{"id":39331,"date":"2011-05-28T20:31:40","date_gmt":"2011-05-29T00:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/39331\/simple-sunday-featuring-art-a-rhodi\/"},"modified":"2011-05-28T20:31:40","modified_gmt":"2011-05-29T00:31:40","slug":"simple-sunday-featuring-art-a-rhodi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/39331\/simple-sunday-featuring-art-a-rhodi\/","title":{"rendered":"A Simple Sunday featuring art by A-Rhodi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i1199.photobucket.com\/albums\/aa462\/LadyCherylDeath\/Simple%20Sunday\/Sevenasposter.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">Welcome back old friends and a special welcome to those of you who are new<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s1199.photobucket.com\/albums\/aa462\/LadyCherylDeath\/Simple%20Sunday\/?action=view&amp;current=882c6c1567e3ffbfdbc915ef60bd26f3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i1199.photobucket.com\/albums\/aa462\/LadyCherylDeath\/Simple%20Sunday\/882c6c1567e3ffbfdbc915ef60bd26f3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #333333\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>WE are thrilled to have:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s1199.photobucket.com\/albums\/aa462\/LadyCherylDeath\/Simple%20Sunday\/?action=view&amp;current=fbeb2912dbb1245daa07a478c81c04ee.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1199.photobucket.com\/albums\/aa462\/LadyCherylDeath\/Simple%20Sunday\/fbeb2912dbb1245daa07a478c81c04ee.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">About the artist (by the artist):<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nI&#8217;ve had a very &#8216;artsy&#8221; kind of life since way before I had any choice in the matter. Both my parents were very much into art, music, and photography, and the creative environment they both worked in just kind of rubbed off on me. They encouraged me to pursue photography by giving me my first camera when I was only 5 years old. It became my first love for I was completely swept away with it. <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">Along the path of my visual education, I discovered I also had a love for the Fine Arts. The &#8216;Impressionists&#8217; of course were a favorite genre of mine right off the bat, but when I went as a student to Europe to study Art History, I fell in love with the art work of the Spanish Masters, particularly the paintings of Diego Rodr\u00edguez de Silva y Vel\u00e1zquez. His painting, \u201cLas Meninas\u201d, is my favorite. His use and manipulation of perspective within his art just blows my mind. And seeing the actual original art piece in El Museo del Nacional Prado, in Madrid Spain&#8230;well no words can actually capture the moment well enough. <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">I mention all this art history because it plays a major influence on the art I create today. As a graphic designer I\u2019m always looking at controlling and manipulating the theme, perspective and atmosphere, texture and lighting of the subject I&#8217;m working with. I often will include very subtle humor infused within my imagery just to throw in a curve ball to see whose paying attention as Vel\u00e1zquez did in his \u201cLas Meninas.\u201d I truly enjoy this way of celebrating life with art and humor all while still getting a message across. <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">In this art piece \u201cThe Cliff House At Ocean Beach\u201d I\u2019ve taken a photo and overlaid it against half itself and placed a poster filter on that half layer. This time the actual lighting has not been changed; it was taken right at sunset when the sun dipped below the cloud bank when the sunset was so intense. I wanted to capture the sharp contrast of the golden land against the grey cloudy sky. but I&#8217;ll let you interpret the meaning of it all. <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">I hope you find this art an inspiring muse for your poetic imagination. The Cliff house is a real place but you are free to create it into anything you want with your poetry. <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">As always, have fun, be creative, and enjoy!<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #800000\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>Today&#8217;s Featured Artwork<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;The Cliff House at Ocean Beach&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nplease use only <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">this<\/span> piece of art for your poetic inspiration<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/s1199.photobucket.com\/albums\/aa462\/LadyCherylDeath\/Simple%20Sunday\/2011%20Art%20Folder\/?action=view&amp;current=20110529ssartcliffHouseatOceanBeachbyJon.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1199.photobucket.com\/albums\/aa462\/LadyCherylDeath\/Simple%20Sunday\/2011%20Art%20Folder\/20110529ssartcliffHouseatOceanBeachbyJon.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Cliff House at Ocean Beach by A-rhodi\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800000;font-size: small\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #800000\"><em><span style=\"color: #333333\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong>One more Thing&#8230;Video Chat<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #800000\"><em><span style=\"color: #800000\">A family committment will keep our artist from being able to chat with us tomorrow, but <strong>no worries&#8230;.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #800000\"><em><span style=\"color: #800000\">We will be posting a video chat to open at 2:00 pm (Eastern time)&#8230;1:00 p.m. (Friendburst time, etc&#8230;.)<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #800000\"><em><span style=\"color: #800000\">Come and read the poems you&#8217;ve created from this art or just come to chat and listen to others read their poems.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #800000\"><em><span style=\"color: #333333\">We&#8217;ll be there&#8230;we hope you&#8217;ll be there, too<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #800000\"><em><span style=\"color: #800000\">We&#8217;ve been wondering all week what beautiful poetic offerings we would see today.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #800000\"><em><span style=\"color: #800000\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><span style=\"color: #333333\">We can&#8217;t wait any longer, so let&#8217;s begin&#8230;..<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #800000\"><em><span style=\"color: #333333\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back old friends and a special welcome to those of you who are new WE are thrilled to have: About the artist (by the artist): \u00a0 I&#8217;ve had a very &#8216;artsy&#8221; kind of life since way before I had any choice in the matter. 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