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Speak to us of Clothes

Rich Brimer — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:04:18 +0000

Painting by Kehil Gibran

Kahlil Gibran. He was born in Lebanon, was a poet, philosopher, and artist. His poetry has been translated into more than twenty languages and his drawings and paintings have been exhibited in the great capitals of the world. He lived in the United States, which he made [...]

On Beauty

Rich Brimer — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:04:14 +0000

We should never mistake glamor for beauty. All that glitters is not gold. Some of the most beautiful moments in life can be the most difficult to look at. Think of the messiness of birth… the broken water, the blood, the crying, the after-birth, but all is forgotten once the newborn baby is in [...]

PRAY NAKED or PRAYING KID

Rich Brimer — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:07:04 +0000

I think this may be my next license plate. What are your thoughts!?!

Pray Naked (a.k.a. The Seventy Sevens) is the title of The 77s‘ sixth album, released in 1992 on the Brainstorm Artists, Intl label.

The band’s first album after reforming with members of The Strawmen. Without consulting [...]

Life Drawing

Rich Brimer — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:10:26 +0000

So at the start of this year, I decided to find a local life drawing group. I did find a couple of them but they were in the mornings. I have a day job, so it would not be possible to attend the weekday one, the other is on Saturdays, which [...]

Painting Imago Dei

Rich Brimer — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:38:46 +0000

A few months ago, I started this figure painting group that meets at a local Community Gallery. Our figure model came to be our muse for the evening and we started some chit-chat while setting-up for the session. She took off her robe and set her pose – lying on her back with her [...]

Art is a Rorschach test

Rich Brimer — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:58:23 +0000

By Kathrin Raab-Questenberg Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Re: your June 14 article, “Nude art up, down, back up on a T.O. public wall: Officials deal with complaint plus the issue of censorship”:

I am responding to comments concerning some pieces of art in the new Hillcrest Center of the Arts show, which some viewers [...]

Nude art up, down, back up on a T.O. public wall

Rich Brimer — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:33:45 +0000

Well, “any press is good press” so the saying goes. Hopefully this article in today’s Ventura County Star will raise the issue in the Conejo Valley that there is a great need in our community for a proper art gallery/museum – instead of the borrowed space from the CRPD, which we [...]

Thousand Oaks Figure Drawing Meetup

Rich Brimer — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:58:11 +0000

Click here to check out The Thousand Oaks Figure Drawing Meetup!

I Was Naked…

Rich Brimer — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 20:12:14 +0000

...Her shoes were low pumps and she was looking for a "job" when she came across the gathering... [...]