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Art dealer. Connoisseur. Traveller. Yoga enthusiast.
Sorrow stuck in the throat blue, hot blue, fat blue, mean blue, blue blue, blue blue blue, salt, wood, keys, lapis form blue from the earth taking its time to feel every single instant of beingness
Vanessa German
The Blue Body, 2021
Mixed media assemblage
27.75 × 20 × 13 inches
#blue #art
Vanessa German
The Blue Body, 2021
Mixed media assemblage
27.75 × 20 × 13 inches
#blue #art
November 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
“There’s one thing I think every person or frog needs to be creative: friends. For me, the best part of creativity is collaborating with friends & colleagues. Mine happen to be bears, pigs, rats, and penguins, but you go with what works for you.” Kermit the Frog
Ken Price, Frog Cup, 1967
#art
Ken Price, Frog Cup, 1967
#art
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
“There’s one thing I think every person or frog needs to be creative: friends. For me, the best part of creativity is collaborating with friends & colleagues. Mine happen to be bears, pigs, rats, and penguins, but you go with what works for you.” Kermit the Frog
Ken Price, Frog Cup, 1967
#art
Ken Price, Frog Cup, 1967
#art
Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence.
Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance.
Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence.
Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.
― Yoko Ono
Fred Brown, Moments Later, 1977
Oil on canvas
7.125 x 24 in
#art #quote #yokoono
Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance.
Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence.
Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.
― Yoko Ono
Fred Brown, Moments Later, 1977
Oil on canvas
7.125 x 24 in
#art #quote #yokoono
November 15, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Black as the ace of spades
and as beautiful as the sin
you never had nerve enough to commit.
- Stephen King, The Green Mile
David Hammons, Spade, 1972
Screenprint on silver metallic paper
26 x 20 ins
Edition of 50
#aceofspades #davidhammons #quote #stephenking #art
David Hammons, Spade, 1972
Screenprint on silver metallic paper
26 x 20 ins
Edition of 50
#aceofspades #davidhammons #quote #stephenking #art
November 8, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Black as the ace of spades
and as beautiful as the sin
you never had nerve enough to commit.
- Stephen King, The Green Mile
David Hammons, Spade, 1972
Screenprint on silver metallic paper
26 x 20 ins
Edition of 50
#aceofspades #davidhammons #quote #stephenking #art
David Hammons, Spade, 1972
Screenprint on silver metallic paper
26 x 20 ins
Edition of 50
#aceofspades #davidhammons #quote #stephenking #art
Fall seven times, stand up eight.
- Japanese proverb
Alvin Loving, Octahedron, 1969
Acrylic on shaped canvas
29 x 24.5 inches
#proverb #octahwdeon #japaneseproverb #inspiration #abstractart #africanamericanart
- Japanese proverb
Alvin Loving, Octahedron, 1969
Acrylic on shaped canvas
29 x 24.5 inches
#proverb #octahwdeon #japaneseproverb #inspiration #abstractart #africanamericanart
November 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Fall seven times, stand up eight.
- Japanese proverb
Alvin Loving, Octahedron, 1969
Acrylic on shaped canvas
29 x 24.5 inches
#proverb #octahwdeon #japaneseproverb #inspiration #abstractart #africanamericanart
- Japanese proverb
Alvin Loving, Octahedron, 1969
Acrylic on shaped canvas
29 x 24.5 inches
#proverb #octahwdeon #japaneseproverb #inspiration #abstractart #africanamericanart
Don’t you imagine the leaves dream now
how comfortable it will be to touch
the earth instead of the
nothingness of the air and the endless
freshets of wind?
- Mary Oliver
David Driskell, Accent of Autumn, 2016
Color screenprint/wove paper
32.5 x 23 ins
Ed. of 60 and 18 AP (1/60)
#maryoliver #art
- Mary Oliver
David Driskell, Accent of Autumn, 2016
Color screenprint/wove paper
32.5 x 23 ins
Ed. of 60 and 18 AP (1/60)
#maryoliver #art
October 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Don’t you imagine the leaves dream now
how comfortable it will be to touch
the earth instead of the
nothingness of the air and the endless
freshets of wind?
- Mary Oliver
David Driskell, Accent of Autumn, 2016
Color screenprint/wove paper
32.5 x 23 ins
Ed. of 60 and 18 AP (1/60)
#maryoliver #art
- Mary Oliver
David Driskell, Accent of Autumn, 2016
Color screenprint/wove paper
32.5 x 23 ins
Ed. of 60 and 18 AP (1/60)
#maryoliver #art
The stars are the apexes of what wonderful triangles!
- Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Marion Sampler, Untitled (Flag), 1965
Oil on linen
48 x 48 ins
#art #africanamericanartist #thoreau #walden #quote
- Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Marion Sampler, Untitled (Flag), 1965
Oil on linen
48 x 48 ins
#art #africanamericanartist #thoreau #walden #quote
October 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The stars are the apexes of what wonderful triangles!
- Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Marion Sampler, Untitled (Flag), 1965
Oil on linen
48 x 48 ins
#art #africanamericanartist #thoreau #walden #quote
- Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Marion Sampler, Untitled (Flag), 1965
Oil on linen
48 x 48 ins
#art #africanamericanartist #thoreau #walden #quote
There is a timbre of voice
that comes from not being heard
and knowing you are not being
heard noticed only
by others not heard
for the same reason.
- Audre Lorde
Zanele Muholi • Khwezi, Songhai Porto Novo, Benin • 2015
Silver gelatin print
19.7 x 13.4 inches
#audrelorde #portrait #zanelemuholi
that comes from not being heard
and knowing you are not being
heard noticed only
by others not heard
for the same reason.
- Audre Lorde
Zanele Muholi • Khwezi, Songhai Porto Novo, Benin • 2015
Silver gelatin print
19.7 x 13.4 inches
#audrelorde #portrait #zanelemuholi
October 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
There is a timbre of voice
that comes from not being heard
and knowing you are not being
heard noticed only
by others not heard
for the same reason.
- Audre Lorde
Zanele Muholi • Khwezi, Songhai Porto Novo, Benin • 2015
Silver gelatin print
19.7 x 13.4 inches
#audrelorde #portrait #zanelemuholi
that comes from not being heard
and knowing you are not being
heard noticed only
by others not heard
for the same reason.
- Audre Lorde
Zanele Muholi • Khwezi, Songhai Porto Novo, Benin • 2015
Silver gelatin print
19.7 x 13.4 inches
#audrelorde #portrait #zanelemuholi
I'd like to peek into the drawing room, where you sometimes see only an open door into yet another room beyond the drawing room.
― Nikolai Gogol
Robert Kelly, Santuario II, 1990
Oil on canvas
72 x 52 ins
#art #opendoor #sanctuary
― Nikolai Gogol
Robert Kelly, Santuario II, 1990
Oil on canvas
72 x 52 ins
#art #opendoor #sanctuary
September 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I'd like to peek into the drawing room, where you sometimes see only an open door into yet another room beyond the drawing room.
― Nikolai Gogol
Robert Kelly, Santuario II, 1990
Oil on canvas
72 x 52 ins
#art #opendoor #sanctuary
― Nikolai Gogol
Robert Kelly, Santuario II, 1990
Oil on canvas
72 x 52 ins
#art #opendoor #sanctuary
It’s always been in between the things I thought I was doing that the real work has happened.
- William Kentridge
William Kentridge, Dutch Iris II, circa 1993
Etching & aquatint on vellum
42.7 x 23.3 ins
Edition 2/30
#art #flowers #bloomscrolling #williamkentridge
- William Kentridge
William Kentridge, Dutch Iris II, circa 1993
Etching & aquatint on vellum
42.7 x 23.3 ins
Edition 2/30
#art #flowers #bloomscrolling #williamkentridge
September 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It’s always been in between the things I thought I was doing that the real work has happened.
- William Kentridge
William Kentridge, Dutch Iris II, circa 1993
Etching & aquatint on vellum
42.7 x 23.3 ins
Edition 2/30
#art #flowers #bloomscrolling #williamkentridge
- William Kentridge
William Kentridge, Dutch Iris II, circa 1993
Etching & aquatint on vellum
42.7 x 23.3 ins
Edition 2/30
#art #flowers #bloomscrolling #williamkentridge
As sure as night is dark and day is light
I keep you on my mind both day and night
And happiness I've known proves that it's right
Because you're mine, I walk the line
Johnny Cash
Frederick Hammersley, Under On
1976-1977
Oil on linen
32 x 32 inches
#art #johnnycash #walktheline
I keep you on my mind both day and night
And happiness I've known proves that it's right
Because you're mine, I walk the line
Johnny Cash
Frederick Hammersley, Under On
1976-1977
Oil on linen
32 x 32 inches
#art #johnnycash #walktheline
September 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
As sure as night is dark and day is light
I keep you on my mind both day and night
And happiness I've known proves that it's right
Because you're mine, I walk the line
Johnny Cash
Frederick Hammersley, Under On
1976-1977
Oil on linen
32 x 32 inches
#art #johnnycash #walktheline
I keep you on my mind both day and night
And happiness I've known proves that it's right
Because you're mine, I walk the line
Johnny Cash
Frederick Hammersley, Under On
1976-1977
Oil on linen
32 x 32 inches
#art #johnnycash #walktheline
Everything that shows up in your mandala
is a vehicle for your awakening.
From this point of view,
awakening is right at your fingertips continually.
- Pema Chodron
Lenore Tawney, Untitled (Mandala), 1971
Mixed media on paper, collaged on paper
9.5 x 6 in
#art #inspiration #pemachodron #mandala
is a vehicle for your awakening.
From this point of view,
awakening is right at your fingertips continually.
- Pema Chodron
Lenore Tawney, Untitled (Mandala), 1971
Mixed media on paper, collaged on paper
9.5 x 6 in
#art #inspiration #pemachodron #mandala
August 30, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Everything that shows up in your mandala
is a vehicle for your awakening.
From this point of view,
awakening is right at your fingertips continually.
- Pema Chodron
Lenore Tawney, Untitled (Mandala), 1971
Mixed media on paper, collaged on paper
9.5 x 6 in
#art #inspiration #pemachodron #mandala
is a vehicle for your awakening.
From this point of view,
awakening is right at your fingertips continually.
- Pema Chodron
Lenore Tawney, Untitled (Mandala), 1971
Mixed media on paper, collaged on paper
9.5 x 6 in
#art #inspiration #pemachodron #mandala
May you have walls for the winds, a roof for the rain, tea beside the fire, laughter to cheer you, those you love near you, and all your heart might desire.
- Irish blessing
Ken Price, Untitled (Green Cup), ca. 1976
Glazed & painted ceramic
3.75h x 4w x 3d ins
#art #ceramics #cup #kenprice #green
- Irish blessing
Ken Price, Untitled (Green Cup), ca. 1976
Glazed & painted ceramic
3.75h x 4w x 3d ins
#art #ceramics #cup #kenprice #green
August 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It doesn't matter
whether you're the lion
or the gazelle,
when the sun comes up,
you'd better be running.
- African Proverb
Jaune Quick-to-See-Smith, Arlee Series # 6, 1982
Pastel & crayon on paper
30 x 22 inches
#art #inspirationalquote #nativeamericanart #proverb #animals
whether you're the lion
or the gazelle,
when the sun comes up,
you'd better be running.
- African Proverb
Jaune Quick-to-See-Smith, Arlee Series # 6, 1982
Pastel & crayon on paper
30 x 22 inches
#art #inspirationalquote #nativeamericanart #proverb #animals
August 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
It doesn't matter
whether you're the lion
or the gazelle,
when the sun comes up,
you'd better be running.
- African Proverb
Jaune Quick-to-See-Smith, Arlee Series # 6, 1982
Pastel & crayon on paper
30 x 22 inches
#art #inspirationalquote #nativeamericanart #proverb #animals
whether you're the lion
or the gazelle,
when the sun comes up,
you'd better be running.
- African Proverb
Jaune Quick-to-See-Smith, Arlee Series # 6, 1982
Pastel & crayon on paper
30 x 22 inches
#art #inspirationalquote #nativeamericanart #proverb #animals
Here’s to the crazy ones.
The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
- Walter Isaacson
Sam Gilliam • Untitled (Yellow Shapes), 2001
Silkscreen on paper
27.5 x 40.5 inches
#samgilliam #art #africanamericanart #yellow
The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
- Walter Isaacson
Sam Gilliam • Untitled (Yellow Shapes), 2001
Silkscreen on paper
27.5 x 40.5 inches
#samgilliam #art #africanamericanart #yellow
August 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Here’s to the crazy ones.
The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
- Walter Isaacson
Sam Gilliam • Untitled (Yellow Shapes), 2001
Silkscreen on paper
27.5 x 40.5 inches
#samgilliam #art #africanamericanart #yellow
The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
- Walter Isaacson
Sam Gilliam • Untitled (Yellow Shapes), 2001
Silkscreen on paper
27.5 x 40.5 inches
#samgilliam #art #africanamericanart #yellow
You're much too much, and just too very very
To ever be, to ever be in Webster’s Dictionary
And so I'm borrowing a love song from the birds
To tell you that you're marvelous
Too marvelous for words.
Richard Yarde, Billie Holiday, 1994
Watercolor on paper
15.5 x 13.25 inches (image)
#billieholiday
Richard Yarde, Billie Holiday, 1994
Watercolor on paper
15.5 x 13.25 inches (image)
#billieholiday
August 2, 2025 at 10:37 AM
You're much too much, and just too very very
To ever be, to ever be in Webster’s Dictionary
And so I'm borrowing a love song from the birds
To tell you that you're marvelous
Too marvelous for words.
Richard Yarde, Billie Holiday, 1994
Watercolor on paper
15.5 x 13.25 inches (image)
#billieholiday
Richard Yarde, Billie Holiday, 1994
Watercolor on paper
15.5 x 13.25 inches (image)
#billieholiday
What’s Black and White and Red all over?
- Classic American Riddle
•
Claude Lawrence • Untitled
Acrylic on paper
18 x 24 ins
•
#art #africanamericanart
- Classic American Riddle
•
Claude Lawrence • Untitled
Acrylic on paper
18 x 24 ins
•
#art #africanamericanart
July 26, 2025 at 5:58 AM
What’s Black and White and Red all over?
- Classic American Riddle
•
Claude Lawrence • Untitled
Acrylic on paper
18 x 24 ins
•
#art #africanamericanart
- Classic American Riddle
•
Claude Lawrence • Untitled
Acrylic on paper
18 x 24 ins
•
#art #africanamericanart
“It was like looking at a knot, knowing it was a knot, but not knowing how to untie it. I had no map for this life.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Chains
•
Melvin Edwards • Untitled • ca. 1974
Watercolor & ink on paper
24 x 18 ins
•
#africanamericanart
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Chains
•
Melvin Edwards • Untitled • ca. 1974
Watercolor & ink on paper
24 x 18 ins
•
#africanamericanart
July 19, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“It was like looking at a knot, knowing it was a knot, but not knowing how to untie it. I had no map for this life.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Chains
•
Melvin Edwards • Untitled • ca. 1974
Watercolor & ink on paper
24 x 18 ins
•
#africanamericanart
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Chains
•
Melvin Edwards • Untitled • ca. 1974
Watercolor & ink on paper
24 x 18 ins
•
#africanamericanart
Sometimes, I feel discriminated against,
but it does not make me angry.
It merely astonishes me.
How can any deny themselves
the pleasure of my company?
It’s beyond me.
- Zora Neale Hurston
Romare Bearden, Storyville: A New Tune, ca. 1980
Mixed media collage
6 x 9 ins
but it does not make me angry.
It merely astonishes me.
How can any deny themselves
the pleasure of my company?
It’s beyond me.
- Zora Neale Hurston
Romare Bearden, Storyville: A New Tune, ca. 1980
Mixed media collage
6 x 9 ins
July 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Sometimes, I feel discriminated against,
but it does not make me angry.
It merely astonishes me.
How can any deny themselves
the pleasure of my company?
It’s beyond me.
- Zora Neale Hurston
Romare Bearden, Storyville: A New Tune, ca. 1980
Mixed media collage
6 x 9 ins
but it does not make me angry.
It merely astonishes me.
How can any deny themselves
the pleasure of my company?
It’s beyond me.
- Zora Neale Hurston
Romare Bearden, Storyville: A New Tune, ca. 1980
Mixed media collage
6 x 9 ins
My storehouse having burnt down,
nothing obscures the view
of the bright moon.
- Bashô
Florence Miller Pierce US, 1918-2007
Untitled (Triangle with Eclipse), 1985
Resin Relief
35 x 35 x 35 x 2d inches
nothing obscures the view
of the bright moon.
- Bashô
Florence Miller Pierce US, 1918-2007
Untitled (Triangle with Eclipse), 1985
Resin Relief
35 x 35 x 35 x 2d inches
June 28, 2025 at 10:26 AM
My storehouse having burnt down,
nothing obscures the view
of the bright moon.
- Bashô
Florence Miller Pierce US, 1918-2007
Untitled (Triangle with Eclipse), 1985
Resin Relief
35 x 35 x 35 x 2d inches
nothing obscures the view
of the bright moon.
- Bashô
Florence Miller Pierce US, 1918-2007
Untitled (Triangle with Eclipse), 1985
Resin Relief
35 x 35 x 35 x 2d inches
Nothing in human philosophy persists more strangely than the
old belief that God is always on the side of those who have the
most revolvers.
from A Revolver by Carl Sandburg
Stuart Davis
REVOLVER, 1925
Ink on paper
9.75 x 15 ins
#modernism #art #revolver
old belief that God is always on the side of those who have the
most revolvers.
from A Revolver by Carl Sandburg
Stuart Davis
REVOLVER, 1925
Ink on paper
9.75 x 15 ins
#modernism #art #revolver
June 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Nothing in human philosophy persists more strangely than the
old belief that God is always on the side of those who have the
most revolvers.
from A Revolver by Carl Sandburg
Stuart Davis
REVOLVER, 1925
Ink on paper
9.75 x 15 ins
#modernism #art #revolver
old belief that God is always on the side of those who have the
most revolvers.
from A Revolver by Carl Sandburg
Stuart Davis
REVOLVER, 1925
Ink on paper
9.75 x 15 ins
#modernism #art #revolver
I prove a theorem and the house expands:
the windows jerk free to hover near the ceiling,
the ceiling floats away with a sigh.
from Geometry by RIta Dove
Wilfred Zogbaum
Untitled, circa 1936
Oil on canvas
15.875 x 19.75 ins
#modernart #poetry #geometry
the windows jerk free to hover near the ceiling,
the ceiling floats away with a sigh.
from Geometry by RIta Dove
Wilfred Zogbaum
Untitled, circa 1936
Oil on canvas
15.875 x 19.75 ins
#modernart #poetry #geometry
June 14, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I prove a theorem and the house expands:
the windows jerk free to hover near the ceiling,
the ceiling floats away with a sigh.
from Geometry by RIta Dove
Wilfred Zogbaum
Untitled, circa 1936
Oil on canvas
15.875 x 19.75 ins
#modernart #poetry #geometry
the windows jerk free to hover near the ceiling,
the ceiling floats away with a sigh.
from Geometry by RIta Dove
Wilfred Zogbaum
Untitled, circa 1936
Oil on canvas
15.875 x 19.75 ins
#modernart #poetry #geometry