Happy Easter!
Happy Easter!
Brian T. Walker
Down beside the Alamo
In the Lone Star State
"Ignorance is when you don't know something and somebody finds it out."
-- Kenneth "Jethro" Burns
Those cats......er, rabbits.......are really swingin'!
This is my first posting on Mandolin Cafe and I hope that I am able to attach the images of these statues that I came across. The group with the mandolin is in Sarasota, Florida and the clothed figure is on a bridge over the River Kelvin in Glasgow, Scotland.
Regards,
Henry
It would appear that I can only post one image at a time and so I will attempt to post the image of the group statue from Sarasota, Florida. This statue I came across by chance when I went out for a walk while I was on a visit to Sarasota.
Regards,
Henry
This is a cool thread, its nice to see how the mandolin shows up in art. The bummer is that it is usually a bowl back sorry Eugene...
Here are a few of my drawings/paintings that have a mando theme,
The first one was the cover of Michael Orlando's first solo album. I've since done two other covers for him in a similar style, and I just completed the design work for Tim Carter's Solo project that will be coming out in a few weeks...
Yeah, those pictures above remind me of this...
2015 Chevy Silverado
2 bottles of Knob Creek bourbon
1953 modified Kay string bass named "Bambi"
Ahh, Spring. #"Affectionate Mandolin", by Phillippe Guillerm.
Brian T. Walker
Down beside the Alamo
In the Lone Star State
"Ignorance is when you don't know something and somebody finds it out."
-- Kenneth "Jethro" Burns
I visited the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool this morning and spotted this painting, "The Family of Sir William Young", painted in 1770, which includes something that's described in the text about it as a "theorbo" but looks more like a mandolin to me!
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/n..._moreinfo.html
Fliss
Here's the picture:
Fliss
And here's a close up:
Fliss
Theoretto? Looks more like Orville Wright's mando.
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It really does look like Orville's mandolin, and it doesn't look anything like the description of a theorbo discussed in this entry in Wikipedia. #But I ain't no art authori-tye. #
Brian T. Walker
Down beside the Alamo
In the Lone Star State
"Ignorance is when you don't know something and somebody finds it out."
-- Kenneth "Jethro" Burns
The instrument in the painting is clearly not a Theorbo as the Theorbo is a Bass-Lute as can be seen in this painting
Regards,
Henry
The instrument in the painting is more likely to be a Neapolitan Mandolin. If you compare it to this 1779 Vinaccia.
Regards,
Henry
I came across this entitled "Mandolin" by Vietnamese artist Ha Van Vuong. #Very pleasant.
Brian T. Walker
Down beside the Alamo
In the Lone Star State
"Ignorance is when you don't know something and somebody finds it out."
-- Kenneth "Jethro" Burns
that should be titled "Sexual Harrasment Violin".Originally Posted by (altair38 @ April 15 2007, 18:09)
This one resembles that Vinaccia.... sort of. I think the artist has astigmatism.
Jim
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B.T. Walker.....I'm still diggin' that "Affectionate Mandolin", by Phillippe Guillermo.
Where did that image come from?
I found Phillippe's web site.......spelled without the "o" at the end.
http://www.philippeguillerm.com/
Check out these audio speakers he makes!
Philippe Guillerm
Philippe Guillerm began his professional life in Paris, France, the city where he was born in 1959 and lived for twenty years. Through the years, he has traveled around the world with his wife Jacqueline and theirs two daughters Monique and Swanne on his forty-eight foot sailboat. He has worked on different art projects around the world in places such as the Black Pearl Museum in Tahiti, the International airports in Papeete and New Caledonia, and several yacht clubs and restaurants in Brazil and Australia. He also creates pieces in his most recent studio in Hope, Maine.
They would be small speakers if they were made to look like mandos, but they would look cool.
Thank you, Arthur, for giving us the straight story.
Brian
Brian T. Walker
Down beside the Alamo
In the Lone Star State
"Ignorance is when you don't know something and somebody finds it out."
-- Kenneth "Jethro" Burns
I like black and white photography. The medium nicely complements the subject of this picture.
Brian T. Walker
Down beside the Alamo
In the Lone Star State
"Ignorance is when you don't know something and somebody finds it out."
-- Kenneth "Jethro" Burns
I may not know much about art, but I think these are pretty striking.
I stole this off fatt-dad's site. #Pretty cool, literally. #It's a fan. #Seems to me it'd make you hot instead of cool.
Brian T. Walker
Down beside the Alamo
In the Lone Star State
"Ignorance is when you don't know something and somebody finds it out."
-- Kenneth "Jethro" Burns
Bluegrass Music Under the Tooth, by Susan K. Dailey, reminded me that land rush for the Kerrville Folk Festival is tomorrow.
Brian T. Walker
Down beside the Alamo
In the Lone Star State
"Ignorance is when you don't know something and somebody finds it out."
-- Kenneth "Jethro" Burns
The mandolin is the art.
Brian T. Walker
Down beside the Alamo
In the Lone Star State
"Ignorance is when you don't know something and somebody finds it out."
-- Kenneth "Jethro" Burns
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