year of the horse

in celebration of the Lunar New Year, a trio of running horses sculpted by Joe Fafard

Gong Xi Fa Cai (Mandarin) or Gong Hei Fat Choi (Cantonese)

a source of light in dark times

Abbell Synagogue, Hadassah University Medical Centre

"These windows were Chagall’s window of opportunity to give back to his people — a source of hope and light, illuminating the road taking the Jewish people from difficult times to a brighter future. The windows adhere to his usual colour palette of vivid blues, reds, greens and yellows and subject of abstract biblical motifs, with each window portraying one of the twelve tribes of Israel from Genesis"

slashed

 

artist: Henri Cadiou.        received from Postcrossing, France 

bright and moody

 

above by a local artist, Sylvia Simpson

below by a famous artist, Vincent Van Gogh 

poppies

 by Georgia O'Keefe

crops

 

A 1961 stamp honouring the roles grassland and livestock play in American Agriculture. Painting of The Trail Boss by Charles M Russell.

Maize is the most important cereal crop in Ghana

 

 

 

The bright yellow of rapeseed fields in Saskatchewan.  Painting by Dorothy Knowles

wall art

 mosaics in Spaintiles in Portugalmurals in Canada

some public art for Thursday Postcard Hunt

paintings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

here are a couple of hand painted cards, received through Postcrossing

and one by an artist I was unfamiliar with

Le marche aux fleurs by Michel Delacroix, a French painter who I am pleased to report is 91 years old and living in Paris

return of the sun

We are in the exciting grips (and endless media coverage) of Eclipse fever in my part of the world and are praying for a clear day - or at the very least, a clear hour between 3 pm and 4 pm tomorrow!

this is called 'return of the sun' by Inuit artist Kenojuak (1980)

and below, we have the Europa 'flaming sun' from 1972

showing the sun over Niagara Falls, Hopewell Rocks, and Spillars Cove in Newfoundland and Labrador

I have my glasses ready!  Happy viewing to anyone who is in the path of totality, or even in the outskirts (sorry, Eva!)

light fantastic

here is the bird that never flew, here is the tree that never grew, here is the bell that never rang, here is the fish that never swam

chat noir

a most famous cat for  CATURDAY

faces

Little Caribou

Little Snow Fox

artist Audrey Young Oppel, 1960's children from Vancouver Island

colourful

woven map

Afghan Woven Map, 1971, Aligheiro Boetti
from Germany

Carrieres des Lumieres

In Les Baux de Provence there is a spectacular light show, les Carrieres de lumieres which features a different 'artist in residence' each year. This card shows the work of Van Gogh from 2008, (and who is also being shown again this year) with paintings projected on the walls of an old quarry.

Sunday Stamps II - 127

2013, Canada
The Kitchen Sink 1919
photographer: Margaret Watkins

An unusual still life of domestic chores - a sink filled with crockery, a milk bottle and a jug. Ms Watkins used palladium printing paper which resulted in softer grey tones.

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