Children of the Decree- Romanian Documentary

You might find of some interest a Romanian documentary made freely available by Florin Iepan, the director of the movie:

Children of the Decree - Full Movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgZJ-IV8Et0

"Placebo: Cracking the Code"- YouTube Video

Here is a fascinating documentary (2002) about the science and psychology of placebos, centered on a gathering of the Harvard Placebo Study Group.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvbQnMvhQFw

My First Book was Just Published. Take a Look!

Mandalas: A Personal and Visual Journey into Mandala Journaling discloses and document a personal and experiential process I went through at the time when I was trying to adjust to living in a new country. In the book I highlight the importance of symbols as a way to communicate our own deep hidden messages, insights that can emerge from our unconscious mind in visual images. I specifically address the impact that mandala-making had on my life during a confusing transitional time, and how it can create for you, the reader, a similarly enlightening and transformative effect.
Here is the link:

http://www.blurb.com/user/store/beatrizld

The Latest Painting and Its Process

Oil on Wood. 8" x 8". Copyright 2013.

 $200

 

Pop Culture: Hillary White

I love White's interpretation of "The Last Supper" (by 16th century German artist Hans Holbein the Younger) which she titled "The Best Supper". View the slide show here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/07/pop-culture-art-history-hillary-white-paintings_n_2813710.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

In Honor of International Women's Day

A nice homage to the contribution of 10 architect women. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Here goes:
The 10 Most Overlooked Women in Architecture History (PHOTOS) http://huff.to/14Dg0Ya via @HuffPostArts

Trans-Mongolian: A Long Train Journey

Moki- Photorealistic Paintings

Reading the Huffpost Arts & Culture Section, I stumbled into this article about the artist Moki, who lives and works in Hamburg. I learned that her photorealistic paintings "find inspiration in comic book themes and natural and human mysteries.." Her work fascinates me!

So here is the link to read the article and to see more of images of her work:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/10/optical-illusion-art-moki_n_2828460.html

And here is the link to her web site:
http://www.mioke.de

Latest Oil- Hanging from the Wall ...

                                                        

I found this pulley in an antique store by my neighborhood. The object was hanging on a blue hallway wall as my father's carpentry tools.

My father was a carpenter. His studio was on the back of the house. It was a large room with a wooden door and one large window. All his tools were hanging from one of the walls -sometimes organized and other times liying down around a wood project he was working on. I enjoyed wandering into that space ...

Hanging from the Wall ...

Oil on Canvas- 11" x 14"

Copyrighted 2013
$ 650.00

More Pages of Flashbulb Memories of Air & Movement

A Cow Eating Grass Under Open Sky

Are My Castles Obtainable?...

Bringing out one of my oldies ...

In Thinking about Decisions

Oil on Wood

36" x 48"

Copyrighted BL
$ 2,500

Flashbulb Memories of Air & Movement

At night the road is dark. 

The trembling stars up in the sky are bright. 

Some of them are big.

They guide our path. 

I look at the temperamental sky, at the edge of storming over us. 

I think of Beethoven

-the passion I hear in his music.

The Path to a New Series of Paintings

"My Mother's Shears" is my latest commission by Ms. Majaro. It is a small 12"x16" oil on canvas that left my studio yesterday.

As the painting developed I got to think about the outings to antique stores that I did with my mother Emma and my aunt Nelly during my childhood. I used to be filled with expectancy hours prior to the outing. I looked forward to view antiquated objects; I always wondered what secrets or stories they could tell me if they could talk ...

Up to today's date I enjoy visiting antique and/or thrift stores; I am always looking for "that" particular object that brings an "Aha!" moment in me awakening my curiosity and my imagination.

"My Mother's Shears" is the first painting in the series of those objects I find on my outings to these stores. I will keep you posted on the next one but for now... 

here is: "My Mother's Shears"

Copyright 2013

Flashbulb Memories of Air & Movement

Endless road facing the sun as a gigantic medallion 

as waiting for us to melt our eyes ...

Flashbulb Memories of Air & Movement

Usually road trips set my mind at ease and 

in some sort of meditative state.

It seems that looking through the windshield onto the open sky

 brings me calmness and my imagination becomes engaged 

with the ever lastingchanging colors and cloud formations.