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Four
Seasons Poetry Contest Summer Session
Four Seasons Poetry Contest Winter Session | Dun... Dun...
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Matt Lamstein - A
Walk on the Wild Side
What Are You Going to Get for Christmas? What Are You Going to Give for Christmas? Why Not Purchase an Investment in Art? All of the great Art Work found
at yorktown.net is for sale. Just contact the artist by the link on their
respective web page. ART WORLD NEWS Columbia University Art Director, Ms. Orit Yakuel and her
assistant, Dionis visited SeaHawks's atelier and gallery space at
The Old Double Edged Sword of Life/Luck
And this, our life, exempt from public
haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in
stones,
Call of the Wild four seasons summer poetry contest ended
June 30th Winner will be announced July 31st Control thy passions lest they take vengeance on thee. Epictetus
SeaHawk Takes Flight by: Jan Engoren
One of
China's 10 best artists and a national art treasure by Hong Kong’s Ming
Magazine. As a young girl growing up in Communist China, Haiying (SeaHawk) Wang
knew from an early age that she wanted to be an artist.
SeaHawk went on line and found her true love in Mile Šeća, in New York City,
also an artist. Click to read the whole story Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant. Epictetus Welcome to SUMMER 2010 June 21st is the first day of summer! And the summer solstice (longest day of the year). Thousands of years ago, the pagan celebration of the summer solstice marked the beginning of summer. When Christianity came to be, the French Canadian celebration of Saint-Jean-Baptiste day was invented to replace the solstice.
Meet Moses Morales an artist who is sure
to excite your senses.
 Born in
 Virginia,
Moses spent a good deal of his life traveling around the world. He has lived in
Missouri, North Carolina, Chicago, California, and the US Virgin Islands, and
traveled extensively. In his travels, Moses visited many of the Caribbean
islands, The British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Costa Rica, France,
Germany and Denmark.It was in the Virgin Islands where he realized his talent for art. Winning several competitions as well as creating the first large mural for his high school, Moses discovered that he had a gift. After graduation he moved to Illinois, where he attended art school at the Art Institute of Chicago and earned his Bachelors degree in fine art. After living in many places throughout the US, Moses decided that he was most artistically inspired in tropical climates and it was then that he moved to Florida. read more about Moses Morales by: yorktown.net e-magazine staff writer Roberta Kagan
FOUR SEASONS POETRY CONTEST Prize Money Paid Out Daniel Green Please direct all inquires to Peter Detore yorktown.net Multi-talented Artist~Poet~Builder~Musician David H Piper
Born and raised on the cold rocky coast of Maine, David Piper has
always been attracted to texture. Having traveled extensively and lived in three
states he has experienced various terrains which have influenced his art work. A
minimal abstract impressionist, working in multi-mediums, David uses vibrant
colors with contrast and texture in his pieces. His choice of mediums include:
his series of fluid oil paintings, acrylic, wood and metal sculpture as well as
poetry. He works with "feathered" brush strokes, pallet knives, and paint
pouring in order to achieve his unique color blending. "By turning an abstract
painting a quarter turn, or if it's square, an eighth of a turn", David explains
"you have changed the entire feel of the painting." With a degree in fine art
from the University of Maine, David has achieved monumental goals. David designs
unique, functional and aesthetically pleasing buildings and he has built
magnificent homes with the help of just one assistant. "Hands on" he says "I am
an artist, I must do it myself" He has also worked as a chef and owned his own
art gallery in South Carolina. by: yorktown.net e-magazine staff writer Roberta Kagan One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it. Knute Rockne
Jorge Delara Miami Artist Author &
Humanitarian
With two books written and published in e-book format, JD hopes to help coaches, parents and children with baseball as well as the life lessons that they give. JD lovingly offers this illustrated writing from the heart. When I ask about it JD tells me that if it helps even one child then all of the effort has been well spent. A sensitive and wildly creative artist he brings the riveting energy of sports to life in his sports paintings. As only an athlete who has played his entire lifetime would be able to do, he captures the movements, the intense competition, and the love of the game in each figure as they jump off of the canvas and onto the green. Making his home in South Florida, he has created a tribute to Miami in his Miami art. Capturing the colorful culturally diverse flavor of the city itself, JD brings you so close that you can almost hear the salsa rhythm in each illustration. His latest internet book is a unique and marvelous adaptation of the Tao, a complex Eastern Philosophy. Painstakingly and with an exquisite understanding, he has illustrated the meaning of the written words as he insightfully interrupts them. When I ask him to tell me about himself JD says "I am a simple
man, I live by the creed that if you do good then good will come to you" And he
has spent his life trying to do good things for others. I say…Yes, JD, you’re
right, good things will come to you! These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it. Charles Barkley
Hegina Rodrigues, a multi-media artist, was born in Brazil. Her name means queen in Portuguese and she is certainly a queen in the art world. A modern expressionist she works from a deep emotional base sometimes distorting her figures in order to exhibit them in such a way as to express the underlying emotions that stir within the subject. Working in various medias such as painting, photography, assemblages and sacred icons, she has found affective and unique ways of artistic expression displayed in her work. Her work displays the intense sensitivity of a wonderful artist, and human
being who is sure to be recognized for her incredible insight into the human
condition. by: yorktown.net e-magazine staff writer
Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God. Lionel Hampton
Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears. Edgar Allan Poe
"I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much." ~Mother Teresa~
"O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains! that we should, with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause, transform ourselves into beasts!" William Shakespeare, Othello
Happiness is perfume,
you can't pour it on somebody else without getting a few drops on yourself.
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By:
Jan Engoren
A
couple months ago, the power failed in our old building. That building was
affectionately known as "the outpost" due to it's geographic situation and
the edge of civilization as we know it here in the tropics. We scrambled to
repair/patch/rig things to get the system back up and managed to make shift
a tangle of back-up batteries, extension cords and generators. That got us
through the next few weeks. Beyond hope, the old building needed complete
re-wiring. That fiasco was followed by searching out a new location
and a laborious move. Now we are housed in a beautiful two story cottage
near the intracostal water way in Lake Worth, Florida. While fitting out and
fixing up the new digs, I happened to find in a Goodwill Store, a nice
floral print done by a Columbian woman . At the check out counter the
cashier was adamant that no discounts applied to my purchase and I
grudgingly paid the exorbitant price demanded. The tone of our verbal arm
wrestling match was quite friendly and she inquired as to my choice of a
Latin American piece. She then volunteered that a friend of hers recently
closed a West Palm Beach Art Gallery and had retained a number of pieces
that were in storage and needed a good home. So I hunted up the former
gallery owner, made an appointment, took some photos and here you are, a
lovely collection of art work from the Dominican Republic. Serendipity has a
way of finding you when you least expect it. I sincerely hope this series of
events continues until each one of these fine works of Latin American art
finds one of you. PS These pieces will be priced at bargain rates. Contact
information will be forthcoming in the very near future.
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Over
the past several months I have come to know
Jorge Delara, or JD as he prefers to be
called, and the more that I know about him the more it seems that there is to
discover. He is no doubt very accomplished at his craft, but he is also a
humanitarian who cares deeply for the well being of children. This depth of
feeling is illustrated in his e-book on baseball. As a baseball coach working
closely with young people, he has a keen awareness of their needs, their desires
and their weaknesses. 
Newly
listed novel
Newly
listed photos