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Andy Warhol Manufactured at the Alberta Gallery of Art. 

We saw it.

We loved it.

We wanna see it again.

Andy Warhol: Campbell's Soup (1968)

Andy Warhol: Wayne Gretzky 99, 4 variations

Canadian Kinetic Art ~ who wouldn't love it?

Playing in the kids room at the art gallery

In other news, yesterday was Canada's 144th birthday. We celebrated by hosting a potluck at our house and shared a lovely afternoon and evening with a handful of our favourite people.

 Everyone's height must be measured ... why, we're not sure.

  

 I made some cupcakes for the occasion and had help decorating the delicious morsels.

Canada Day yumminess!

Canada Day Cupcakes

Pour two unbeaten eggs into a 1 cup measuring cup. Fill rest of cup with cream.

Stir and pour into mixing bowl.

Add:

1 cup sugar

1-1/2 cups flour

3 tsp baking powder

Beat well until light and pour into paper cupcake holders. Fill 2/3 full.

Bake approximately 20 minutes at 350 degrees. 

Cool while you prepare the frosting.
(see recipe below).

Baker's Frosting

1 cup solid vegetable shortening4 cups powdered sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 Tablespoons heavy creamliquid or paste food coloring (optional)

Cream shortening until fluffy. Add powdered sugar and continue creaming until well blended. Add salt, vanilla, and cream. Blend on low speed until moistened. Add additional cream a teaspoon at a time if necessary to achieve the right consistency. Beat at high speed until frosting is fluffy. If desired, divide frosting into several small bowls, stir in food coloring to create various colours of 
frosting.

City of Edmonton Skyline

God keep our land, glorious and free!

Don't miss this amazing site!!

The Google Art Project  is the next best thing to actually being there and  the close up detail on some of the paintings is simply awe inspiring!

Sunday morning inspiration with Mary Cassatt

American painter, Mary Stevenson Cassatt (May 22, 1844 -- June 14, 1926) lived much of her adult life in France, exhibiting her work among the Impressionists.

Cassatt is best known for her portrayal of the bond between mothers and their children. Enjoy!

Talking ART

Zach and I went to Mandolin Books to have coffee with the very talented Maria Pace-Wynters. It's always inspiring to connect and and share with other artists ~ a real treat indeed.

Check out Maria's website to view her art. Buy some! I adore her work and would love to have one of her paintings on my living room gallery wall.

*sigh*

ART video

art
by Tanya Davis

i wondered what would be the worth of my words in the world
if i write them and then recite them are they worth being heard
just because i like them does that mean i should mic them
and see what might unfurl

i think of the significance of my opinions here
is it significant to be giving them does anybody care
just because i'm into this does that mean i should live like it
and really do i dare

art, art i want you
art you make it pretty hard not too
and my heart is trying hard here to follow you
but i can't always tell if i ought to

so i pondered the point of my art in this life
if i make it will someone take it and think it's genuine
will they be glad that i did 'cause they got something good out of it
will they leave me and be any more inspired

i question the outcome of the outpouring of myself
if i tell everyone my stories will this keep me healthy and well
will it give me purpose, to this world some sort of service
is it worth it, how can i tell

art, art...