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Private Warhol Collection Stolen from L.A. Home

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Authorities are looking for art thieves who made off with a collection of Andy Warhol paintings from a private residence last week, police in Los Angeles, California, said Friday.

The stolen pieces included large pop-art portraits of several famous athletes, including tennis pro Chris Evert, basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, soccer legend Pelé and Major League Baseball pitcher Tom Seaver, police said.

The multimillion-dollar collection had been displayed in the dining room of Richard Weisman, a Los Angeles businessman whose portait is among the missing items, police said.

The theft was discovered by one of Weisman's employees and occurred between September 2 and 3, police said.

A $1 million reward has been offered for information leading to the recovery of the art.

Binney Park Series, Lol.

First painting in the "Binney Park" series:

And, the second:

Even though I had already signed the last one, I want to work on it..

Such as making the outline of the trunk white, instead of the green. - I should go with that since the first one has it..

The second painting is a also significantly smaller canvas, as well.

Also, maybe I should put reflection into the water and make the sky solid, like the first painting.

I didn't even realize when painting I was doing the opposite, haha.

Sculptor Patrick Farrow Dead at 66‎

CASTLETON, Vt. -- The brother of actress Mia Farrow has been found dead in his art gallery, and police said Tuesday his death is suspicious.

Sculptor Patrick Farrow, 66, was found late Monday by police responding to an emergency call from the Farrow Gallery in Castleton, a small town near the New York border. A woman there had called asking for help.

An autopsy was planned to determine the cause of Farrow's death. Police said they wouldn't release additional information until it was complete.

State police Lt. Timothy Oliver called Farrow's death suspicious in a written statement Tuesday. Oliver, who didn't respond to telephone calls on the case, told WPTZ-TV that police don't suspect foul play, but he said there were some things out of the ordinary at the scene; he didn't elaborate.

Farrow, a professional sculptor for more than 35 years, operated out of a converted church building. The Farrow Gallery sells jewelry and mixed-media works of art, according to its Web site. The gallery is owned and operated by Farrow and his wife, artist Susan Farrow.

Mia Farrow, whose movies include "Rosemary's Baby," "Hannah and Her Sisters" and "Crimes and Misdemeanors," is the former longtime companion of director Woody Allen. Their relationship ended in scandal and New York tabloid headlines in 1992, when she found out he was having an affair with her adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn, then 22.

Farrow is the daughter of director John Farrow and actress Maureen O'Sullivan.

David Schilling, an assistant to Mia Farrow's manager, Laura Berwick, said late Tuesday he had just heard of Patrick Farrow's death. He had no immediate comment on it.

Last year, a nephew of Mia Farrow and Patrick Farrow who had spent nearly 20 years in the Army was killed in Iraq.

Sgt. 1st Class Jason F. Dene, 37, died of injuries suffered in an incident in Baghdad, according to the Department of Defense, which gave no other details about his death except to say it was under investigation.

Patrick Farrow told The Associated Press after his nephew's May 25, 2008, death he felt as though he had been "kicked in the stomach."

"I've been opposed to this war since the beginning," Farrow said then. "This lying Bush administration has gotten into this thing that has now killed my nephew. It's up close and personal, and I am deeply angry."

WOW

[from the connecticut art scene blog]

My Finished(?) Painting

I only add the (question mark) because I'm wondering if I need anything else done to it.. Everyone's telling me to leave it but there are things I wanted to fine tune.

Any suggestions?




previous drafts

My Developing Painting

draft one

draft two

Chizzin To Some Phat Beats

When I get bored on MS Paint..

Bruce Museum & Pomerance

So I took some pretty pictures taken while out biking today:

The first shot was actually an accident- I was tipping over on my bike! A man was walking two dogs, one of them barked and scared me while I was trying to take a shot of the pond, like the second picture.

And I visited a sculpture exhibit over at Bruce Museum:

Look familiar? It's Connecticut coast line =]

(I really wasn't supposed to be photographing the last two ;] )

Retroactive, by Robert Rauschenberg

I studied this piece in my Creative Voice, it's brilliant.

"How Doodling Could Help You Boost Your Brainpower"

HELL YEAH!

from perezhilton.com:
"It seems those of us who covered our school books with scribbles may not have had an entirely wasted education.
For doodling may actually be good for the brain, scientists claim.
Far from being a sign of inattention, it is thought to focus the mind and stop daydreaming, allowing people to persevere with dull tasks.

Researcher Jackie Andrade, who conducted a study into the habit, said: 'This study suggests that in everyday life doodling may be something we do because it helps keep us on track with a boring tasks, rather than being an unnecessary distraction that we should try to resist.'
Professor Andrade, of Plymouth University, asked 40 men and women to listen to a tedious telephone message about plans for a party.
It included names of guests, as well as names of people who would not attend, place names and other irrelevant material.

None of the participants was told they were to be tested to see how much they remembered afterwards.
The doodlers - around half of those who took part - had written down more names while listening to the message, the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology reports.
They also had better recall for both the party-goers' names and place names mentioned in the recording - remembering nearly a third more than the others.
Professor Andrade said that doodling may help because it is simple enough not to drain brainpower, therefore allowing the mind to carry out a task without affecting how well it is done.
And by preventing concentration from wandering, it may help us focus better. "

Needle Sized Art

Needle Sized Art Very incredible story! Not only is this mans art cool but he got a ton of cash for it!