Sunday in Hot Arizona

While some people are getting out their sweaters and boots, we are still way over 100 in Phoenix in the lovely month of September.

It makes for strange clothing combos. We should wear white, as it is still summer weather, ties, pantyhose? Are you kidding?

AHHHH But Art can be for any season, any color, any style and that is the BEAUTY of it. Some artists are amazing, some are just learning, some just want to be able to have a lovely scrapbook or send a card. They are ALL Artists! When you allow your soul to create visual beauty, you ARE an artist. What then, is visual beauty?

Famous Artists and Works can be visually stunning but not 'beautiful'. One of the famous paintings that many people often see commercially is

The Scream

Edvard Munch (Norwegian) 1863-1944

A Painter and Printmaker

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John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925)

An American known for his portraiture, from which he gained funds to paint his

passions, including extensive time spent with Egyptian cityscapes, landscapes

and watercolors.

He painted American Royalty such as the Asters and Vanderbilts as below...

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BUT is beauty also a Jackson Pollack work or something such as the Body Art below....

It is for YOU to decide.

I know I find beauty in all the work from our Design Team at AlteredPages.

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