<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862</id><updated>2012-01-23T06:45:27.569-08:00</updated><category term='bluefish'/><category term='acrylic'/><category term='Maynard'/><category term='barn'/><category term='restaurant'/><category term='color planning'/><category term='Emerson Umbrella'/><category term='community'/><category term='France'/><category term='advertising'/><category term='woodworker'/><category term='winter'/><category term='MA'/><category term='auction'/><category term='elderly'/><category term='UVM'/><category term='travel'/><category term='portrait'/><category term='watercolor'/><category term='charity'/><category term='caricature'/><category term='Tower Hill Botanic Garden'/><category term='sheep'/><category term='dolphin'/><category term='Jon Schmalenberger'/><category term='acrylic painting'/><category term='art instruction'/><category term='teaching'/><category term='talent'/><category term='underwater'/><category term='volunteer'/><category term='marine mammals'/><category term='recycle'/><category term='Argeles-sur-Mer'/><category term='children'/><category term='techniques'/><category term='sunflowers'/><category term='drawing'/><category term='AJ'/><category term='aquatic'/><category term='dragons'/><category term='aircraft'/><category term='sketch'/><category term='line drawing'/><category term='chimneys'/><category term='Mural'/><category term='donation'/><category term='commissioned'/><category term='stone wall'/><category term='Fenway line drawing'/><category term='USAF'/><category term='logo design'/><category term='student'/><category term='Gift of hearing Foundation'/><category term='striped bass'/><category term='Custom Furniture Maker'/><category term='painting on wood collaboration'/><category term='Red Sox'/><category term='New England'/><category term='marketing'/><category term='composition'/><category term='illustration'/><category term='flowers'/><category term='experimental'/><category term='cafe'/><category term='architecture'/><category term='bare trees'/><category term='reclaim'/><category term='park'/><category term='Year of the Dragon'/><category term='painting'/><category term='reuse'/><title type='text'>Bruce Davidson Art</title><subtitle type='html'>The Art and Design of Bruce Davidson</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>43</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-6487843985702756029</id><published>2012-01-23T06:42:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-23T06:42:41.733-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='composition'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='community'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mural'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='architecture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drawing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylic painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='color planning'/><title type='text'>A Mural Unveiling at a TV Station</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://acton.patch.com/articles/video-acton-tv-s-grand-opening#video-8950232" target="_blank"&gt;Press Coverage&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;of my Acton TV Mural Unveiling&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lMQ_Lrg7Mfo/Tx1xW7qvHzI/AAAAAAAAAls/CpKSispgb_4/s1600/sm+jpg+1_ActonTVMural.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lMQ_Lrg7Mfo/Tx1xW7qvHzI/AAAAAAAAAls/CpKSispgb_4/s320/sm+jpg+1_ActonTVMural.jpg" width="304" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-6487843985702756029?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/6487843985702756029/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2012/01/mural-unveiling-at-tv-station_23.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/6487843985702756029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/6487843985702756029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2012/01/mural-unveiling-at-tv-station_23.html' title='A Mural Unveiling at a TV Station'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lMQ_Lrg7Mfo/Tx1xW7qvHzI/AAAAAAAAAls/CpKSispgb_4/s72-c/sm+jpg+1_ActonTVMural.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-2375528743157239647</id><published>2012-01-23T04:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-23T04:14:40.016-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Year of the Dragon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='volunteer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teaching'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='techniques'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drawing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dragons'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='illustration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylic painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='talent'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='painting on wood collaboration'/><title type='text'>Dragon Building: It May be Magical but not Magic</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2012/01/22/magic_show_is_a_tribute_to_the_troops/?page=2" target="_blank"&gt;Boston Globe&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Article&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fU1qczFzn_k/Tx1ObuyGAII/AAAAAAAAAlk/XyzV1s3P6yg/s1600/bgd++chase+peters+BAC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fU1qczFzn_k/Tx1ObuyGAII/AAAAAAAAAlk/XyzV1s3P6yg/s1600/bgd++chase+peters+BAC.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Chase Peters and I are shown here making a Turneresque sky.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #464646; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"&gt;Eighth-grader Chase Peters works with visiting artist Bruce Davidson, who was helping Bromfield School students create a triptych celebrating the Chinese calendar’s Year of the Dragon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-2375528743157239647?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/2375528743157239647/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2012/01/dragon-building-it-may-be-magical-but.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/2375528743157239647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/2375528743157239647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2012/01/dragon-building-it-may-be-magical-but.html' title='Dragon Building: It May be Magical but not Magic'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fU1qczFzn_k/Tx1ObuyGAII/AAAAAAAAAlk/XyzV1s3P6yg/s72-c/bgd++chase+peters+BAC.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-1497013028709804361</id><published>2012-01-18T05:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-18T05:01:48.488-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Chinese Dragon by the Bromfield 18</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;On January 17th I led Bromfield Art Club (Harvard MA) participants in a collaborative three panel painting of a Chinese dragon. The Triptych was be created on three large canvases in acrylic paints. We broke into teams. After a quick drawing lesson and sharing of the plan. We broke into teams. See the plan and result below. What a great group of passionate artists!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EoFIxkwuBGk/TxbCdxchOeI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/9pLdiUUrmZw/s1600/dragon-plan-brom-18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="239" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EoFIxkwuBGk/TxbCdxchOeI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/9pLdiUUrmZw/s320/dragon-plan-brom-18.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RgYcJM1bVPc/TxbCkfWAOcI/AAAAAAAAAlY/OMDw_NAhNi4/s1600/dragon-triptych-2-flat-sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="163" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RgYcJM1bVPc/TxbCkfWAOcI/AAAAAAAAAlY/OMDw_NAhNi4/s320/dragon-triptych-2-flat-sm.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-1497013028709804361?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/1497013028709804361/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2012/01/chinese-dragon-by-bromfield-18.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/1497013028709804361'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/1497013028709804361'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2012/01/chinese-dragon-by-bromfield-18.html' title='Chinese Dragon by the Bromfield 18'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EoFIxkwuBGk/TxbCdxchOeI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/9pLdiUUrmZw/s72-c/dragon-plan-brom-18.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-5336037050181206732</id><published>2012-01-07T05:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-07T05:40:08.199-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='community'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teaching'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drawing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dragons'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylic painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art instruction'/><title type='text'>I am a Visiting Artist at Bromfield Art Club, Harvard MA</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;On January 17th I Will lead Art Club participants in a collaborative three panel painting of a Chinese dragon. This Triptych will be created on three large canvases in acrylic paints.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;Below are some Dragons that I created. One was for a logo for a Martial Arts Center. The others were commissioned for children's gifts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4q3wuQKQalM/TwhKtj4vPmI/AAAAAAAAAkw/Jhnjl4qhGqs/s1600/dragon_lake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="238" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4q3wuQKQalM/TwhKtj4vPmI/AAAAAAAAAkw/Jhnjl4qhGqs/s320/dragon_lake.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0DaFwoedrfc/TwhKz8nzgDI/AAAAAAAAAk4/9OZ3n4R39Lg/s1600/dragon_mountain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0DaFwoedrfc/TwhKz8nzgDI/AAAAAAAAAk4/9OZ3n4R39Lg/s320/dragon_mountain.jpg" width="222" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: 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Harvard MA'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4q3wuQKQalM/TwhKtj4vPmI/AAAAAAAAAkw/Jhnjl4qhGqs/s72-c/dragon_lake.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Harvard, MA, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>42.5 -71.58333329999999</georss:point><georss:box>42.447518 -71.6380988 42.552482 -71.52856779999999</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-8274280636292013467</id><published>2012-01-05T15:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-05T15:29:27.198-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Murals I have Done and Loved</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Links to selected projects &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bgd/sets/72157594554469052/show/" target="_blank"&gt;Concord Health Care Center “Homestead Mural”&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bgd/sets/72157627750857320/show/" target="_blank"&gt;Lowell Health Care Center Greenhouse Ground Mural&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bgd/sets/72157623747867128/show/" target="_blank"&gt;Bolton Public Library Children’s Room Murals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bgd/sets/72157625053171024/show/" target="_blank"&gt;Charlotte’s Room: Her Dogs in Pink as Royalty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bgd/sets/72157623043326470/show/" target="_blank"&gt;The Undersea World of Brendan Duhaime&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bgd/sets/72157610694938984/show/" target="_blank"&gt;Restaurant in France Mural&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bgd/sets/72157627750156950/show/" target="_blank"&gt;Walden Rehab Tuscan Countryside Mural&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;partial portfolio at web site&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.brucedavidsonart.com/"&gt;www.brucedavidsonart.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-8274280636292013467?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/8274280636292013467/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2012/01/murals-i-have-done-and-loved.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/8274280636292013467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/8274280636292013467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2012/01/murals-i-have-done-and-loved.html' title='Murals I have Done and Loved'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-1776061032307772970</id><published>2011-03-15T11:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-15T11:22:37.804-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='volunteer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='charity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='community'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teaching'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mural'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='techniques'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='elderly'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='student'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylic painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art instruction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='talent'/><title type='text'>Girls  Make a Tuscan Mural for Residents at Walden Rehab</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-HBLOxDBQHRk/TX-tyUztRqI/AAAAAAAAAjg/JbJPLSUNqdE/s1600/wr2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-jRPnev0cjCs/TX-tvpay8qI/AAAAAAAAAjc/joWhHBy3Wqg/s1600/wr1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-jRPnev0cjCs/TX-tvpay8qI/AAAAAAAAAjc/joWhHBy3Wqg/s400/wr1.JPG" width="298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="239" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-HBLOxDBQHRk/TX-tyUztRqI/AAAAAAAAAjg/JbJPLSUNqdE/s320/wr2.JPG" width="320" /&gt;Im very proud of the planning and talents my students brought to this mural in progress. Weeks 1-6 of the 10 week class have been spent in drawing,&amp;nbsp; painting, color planning and design of the mural. In two, 4-hour work sessions with the help of adult artist assistants &lt;a href="http://larynxisvoice.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lauren Abele&lt;/a&gt; and Doug DeRome we have made great beauty and brought smiles to people's faces. Several staff members and residents also picked up a brush and painted grape leaves and cypress trees.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-1776061032307772970?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/1776061032307772970/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2011/03/girls-make-tuscan-mural-for-residents.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/1776061032307772970'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/1776061032307772970'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2011/03/girls-make-tuscan-mural-for-residents.html' title='Girls  Make a Tuscan Mural for Residents at Walden Rehab'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-jRPnev0cjCs/TX-tvpay8qI/AAAAAAAAAjc/joWhHBy3Wqg/s72-c/wr1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-7931309768729621585</id><published>2011-02-18T10:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-18T10:59:59.651-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Watercolor Show (Guest Juror and 3 New Pieces) SAT FEB 26 7-9 PM, Gallery 7, 7 Nason Street Maynard MA</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JWCAriqKpiA/TV6_yAqIuSI/AAAAAAAAAjY/APhv_Tgl80I/s1600/IMG_6575.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JWCAriqKpiA/TV6_yAqIuSI/AAAAAAAAAjY/APhv_Tgl80I/s320/IMG_6575.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="description"&gt;Snow Date March 5th 7-9PM call 978 897 9777 if in doubt.&lt;br /&gt;“Brushstroke:  The Art of Watercolor” A Juried Exhibition  Watercolor delights and  challenges painters and viewers. The range the medium can display is as  infinite as the number of artists who choose it.  In this juried show  you will experience the fine control, the loose abandon, the vigorous  wet stroke, the saturated color-- mixed in the pallette, on the page, or  straight from the tube.   Watercolor is wet, dry, transluscent,  opaque,layered, simple and complex. We invite you to revel in the art of  watercolor.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-7931309768729621585?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/7931309768729621585/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2011/02/watercolor-show-guest-juror-and-3-new.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/7931309768729621585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/7931309768729621585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2011/02/watercolor-show-guest-juror-and-3-new.html' title='Watercolor Show (Guest Juror and 3 New Pieces) SAT FEB 26 7-9 PM, Gallery 7, 7 Nason Street Maynard MA'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JWCAriqKpiA/TV6_yAqIuSI/AAAAAAAAAjY/APhv_Tgl80I/s72-c/IMG_6575.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-3170176560367444672</id><published>2011-01-23T06:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-23T06:37:09.871-08:00</updated><title type='text'>ArtSpider : Home</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.artspider.net/"&gt;ArtSpider : Home&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-3170176560367444672?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.artspider.net/' title='ArtSpider : Home'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/3170176560367444672/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2011/01/artspider-home.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/3170176560367444672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/3170176560367444672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2011/01/artspider-home.html' title='ArtSpider : Home'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-5131899483157587614</id><published>2011-01-18T10:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-18T10:54:10.749-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ten Weeks from Now 8 Children's Lives Will Be Changed for Ever</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="WordSection1"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/TTXOyAIPJqI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/49m5RntHcS0/s1600/EAC-web-banner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="107" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/TTXOyAIPJqI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/49m5RntHcS0/s320/EAC-web-banner.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Default" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;35 Nason Street, Maynard MA 01754&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;978-929-9525&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="DefaultCxSpMiddle"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="DefaultCxSpMiddle"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="DefaultCxSpMiddle"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 6 weeks we start the creation of a mural at the Walden Rehab in Concord MA.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="DefaultCxSpMiddle"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;3.5 years ago I promised director Margarete Donaghue I would create a mural for her residents.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="DefaultCxSpMiddle"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Default"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/TTXf_j5D1VI/AAAAAAAAAig/WP6CDpULdRI/s1600/School+of+fish-small.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/TTXf_j5D1VI/AAAAAAAAAig/WP6CDpULdRI/s200/School+of+fish-small.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial Black&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 18pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial Black&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 18pt;"&gt;A Unique Art Class &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: &amp;quot;Adobe Garamond Pro Bold&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 18pt;"&gt;Draw, Design, Paint – Class Project, a Mural for a Cause&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: &amp;quot;Adobe Garamond Pro Bold&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 20pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Default" style="margin: 5pt 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Bruce Davidson&amp;nbsp; 978-929-9525&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;10 Weeks, $320 (includes materials)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Default" style="margin: 5pt 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Materials List: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Instructor will work with students to select paints/colors and tools required for final mural design.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Default" style="margin: 5pt 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;This class benefits THE STUDENTS in many ways:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Learn Drawing, Painting and Design Skills&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Work collaboratively with a team to brainstorm concept and design a finished project&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Participate in a lasting community service gift&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/TTXdLnpVW8I/AAAAAAAAAiU/jYptFwWAy9I/s1600/a3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/TTXdLnpVW8I/AAAAAAAAAiU/jYptFwWAy9I/s200/a3.jpg" width="150" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/TTXdfT0kp4I/AAAAAAAAAiY/MR8rr78rs0E/s1600/bruce_tess_art_class.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/TTXdfT0kp4I/AAAAAAAAAiY/MR8rr78rs0E/s200/bruce_tess_art_class.jpg" width="147" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/TTXd4egc9WI/AAAAAAAAAic/yRycdxQU4Ng/s1600/IMG_4797.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/TTXd4egc9WI/AAAAAAAAAic/yRycdxQU4Ng/s200/IMG_4797.JPG" width="150" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/TTXf_j5D1VI/AAAAAAAAAig/WP6CDpULdRI/s1600/School+of+fish-small.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;This mural benefits the WALDEN REHAB COMMUNITY in many ways:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Enjoying the process of watching the artists paint the mural&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Some may participate in the creation with our team&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;The lasting beauty will bring the countryside indoors&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Visitors and family members appreciate aesthetic improvements&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-5131899483157587614?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/5131899483157587614/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2011/01/ten-weeks-from-now-8-childrens-lives.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/5131899483157587614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/5131899483157587614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2011/01/ten-weeks-from-now-8-childrens-lives.html' title='Ten Weeks from Now 8 Children&apos;s Lives Will Be Changed for Ever'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/TTXOyAIPJqI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/49m5RntHcS0/s72-c/EAC-web-banner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-3802202832397021973</id><published>2011-01-13T13:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-13T13:18:39.305-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Chesterwood is now accepting proposals for Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2011.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="ii gt" id=":124"&gt;&lt;div id=":123"&gt;&lt;div lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Dear Friends,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Chesterwood is now accepting proposals for &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://chesterwood.org/csc/csc2011/" target="_blank"&gt;Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2011&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&amp;nbsp; This year’s guest curator is Bruce Weber, Senior Curator of 19th and Early 20th Century Art at the &lt;a href="http://www.nationalacademy.org/" target="_blank"&gt;National Academy Museum&lt;/a&gt; in New York, NY.&amp;nbsp; Daniel Chester French was an Academician of the National Academy from 1900 until his death in 1931.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;I  hope that you will take a moment to apply for this year’s exhibition  or, if you are not a sculptor yourself, forward this letter to any  artists who might be interested in applying.&amp;nbsp; Please note that &lt;b&gt;all applications must be postmarked by Monday, February 28, 2011&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"&gt;If you have any questions, comments or cannot open the application materials&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;posted &lt;a href="http://chesterwood.org/csc/csc2011/" target="_blank"&gt;online&lt;/a&gt; and below, please contact Anne Cathcart, Curatorial Assistant,&amp;nbsp;at 413-298-3579, ext. 25216, or &lt;a href="mailto:Anne_Cathcart@nthp.org" target="_blank" title="mailto:Anne_Cathcart@nthp.org"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #772124;"&gt;Anne_Cathcart@nthp.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Regardless of whether you choose to apply or forward this information, I hope to see you at Chesterwood this year.&amp;nbsp; Thank you!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Sincerely,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Donna Hassler&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Director&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://chesterwood.org/csc/csc2011/" target="_blank"&gt;Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2011&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"&gt;The complete&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;prospectus, including the Call for Entries and Application Form, for &lt;i&gt;Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2011 &lt;/i&gt;is available &lt;a href="http://www.chesterwood.org/csc/csc2011" target="_blank"&gt;online&lt;/a&gt; and below:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://chesterwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/CSC-2011.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #772124;"&gt;CSC 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (pdf)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://chesterwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/CSC-2011.doc" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #772124;"&gt;CSC 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (Microsoft Word)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"&gt;If you need additional copies of&amp;nbsp;any application materials, you may download them here:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://chesterwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Call-for-Entries.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #772124;"&gt;Call for Entries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (pdf)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://chesterwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Call-for-Entries.doc" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #772124;"&gt;Call for Entries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (Word)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://chesterwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Application-Form.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #772124;"&gt;Application Form&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (pdf)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://chesterwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Application-Form.doc" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #772124;"&gt;Application Form&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (Word)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://chesterwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Sculpture-Form.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #772124;"&gt;Sculpture Form&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (pdf)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://chesterwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Sculpture-Form.doc" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #772124;"&gt;Sculpture Form&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (Word)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Donna Hassler | Director, Chesterwood&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;National Trust for Historic Preservation |&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;4 Williamsville Rd, PO Box 827, Stockbridge, MA 01262-0827&lt;br /&gt;Phone: 413.298.3579 x25219 | Fax:&amp;nbsp;413.298.3973&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;| Email:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:Donna_Hassler@nthp.org" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Donna_Hassler@nthp.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;|&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chesterwood.org/" target="_blank" title="http://www.preservationnation.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;www.chesterwood.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The  National Trust for Historic Preservation helps people protect, enhance,  and enjoy the places that matter to them. Become our newest member  today! 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/TR-rPdpudkI/AAAAAAAAAiI/jh8MPzmGFok/s1600/IMG_4380.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/TR-rPdpudkI/AAAAAAAAAiI/jh8MPzmGFok/s200/IMG_4380.JPG" width="113" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Talented artist and intrepid bush whacker Lauren Abele and I recently collaborated on a piece of &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bgd/sets/72157625547445709/"&gt;artistic furniture&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/TR-rjpusPjI/AAAAAAAAAiM/Guk_Py3kV9c/s1600/IMG_4426.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="149" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/TR-rjpusPjI/AAAAAAAAAiM/Guk_Py3kV9c/s200/IMG_4426.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The results were as usual solid and artistic. &lt;br /&gt;We teach a course in this at the &lt;a href="http://www.enduringarts.org/"&gt;Enduring Arts Center&lt;/a&gt;, Maynard MA&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-295163497983923470?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/295163497983923470/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2011/01/designbuild-bittersweet-and-bluestone.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/295163497983923470'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/295163497983923470'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2011/01/designbuild-bittersweet-and-bluestone.html' title='Design/Build Bittersweet and Bluestone'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/TR-rPdpudkI/AAAAAAAAAiI/jh8MPzmGFok/s72-c/IMG_4380.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-6396201063636727554</id><published>2010-02-28T15:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-28T15:21:22.133-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bluefish'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='underwater'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drawing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commissioned'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/S4r4gcaSICI/AAAAAAAAAe4/VzR1onAmZ60/s1600-h/IMG_1736.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 131px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/S4r4gcaSICI/AAAAAAAAAe4/VzR1onAmZ60/s320/IMG_1736.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443436335896600610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Stripers are Running&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A commissioned painting last year and now am working on a bluefish for the same avid fisherman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/S4r6ESde2VI/AAAAAAAAAfA/urdHuhTUQec/s1600-h/bluefish-in-process.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/S4r6ESde2VI/AAAAAAAAAfA/urdHuhTUQec/s320/bluefish-in-process.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443438051212581202" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-6396201063636727554?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/6396201063636727554/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2010/02/stripers-are-running-commissioned.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/6396201063636727554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/6396201063636727554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2010/02/stripers-are-running-commissioned.html' title=''/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/S4r4gcaSICI/AAAAAAAAAe4/VzR1onAmZ60/s72-c/IMG_1736.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-5945282845667917281</id><published>2010-02-26T15:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-26T15:47:02.753-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='France'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='restaurant'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mural'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylic painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Argeles-sur-Mer'/><title type='text'>She Knows What I Did on My Summer Vacation</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SThk9b01YwI/AAAAAAAAAPM/fh94V_0zYvA/s1600-h/IMG_0055.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SThk9b01YwI/AAAAAAAAAPM/fh94V_0zYvA/s200/IMG_0055.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276077970068693762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;"&gt;She Knows What I Did on My Summer Vacation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bgd/sets/72157610694938984/show/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;See here for slideshow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"  &gt;As Told by D-L Nelson, Novelist and Journalist&lt;br /&gt;on the &lt;a href="http://theexpatwriter.blogspot.com/"&gt;exPat Writer Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Observations about living in Switzerland and France on a daily basis by an Swiss repat from America.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Sunday, July 15, 2007&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Not the average holiday activity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bgd/sets/72157610694938984/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Read first and then Click here for series of pictures&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"  &gt;This was the second time M&amp;amp;B came to Argelès from the States. I’ve known him for decades and it is approaching a decade when she entered his life and I met her at Chinese restaurant in Cambridge, MA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He reminds me of my parents' habit of talking to strangers. The fact his French is minimal is only a blip for him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the unseasonably cold and windy Sunday night the three of us were the only diners at La P’etite Pause, a restaurant specializing in the cuisine of Haute Savoie: tarteflettes, fondues, etc. Nadine, the owner-chef, was training a new waitress and we began talking in French, English, Franglais. She described how she had done much of the reconstruction work herself and how she planned eventually to add a mural of her beloved Mont Blanc. Before B’s wife and I knew it he had volunteered to do create the mural of her dreams. I was pressed into service as translator to make sure she got what she wanted. A day was set aside for the work (eat your heart out Michelangelo.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An adventure to find a new art supply store was followed with prayers of thanks offered for the good road signage that is a French specialty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;B painted for 12 hours, plied with coffee and food to keep up his strength.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nadine didn’t quite believe it. It was unheard of that an American artist would appear at her table then add her dream to a wall and not accept money. She insisted we have an inauguration, an unveiling. Within 48 hours a fête was organized attended by locals, vendors, tourists and friends. Best dress was rolled out as were delicacies from the region and party was on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SThkezsuTfI/AAAAAAAAAPE/in1VDOiWan8/s1600-h/LPP+Collage.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SThkezsuTfI/AAAAAAAAAPE/in1VDOiWan8/s200/LPP+Collage.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276077443901181426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"  &gt;As the last person Nadine whispered to me that this was a gift from heaven, but not only that when late at night she walked by the mural illuminated only by the moon through the window, it looked just like the real Mont Blanc did in the moon light from her childhood bedroom window.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And although we visited local sites, ate at good restaurants, talked with people together, and although they beached and biked, painting a mural is definitely not the average vacation pass time, but maybe the world would be just a bit better if it were.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bgd/sets/72157610694938984/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;See here for more pictures&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Posted by DL NELSON at 2:54 AM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-5945282845667917281?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/5945282845667917281/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2010/02/she-knows-what-i-did-on-my-summer.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/5945282845667917281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/5945282845667917281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2010/02/she-knows-what-i-did-on-my-summer.html' title='She Knows What I Did on My Summer Vacation'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SThk9b01YwI/AAAAAAAAAPM/fh94V_0zYvA/s72-c/IMG_0055.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-8392661397999209902</id><published>2010-02-26T10:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-26T10:57:24.248-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='volunteer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='donation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='community'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mural'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='techniques'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sheep'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='elderly'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylic painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='color planning'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stone wall'/><title type='text'>Mural showcases neighbors' bond</title><content type='html'>&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/S4gWUAoYuHI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/aV1vDSfMlwY/s1600-h/Bruce+Paints+Mural-mathew+Modono.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 209px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/S4gWUAoYuHI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/aV1vDSfMlwY/s320/Bruce+Paints+Mural-mathew+Modono.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442624682699831410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" lang="EN" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bgd/sets/72157594554469052/show/"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bgd/sets/72157594554469052/show/"&gt;SEE SLIDE SHOW HERE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;h4 style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;span lang="EN"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;By Chrissie Long&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;  &lt;h4 style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;span lang="EN"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Thu May 31, 2007, 06:21 AM EDT&lt;br /&gt;reprinted from the Beacon Newspaper &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h4 style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;span lang="EN"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wickedlocal.com/maynard/homepage/x1295936382"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Community Service Award from Middlesex West Chamber of Commerce&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;    &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;CONCORD - Sitting in her wheelchair with her hands in her lap, Dorothy Priest looked up at a mural of blended flowers. Irises, daffodils, crocuses and lilacs cascaded through a gentle landscape enhanced by stone walls and grassy hills.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;She had planted all of these flowers in her younger days. But now her aged fingers and tired knees couldn’t sink into the dirt to give the plants the care they needed.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Due to a neighbor’s love, the flowers from her garden on Homestead Lane came alive once again outside her bedroom door.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" spt="75" preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"&gt;  &lt;v:stroke joinstyle="miter"&gt;  &lt;v:formulas&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"&gt;  &lt;/v:formulas&gt;  &lt;v:path extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" connecttype="rect"&gt;  &lt;o:lock ext="edit" aspectratio="t"&gt; &lt;/v:shapetype&gt;&lt;v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="mural" href="http://www.wickedlocal.com/content/sites/acton/mural/0/g258258922e2ac93376eb6b16d82ca7f7afebed695d5f07.jpg" title=""&gt;Photo by Matthew Modoono&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Staff photo by &amp;#10;Bruce Davidson of Boxborough puts the finishing touches on a mural at the Concord Health Care center.&amp;#10;&amp;quot;"  style='position:absolute;margin-left:195.1pt;margin-top:4.7pt;width:237pt;  height:156.75pt;z-index:1' o:button="t"&gt;  &lt;v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\BRUCED~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\06\clip_image001.jpg" href="http://www.wickedlocal.com/content/sites/acton/mural/0/g13c0d1701f5359076238483d209adf0347a568a5a85c1d.jpg"&gt;  &lt;w:wrap type="square"&gt; &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !vml]--&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;This time it wasn’t just the neighborhood that enjoyed the garden, but the hundreds of people who lived and worked at the Concord Health Care Center.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;“I love just looking at it,” said Victoria Dehesa, as she pushed her father by the mural in a wheelchair. “It cheers the place up.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;A woman in a nurse’s uniform commented to no one in particular as she brushed by, “I just get so much pleasure out of seeing this every day.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/S4gWp-sHG4I/AAAAAAAAAeY/aXToaGoFrC4/s1600-h/fullshot.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 156px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/S4gWp-sHG4I/AAAAAAAAAeY/aXToaGoFrC4/s320/fullshot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442625060135705474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;For the last several months, Boxborough resident Bruce Davidson, Priest’s long-time neighbor in Stow has been painting her a mural.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;“Dorothy taught me a lot about planting flowers,” said Davidson, a professional landscape designer. “It was striking to me that she had loved the outdoors and she was not able to enjoy it living in the care center. I decided to paint her this mural because it would allow me to continuously visit her and it would remind her of the outdoors.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;With Dorothy looking on, Dav&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;idson spent that afternoon touching up the near-finished painting. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Their relationship began in 1983, when Davidson bought a house next to Priest’s on Homestead Lane. Davidson, who was 23 at the time, had no living grandparents and adopted Priest as a surrogate grandmother. He would empty her driveway of snow and visit with his two black labs. She would tell him stories and make him tea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;In 1998, Davidson left the neighborhood and moved up to Stow Road in Boxborough. Despite being miles apart from another, they remained neighbors in relationship. They continued their visits and long conversations over tea.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Davidson had moved to a home that had some history with Priest. When Priest’s father was walking in the rain to be married at Hill Road in Boxborough, he had stopped at Davidson’s home to ask for an umbrella.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Last August, Priest had to leave the neighborhood, too. Because of her failing health, she moved to the Concord Health Care Center. The distance between the neighbors grew, but they stayed in touch.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;            &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shape id="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'width:6in;height:282pt'"&gt;  &lt;v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\BRUCED~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\06\clip_image003.jpg" title="DSC_6836"&gt;  &lt;o:lock ext="edit" aspectratio="f"&gt; &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !vml]--&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;“She felt like family to me,” said Davidson, who continued to visit her. “She felt like what a neighbor should be. We were clearly from vastly different generations, but we found that we had one thing in common and that was our love for the outdoors.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;After several visits, Davidson decided to de-institutionalize the nursing home and make it more home-like for Priest.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Beginning in March, Davidson, a professional artist, began painting his neighbor a mural.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;On the blank wall outside her room, Priest has watched the scenery unfold. It began with just pencil lines, and then the blue sky filled in followed by the slate-colored stonewalls and assortments of greens for the grass. Within weeks, a wholesome and picturesque mural greeted residents as they walked down the second-floor hallway.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;“We can’t thank you enough for bringing Bruce to us,” activities director Valerie Jackson said, speaking into Priest’s ear. Standing up, Jackson said, “Just to watch this evolve has been incredible. It’s been well-received by residents — the interaction has been heartwarming.” &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;For Davidson, the process has been equally rewarding.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal" face="arial"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;“This has been the single most satisfying event of my adult life,” he said, looking over the rim of his glasses, his brush poised to paint. “I could have done this in half the time, but it has been the process not the product that has been enjoyable.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/S4gYaSyNTGI/AAAAAAAAAeo/WELwuDVFbmQ/s1600-h/Bruce1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 145px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/S4gYaSyNTGI/AAAAAAAAAeo/WELwuDVFbmQ/s320/Bruce1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442626989675334754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Throughout the hours he has spent in this busy hallway, he has learned the life story of many of the residents. He took one man to a Red Sox game, he smoked fine cigars with another while they discussed the Korean and Vietnam wars. He spoke with a woman named Olive, who went to Mass Art in 1925 and 1926 and drew a tulip into the painting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal" face="arial"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;“Having never done art in a public forum, I have never had the chance to interact with the people while I paint,” he said. “I am used to operating in a vacuum.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shape id="_x0000_s1029" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;margin-left:189pt;margin-top:19.7pt;width:243pt;" preferrelative="f"&gt;  &lt;v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\BRUCED~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\06\clip_image009.jpg" title="IMG_7842"&gt;  &lt;w:wrap type="square"&gt; &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !vml]--&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/S4gZBGycPNI/AAAAAAAAAew/g6otFHAUP44/s1600-h/Olive.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 186px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/S4gZBGycPNI/AAAAAAAAAew/g6otFHAUP44/s320/Olive.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442627656469986514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;As he was painting that Tuesday afternoon, a staff member complemented him on his work. Turning to face him, Davidson said, “I forgot. Was there something you wanted me to paint?” When the staff member hesitated, Davidson said, “C’mon, what do you want to see in this?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;He shrugged his shoulders in response: “A fisherman?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;With that, Davidson applied a small black spot to the shoreline in the upper quadrant of the painting. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;The mural, originally called Dorothy’s mural, was quickly adopted by the entire nursing home. “It became a community mural,” Davidson said. With careful, but swift brushstrokes he added a purple heart in memory of the husband of a resident who had befriended him while he painted and had recently passed away, a border collie in response to one patients’ request and birds for the names of each of the floors in the home. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/S4gXkJtRR3I/AAAAAAAAAeg/3RJPJYPjfu8/s1600-h/IMG_0442.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 159px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/S4gXkJtRR3I/AAAAAAAAAeg/3RJPJYPjfu8/s320/IMG_0442.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442626059525769074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Priest, who will be 100 in August, watched the mural come alive as her neighbor painted that afternoon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Asked how she and Davidson got to be such close friends, Priest smiled and said, “I guess I was just lucky.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-8392661397999209902?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/8392661397999209902/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2010/02/mural-for-friend-mural-showcases.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/8392661397999209902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/8392661397999209902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2010/02/mural-for-friend-mural-showcases.html' title='Mural showcases neighbors&apos; bond'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/S4gWUAoYuHI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/aV1vDSfMlwY/s72-c/Bruce+Paints+Mural-mathew+Modono.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-1328824902403356465</id><published>2010-01-07T21:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-31T11:44:15.478-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='donation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='community'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AJ'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mural'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drawing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='illustration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylic painting'/><title type='text'>Brendan's Room</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/S1yTwN9awZI/AAAAAAAAAd4/NiUrBqIFX_Q/s1600-h/a25.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/S1yTwN9awZI/AAAAAAAAAd4/NiUrBqIFX_Q/s320/a25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430377707292246418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:location.href='http://ekstreme.com/socializer/?url='+escape(document.location.href)+'&amp;amp;title='+escape(document.title)+'%20'"&gt;Social Bookmark this Article&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bgd/sets/72157623043326470/show/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;A Mural for a Great Kid by a Stellar Volunteer Team&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In early December 2009 while working on the Bolton Public Library Children's Room Mural I was asked if I knew of any artists who would volunteer to transform a child's room. Brendan 6 years old, diagnosed with  brain cancer a few eeks earlier. He is OBSESSED with fish so it was agreed we would surprise him with an undersea world. He went away with his family for three days to Florida to see his sister in a cheerleading competition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I sent an email out to artists and assistants and got an immediate and heartening response at a very busy time of year.&lt;br /&gt;I made a colorful plan in Photoshop for 4 walls and a ceiling, bought paints and we got to work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 all nighters and a long day later the awesome crew finished what was an ambitious undertaking that made a fun environment for a boy facing hardship.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/S1yTag7wn9I/AAAAAAAAAdw/iHSuhu_EwaM/s1600-h/treasure2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/S1yTag7wn9I/AAAAAAAAAdw/iHSuhu_EwaM/s320/treasure2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430377334428442578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just a few pictures here and see this &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bgd/sets/72157623043326470/show/"&gt;link for a slide show&lt;/a&gt; of the process and results. Thanks to all who made this a reality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/S1yT62ygsJI/AAAAAAAAAeA/66WRcbxINNI/s1600-h/brendans+handprints+from+2yrs.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/S1yT62ygsJI/AAAAAAAAAeA/66WRcbxINNI/s320/brendans+handprints+from+2yrs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430377890051043474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/S1yUj015DTI/AAAAAAAAAeI/2WNzc7rLMm4/s1600-h/IMG_4722.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/S1yUj015DTI/AAAAAAAAAeI/2WNzc7rLMm4/s320/IMG_4722.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430378593902988594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-1328824902403356465?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/1328824902403356465/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2010/01/brendans-room.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/1328824902403356465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/1328824902403356465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2010/01/brendans-room.html' title='Brendan&apos;s Room'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/S1yTwN9awZI/AAAAAAAAAd4/NiUrBqIFX_Q/s72-c/a25.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-3630233050029119566</id><published>2009-06-01T19:48:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-01T19:50:22.114-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='caricature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='techniques'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='portrait'/><title type='text'>Bob Jones shortly before he grew his hair out to look like Tom Rush</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SiSTGtBNsMI/AAAAAAAAAc4/wURSY9EO2zk/s1600-h/bob+jones_6-1-09jsm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SiSTGtBNsMI/AAAAAAAAAc4/wURSY9EO2zk/s320/bob+jones_6-1-09jsm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342556801341436098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why does he never smile. Because he knows history will judge him by these portraits.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-3630233050029119566?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/3630233050029119566/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/06/bob-jones-shortly-before-he-grew-his.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/3630233050029119566'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/3630233050029119566'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/06/bob-jones-shortly-before-he-grew-his.html' title='Bob Jones shortly before he grew his hair out to look like Tom Rush'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SiSTGtBNsMI/AAAAAAAAAc4/wURSY9EO2zk/s72-c/bob+jones_6-1-09jsm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-1133508864127754570</id><published>2009-05-31T19:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-31T19:19:05.166-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tower Hill Botanic Garden'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='donation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='charity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='community'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='auction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drawing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylic painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylic'/><title type='text'>Tower Hill Auction Terra Cotta Pots: Bluebirds</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Auctioned to Support Tower Hill Botanic Garden 5/29/09.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acrylic, gesso, glazes, spanish moss for nest. (and 2 part epoxy and bondo after dropping and breaking into 5 easy pieces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SiM52Kl3tpI/AAAAAAAAAcw/5CetgYC6LVM/s1600-h/IMG_3603.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SiM52Kl3tpI/AAAAAAAAAcw/5CetgYC6LVM/s320/IMG_3603.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342177185710454418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SiM5gnrryYI/AAAAAAAAAco/DmWWzkGLhTE/s1600-h/IMG_3605.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SiM5gnrryYI/AAAAAAAAAco/DmWWzkGLhTE/s320/IMG_3605.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342176815562344834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SiM5G_C1K8I/AAAAAAAAAcg/3VqmrZXQW2Q/s1600-h/IMG_3602.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SiM5G_C1K8I/AAAAAAAAAcg/3VqmrZXQW2Q/s320/IMG_3602.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342176375156845506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-1133508864127754570?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/1133508864127754570/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/05/tower-hill-auction-terra-cotta-pots.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/1133508864127754570'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/1133508864127754570'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/05/tower-hill-auction-terra-cotta-pots.html' title='Tower Hill Auction Terra Cotta Pots: Bluebirds'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SiM52Kl3tpI/AAAAAAAAAcw/5CetgYC6LVM/s72-c/IMG_3603.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-2524187441861469017</id><published>2009-05-18T22:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-18T22:09:42.473-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='USAF'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='illustration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commissioned'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aircraft'/><title type='text'>KC135 Flying Dirty_Watercolor Commission 1 of 3</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ShI-yWfCf0I/AAAAAAAAAcY/8NBsJ4tpFh4/s1600-h/kc135_sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 275px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ShI-yWfCf0I/AAAAAAAAAcY/8NBsJ4tpFh4/s320/kc135_sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337397543137607490" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-2524187441861469017?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/2524187441861469017/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/05/kc135-flying-dirty.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/2524187441861469017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/2524187441861469017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/05/kc135-flying-dirty.html' title='KC135 Flying Dirty_Watercolor Commission 1 of 3'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ShI-yWfCf0I/AAAAAAAAAcY/8NBsJ4tpFh4/s72-c/kc135_sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-5254210577117200267</id><published>2009-05-11T13:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T14:01:51.693-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Samir "you can check out but you can never leave" Cafe La Mattina</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SgiNMpEhK_I/AAAAAAAAAcQ/qVt8zUL_H24/s1600-h/samir_sword.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SgiNMpEhK_I/AAAAAAAAAcQ/qVt8zUL_H24/s320/samir_sword.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334669006943103986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Samir with the Sword of Damocles&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-5254210577117200267?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/5254210577117200267/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/05/samir-you-can-check-out-but-you-can.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/5254210577117200267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/5254210577117200267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/05/samir-you-can-check-out-but-you-can.html' title='Samir &quot;you can check out but you can never leave&quot; Cafe La Mattina'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SgiNMpEhK_I/AAAAAAAAAcQ/qVt8zUL_H24/s72-c/samir_sword.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-8556710050688820654</id><published>2009-05-11T13:17:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T13:27:37.836-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='caricature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='line drawing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drawing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='portrait'/><title type='text'>Jeff Blue Who Was 32, batted, Ran, Caught and Threw</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SgiJVp2R9BI/AAAAAAAAAcI/_gDMcSKEPeI/s1600-h/jeff_blue.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SgiJVp2R9BI/AAAAAAAAAcI/_gDMcSKEPeI/s320/jeff_blue.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334664763724133394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First game he played at Enduring Elements Softball Jeff garnered the Rookie of The Day Award and the Game MVP Award. He also stood stock still for this portrait.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-8556710050688820654?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/8556710050688820654/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/05/jeff-blue-who-was-32-batted-ran-caught.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/8556710050688820654'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/8556710050688820654'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/05/jeff-blue-who-was-32-batted-ran-caught.html' title='Jeff Blue Who Was 32, batted, Ran, Caught and Threw'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SgiJVp2R9BI/AAAAAAAAAcI/_gDMcSKEPeI/s72-c/jeff_blue.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-7280853086086389768</id><published>2009-05-11T13:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T13:17:23.463-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='line drawing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='portrait'/><title type='text'>Eric Kraft Reading from "Flying" at Newburyport Litereary Festival</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SgiFi9k5eXI/AAAAAAAAAcA/G-IpSZ3RFno/s1600-h/eric_kraft.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SgiFi9k5eXI/AAAAAAAAAcA/G-IpSZ3RFno/s320/eric_kraft.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334660594311723378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Eric Kraft. Author. Drew him while he read.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.erickraft.com/index.html"&gt;http://www.erickraft.com/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Buy and read his books. They will make you feel better about life on earth.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-7280853086086389768?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/7280853086086389768/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/05/eric-kraft-reading-from-flying-at.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/7280853086086389768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/7280853086086389768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/05/eric-kraft-reading-from-flying-at.html' title='Eric Kraft Reading from &quot;Flying&quot; at Newburyport Litereary Festival'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SgiFi9k5eXI/AAAAAAAAAcA/G-IpSZ3RFno/s72-c/eric_kraft.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-5784626829755695759</id><published>2009-05-08T08:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-08T08:40:08.659-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='line drawing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Maynard'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drawing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='illustration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='children'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='portrait'/><title type='text'>The Gentleman of the Kid Industry</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SgRRa5PtbtI/AAAAAAAAAb4/MaqX7kGBbVw/s1600-h/tyler_richard.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 155px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SgRRa5PtbtI/AAAAAAAAAb4/MaqX7kGBbVw/s320/tyler_richard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333477381198671570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tyler Richard, "The Gentleman of the Kid Industry" made a blue clay  Owl with parakeet feathers for wings for Marnie and for me a Porcupine with tiny twigs for quills and at my request did them at 30 degrees angle. I drew this picture of him and made a clay bas relief of him with a yellow feather for his bangs. All in all a great afternoon at the ArtSpace studio of Sue and Gwen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-5784626829755695759?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/5784626829755695759/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/05/gentleman-of-kid-industry.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/5784626829755695759'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/5784626829755695759'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/05/gentleman-of-kid-industry.html' title='The Gentleman of the Kid Industry'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SgRRa5PtbtI/AAAAAAAAAb4/MaqX7kGBbVw/s72-c/tyler_richard.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-726183275038179783</id><published>2009-04-17T10:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-17T10:39:57.404-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tower Hill Pots: Call For Artists</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Sei-cP-kq0I/AAAAAAAAAbQ/XY63UhhjwZk/s1600-h/eelogo_465-357_2in_gs.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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This year’s Plant Sale Preview Party is on Friday, May 29th, the evening before our annual plant sale.   The party runs from 5:30 to 8:30.  Every year we feature a silent auction of selected items of interest to gardeners and the general public.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  This year we are asking several well known artists to contribute their talents by creating specially decorated plant pots for auction at the party.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tower Hill will provide the 15” terracotta pots.  Pots may be picked up at Tower Hill, or other arrangements made, by calling Janet Pane-Joyce, Development Coordinator, at 508-869-6111, ext. 114 or emailing jpane-joyce@towerhillbg.org.  Creations should be submitted by at least two weeks before the event (the sooner the better,) so that we may display them in our lobby and on the website.  All pots will be auctioned off on the night of the event.  We hope to have at least ten pots, with a maximum of twenty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a new idea for the party which we are trying out this year, and we know that, with your help, it will generate a lot of interest for the event – and also raise money for Tower Hill!&lt;br /&gt;For additional inspiration, we have enclosed a picture of a pot done by Andy Warhol.  While this pot will not be there, we would be delighted to have one created especially by you.&lt;br /&gt;For more information about Tower Hill, please see our website at &lt;a href="http://www.towerhillbg.org./"&gt;www.towerhillbg.org. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-726183275038179783?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/726183275038179783/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/04/tower-hill-pots-call-for-artists.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/726183275038179783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/726183275038179783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/04/tower-hill-pots-call-for-artists.html' title='Tower Hill Pots: Call For Artists'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Sei-cP-kq0I/AAAAAAAAAbQ/XY63UhhjwZk/s72-c/eelogo_465-357_2in_gs.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-281963358809844156</id><published>2009-04-16T05:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-16T05:16:22.988-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Good Attitudes Toward Drawings: Mike Lin-Graphic Workshop</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="bodyTitle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Good Attitudes Toward Drawings:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Mike Lin-Graphic Workshop  http://www.beloose.com/tips/tips_attitude.php&lt;br /&gt;                     &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Why you cannot draw well - 1. No confidence, 2. No proper drawing                skill, 3. Want perfect drawings, 4. Want good GPA or big promotion,                5. Like to compare and compete with others, 6. Don’t like                to be criticized, 7. Afraid of making mistakes.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;           &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; Great drawings come from experiences of making mistakes. So don't                procrastinate and just draw so the mistakes will take you to the                next level of confidence.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;           &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; Don't let anyone tell you that you can't draw, because you can!                Don't allow yourself to become&lt;br /&gt;              discouraged. The more time you spend on a drawing, the more chance                you risk of ruining it.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;           &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; There is no such thing called "perfect drawing", therefore,                don't try too hard to draw. After all, you are a designer and not                a draftsperson. Relax and be loose or you will lose it. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;           &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;A drawing or a sketch is only a process, not a product like an                art work. So you don't need to draw well as long as you can utilize                it to communicate well with clients. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;           &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; To be talented in drawing, one must work hard, learn graphic                tricks and copy other people's good drawings.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;           &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; When you teach somebody else, you practice twice. A sharing attitude                is the right attitude. You will not lose what you share, but you                will gain what people share with you. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;           &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; Three criteria to obtain a good job: Good attitude, Great portfolio,                and be Energetic. Grade Point Average in school doesn't mean a thing                and can only make you tighter.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;           &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; If you didn't do well on a drawing, simply tell yourself: "I                am not done yet" or "I am a designer".&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;           &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; You must like what you draw, if someone laughs at your drawings,                just simply say: May I see yours or can you show me how to do it,                this will get them off your back.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;           &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; A great designer is the one who has the ability to imitate (get                inspired by) other people's work, and nobody can tell where it came                from. So travel extensively to obtain design ideas.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;           &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; Six levels of success from worst to best: (1) Complain at others.                (2) Hate yourself. (3) Like yourself. (4) Like others. (5) Help                others. (6) Help enemy.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;           &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; Seven levels of people from worst to best: (1) Jerk. (2) Ass hole.                (3) Anal. (4) Tight. (5) Loose but Cocky. (6) Loose and sharing.                (7) Loose, sharing, loyal and humble.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;           &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; There is success in loyalty. Be humble to be ahead. Be able to                take criticism and have a sense of humor.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;           &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; As students - poor but have time to travel, so go to Europe to                gain design ideas. As professionals - have money but no time, so                make time to enjoy life with family. Then be happy and have no regrets                when you are older. Don't ever retire, just do less.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;           &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; Don't let trouble troubles you until it troubles you. Life is                about quality, not quantity and it is too short to worry too much.                Work hard and play hard. Be loose or you will lose it.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;           &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; Everyone dies eventually, yesterday is too late, tomorrow is not                yours, and today is a “Present”. Before you leave the                world, you have one responsibility to yourself - enjoy your life                to the fullest. So draw faster with loose and good attitude.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-281963358809844156?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/281963358809844156/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/04/good-attitudes-toward-drawings-mike-lin.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/281963358809844156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/281963358809844156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/04/good-attitudes-toward-drawings-mike-lin.html' title='Good Attitudes Toward Drawings: Mike Lin-Graphic Workshop'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-1085071317822322607</id><published>2009-04-16T04:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T19:27:18.371-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='student'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='line drawing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teaching'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AJ'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art instruction'/><title type='text'>Amy Jones: Illustrator from High Wycombe</title><content type='html'>AJ:  Face Sketch 1,2 3 -Final. Cross Hatching and Line Exercise. Excellent line work and drawing skill.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SeccZpqzPDI/AAAAAAAAAa4/SqPq1BjdvbA/s1600-h/face+sketch+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SeccZpqzPDI/AAAAAAAAAa4/SqPq1BjdvbA/s320/face+sketch+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325256311396580402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Seccmm-K4NI/AAAAAAAAAbA/VO5tv8kun3U/s1600-h/Face+sketch+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Seccmm-K4NI/AAAAAAAAAbA/VO5tv8kun3U/s320/Face+sketch+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325256534010814674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SeccwwF2IPI/AAAAAAAAAbI/rz37g8X0uPc/s1600-h/Face+sketch+3+final.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 257px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SeccwwF2IPI/AAAAAAAAAbI/rz37g8X0uPc/s320/Face+sketch+3+final.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325256708257620210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SepUPAwsSkI/AAAAAAAAAbY/DF7wQvae7MI/s1600-h/face+2+sketch+stage+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SepUPAwsSkI/AAAAAAAAAbY/DF7wQvae7MI/s320/face+2+sketch+stage+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326162126198032962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-1085071317822322607?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/1085071317822322607/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/04/student-work-aj.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/1085071317822322607'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/1085071317822322607'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/04/student-work-aj.html' title='Amy Jones: Illustrator from High Wycombe'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SeccZpqzPDI/AAAAAAAAAa4/SqPq1BjdvbA/s72-c/face+sketch+1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-7640005281938175585</id><published>2009-03-29T09:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-16T05:00:26.892-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='donation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='community'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='auction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marine mammals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylic painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='portrait'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='painting on wood collaboration'/><title type='text'>Mermaid Chair to Be Auctioned for Household Goods Recycling of Massachusetts</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Sc-p0x9R81I/AAAAAAAAAak/2QXcMe3O0kk/s1600-h/IMG_2238.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Sc-p0x9R81I/AAAAAAAAAak/2QXcMe3O0kk/s320/IMG_2238.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318656409176503122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"Sandy Beach"&lt;/span&gt; A collaborative piece with Sandra Casale, &lt;a href="http://www.countrychicwindows.com/gallery.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Country Chic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; master fabric professional.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hgrm.org/Events/events.html#News"&gt;Household Goods Recycling of Massachusetts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HGRM serves about 275 families a month up from 250 of a year ago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;excerpted from HGRM Newsletter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since most people who come to HGRM look for sets of furniture – for example, a kitchen table with chairs – there are many single chairs left in the warehouse. These chairs are older, a little unusual and frequently made of wood. We had an idea for putting these chairs to use while raising awareness and funds for the organization&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and creating art at the same time. We’re calling the event “A Chair to Sit On”. We’re asking local artists to take the chairs and create something wonderful with them: paint them, decorate them, remake them into sculptures – anything they can come with – and then we’ll auction them off to benefit HGRM. Powers Gallery in Acton is helping us recruit artists and is holding the final auction on May 1, 2009 at the Gallery.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We will also hold an online auction through cMarket prior to this and combine it with the onsite auction at &lt;a href="http://www.powersgallery.com/"&gt;Powers Gallery&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-7640005281938175585?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/7640005281938175585/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/03/mermaid-chair-to-be-auctioned-for.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/7640005281938175585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/7640005281938175585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/03/mermaid-chair-to-be-auctioned-for.html' title='Mermaid Chair to Be Auctioned for Household Goods Recycling of Massachusetts'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Sc-p0x9R81I/AAAAAAAAAak/2QXcMe3O0kk/s72-c/IMG_2238.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-3942951800938359268</id><published>2009-03-26T08:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-26T08:42:20.271-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Emerson Umbrella Art  Class Last Night Party</title><content type='html'>We came we painted we partied we parted&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Scuh0BsVlDI/AAAAAAAAAac/ciSdIvfW4qo/s1600-h/IMG_2330.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Scuh0BsVlDI/AAAAAAAAAac/ciSdIvfW4qo/s320/IMG_2330.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317521700220671026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScuhR6jaW1I/AAAAAAAAAaE/Kb-uwdZX5yc/s1600-h/IMG_2326.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScuhR6jaW1I/AAAAAAAAAaE/Kb-uwdZX5yc/s320/IMG_2326.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317521114188634962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScuhHMu7fzI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/rlsgexCZE_8/s1600-h/IMG_2321.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScuhHMu7fzI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/rlsgexCZE_8/s320/IMG_2321.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317520930090221362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Scuhn1jAzeI/AAAAAAAAAaU/5F2-j9GVYCk/s1600-h/IMG_2329.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Scuhn1jAzeI/AAAAAAAAAaU/5F2-j9GVYCk/s320/IMG_2329.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317521490801905122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScuhcTDloNI/AAAAAAAAAaM/SOcwbY9bZSs/s1600-h/IMG_2327.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScuhcTDloNI/AAAAAAAAAaM/SOcwbY9bZSs/s320/IMG_2327.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317521292564734162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-3942951800938359268?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/3942951800938359268/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/03/emerson-umbrella-art-class-last-night.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/3942951800938359268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/3942951800938359268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/03/emerson-umbrella-art-class-last-night.html' title='Emerson Umbrella Art  Class Last Night Party'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Scuh0BsVlDI/AAAAAAAAAac/ciSdIvfW4qo/s72-c/IMG_2330.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-7660375893145427019</id><published>2009-03-23T12:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T12:07:33.154-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commissioned'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='children'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='portrait'/><title type='text'>Burlington MA Dandelion Green circa 1979</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Scfd6oq2ByI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/xXSgNectNgs/s1600-h/portrait_child_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Scfd6oq2ByI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/xXSgNectNgs/s320/portrait_child_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316461884553430818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScfdQIkCd0I/AAAAAAAAAZs/elKGYbvTSHM/s1600-h/portrait_child_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScfdQIkCd0I/AAAAAAAAAZs/elKGYbvTSHM/s320/portrait_child_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316461154380445506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can anyone identify these children. It was a nice blond women who commissioned me in 1979-81 to paint protraits of her children. They would be 34 and 38 maybe?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We worked together at the Dandelion Green restaurant in Burlington MA.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-7660375893145427019?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/7660375893145427019/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/03/burlington-ma-dandelion-green-circa.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/7660375893145427019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/7660375893145427019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/03/burlington-ma-dandelion-green-circa.html' title='Burlington MA Dandelion Green circa 1979'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Scfd6oq2ByI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/xXSgNectNgs/s72-c/portrait_child_2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-8962766378971499148</id><published>2009-03-23T11:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T12:02:53.472-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='caricature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fenway line drawing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Red Sox'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='illustration'/><title type='text'>El Tiante, Luis, Red Sox Hurler</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScfcY3tbL0I/AAAAAAAAAZk/ovGUg_PVhLM/s1600-h/ElTianteLg.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScfcY3tbL0I/AAAAAAAAAZk/ovGUg_PVhLM/s320/ElTianteLg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316460204963606338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Loooouuuuie.&lt;br /&gt;Drawn while in line at his outdoor restaurant on Yawkey Way at Fenway Park. He signed it saying it was berry berry good.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-8962766378971499148?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/8962766378971499148/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/03/el-tiante-luis-red-sox-hurler.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/8962766378971499148'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/8962766378971499148'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/03/el-tiante-luis-red-sox-hurler.html' title='El Tiante, Luis, Red Sox Hurler'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScfcY3tbL0I/AAAAAAAAAZk/ovGUg_PVhLM/s72-c/ElTianteLg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-5519973515267611482</id><published>2009-03-23T11:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T11:58:48.253-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dave Briggs of Lincoln MA at the Pruning Workshop</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScfbxlNVkVI/AAAAAAAAAZc/eBCSOH0OfuU/s1600-h/davebriggs.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScfbxlNVkVI/AAAAAAAAAZc/eBCSOH0OfuU/s320/davebriggs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316459529982284114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Patrician Pruner&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-5519973515267611482?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/5519973515267611482/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/03/dave-briggs-of-lincoln-ma-at-pruning.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/5519973515267611482'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/5519973515267611482'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/03/dave-briggs-of-lincoln-ma-at-pruning.html' title='Dave Briggs of Lincoln MA at the Pruning Workshop'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScfbxlNVkVI/AAAAAAAAAZc/eBCSOH0OfuU/s72-c/davebriggs.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-4113431245649234742</id><published>2009-03-23T11:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T11:57:11.261-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='caricature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='line drawing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='illustration'/><title type='text'>Jon Schmalenberger on the Day of His Wedding</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScfbJu2UIkI/AAAAAAAAAZU/Nx6P3EOVK0s/s1600-h/john_schmalenberger_wedding_photo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScfbJu2UIkI/AAAAAAAAAZU/Nx6P3EOVK0s/s320/john_schmalenberger_wedding_photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316458845375308354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;as imagined by the artist&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-4113431245649234742?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/4113431245649234742/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/03/jon-schmalenberger-on-day-of-his.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/4113431245649234742'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/4113431245649234742'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/03/jon-schmalenberger-on-day-of-his.html' title='Jon Schmalenberger on the Day of His Wedding'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScfbJu2UIkI/AAAAAAAAAZU/Nx6P3EOVK0s/s72-c/john_schmalenberger_wedding_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-2181541307142249953</id><published>2009-03-23T11:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T11:54:01.857-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drawing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='illustration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='children'/><title type='text'>Children Requested and I Drew</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Scfauzcwg8I/AAAAAAAAAZM/3meWTYU6wFI/s1600-h/dhanda0004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 244px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Scfauzcwg8I/AAAAAAAAAZM/3meWTYU6wFI/s320/dhanda0004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316458382753825730" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Scfai-VlC7I/AAAAAAAAAY8/dr5FnMj5Zb8/s1600-h/dhanda0002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 247px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Scfai-VlC7I/AAAAAAAAAY8/dr5FnMj5Zb8/s320/dhanda0002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316458179518073778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScfYyJyWjDI/AAAAAAAAAY0/xkN1ibaf4xs/s1600-h/dhanda0001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScfYyJyWjDI/AAAAAAAAAY0/xkN1ibaf4xs/s320/dhanda0001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316456241266330674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScfaoCin-II/AAAAAAAAAZE/yyksKzaI9Xk/s1600-h/dhanda0003-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScfaoCin-II/AAAAAAAAAZE/yyksKzaI9Xk/s320/dhanda0003-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316458266545879170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-2181541307142249953?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/2181541307142249953/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/03/children-requested-and-i-drew.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/2181541307142249953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/2181541307142249953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/03/children-requested-and-i-drew.html' title='Children Requested and I Drew'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Scfauzcwg8I/AAAAAAAAAZM/3meWTYU6wFI/s72-c/dhanda0004.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-7880594597521129896</id><published>2009-03-19T11:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-19T11:17:45.984-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Two Students at Emerson Umbrella Show.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScKKzL_8DHI/AAAAAAAAAYs/tDGs_AIGovQ/s1600-h/sandy+and+jj.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 208px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScKKzL_8DHI/AAAAAAAAAYs/tDGs_AIGovQ/s320/sandy+and+jj.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314963122249534578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;JJ and Sandy both had beautiful paintings selected for the faculty show.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-7880594597521129896?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/7880594597521129896/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/03/two-students-at-emerson-umbrella-show.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/7880594597521129896'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/7880594597521129896'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/03/two-students-at-emerson-umbrella-show.html' title='Two Students at Emerson Umbrella Show.'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScKKzL_8DHI/AAAAAAAAAYs/tDGs_AIGovQ/s72-c/sandy+and+jj.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-2621662052270525079</id><published>2009-03-01T20:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-01T20:27:02.547-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New England'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commissioned'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='striped bass'/><title type='text'>Stripers are Running</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;A Commissioned Watercolor&lt;/span&gt; and my favorite testimonial&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bruce,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I gave my husband the "striped bass" painting and he absolutely loved it! He said it was the best present he ever received. Some day I would like to do a similar painting of a blue fish and another of a false albacore. I would also like to do a portrait of our daughter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are so talented and I can't wait to display your work in our home. He wanted to put it in his office so he could look at it all day but I want to see it too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks again. It is beautiful!        ~L.L.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SatePhc6NfI/AAAAAAAAAYM/j772Ctc2lzA/s1600-h/IMG_1020_sm_matted.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 192px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SatePhc6NfI/AAAAAAAAAYM/j772Ctc2lzA/s320/IMG_1020_sm_matted.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308440206556935666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SatedC7zbfI/AAAAAAAAAYU/xTn_yGNe3s4/s1600-h/IMG_1009_HNY.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 194px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SatedC7zbfI/AAAAAAAAAYU/xTn_yGNe3s4/s320/IMG_1009_HNY.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308440438883184114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-2621662052270525079?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/2621662052270525079/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/03/stripers-are-running.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/2621662052270525079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/2621662052270525079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/03/stripers-are-running.html' title='Stripers are Running'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SatePhc6NfI/AAAAAAAAAYM/j772Ctc2lzA/s72-c/IMG_1020_sm_matted.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-7411664876985505418</id><published>2009-03-01T18:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-01T19:01:40.286-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='France'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cafe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Argeles-sur-Mer'/><title type='text'>Scene outside La Noisette Cafe, Argeles-sur-Mer</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SatLPIJ3RtI/AAAAAAAAAYE/aAtB6dqfA4w/s1600-h/LaNoisetteToby.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SatLPIJ3RtI/AAAAAAAAAYE/aAtB6dqfA4w/s320/LaNoisetteToby.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308419309045237458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sketching at La Noisette, a great cafe on a cobbled street in the French village of Argeles-sur-Mer&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-7411664876985505418?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/7411664876985505418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/03/scene-outside-la-noisette-cafe-argeles.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/7411664876985505418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/7411664876985505418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/03/scene-outside-la-noisette-cafe-argeles.html' title='Scene outside La Noisette Cafe, Argeles-sur-Mer'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SatLPIJ3RtI/AAAAAAAAAYE/aAtB6dqfA4w/s72-c/LaNoisetteToby.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-2696529797751666462</id><published>2009-02-28T14:40:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-01T13:18:10.165-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='community'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advertising'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marketing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='park'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stone wall'/><title type='text'>Peoples Park Ad Design</title><content type='html'>Two versions for People's Park Advertisement. Summer Street Maynard MA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Sam9llz_yiI/AAAAAAAAAXk/6Sbpa8jKC5U/s1600-h/stowindependent_eelc_5-5.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Sam9llz_yiI/AAAAAAAAAXk/6Sbpa8jKC5U/s320/stowindependent_eelc_5-5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307982089335851554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Sam9f6I6awI/AAAAAAAAAXc/MtMcNQc3D9c/s1600-h/stowindependent_eelc_2_5-5.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Sam9f6I6awI/AAAAAAAAAXc/MtMcNQc3D9c/s320/stowindependent_eelc_2_5-5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307981991713073922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-2696529797751666462?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/2696529797751666462/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/02/peoples-park-ad-design.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/2696529797751666462'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/2696529797751666462'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/02/peoples-park-ad-design.html' title='Peoples Park Ad Design'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Sam9llz_yiI/AAAAAAAAAXk/6Sbpa8jKC5U/s72-c/stowindependent_eelc_5-5.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-4668820946623870004</id><published>2009-02-27T15:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-18T16:11:46.254-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teaching'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='techniques'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='talent'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art instruction'/><title type='text'>Art Student AJ.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Sah4ilWWVOI/AAAAAAAAAXU/FWo2K1LNPvc/s1600-h/IMG_2021_aj.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Sah4ilWWVOI/AAAAAAAAAXU/FWo2K1LNPvc/s320/IMG_2021_aj.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307624696392864994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carcassonne, FR. First lesson, beautiful washes and brush control&lt;br /&gt;Roger that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Sah4ZHs-l6I/AAAAAAAAAXM/Q9SBR99Q-BE/s1600-h/IMG_2020_aj.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 244px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Sah4ZHs-l6I/AAAAAAAAAXM/Q9SBR99Q-BE/s320/IMG_2020_aj.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307624533815891874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScF_TJ47C6I/AAAAAAAAAYc/yfsQ-zGbweg/s1600-h/IMG_2240_aj.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScF_TJ47C6I/AAAAAAAAAYc/yfsQ-zGbweg/s320/IMG_2240_aj.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314669002322807714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScF_deGE3PI/AAAAAAAAAYk/7z1RQd2gyJ8/s1600-h/IMG_2241_aj.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 215px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/ScF_deGE3PI/AAAAAAAAAYk/7z1RQd2gyJ8/s320/IMG_2241_aj.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314669179545378034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-4668820946623870004?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/4668820946623870004/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/02/art-student-aj.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/4668820946623870004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/4668820946623870004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/02/art-student-aj.html' title='Art Student AJ.'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/Sah4ilWWVOI/AAAAAAAAAXU/FWo2K1LNPvc/s72-c/IMG_2021_aj.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-5520231968794406252</id><published>2009-02-02T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-02T08:04:51.717-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='logo design'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reuse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reclaim'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Maynard'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='woodworker'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='recycle'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wood by Wood Logo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Maggie Wood: talented woodworker with a studio in Maynard MA.&lt;br /&gt;Logo is to reflect her use of recycled reclaimed wood.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SYcY9dQFS7I/AAAAAAAAAW0/kMxMfriN5LU/s1600-h/WoodbyWood_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 277px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SYcY9dQFS7I/AAAAAAAAAW0/kMxMfriN5LU/s320/WoodbyWood_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298230930727848882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SYcZDo9tRDI/AAAAAAAAAW8/-8UO_u67iSs/s1600-h/WoodbyWood_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 273px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SYcZDo9tRDI/AAAAAAAAAW8/-8UO_u67iSs/s320/WoodbyWood_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298231036951217202" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-5520231968794406252?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/5520231968794406252/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/02/wood-by-wood-logo-maggie-wood-talented.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/5520231968794406252'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/5520231968794406252'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/02/wood-by-wood-logo-maggie-wood-talented.html' title=''/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SYcY9dQFS7I/AAAAAAAAAW0/kMxMfriN5LU/s72-c/WoodbyWood_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-5857488377315293881</id><published>2009-01-30T08:15:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-30T08:21:49.069-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='experimental'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylic painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art instruction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='portrait'/><title type='text'>Face Painting/Death Mask</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SYMoU6h7hkI/AAAAAAAAAWs/_x8IWwhg1JI/s1600-h/JJ_BGD_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SYMoU6h7hkI/AAAAAAAAAWs/_x8IWwhg1JI/s200/JJ_BGD_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297121926491899458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Collaboration with JJ Richard: Face Painting/Death Mask?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-5857488377315293881?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/5857488377315293881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/01/collaboration-with-jj-richard-face.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/5857488377315293881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/5857488377315293881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/01/collaboration-with-jj-richard-face.html' title='Face Painting/Death Mask'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SYMoU6h7hkI/AAAAAAAAAWs/_x8IWwhg1JI/s72-c/JJ_BGD_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-5405060372725107456</id><published>2009-01-04T20:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-04T20:12:37.375-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New England'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chimneys'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='architecture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bare trees'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gift of hearing Foundation'/><title type='text'>Antique Mansion on the Charles</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SWGH6VHBudI/AAAAAAAAASo/dzmd3oorkjs/s1600-h/FINAL-IMG_0453sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 177px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SWGH6VHBudI/AAAAAAAAASo/dzmd3oorkjs/s320/FINAL-IMG_0453sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287656873678453202" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Charles Mansion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The patrons made a donation at auction for cochlear implants for a young deaf child. I donated the watercolor painting of their home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watercolor, 24"x 18"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-5405060372725107456?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/5405060372725107456/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/01/antique-mansion-on-charles.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/5405060372725107456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/5405060372725107456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/01/antique-mansion-on-charles.html' title='Antique Mansion on the Charles'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SWGH6VHBudI/AAAAAAAAASo/dzmd3oorkjs/s72-c/FINAL-IMG_0453sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-5289046363453173794</id><published>2009-01-04T19:58:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-06T10:59:34.602-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jon Schmalenberger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emerson Umbrella'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='composition'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teaching'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Custom Furniture Maker'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='techniques'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drawing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylic painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='talent'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art instruction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='color planning'/><title type='text'>Bruce Davidson Teaches Acrylic Painting Classes at Emerson Umbrella in Concord MA</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=";font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Students Excel in Short Time, Second 10 week Session Planned for beginning of January 2009. &lt;a href="http://www.brucedavidsonart.com/contact.htm"&gt;interested?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"  &gt;This has become my favorite night of the week. 8 students, mostly referred or recruited, all talented and extremely fun to be with. They support each other and check out the techniques, frustrations and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"  &gt; advancements of the others. We started with some drawing instruction, composition, color planning, and then quickly into painting. Music, food, singing, getting lost in the zone, the two hours fly by.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am grateful to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Jon Schmalenberger, Board of Directors Member, Custom Furniture Maker for referring me to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Julia Meyerson, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Education Director, Graphic Designer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See some art and artists below:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SWOnmmB4ZjI/AAAAAAAAASw/lPSFjIpJ5Ow/s1600-h/suesandy.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 173px; height: 158px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SWOnmmB4ZjI/AAAAAAAAASw/lPSFjIpJ5Ow/s320/suesandy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288254668948399666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SWOoO-lsq-I/AAAAAAAAATQ/_Kt5XQSYBvA/s1600-h/sue.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 157px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SWOoO-lsq-I/AAAAAAAAATQ/_Kt5XQSYBvA/s200/sue.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288255362735844322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/STb67cu012I/AAAAAAAAAHM/201wpUzQIOc/s1600-h/IMG_0495.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/STb67cu012I/AAAAAAAAAHM/201wpUzQIOc/s200/IMG_0495.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275679912742934370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SWOolfEo_BI/AAAAAAAAATg/CgQvpCPWYJI/s1600-h/sandy.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SWOolfEo_BI/AAAAAAAAATg/CgQvpCPWYJI/s200/sandy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288255749412682770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SWOn2wbUrGI/AAAAAAAAATA/RPsCad8xDFc/s1600-h/eleph_jones.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SWOn2wbUrGI/AAAAAAAAATA/RPsCad8xDFc/s200/eleph_jones.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288254946617371746" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SWOoyx7OfGI/AAAAAAAAATo/DBVxHCXtPXo/s1600-h/bobs.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SWOoyx7OfGI/AAAAAAAAATo/DBVxHCXtPXo/s200/bobs.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288255977811770466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SWOobV9DojI/AAAAAAAAATY/2UkLQeMdk20/s1600-h/sandys_2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SWOobV9DojI/AAAAAAAAATY/2UkLQeMdk20/s200/sandys_2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288255575166263858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/STb4TKVUaSI/AAAAAAAAAG8/WuackC5nGMg/s1600-h/IMG_0493.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 10px 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 137px; height: 183px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/STb4TKVUaSI/AAAAAAAAAG8/WuackC5nGMg/s200/IMG_0493.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275677021586090274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/STb2Urdo5pI/AAAAAAAAAG0/Ztz9qOKTWoU/s1600-h/IMG_0299.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/STb2Urdo5pI/AAAAAAAAAG0/Ztz9qOKTWoU/s320/IMG_0299.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275674848635971218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/STb1sx-7z2I/AAAAAAAAAGs/yDLNIgjTzJc/s1600-h/IMG_0298.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/STb1sx-7z2I/AAAAAAAAAGs/yDLNIgjTzJc/s200/IMG_0298.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275674163191467874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/STb1bzcUd2I/AAAAAAAAAGk/rNbgXWCqBKU/s1600-h/IMG_0291.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/STb1bzcUd2I/AAAAAAAAAGk/rNbgXWCqBKU/s200/IMG_0291.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275673871525377890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SWOoDWkemPI/AAAAAAAAATI/b3dE9COXR18/s1600-h/terris.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SWOoDWkemPI/AAAAAAAAATI/b3dE9COXR18/s200/terris.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288255163014748402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/STb7Tj9LpmI/AAAAAAAAAHU/h-xdFCLXjTw/s1600-h/IMG_0497.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/STb7Tj9LpmI/AAAAAAAAAHU/h-xdFCLXjTw/s200/IMG_0497.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275680326999058018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-5289046363453173794?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/5289046363453173794/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/01/bruce-davidson-teaches-acrylic-painting.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/5289046363453173794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/5289046363453173794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/01/bruce-davidson-teaches-acrylic-painting.html' title='Bruce Davidson Teaches Acrylic Painting Classes at Emerson Umbrella in Concord MA'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SWOnmmB4ZjI/AAAAAAAAASw/lPSFjIpJ5Ow/s72-c/suesandy.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-587726844690390872</id><published>2009-01-04T19:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-04T20:13:32.341-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dolphin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UVM'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='underwater'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New England'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aquatic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marine mammals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylic'/><title type='text'>Dolphin Who Overlooks the UVM Dorm Activities</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SWGCWiByCQI/AAAAAAAAASg/mvhhI2ZJcIQ/s1600-h/dolphin2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 143px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SWGCWiByCQI/AAAAAAAAASg/mvhhI2ZJcIQ/s320/dolphin2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287650761112684802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dolphin in Acrylic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A 21st birthday gift for my friend Emily.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acrylic, 2' x 4'&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-587726844690390872?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/587726844690390872/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/01/dolphin-who-overlooks-uvm-dorm.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/587726844690390872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/587726844690390872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2009/01/dolphin-who-overlooks-uvm-dorm.html' title='Dolphin Who Overlooks the UVM Dorm Activities'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SWGCWiByCQI/AAAAAAAAASg/mvhhI2ZJcIQ/s72-c/dolphin2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381591420059699862.post-8061809819697222704</id><published>2008-12-27T16:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-04T19:50:36.103-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New England'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='barn'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sunflowers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commissioned'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stone wall'/><title type='text'>Barn and Sunflowers Watercolor</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SVbJeMaQAzI/AAAAAAAAAR4/fD--lp-AzNk/s1600-h/barn_sunfl_final_sm3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 155px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SVbJeMaQAzI/AAAAAAAAAR4/fD--lp-AzNk/s200/barn_sunfl_final_sm3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284632733330441010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"Barn and Sunflowers"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Concord, MA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They renovated the barn. They planted the sunflowers. He commissioned it in secret. She loved it! They hung it over the fireplace.&lt;br /&gt;It was a good Christmas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;Watercolor, Commissioned 24" x 18"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5381591420059699862-8061809819697222704?l=brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/feeds/8061809819697222704/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2008/12/watercolor-commission-barn-and.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/8061809819697222704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5381591420059699862/posts/default/8061809819697222704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brucedavidsonart.blogspot.com/2008/12/watercolor-commission-barn-and.html' title='Barn and Sunflowers Watercolor'/><author><name>Bruce Davidson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02180099038362456950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_zIATCk25pZs/R5ZcqJRbYNI/AAAAAAAAAAY/QdBIWwrmjLY/S220/bgd_plan.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zIATCk25pZs/SVbJeMaQAzI/AAAAAAAAAR4/fD--lp-AzNk/s72-c/barn_sunfl_final_sm3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
