If you do nothing else today you HAVE to watch this film trailer. I’ve been seeing a short video on Facebook the last few days promoting a new film about Vincent Van Gogh. It is and animated film about his life being made entirely using paintings in his swirling-choppy style and based on his letters. It is AMAZING!
You must watch this short video about the film…..and then watch the trailer for the film here. The things they can do with art and film is unbelievable. I can’t wait to see the completed film.
Happy Leap Year! It’s always such an odd thing. And the history of Leap Year is quite interesting. 
I missed wishing Renoir a Happy Birthday yesterday. We shouldn’t let the day pass without recognizing his wonderful talent. “Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in Limoges, Haute-Viene, France, the child of a working-class family. As a boy, he worked in a porcelain factory where his drawing talents led to his being chosen to paint designs on fine china. Before he enrolled in art school, he also painted hangings for overseas missionaries and decorations on fans. During those early years, he often visited the Louvre to study the French master painters.” 
A very interesting article on how Madame X by John Singer Sargent came to be at the Metropolitan Museum of Art one hundred years ago.
My friend and fellow artist, Sandra Charles, shared this article with me yesterday. (You’ll remember Sandra as the one who made the “
Here is how the short article opens. Take a look. : The New Trend You And Your Granny Will Love – We’re not saying drinking in your local cocktail bar is ‘out’, but now the cool kids are scheduling it around Wednesday night’s jam-making class. Pottery, jam-making, baking and stitching. No, we’re not talking about Sunday afternoon at your nan’s house, but an evening out with the girls. That’s right, folks, granny hobbies are in – in a big way.” Click the source link to read the entire article.
It’s been 7 years ago today that we drove over to St. Clairesville, OH to the animal shelter there to get our sweet Jed. There was a terrible snow storm going on but we had to get him because his future was very uncertain. And boy, aren’t we the lucky ones. Jed is the sweetest boy ever!
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