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C.M. Russell Watercolor Sells for $550,000 at Auction

Associated Press — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:40:48 +0000

A watercolor by famed Western artist C.M. Russell has sold for $550,000 at an auction that benefits the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls. The Great Falls Tribune reports the watercolor titled “High, Wide, and Handsome” sold at the low end of estimates at the auction on Saturday. The auction in all raised more than [...]

3Doodler- The Future of Drawing? [Video]

Russell Damm — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:31:22 +0000

You have to see this to believe it! Can you imagine drawing in 3D? I think it looks like fun to me. I wonder how many years it will take before this is a children’s toy. What would you like to draw?

Women Colors Vs. Men Colors

Russell Damm — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:00:02 +0000

Why does this always happen to me… My wife asks me what color something is when I’m at the store so I say what it is. When I get home it’s apparently not the color I told her. That is why I don’t pick out colors right there. I know a few shades of blue… [...]

Artist Paints Her Friends— No She Actually Paints Them! [Video]

Russell Damm — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 18:42:38 +0000

Alexa Meade is a 24 year old artist who instead of just painting on a canvas, paints on a person to make a 3D object look 2D. I know it sounds a little confusing, Watch the video and you will understand what I’m saying. I don’t have much of an artistic side but this young [...]

Celebrate Google's Birthday With Every Google Doodle [ART]

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:30:19 +0000

Google turned 13 Tuesday, and the search engine celebrated its big day the same way it has every year since 2002 — with a special anniversary doodle. This year’s effort, a staid, retro birthday party scene, doesn’t quite seem befitting of a newly-minted teenager. But, then again, 13 is pretty ancient in Internet years. It’s a testament to [...]

Art Made From the Dust of 9/11 Attack

Dylan Schenker — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:09:57 +0000

When the Twin Towers fell on 9/11, the surrounding streets were enshrouded in plumes of smoke and massive clouds of dust.

Artist Xu Bing collected much of this dust and ten years later has used it as material for an installation called Where Does the Dust Collect? Blowing the dust onto the floor of an exhibition space with a leaf blower, he then stenciled a zen poem into it.