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Still working on this. Having a love/hate relationship with acrylic, more like a tolerate/hate relationship…

“The Dream” Henri Rousseau (rarely seen detail)

Happy 168th Birthday Rousseau!

They gave a banquet for the old man in Picasso’s studio, and all the up-and-coming Paris art world was there, Gertrude Stein and everybody else. They set him up on a chair perched on a packing case like a throne, and he sat there stoically while wax dripped on his head from a lantern. They toasted him and recited poems in his honor and cheered wildly when he played a waltz of his own composition on his violin. They hugged him and told him how wonderful he was and made fun of him while they drank the place dry. (Picasso, who was in charge of the food arrangements, had given the caterer the wrong date, so the guests had to go out and forage if they wanted something to eat.) When the lantern caught fire, they told dear Henri Rousseau it had been planned as an ultimate tribute to his glory. As the party broke up in the far hours of the morning, he lurched up to the host. “Dear Picasso,” he said, “we are the two greatest painters of our time - you in the Egyptian style and me in the modern style.”

Red dot on this one!

Scarred, oil on panel, 11” x 14”.

Wow, my son’s riding a unicorn bursting through a rainbow!

Further along, picture’s a little blurry, 3 weeks left

Join me at Center City Restoration for the closing reception of my show in their studio space. The show will be open for the last time on May 4th. from 6-9 PM. Light refreshments will be served.

For more info on the show check out Don Brewer’s write-up on phillysidearts.com here: http://philly.sidearts.com/2012/02/lauren-rinaldi-at-center-city-restoration/

Committed to preserving the historical beauty of Downtown Philadelphia, Center City Restoration specializes in Historic property restoration and remodeling in the Center City district of Philadelphia. Their strengths lie in project management, meeting a deadline and a seamless project that highlights your homes existing properties. Center City Restoration’s top priority is customer satisfaction and their business plan relies on satisfied customer referrals.

For more information visit:
http://www.centercityrestoration.com/

Here is a link to the Facebook invitation:

https://www.facebook.com/events/407768729247059/

According to NBC, my chosen life path is useless

Caressing the curves of the leaves with paint like they’re flesh and the stems are their skeletons and now it finally makes sense… a little more progress, but more importantly I figured it out so now the rest will be easy :)