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<\/a><\/p>\nFor all these\u00a0photos, click on the image, and maybe yet again, for a larger view.<\/h6>\n
Anne, with her i-Pad ever handy, looked down as well as up, and would find all manner of interesting things. Here a prickly lizard was almost disappearing what with the camouflage of its skin and the color of the concrete blocks. Who knows if\u00a0it was aware of this protection?<\/p>\n
As she went (and we did a lot of walking), Anne began to realize that the utility covers in the sidewalks and streets were of\u00a0different designs. I suppose it’s another example of Italy’s “art everywhere.” (One of these is actually not a cover, but the pattern on another floor. Can you find\u00a0it?)<\/p>\n Another theme Anne began to notice late was the variety of apartment building resident identifiers and doorbells. Again, all different. And, again, one of these is not a doorbell at all, but looks similar. Can you spot it?<\/p>\n Another thing that intrigued Anne was all the graffiti. Apparently in Italy making graffiti is not illegal. And there can be quite a bit of creativity to it. In Florence, she started noticing the simple graphic statements in black, red and white, all with the signature, “K.” Notice in one he’s even painting out a message, and in another he’s painted out. (By him?)<\/p>\n Here’s a theme of mostly black and white graffiti of various sizes.\u00a0And one more utility cover, this one in a wall.<\/p>\n It was fairly late in the trip when we started noticing these “under water” themes. I believe they were all in Venice, which, as I think of it, would be appropriate. Once again, the artist signed them all. But is his name really “Blub”?<\/p>\n The variety and the quality of the artwork was mixed, but generally done with some thought. The wording might be in Italian or English . . . or whatever. Here a bicycling enthusiast reads a newspaper entitled, in French, “My Bike,” and in English says, I think, “Cars Suck.”<\/p>\n The final theme here displays generally quite large expanses of wall art, including one underground tunnel that was completely lined on both sizes. Remember, we were in Italy to look at art. And we looked at lots. Most, however, ignored the stuff on the streets and the walls . . . except Anne, with her eye for many things.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For the month of October Anne’s work will be featured in the window and entry space in the Sandstone Gallery<\/a>. The opening is during Laguna’s Art Walk, Thursday evening, October 1st, 6:00-9:00 p.m.<\/p>\n 384 A North Coast Highway, Laguna Beach. \u00a0One block north of the Laguna Art Museum, near the corner of Coast Highway and Jasmine.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The only book quite like it, 120 pages of Anne’s prints\u00a0as well as an explanation of the process.<\/p>\n A beautiful book to page through for inspiration and intrigue. $24.95.<\/p>\n Order on Amazon or directly through this website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Another book that’s one of a kind. This one all drawings, done during a week in three cities, Rome, Florence, and Venice (as well as a day in Siena).\u00a0The drawings are of other art works, classic architecture, or people on the streets . . . also peppered with musings and comments, sober or witty.\u00a0$14.95. Order on Amazon or through this website, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Save the date. It will have been a year since our last studio show and many have asked about it. \u00a0The next one will be the afternoons and early evenings of December 5 and 6. That’s the weekend after the Thanksgiving weekend.<\/p>\n 33752 Big Sur, Dana Point, California. Come, and bring a friend.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Not all tourist photography need be the typical stuff. Here’s a sampling of Anne’s creative eye on this summer’s Italy trip. Also an announcement of her gallery show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4448"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4515,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4448\/revisions\/4515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\nSomebody designed all these, and should be glad at least Anne noticed. Click to enlarge.<\/h6>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nNotice the one where the faceplate is gone. Who knows if it was working?<\/h6>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nWhimsical, entertaining, and scattered in whatever<\/em> places. Click to enlarge.<\/h6>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nClick to enlarge, maybe twice.<\/h6>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nClick to\u00a0appreciate better.<\/h6>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nNot a bad seat. Is this precursor to a “self-driving bike”?<\/h6>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nThe one with the fish in the bowl is about six feet high. Click to enlarge.<\/h6>\n
Sandstone Gallery Show<\/h1>\n
<\/a><\/h6>\nArt Under Pressure<\/h1>\n
<\/a><\/h6>\nSketches of Italy<\/h1>\n
<\/a><\/h6>\nHome and Studio Show, Dec. 5-6<\/h1>\n
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