch refer to their country as Holland. Go figure. I guess it's like us says United States instead of United States of America.

The third painting is a painting of Prague bridges as viewed from Letna, a hill with a plain on top overlooking the river Vltava and part of New Town.


So, there you have it. And now you know what is the 16th Century Dutch Photorealism style all about.