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The flowers are tiny and unattractive. After blooming (in mid-spring), green, spherical fruits develop, on short, slender stalks. Each fruit is a drupe, containing a single hard seed which is surrounded by a layer of soft flesh. The skin of the fruit turns a sort of dull orange, and then perhaps a bit purplish. When ripe, the fruits are edible, |
and they are indeed a bit sweet, tasting something like a raisin, or maybe a date. Birds love them. But it's the bark that really makes this tree distinctive: nothing else growing in the South has this sort of rough, warty growth, a series of knob-like projections scattered over much of the otherwise smoothish surface. Other than this bark, most |
everything else about this tree is rather unremarkable, and for this reason, it is often misidentified as something else. There are several species to which our Mystery Plant is related, all in the same genus, and they are not always easy to tell apart. This is a quick grower, relatively drought-resistant, and an excellent shade tree for yards and streets. |
Its bark is unusual and attractive, and it provides plenty of food for the birds. It would make a great addition to your yard or neighborhood. Or your college campus. Answer: “Sugarberry,” “Hackberry,” Celtis laevigata John Nelson is the curator of the Herbarium at the University of South Carolina, in the Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia SC 29208. As a |
The members of this mailing list actively discuss the production of charcoal from large pieces of wood. This problem is important for those countries of Asia and Africa, where there |
is a lot of wood, a lot of working hands and few environment regulations. I think, it is better to offer a solution now than to wait for an ideal |
solution some time in the future. I offer a variant of such a furnace. This design is not protected by the patent so anybody can use it, where regulations permit. |
In this figure the two cylinders are connected with each other. It is possible to use only one device. Then pipe (9) is replaced with pipe (10) resulting in lower |
efficiencies and higher emissions. Each device is a metal cylinder. The top cover seals in a sand filled trough and should have the handle for removal. A basket (11) of |
some smaller diameter than the cylinder, is made of metal strips. The fire wood is stacked in a basket vertically. A simple lift lifts the basket filled with fire wood |
(2) and puts it in the cylinder (1). The cover is closed. If only one apparatus is used, a small wood (4) fire is lit through hatch (7). The hatch |
(7) is closed, and air supply from natural draft is controlled with valves in the hatch (6). Air there passes through a grid-iron (lattice) (3 - bottom), and hot gases |
act in the device through a grid-iron (3 - top). It is possible to judge the condition of the process by the form of smoke from the chimney. During the |
drying stage the smoke is white, during pyrolysis it is yellow, when it is finished it is transparent. The air valves on the hatch (6) should be open only during |
the drying stage. The following stages continue with the hatches closed. During the final stage the pipes are removed, the holes are sealed and the coal cools down. When it |
has cooled down (from 12 hours about 2 days, depending on the sizes of the cylinder and fire wood) the lid is removed and the basket, now full of charcoal, |
is removed. Fallen pieces of charcoal can be removed through hatch (8) and ashes through hatch (6). If the two units are connected as shown the gasses from the first |
cylinder can be burned below the second. With a little care in construction the system can be made to switch easily back and forth. When the first one is finished |
such as "Introduction", "Conclusion"..etc Researchers have found the molecular mechanism that helps toll-like receptors, also known as the guard dogs of the immune system, activate the body's defences. Toll-like receptors, a class of proteins sniff out bacteria and viruses and activate the body's immune system for an attack on these invaders. One of the proteins in this class, toll-like receptor |
9 or TLR9, can pick up a snippet of DNA common in bacteria and viruses called CpG DNA. The study could help drug makers create DNA-based drugs which would get the guard dogs howling, which, in turn, would trip a fast immune response, causing the body to attack cancerous tumours or, if used as an ingredient in vaccines, bolster the |
assault on infectious diseases such as hepatitis B and C. CpG DNA could even be used to treat immune system disorders such as asthma and allergies. The study was conducted by a ream of researchers led by Wen-Ming Chu at Brown University Researchers found a direct interaction between HMGB1, (a protein released when infection occurs, when cells are damaged or |
when tissue is injured) and TLR9. The study found that when the invader's DNA is present TLR9 meets up with HMGB1. The combination occurs inside tiny cellular cargo boxes, called endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi intermediate compartments (ERGIC). Researchers noted that in ERGIC the proteins bind to form a complex that sets off a biochemical cascade, which triggers the body's immune response. When |
HMGB1 is absent from cells, it was found that the body's immune response was significantly delayed. Source: ANI SRM/J. Enter the code exactly as it appears. All letters are case insensitive, there is no zero. |
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My newsletter The jack o'lantern mushroom (Omphalotus olearius) is an orange to yellow gill mushroom that to an untrained eye appears similar to some chanterelles, and is most notable for its bioluminescent properties. Previous names include Omphalotus illudens and Clitocybe illudens. Unlike the chanterelle, the jack o'lantern mushroom is poisonous. |
While not lethal, consuming this mushroom leads to very severe cramps, vomiting, and diarrhea. Complicating its toxicity is the fact that it smells and looks very appealing, to the extent that there are reports of repeat poisonings from individuals who were tempted to try them a second time. Its bioluminescence |
is only observable in low-light conditions when the eye develops night vision. The whole mushroom doesn't glow—only the gills. This is due to an enzyme, called luciferase, acting upon an unspecifed chemical, leading to the emission of light much as do fireflies when glowing. Unlike the chanterelle, the jack o'lantern |
has true, sharp, non-forking gills; this is the only "simple" trait for distinguishing between the two. The Jack-o-Lantern mushroom's fruiting body (its stem and cap) is an orange color. Underneath the cap is its well known glowing color, which glows in a blue-green color. The similarly poisonous mushroom Tsukiyotake (Omphalotus |
japonicus (Kawam.) Kirchm. & O.K. Mill., aka Lampteromyces japonicus (Kawam.) Sing.) found in Japan and eastern Asia emits light similar to that of the jack o'lantern mushroom, and contains the same poison (Illudin). It was confirmed that Tsukiyotake was a companion of jack o'lantern mushroom in 2003. The poisonous Western |
jack o'lantern mushroom, Omphalotus olivascens is abundant in South & Central California, it is also similar to the chanterelle but can be distinguished as its flesh is never white. |This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Omphalotus_olearius". A list of |
This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the |
quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats. Amal Abu al-Jamiyya - This person is a cute, freckle-faced Palestinian girl whom Shipler interviewed about the views on Jews that she had picked up |
in the Dheisheh camp. Majdi and Suhbi Abu-Jumaa - These are two Palestinian terrorists, cousins, responsible for a 1984 attack on a commuter bus in the Gaza Strip. They were taken prisoner by Israeli commandos and tortured to death in |
captivity. Albert Aghazarian - This person is an Armenian living in the Old City of Jerusalem, who considers himself by culture and affinity a Palestinian. Jamil Ahmed -... This section contains 1,692 words| (approx. 6 pages at 300 words per |
Looking for love How science is revealing the roots of romance and debunking myths As anyone who has fallen in - or out of - love knows, love is a complex emotion. It can make us dreamy and obsessive, bathe us in peace, and shake us with protective anger. It can blind us to the smell of diapers and inure us to the quirks |
of adults. Researchers have searched in vain for a love “spot’’ in the brain, a single area that lights up in a scanner when someone imagines his or her beloved. Instead, what little we know suggests that love involves many parts of the brain and a complex interplay of hormones. Surveys also show that whom we fall in love with is largely influenced by |
who we are; our personality traits and values drive our choices. Here are some facts scientists have recently uncovered about love, a few hunches about how it works, and some new survey data that may help you see your selection of a mate in a different light. The death of dating Today’s young people have sex first, and date later, says Justin R. Garcia, |
an evolutionary biologist with the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction at Indiana University. “I went to lunch with someone when I woke up next to them - that’s what dating is today,’’ said Garcia, also a scientific adviser to the online dating service Match.com. Sex before love can be a particular problem for young people, who are still forming their |
identities, are prone to depression and self-esteem problems, and are surrounded by tremendous drug and alcohol use. That combination added to the biochemical reaction triggered by sexual intimacy can lead to coercion and sexual assault, he said. In recent research spurred by an overheard conversation, Justin Garcia of the Kinsey Institute discovered that two-thirds of all couples speak “romantic baby talk’’ to each other. |
This chatter is often kept a secret within the couple. “It’s about having something that’s playful and unique to the couple, like a little secret language,’’ he said. Previous research has suggested that sharing fun activities within a couple floods their brains with the chemicals dopamine and serotonin - heightening the pleasure of the activity, he said. This romantic baby talk usually happens early |
in a relationship, before there are actual babies around, Garcia noted. New polling data from Match.com suggests that we have a lot of misconceptions about what single men and women want from a relationship. Only 3 percent of men and 1.4 percent of women just want to date lots of people - the rest hope to form a real relationship. “We’ve got this myth |
that people go onto these dating sites to have a lot of rolls in the hay and it is apparently not true,’’ said Helen Fisher, a biological anthropologist at Rutgers University in New Jersey, who was a consultant on the poll. Men are also ready to live with a partner faster than women and are more willing to commit to a relationship without feeling |
on the first date, and have the fewest sexual encounters, according to the poll - though they are more likely than liberals to reach orgasm when they do have sex. Conservative Republican singles were also more likely to report that they must have someone of the same political affiliation, religion, ethnic group, values, attitudes about money, and views of marriage. Their partner must also |
have close family ties. Liberal singles, on the other hand, look for someone with a sense of humor, a sense of independence, a similar level of education, mutual respect, and someone who is comfortable communicating their wants and needs. They are also more open to dating someone with a different background. Don’t go into a relationship thinking you can convert your conservative partner into |
a Democrat, or convince someone with liberal values to vote Republican, Fisher said. “They’re not going to change - liberal Democrats not any more than Republicans.’’ It's a chemical thing Scientists have been studying the prairie vole, a species of rodent that differs from other voles mainly because of its monogamy. Biochemical differences among vole species have helped scientists pin down the brain chemicals |
involved in human love, including dopamine, vasopressin, and oxytocin (not to be confused with the painkiller OxyContin). These chemicals can relax your mood, boost trust, and enable you to better read social cues. But they can also make you more aggressive, attentive, and stressed. The closer you feel to someone, the more similar your emotions will be, said Christian Keysers, a professor at the |
a brain scan. It’s much more complex than recognizing a face (which has a couple of dedicated spots on the brain) or feeling pain (which lights up a few areas in particular). So far, scanning research has been inconclusive. Love has traditionally been very difficult to study - how do you come up with a definition that encompasses the love between a parent and |
attention to your heart. The risk of having a heart attack is 21 times higher than average the day after a loved one dies, and remains four times higher a month later, according to a study published last month in the journal Circulation. Grief is known to cause stress, anger, and anxiety, all of which can elevate blood pressure and heart rate, which then |
those assembled,’’ The Guardian newspaper reported on the public opening of London’s Metropolitan Line on Jan. 10, 1863. The first stretch of rail had opened the day before, on Jan. 9. The line — the first part of what is now an extensive London transport network that has shaped the British capital and its suburbs — ran 120 trains each |
way during the day, carrying up to 40,000 excited passengers. Extra steam locomotives and cars were called in to handle the crowds. Architectural historian David Lawrence said the rapid expansion of the subway network — better known in London as the Tube — had a major impact on the city’s design. The Tube helped lure people away from the inner |
city into new areas where new housing was being built near the stations. The pioneering Metropolitan Line sparked a new wave of underground development which today has grown into a 249-mile system carrying 1.2 billion passenger journeys each year. Although Londoners love to complain about its sometimes sketchy performance, the Tube and its related rail lines can be a remarkably |
efficient way to move vast numbers of people in and out of the city, with roughly 3.5 million journeys completed each day. It provided nearly flawless transport during the recent London Olympics despite fears that it would buckle under the extra strain. Charles Pearson, a lawyer who saw the line as a tool of social reform which would enable the |
poor to live in healthier surroundings on the perimeter of the city, began promoting the line in the 1850s. Pearson made a crucial contribution by persuading the Corporation of the City of London to invest in the line. For the anniversary celebrations, Transport for London will run old-style steam powered trains underground — but only on Sunday, so as not |
BénouvilleArticle Free Pass Bénouville, town, Basse-Normandie région, northwestern France. Located 2.4 miles (4 km) southwest of Ouistreham and 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Caen by road, it is situated at a road crossing of the Caen ship canal, which links those two cities. Early in the morning of D-Day (June 6, 1944), during the Normandy Invasion of World War |
II, a force of British paratroopers landed by glider at Bénouville to capture the canal bridge and the nearby bridge over the Orne River prior to the landing of troops at nearby Sword Beach. Near the canal bridge, now known as Pegasus Bridge (1935; rebuilt 1994), is the Airborne Forces Museum, which commemorates the assault and liberation of the town |
from German occupation. A notable historic structure in the town is the 18th-century neoclassical château designed by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux. At Ranville, east of the Orne River Bridge, is an Allied war cemetery with some 2,150 graves. Pop. (1999) 1,766; (2005 est.) 1,924. What made you want to look up "Benouville"? Please share what surprised you most... |
Eusebio KinoArticle Free Pass Eusebio Kino, in full Eusebio Francisco Kino, original name Eusebio Francesco Chino, Chino also spelled Chini or Kühn (born Aug. 10, 1645, Segno, Tirol [now in Italy]—died March 15, 1711, Magdalena, Mex.), Jesuit missionary, cartographer, rancher, and explorer in Spanish service, founder of numerous missions in the Pimería Alta region, now divided between the Mexican state |
of Sonora and the U.S. state of Arizona. Educated in Germany in philosophy, mathematics, and astronomy, he entered the Society of Jesus in 1665 and was sent as a missionary to Mexico City in 1681. In March 1687 he established his first mission among rural Indian peoples, Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, in what is now Sonora. In 1691 he |
made the first of about 40 expeditions into Arizona. Introducing fruit trees and cattle, he helped the Pima Indians to diversify their agriculture. To the dismay of mine owners, he opposed the enslavement of Indians in the northern Mexican silver mines. His Favores celestiales (1708) was translated into English as Kino’s Historical Memoir of Pimería Alta, 2 vol. (1919, reissued |
pelicanArticle Free Pass pelican (genus Pelecanus), any of seven or eight species of water birds constituting the family Pelecanidae (order Pelecaniformes), distinguished by their large, elastic throat pouches. Pelicans inhabit lakes, rivers, and seacoasts in many parts of the world. With some species reaching a length of 180 cm (70 inches), having a wingspan of 3 m (10 feet), and weighing up to 13 |
kg (30 pounds), they are among the largest of living birds. Pelicans eat fish, which they catch by using the extensible throat pouch as a dip-net. The pouch is not used to store the fish, which are swallowed immediately. One species, the brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), captures fish by a spectacular plunge from the air, but other species swim in formation, driving small schools |
of fish into shoal water where they are scooped up by the birds. Pelicans lay one to four bluish white eggs in a stick nest, and the young hatch in about a month. The young live on regurgitated food obtained by thrusting their bills down the parent’s gullet. The young mature at three to four years. Though ungainly on land, pelicans are impressive in |
flight. They usually travel in small flocks, soaring overhead and often beating their wings in unison. The sexes are similar in appearance, but males are larger. The best-known pelicans are the two species called white pelicans: Pelecanus erythrorhynchos of the New World, the North American white pelican, and P. onocrotalus of the Old World, the European white pelican. Between 1970 and late 2009, the |
smaller, 107–137-cm brown pelican was listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Though the brown pelican once bred in enormous colonies along New World coasts, its population declined drastically in North America during the period 1940–70 as a result of use of DDT and related pesticides. The birds’ breeding improved after DDT was banned. Pelicans usually breed in colonies on islands; |
there may be many small colonies on a single island. The gregarious North American white pelican breeds on islands in lakes in north-central and western North America; all pairs in any colony at any given time are in the same stage of the reproductive cycle. It is migratory, as are some other species. The brown pelican breeds along the tropical and subtropical shores of |
F. R. Simms Simply begin typing or use the editing tools above to add to this article. Once you are finished and click submit, your modifications will be sent to our editors for review. development of armoured vehicles ...one of their steam traction engines for hauling supplies in the South African (Boer) War (1899–1902). The first motor vehicle used as a weapon carrier was |
a powered quadricycle on which F.R. Simms mounted a machine gun in 1899 in England. The inevitable next step was a vehicle that was both armed and armoured. Such a vehicle was constructed to the order of Vickers, Sons and Maxim... What made you want to look up "F. R. Simms"? Please share what surprised you most... |
Back to opening pagePeople & Environment Reservoirs are created to provide a benefit to people. However, the flooding, or inundation, of land and the management of the reservoir water can have an unfavourable effect on people, the wildlife and the environment, not only in and around the valley, but also downstream of the dam. The disadvantages of creating a new |
reservoir should be considered during the planning stages. Suitable methods should be decided upon to eliminate or reduce the disadvantages, so that the reservoir provides an overall benefit to people. These are some of the issues that are considered: |
Looking for information on ants in South Florida? You have found the right place on the web! Ants are amazing creatures, but they can be real pests! There are about 20,000 different species of ants known on Earth, and they can be found in almost every environment; especially in hot and humid South Florida. These pests range from the tiny, essentially harmless Ghost ant |
(also commonly referred to as the “sugar ant”) to the ferocious and prolific Fire ant that deliver a bite that literally feels like you’ve touched fire. Ant mounds can damage lawns and landscaping and contaminate food, food preparation areas, and invade pet food bowls when they make their way into your home or business. They may be small, but they make up for their |
size in numbers; if you spot one ant, be certain there are many, many ants; long trails of ants busily moving back and forth around the food site and the surrounding areas. Their small size makes them very difficult to keep outside as they are constantly foraging for food. Ants have a three-part segmented body, three pairs of legs, and live in a colony |
with many other individuals of the same species. Ants, along with bees and wasps, are members of the order Hymenoptera. All ants are in the family Formicidae, which is divided into a dozen or so subfamilies. Winged ant reproductives, called alates or swarmers, leave the nest in large numbers in warm weather to mate and establish new colonies. They are often mistaken for termites |
that are similar in appearance and also exhibit this behavior. The way to tell them apart is by appearance, since the ant’s body is thin and constricted, whereas the termites body is straight-sided. Ants also have two pairs of long narrow wings that are firmly attached; the termite wings, which are similar in appearance, break off easily. If termite swarmers have been crawling, their |
broken wings litter the swarm area (which is also a good indicator of termite infestation, especially if found indoors). Ants have elbowed antennae, while termites have straight, beaded antennae. Food preferences vary among ant species, but almost all ants are attracted to sweets. Honeydew, the sweet excretion of aphids and scale is highly favored by many ant species. Some, such as Argentine, Ghost, and |
White-footed ants actually tend or “farm” these insects, protecting them on the plant they eat and driving off any predators or parasites in order to secure a constant honeydew supply. This also increases damage from these pests. Ants are social insects. They live in colonies that may include thousands or even millions of individuals. The wingless worker ants are the most common adults seen. |
However, there are three types of adults: Queens, Males, and Workers. Ever wonder how ants communicate? Pheromones are the best-known form of communication for ants. Ants use these chemical signals to communicate how to find food and to alarm the colony if a threat exists. Ants grow up in just a few days. Each ant passes through four distinct growing stages: egg, larva, pupa, |
and the adult. Ants live a very busy, but short life compared to humans. The average life expectancy of an ant is 45-60 days. However, they reproduce so quickly that the overall colony just gets larger with time. Do you live in South Florida and have an ant problem in your home or business? Hulett Environmental Services offers custom designed pest control treatments to |
Before subject or composition, before values, shapes, or color, before you pick up a brush you must first have a visual idea, an artistic concept. Beg, borrow or steal an idea, but get one! Only Emotion comes before this. All successful works of art have a visual concept or idea. Work that does not have a visual concept may be |
a sketch, a study or a ho-hum painting. If you have an idea firmly in mind you're halfway home. What are some concepts painters have used to insure their work reaches the level of true art? "The idea is more important than the object." Damien Hirst Ask yourself what is it about the subject that caught your eye; what are |
you ..."thinking and feeling in relation to the subject. What was the first split second impression. Why did you stop to photograph it? Was it the shape, color, texture, contrast, simplicity, atmosphere, or the light?" Al Brouillette, The Evolving Picture., pg 10. Make something from this partial list the idea for your painting: You may want a subject, but don't |
make something like this the idea of your painting: If you have firmly in mind something from the first list, then you can begin to focus on something from the second list. Facts alone are boring, emotion and relationship are interesting. "When you arrive at the point where you can say, 'That's exciting,' then you can start working out the |
details of your subject... I develop shapes, values, and colors that happen to suggest buildings... If a painting is to be honest, it must come largely from the subconscious." Al Brouillette "Moving, compelling, with significant emotional impact...that's what I mean by successful art." Robert Bissett "Man's reaction to his earth expressed by means of a medium is ART." Jack Clifton |
"The various details in a landscape painting mean nothing to us if they do not express some mood of nature as felt by the artist." Robert Henri "Without atmosphere a painting is nothing." Rembrandt In the art world today, pictures that rely on one of these elements may qualify as art: Nothing wrong with any of these, in fact, they |
have carried many a painting. But for lasting value there is another, more essential artistic element. A painting can be pure magic, it can pluck the strings of your heart, it can make your day, change your worldview, make you want to take it home. By what alchemy is this done? That's what we must discover. (Hint: Visual Idea) - |
Robert Bissett "Don't become overly enamored with nature. Don't fall in love with another artists work. Don't be mesmerized by a photograph. Your painting is not there. Take note of your emotional response, learn what you can, then go within, add mood, inspiration and wonder. Now you're ready to paint." - Robert Bissett "Perceptive observation is seeing with your brain, |
feeling with your eyes, interpreting with your heart." Robert Wade "The beginning painter is focused on learning technique with the goal of accurate reporting and detail. Then comes the realization that composition and design are more important. In time, if there are to be good paintings, an underlying visual concept guides the entire process. Finally, the occasional artist discovers how |
to breath life into the canvas and it sings with a pure voice." Robert Bissett "Without a good idea at the start only failure can result." "In love and war, in food and art, the quick, intuitive decision, without verbiage, is the one worth heeding. The French call it "coup d'oeil" (power of the glance)." Robert Genn "It's this abstraction, |
subtle or strong, that makes your work live as a thing-in-itself and become something unique and different from what it represents." Robert Genn "Need must find idea and method. Obsession follows. Obsession cannot occur before idea. As idea leads, the form of one's art emerges, and at its best, an accumulation of painted images leads to a surrogate of the |
real world." (Hiram Williams) "It should not be hard for you to stop sometimes and look into the stains of walls, or ashes of a fire, or clouds, or mud or like places, in which... you may find really marvelous ideas." (Leonardo da Vinci) "Without planning, your painting will probably be indecisive and fragmented, and you'll try to say too |
much in one picture." (Ron Ranson) "Plan like a turtle; paint like a rabbit." (Edgar Whitney) "Before you compose your picture it's a good idea to ask yourself why you're doing it." (Anonymous) "Although an image is clearly visible to the eye, it takes the mind to develop it into a rich, tangible brilliance, into an outstanding painting." (Jeanne Dobie) |
"An artist is paid for his vision, not his reporting." (Tom Lynch) "An artist" said James McNeill Whistler, "is not paid for his labor, but for his vision." An altered state of seeing can help an artist better define that vision. Looking back doesn't necessarily bring on a sense of contentment. It's one of the pro-tools that creators need in |
order to better understand what it is they're up to. The idea is to seek out and kill the banal and ordinary. The idea is to find and honor the central motif. The idea is to make your vision stronger. Robert Genn "What good is a balanced composition if the painting doesn't sing with life's energy and spirit?" (Marney Ward) |
"Art is idea. It is not enough to draw, paint, and sculpt. An artist should be able to think." (Gurdon Woods) "The relationships of shape, texture, and color all contribute to the creative action that gradually becomes the expressive concept." (Marilyn Hughey Phillips) "When I begin a composition, I try to clearly understand the idea behind the subject... my subconscious |
tends to reinforce the idea by complementing and contrasting colours in patterns around the subject, leading mind and vision to the centre of the composition." (Ken Strong) "The ideas must all be in the eye before they are carried out with the brush." (Anonymous Chinese painter) "When I work on an idea for a painting... the first thing I think |
of is the atmosphere I am trying to achieve. I want to create another world for the viewer to walk into." (Carol Cottone-Kolthoff) "The foundation of my ideas is the result of being inspired by a particular shape, quality of light or arrangement of form." (Tom Francesconi) "The idea is more important than the object." (Damien Hirst) "I generally 'see' |
the finished work before I start and carry it around in my head for weeks, or longer, before beginning a painting." (Janet Hayes) "I must always have a clear image of the form of a work before I begin. Otherwise there is no impulse to create." (Barbara Hepworth) "I start every painting by asking myself one essential question, 'Is this |
a powerful image?'" (Suzanne McWhinnie) "Titian, Tintoretto, and Paul Veronese absolutely enchanted me, for they took away all sense of subject… It was the poetry of color which I felt, procreative in its nature, giving birth to a thousand things which the eye cannot see, and distinct from their cause." (Washington Allston) "When you are young, you study the masters |
for their techniques and style. But when you are older, you study them for their emotion, feeling." (Chiang Chao-Shen) "The real master of art expresses feeling rather than technique, which is achieved through intuition rather than education." (Quang Ho) "One can be a technical master – full of craftsmanship, but not in most senses an artistic master." (oliver) "In the |
hands of a master, light and shade is one of the great qualities of art." (John Sloan) "To become masters, we need to be able to tap our inner creativity, and then combine the inspiration we receive from within with the technical skill that has come from years of experience.' (Marney Ward) "That which they call abstract is the most |
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