From one of our favorite films Black Orpheus  1959 Albert Camus directed nearly a dozen films, including Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus), which won the Golden Palm at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. This one goes out to the one I love.

I'm kind of nervous. I've never taken requests for nudes before. And as I suspected, at least a couple of you  have put me in somewhat of a compromising position. But I did ask for suggestions and what kind of art hostess would I be if I did not fill...

I'm about to put together The Friday Evening Nudes and the lines are open for suggestions. Okay. All three of you. If you're reading, give me an artist, a genre or a specific nude that you know you'd like to see posted for tomorrow night's...

I love snow days. Some of my co-teachers don't like snow days because it means we have days to make up at the end of the school year. I don't mind getting up and going to work in good weather, so a few extra days of school tacked on in June doesn't...

1885  - 1965  most images can be enlarged by clicking Self-portrait  Still-life with Self-Portrait  c.  1930 The son of a tanner, Avery began working at a local factory at the age of 16, and supported himself for decades with a succession of...