The current challenge on the Illustration Friday is “confined”. Colleen Stan’s seven year nightmare began when she was hitching a ride to a friend’s birthday party in May 1977. Twenty-year old Colleen accepted a ride from a couple with a baby. While they drove, the man, Cameron Hooker, made idle conversation with Colleen as she …
The current Monday Artday challenge is “mystic”. “I am a mystic who is trying to convey the mysteries that have become available to me. ― Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
The first Illustration Friday challenge of 2010 is “renewal”. “Lover’s quarrels are the renewal of love.” Terence, Roman playwright (185159 BC)
Roy Kinnear began his career in repertory theatre before making his film debut in the early 1960s. He worked mostly in his native Great Britain appearing in popular sitcoms and variety shows. He was most successful in films directed by his good friend Richard Lester, including Help! with The Beatles, A Funny Thing Happened on …
Martha Mansfield was an active and popular actress in silent movies. On November 30, 1923, while working on location in San Antonio, on the film The Warrens of Virginia a Civil War costume epic. Martha was playing the role of Agatha Warren and had just finished her scenes and retired to a car when a …
J. G. Parry-Thomas was a race car driver who at one time held the Land Speed Record. On April 27, 1926 at Pendine Sands Beach in Wales, Parry-Thomas took his car to over 170 miles per hour, despite poor conditions and soft, wet sand. The record would stand for almost a year until it was …
The neighbors in Hyde Park knew her as “Tootie”, the devoted daughter who came to take care of her ailing mother. She had the back porch enclosed and turned into a bedroom so she could stay with her mother full time. She was a devout Jevhovah’s Witness and was active in raising awareness of the persecution …
This week’s challenge word on Illustration Friday is “pioneer”. This is my second illustration for this topic. HERE is the first. John Lautner was an architect and student of Frank Lloyd Wright. He was a pioneer and the originator of “Googie” architecture. “Googie” architecture was a somewhat derogatory term for the futuristic building design popularized …
This week’s challenge word on the Illustration Friday website is “pioneer”. Louis Jordan, a pioneer in jazz, blues and rhythm & blues, was the link between big band swing and rock and roll. He was a prolific songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He was known as “The King of the Jukebox” and was very popular with both …
This week’s challenge on the Monday Artday website is “horse“. According to legend, Catherine the Great of Russia really loved horses.
