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Fine Art Daily, February 22, 2011
Posted: February 22, 2011 05:54 Last Updated: | Jean Dixon SandersFebruary 22, 2011Happy George Washington's birthday!As our friends in the gelid North shovel out yet again I offer a small sign of hope. We have a wee, tiny container garden on the back porch. So far the harvest has yielded 2 dozen protractor pencil-sized green beans, 1 golf ball-sized tomato and soon about half a dozen pencil eraser-sized strawberries. (I tend to measure things almost exclusively in terms of office supplies - perhaps I do not get out enough...)The strawberries are such a deep, translucent red that my Dr. P.H. Martin's Radiant Watercolors do not do them justice. I h...
Fine Art Daily, February 21, 2011
Posted: February 21, 2011 05:53 Last Updated: | Jean Dixon SandersFebruary 21, 2011Happy Presidents' Day!It is only another month before Spring, so I thought a little floral tribute was in order. It seemed like a good thing, if you have to go to your cubicle today. If you are off, then I hope you are sleeping late. And that the cardinals did not wake you up this morning like the rude boys here did an hour ago. Spring, it is like this little flower shop, just around the corner...
Buying Art Is Not Like Buying Detergent
Posted: February 14, 2011 07:17 Last Updated: | Joseph K. LeveneBuying Art is not like buying Detergent; the key is to "buy intelligently". Art buyers often make the wrong decision when comparing two examples of the same Work of Art with the objective of "saving money". Many Buyers fall prey to buying the Work of Art with the lowest price, and often not the best. Daniel Grant wrote a WSJ Article titled Why You Can't Always Trust Art Dealers which casts a negative light on Art Dealers. We don't condone the ethical behavior cited by Mr. Grant and agree due diligence is essential to protect financial h...
Fine Art Daily, February 11, 2011
Posted: February 11, 2011 05:18 Last Updated: | Jean Dixon SandersMid-winter Chili 1½ pounds ground beef 1 tablespoon olive oil1 medium onion, chopped1 medium green pepper, chopped1 clove garlic1 36-ounce can crushed tomatoes3 tablespoons chili powder1 clove garlic1 tablespoon paprika1 to 2 or 3 teaspoons of cayenne – depending on your thrill factorSalt and pepper to tasteGrated sharp cheddar cheese for toppingBrown meat in a large pot. Drain and set aside. Sauté onions, peppers and garlic in olive oil in the same pot. Return meat to pot. Add tomato sauce, chili powder, paprika and cayenne. Cook on medium heat for approximately 1½ hours. Now thi...
Fine Art Daily, February 10, 2011
Posted: February 10, 2011 06:38 Last Updated: | Jean Dixon SandersHow could we be a week into the Year of the Rabbit without a rabbit celebration? The good folks at Pinder's know the value of a good rabbit, or two. Actually we saw several excellent displays of bunny artistry at Pinder's, which should drive a good rabbit lover out to Palm City to consider his or her own pitiful lobilias, and rectify the situation immediately. Have you looked at your petunias lately?
Fine Art Daily, February 9, 2011
Posted: February 09, 2011 05:25 Last Updated: | Jean Dixon SandersFebruary 9, 2011Still at Pinder's. Here is another icon of good luck to hang up in your cubbie today: Buddha's hand. It is rising from a field of flowers, looking much less dire than Ozymandias, or even the colossal toe-challenged foot from LOST. Everything is going to be OK. Breathe.OzymandiasI met a traveller from an antique landWho said: `Two vast and trunkless legs of stoneStand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,Tell that its sculptor well those passions readWhich yet survive, stamped on ...
Fine Art Daily, February 8, 2011
Posted: February 08, 2011 04:59 Last Updated: | Jean Dixon SandersFebruary 8, 2011We found lots to admire and inspire at Pindar's the other day. Sometimes sights were just worthy of big grins. Mostly I just like the bacon aspect of pigs, but this little pig wallowing in a container of yellow petunias was pretty amusing. I hope it gets you over the indignity of getting up for a Tuesday; a day usually fraught with sales meetings and leftovers for dinner. At least there is the prospect of a new NCIS tonight! Go forth and wriggle in the petunias! http://www.pindersnursery.com/
Fine Art Daily, February 7, 2011
Posted: February 07, 2011 05:27 Last Updated: | Jean Dixon SandersFebruary 7, 2011Without grating on our Northern Gentle Readers' already jangly nerves, I have to say that I think signs of spring are starting to crop up. Yesterday we saw two flocks of crazy robins flitting through some groves of holly bushes, obviously enjoying some very early pre-game libations. And we have seen some storks floating in lazy circles, scoping out the real estate, nest planning. We went out to Pindar's in Palm City yesterday to get some flowers for the pots on the front porch and found all manner of amusing garden ornaments and scores of blooming plants. Here is a h...
Fine Art Daily, February 4, 2011
Posted: February 04, 2011 04:36 Last Updated: | Jean Dixon SandersFebruary 4, 2011The Disappearing ActThis evolved from your basic 1950s onion dip for John Cheever-y kinds of cocktail parties. I think it is a step up the slippery evolutionary kitchen slope because Camilla uses Knorr soup mix, which sounds imported, no? (Charles always blanches at the idea that a mix is used. He seems to think that everything needs to be organic and handmade and heaven knows where would we get all the time? The rest of us do not have a staff, let alone personal servants!) Regardless of the shopworn cliché and conceit, this dip is very popular with our guests, wheth...
Fine Art Daily, February 3, 2011
Posted: February 03, 2011 05:23 Last Updated: | Jean Dixon SandersFebruary 3, 2011It's hard to beat all those festive Groundhog Day pop ups and parties, but tonight you should wander by the Court House Cultural Center for the Private Beauty exhibit. I imagine I'll swan in wearing this simple, modest little Alexander McQueen, which I adore because the shoes remind me of poison ivy. Come to the Court House tonight and see the Annie Leibowitz photos! It will be almost as much fun as her last exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery in London that the Pouting Princess and I attended a couple of years ago, only this time there will be wine and no freezi...
Fine Art Daily, February 2, 2011
Posted: February 02, 2011 04:50 Last Updated: | Jean Dixon SandersFebruary 2, 2011Happy Groundhog's Day! Forget about that doom and gloom Phil guy up in Pennsylvania! Our groundhog is celebrating Spring! Despite the freezing drizzle as reported by one Gentle Reader, we are going to gear up for a beauteous and bountiful spring. My Publix daffodils are in full bloom on the kitchen windowsill - a finer harbinger I do not know. Famous birthdays today: Ernest Shackleton, James Joyce, Liz Smith, Stan Getz, Pebbles Flintstone and our own Miss Crabby Abby, who is now two. And you have to see this! The Google Art Project. Just amazing!
Fine Art Daily, February 1, 2011
Posted: February 01, 2011 04:55 Last Updated: | Jean Dixon SandersFebruary 1, 2011Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit! And don't forget - in 2 days it will be the Year of the Rabbit!While carrying the Pouting Princess's train on Saturday I was subjected, I beg your pardon, privileged, to view some of the new fashions out in the world of sophistication and style. I would like to share these visions with you. I am quite sure a pair of these shoes would improve my current outfit immediately. I am wearing black sweat pants, because black always makes a statement, by Liz Claiborne. And a blue and white striped Oxford cloth shirt by Ralph Lauren, a garment snagged fro...
Fine Art Daily, January 31, 2011
Posted: January 31, 2011 04:36 Last Updated: | Jean Dixon SandersJanuary 31, 2011What a whirling dervish of a weekend! The Pouting Princess came home, foraging for art supplies and new fashion items. We buzzed her down to Jerry's Artarama on Saturday morning and stocked up on papers, inks, color pencils and precious, tiny sketchbooks. After a successful pillage of H&M and a restorative lunch we tooled home and found these tomatoes nestled in a plastic bag, hanging from the handles on the front door. Such a nice surprise! And who is the mysterious Tomato Farmer, please? We want you to know that we made a Salad Rustico that night, tossing the s...
Fine Art Daily, January 28, 2011
Posted: January 28, 2011 06:01 Last Updated: | Jean Dixon SandersJanuary 28, 2011It's Food Friday!Here is a recipe for home made fortune cookies. No matter where we get Chinese food the fortune cookies always seem stale. I would hate to bring stale cookies to the Year of the Rabbit festivities. I have also included some pithy quotations that you can print and include in your batch of yummy fresh cookies. Charles and Camilla had so much fun helping me choose!3 egg whites¾ cup white sugar½ cup butter, melted and cooled¼ teaspoon vanilla extract¼ teaspoon almond extract1 cup all-purpose flour2 tablespoons waterPreheat the oven to 375°F. Line cookie sh...
Fine Art Daily, January 27, 2011
Posted: January 27, 2011 05:47 Last Updated: | Jean Dixon SandersJanuary 27, 2011The Year of the Rabbit sparks many fashion concerns. This is the ideal hat, unless, of course, you have rabbit ears. It is a perfect sun hat, rain hat or umbrella. It can cover a platter of pigs-in-blankets and it could probably provide shelter for a family of tiny bunnies. I dare say that if you added a couple of sprigs of springtime blossoms and some colorful ribbons it would be suitable for the Easter Parade in Newport.
Fine Art Daily, January 26, 2011
Posted: January 26, 2011 05:06 Last Updated: | Jean Dixon SandersJanuary 26, 2011Some hats are a little outlandish. This is not a happy bunny. The New Year's festivities which we enjoy are not very formal or staid. In fact, pigs-in-blankets are one of the favorite traditional main dishes. Kosher, please. And yes, we do have fried rice and egg rolls, too. But Cheetos are also integral to the celebration. East meets West under the paper lanterns.
Fine Art Daily, January 25, 2011
Posted: January 25, 2011 04:43 Last Updated: | Jean Dixon SandersJanuary 25, 2011We celebrate the Chinese New Year in our neighborhood with Miss Morning Glory, the War Lord and a variety of colorful, description-defying neighbors and extras and flying monkey children. And since hats are necessary for any major party or event we have accumulated a veritable treasure trove of politically incorrect headgear. And while this hat looks oh, so charming on this wee bunny, you should see it perched atop the Tall One's explosion of curls. The long pigtail of shiny black hair is especially piquant.
Fine Art Daily, January 24, 2011
Posted: January 24, 2011 05:08 Last Updated: | Jean Dixon SandersJanuary 24, 2011As you hunker down in front of your computer this morning, Gentle Reader, I want to cheer you with this thought: Chinese New Year is just around the corner! February 3 starts the Year of the Rabbit! And it is never to early to start thinking about your wild celebratory plans for your New Year party, is it? Pearl River is an excellent source for party decorations and favors. (And it is a bonzer way to kanoodle for a few minutes...)May the bunny be with you!
Fine Art Daily, January 21, 2011
Posted: January 21, 2011 05:36 Last Updated: | Jean Dixon SandersJanuary 21, 2011Congratulations to Nancy Turrell and The Arts Council! Here is some chilled Veuve Clicquot for tomorrow night.Tomorrow night is the gala celebration of 30 years of incredible creativity!DREAMS: 30th Anniversary Gala ConcertThe DREAMS Concert is presented by the Arts Council of Martin County as a fund raising event and celebration of our 30 years of service to the Martin County community.Date: Saturday, January 22, 2011 Time: 7:30 pmTickets $25 adult, $15 studentVisit www.martinarts.org for more information.Charles and Camilla are beside themselves! Charles can't decide w...
Fine Art Daily, January 20, 2011
Posted: January 20, 2011 05:00 Last Updated: | Jean Dixon SandersJanuary 20, 2011Poor Hoover. Pitiful Roxanne. Sadly neglected Sake and Tsunami. All these cats think they are living the good life, with us, their pets, dancing obéissance. They do not know that some dogs get to have BMWs. This English Spaniel was sitting it her BMW earlier this week at the beach Publix. I hate to think what the cats will say when they read Fine Art Daily this morning.
Fine Art Daily, January 19, 2011
Posted: January 19, 2011 04:13 Last Updated: | Jean Dixon SandersJanuary 19, 2011Most of my Gentle Readers are the tweedy yet stylish without trying too hard, intellectual, Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle expert, bleeding heart liberal, East Coast bourgeois bon vivants such as yourself. I hate to shatter that myth so early in the morning, but our readership extends beyond those narrow generalizations. We had a communication from Sake and Tsunami, the handsome Siamese cats who are pictured in today's Fine Art Daily. Sake and Tsunami read Fine Art Daily, with Kate Middleton's cousin. And they weigh in that perhaps Hoover and Roxanne are not bei...
Fine Art Daily, January 18, 2011
Posted: January 18, 2011 04:44 Last Updated: | Jean Dixon SandersHere is another of my co-workers, Hoover. Although the neighboring War Lord deems Hoover a thug, beyond his incessant demands for expensive tins of stinky winky cat food he seems pretty mellow to us. In fact, he is sleeping much better these nights. We bought a new, larger mattress a few weeks ago. It now accommodates the three of us. I am no longer encroaching on Hoover's space! It must be a great relief. Now if he could only get me to read his tiny little kitty brain more clearly, so I could perform my door opening functions with greater efficiency, Hoover's life would be very goo...
Fine Art Daily, January 17, 2011
Posted: January 17, 2011 06:12 Last Updated: | Jean Dixon SandersJanuary 17, 2011Here is one of my co-workers, the Evil Roxanne. She leads a pretty comfortable life, with lots of naps and "Me Time", though I have never seen her reading a book or the Kindle. She supervises my activities very closely. If I ever take a phone call away from the computer or the drawing table she sits in my lap and eavesdrops. She must be the company stooge. Often she comes to complain about something, but is always vague - forcing me to guess whether she needs a snack, a drink, a back rub, an ear scritch - it is a pretty sizable list of possibilities and permutations...
Fine Art Daily, January 14, 2011
Posted: January 14, 2011 05:14 Last Updated: | Jean Dixon SandersJanuary 14, 2010It's Food Friday!One of the best Christmas presents that Best Beloved received was a quantity of filets mignons. Which of course, he shares very nicely with me. It is equally fitting that sauce Béarnaise which we make to adorn the filets is acceptable to Atkins Diet thinkers, which is the way we are trying to go here in the second week of the New Year. We are walking every day, eschewing alcohol during the week and embracing Atkins. Thank heavens it is Friday!Sauce Bérnaise¼ cup white wine vinegar¼ cup white wine2 tablespoons shallots, minced1 tablespoon fresh tarragon...
Fine Art Daily, January 13, 2011
Posted: January 13, 2011 04:54 Last Updated: | Jean Dixon SandersJanuary 13, 2011Today's Fine Art Daily is a little craft, to help you out of a jam in case you forget a co-worker's birthday, or it can be an activity for the snowbound in the gelid North. This is an ACEO card - Art Cards, Editions and Originals. It is a standard trading card size - think grown up baseball cards without that yummy pink, powdery cardboard gum. People exchange, trade, sell and collect these cards which must be 2½ inches by 3½ inches. That's the only rule. So print a few of these and keep them in your top desk drawer for that day when you find out it's the birthday of ...
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