Rhinebeck New York (NY) Blog Directory
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- Across the Border by Gurney Journey on Nov 24, 2009 in Rabbit Trails Portraits
The border guard asked who we were, what we were doing, and what we brought back. We told him we were painters up to see an exhibition called "Garden of Enchantment," and all we bought were a couple of art books. He looked kind of disgusted with us,...
- Blog Nods by Gurney Journey on Nov 23, 2009
Thanks to Children's Atheneum for naming me Illustrator of the Week!I'm grateful also also to Blogs of Note (put together by the team at Blogger) for putting GurneyJourney in today's spotlight.
- Back to the U.S.A. Border by Gurney Journey on Nov 23, 2009 in Pencil Sketching
A long line of cars led up to the border crossing as we returned from Canada. It seemed they were stopping and searching everyone. Four guys in flak jackets searched a car in front of us, using mirrors on poles to look under the bumpers. They made th...
- Eagle Owl in Slo Mo by Gurney Journey on Nov 22, 2009 in Animals
As artists in the modern era we're lucky to have the advantage of good photo reference, especially good slow motion video. This eagle owl flies toward a Photron SA2 camera at 1000fps in a 20 second clip that shows the heavy wing strokes, the steady g...
- Waterhouse Expedition: Impressions by Gurney Journey on Nov 22, 2009 in Academic Painters
We spent the whole day at the Montreal Museum of Art, which has a large retrospective of J.W. Waterhouse's historical and mythological paintings. Instead of trying to do a big biography or thorough analysis or anything, here are a few notes and rando...
- The Waterhouse Expedition: Border Problems by Gurney Journey on Nov 21, 2009 in Museum Visits
The first thing I should have realized was that it's a bad idea to act fishy to the border guard. “You only gave me two passports,” he said. “There are four people in this car. Who are the two in the back seat?”“Oh, those guys are artists,...
