My Favorite Painting
Tony Breuer’s
This Is My Body Broken For You
by Nan Parrish, Volunteer and Community Activist
This is the first piece I bought that started my collection of Southern living artists. I fell in love with Tony’s work from a…
Archive for November, 2009
Openings & Receptions
November 2009
Three Part Harmony, Oct. 29 – Nov. 30, Richland Fine Art
Richland Fine Art presents Three Part Harmony featuring new work by Roger Dale Brown, Paula Frizbe and Dawn E. Whitelaw. The exhibition, which runs through November,…
Appraise It!
Pyrite and Silver “Bow” pin, circa 1930
Nice vintage “marcasite” pin, well-marked and identified “sterling” “Germany.”
Pyrite and marcasite have almost identical physical properties, making it difficult to distinguish them apart unless you are a mineralogist. Adding to the confusion…
Poetry | Warrior
By Mary Elizabeth Holden, Survivor
Now…You…Lose!
I won’t be silenced by your thoughts.
Nor by the words you say.
I won’t be buried in my hole.
Today is a brand new day.
Anything Goes | Scott Kendall
What characteristic do you most like about yourself?
That I am naturally, deeply fulfilled by great art, music, literature, nature, and the simple things of life.
And what do you like least?
Time constraints to achieve all the…
On The Town with Ted Clayton
The kick-off to the fall social season began with a flourish: Fall Fest at the Belle Meade Plantation, Vino on the Veranda, Authors in the Round, and The Frist Gala—all in the second weekend of October. Not being able…
Gallery One | The Water is Wide
For Shelley Liles McBurney, owner of Gallery One, her space is her canvas. She populates the walls and floors with works of art that reflect her eclectic tastes. “Hanging a new show is deeply creative for me. I get lost in it, absorbed by some of the same challenges an artist faces: balancing shape, color, and texture; dealing with surface and light.”
Marilyn Murphy | Surrealism and Dangerous Desserts
Photo: Anthony Scarlati
Those of us who know and love artist Marilyn Murphy understand that jello is a particular passion of hers, although it’s unlikely she’ll ever make any, or even eat any, for that matter. She likes to look at it…
Abstract Aerials
The photographers of Aerial Innovations of Tennessee, Inc., enjoy the opportunity to see the world from a very different perspective—between 500 and 1000 feet above the earth. Owners Wendy Whittemore and Rachel Paul began the company in Tennessee with…
A Day on the Trail
My traveling partner, photographer Anthony Scarlati, and I like to take the path less beaten. We are always looking for new possibilities outside of our urban sprawl. So for us this 84-mile drive down the Old Tennessee Trail was…
