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Powerful stuff Ms. Maria, I await the better repro but this is beautiful.[Goto..]

A very lovely drawing Anne... a work of art. The deeper meaning is within us all and will always reveal itself. Pursue your formal concerns, that's what drives us on. The feeling, the passion, call it whatever you want, if it's strong enough will always make itself known. [Goto..]

well done , ... the only thing i dont understand is the color of her shirt or jacket ... i think it is painted "too much" considering the smooth sound of other elements which are very "clean" or "clear". [Goto..]

I wonder why we have to re-enact these ritualistic pagentries - perhaps to enforce a collective idea of the timelessness of the shared historical/cultural moment?
At any rate, Jacques's photo evokes the celebration of the maiden, that might be the expression of any society, from any time.[Goto..]

Ok, This greeklish means:

"Good evening my friend and thanks for your kind letter. The stimuli for my work come from nature, especially the air, the sea and various fruits as well as the form of the rising smoke of a sigarette. Then I make models and then I work in the material I believe that suits the work best."

I hope that is close to what Panayiotis is trying to say. Yes I'd be glad to translate from Greek.

Παναγιώτη, αν θέλεις γράφε Ελληνικά και τα μεταφράζω εγώ από κάτω.
Φιλιά.[Goto..]

· MARIO CASSISA ·

For those of us who attended ArtProcess Trapani 2007, many will fondly recall our fellow artist and Maestro, the great Mario Cassisa, whose exuberant artwork would never fail to surprise and intrigue, and whose high-spirited and often profound advice to his younger colleagues was always a pleasure to listen to.
Sadly, Mario passed away Saturday, April 12 2008.

Quando Muore Un Artista

"Quando muore un artista, con lui muore un pezzetto di citta'.
Sopratutto in citta' dove l'Arte non e' coltivata ed elevata a educatrice della collettivita' ma relegata al ruolo di comparsa per il breve diletto di potenti di turno.
Mario Cassisa era un artista cosmopolita che aveva deciso di vivere nel grigiore culturale di questa provincia, sperando, forse, di colorarla con le sue tele, i suoi collage, il suo abbigliamento.
Rimane memorabile una sua performance in un 25 Aprile, dove nel silenzio generale della citta' nell'anniversario della Liberazione, si fece immortale da solo col suo bastone a fianco il monumento ai caduti di piazza Vittorio.
Caro Maestro, i tuoi amici trapanesi, auspicano che la citta' sappia dedicarti un degno riconoscimento, intanto ti augurano un buon viaggio in compagna delle tue antiche figure Maya e delle tue ballerine hawaiane."

Vito Maria Mancuso, 14 Aprile 2008.

When an artist dies, with him dies a little piece of the city.
Above all in a city where art is not cultivated, but instead relegated to the role of pampering the ego of the powerful of the day.
Mario Cassisa was a cosmopolitan artist who decided to live in the cultural grayness of this province, hoping perhaps, to add colour with his canvases, his collages, and his style of dress.
One of his memorable pieces comes to mind, on April 25th (Liberation Day), he exhibited an immortal performance work, there with his walking stick beside the monument to those fallen in battle, in Piazza Vittorio.
Dear Maestro, your fellow Trapani citizens request that the city dedicate to you some form of dignified recognition, and in the meantime wish you a happy voyage on your journey in the company of those ancient Mayan figures and your Hawaiian lady dancers.

hi there, I 've visited your gallery a moment ago (www.arteryuk.com), nice gallery and good artworks too. If you have time please visit my web, log on to http://suzlee99.tripod.com
regards,
suzlee[Goto..]

Sorry folks, I've been indisposed. Hanjo I enjoyed your prose above, I'm not sure what you're on about but you've got real style as a writer. I've just looked at your latest studio log project that gives us an advance sneak, peak of your take on JP's latest idea and you're not only a good writer but a producer, director and cinematographer as well. My feeling is that you should go off to Hollywood and join the ranks of Julius Schnabel, David Salle and Robert Longo of painters turned auteur filmmakers. I've also noticed the changes to the home page... very lively! "Good work!" to one and all.

By the way (this should probably go on the bugs page but I'm here already) about making that posting above twice, when I clicked on "reply" after making my comment an "error something or other" came up instead of the usual "thanks for your reply!" so frantic that I shouldn't lose my daft comment I went back a page and thankfully it was still there so I sent it again, later I noticed I had sent it twice.[Goto..]

OK Following on Maria's suggestion to put references to the studio log in the artist's gallery, and Hillel needing more forum and SLOG history on the homepage, and removing the fixed pick of the forum. I thought they're probably good suggestions and so I made the changes as they weren't so difficult to do.
Let me know if anything breaks because of the updates please.

Hanjo, reading your recent studio log "what's coming next?" I get the feeling your alter ego is trying to tell you something. I reckon she's saying:

"Keep away from those guys - it'll just mean more trouble - don't tell me you've forgotten already?"

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Rebecca was using an (unusual to me) image format of "pjpeg". As usual, the issue was one of size - they were all larger than the 150Kilobyte site limit.
I saved them for her as normal "jpeg" and they reduced in size significantly, so the upload worked as normal.[Goto..]

This is frustrating - I keep getting this meesage too but I'm trying to upload a low resolution image that's worked fine in other spaces and emails.

I'm deeply dissapointed, I've been looking forward to posting on this site.

Beck

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last Studio Log Entry : Work is constantly changing , artist Maria Xagorari

I can hardly stand in this tiny studio of mine. I can't wait to move.

2nd last Studio Log Entry : What's coming next? , artist Hanjo Schmidt

So for the moment there is nothing else to do but going back to work again. There is still one painting missing in that "Square Meter" series I want to show in October.

3rd last Studio Log Entry : What's coming next? , artist Hanjo Schmidt

And this typical south German brezel isn’t bad either. It looks as entwined as the problem ahead but one can eat it easily. Okay, I will tell you later what came out of this little cosy conference (if there was coming out anything at all) ...

4th last Studio Log Entry : What's coming next? , artist Hanjo Schmidt

Looks much more friendly now. I mean being disciplined and sober is a good thing but on the other hand a nicer atmosphere will maybe trigger better ideas.

5th last Studio Log Entry : What's coming next? , artist Hanjo Schmidt

Well, I forgot to tell you that my alter ego is female. Oh Come on, you should have guessed. It’s the Ying and Yang thing you know. So we have to have another arrangement haven’t we? At least for my alter ego brought these nice flowers. Mmmm what a wonderful alter ego ...

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