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The link to my website: Claude Lyles Art Works , recently updated. Best view is on your desktop, tablet or laptop; if, however, you view on your phone, the menu is in the "hamburger" in the upper left of the opening screen. It will give you several viewing options.
My only social media is Instagram. I use it to keep track of all the wonderful art being created every day, all around the world. Artworks without the blog! You can see a more current version of my comings and goings, art in progress, friends visiting SW Florida, etc. Instagram link, then to estudiocieloazul, or Claude Lyles
Reminder that you can click on photos to enlarge and pinch open even further. And, if you are curious about possibly purchasing a piece, contact me and I will quote you a price framed/ unframed. They are surprisingly affordable.
New Art:
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| 8 x 10 oil on canvas, Mound House, Ft Myers Beach |
Art Purchased:
12 x 15 signed print found in a consignment shop. I reworked the framing. It was a promotion for a Liberty Mutual Achievement meeting in Bermuda in 1996 according to the placard on the back. Diana Amos is a well-know watercolorist in Bermuda, it turns out. "Queen's View, Southhampton."
Not Purchased, But...
Remember the Woodie I did a month ago, featured in an earlier blog? Saw this on the wall at my mother-in-law's place. I like their version better.Tweaked Art:
Thought I was finished but nooooo. I added a little more sunlight on this 9 x 12 oil on canvas board of the view out our window toward the preserve.
Listening To:
Listening AND watching: Country breakout artist Filmore - MIZ ZOU on the Today Show.
https://www.today.com/video/watch-filmore-perform-slower-live-on-today-59662405577
50 years ago music:
Abby Road; Let It Bleed (my favorite RS album); Tommy ( have other WHO favorites, like Live At Leeds); Smash Hits by Jimi Hendrix (yes, I have it); Crosby, Stills & Nash debut album; Hot Buttered Soul - Isaac Hayes; CCR - Bayou Country, Green River, and Willy and the Poor Boys; Stand!; With A Little Help From My Friends, thank you Joe Cocker; a shocking debut 1 -2 Led Zeppelin and Led Zeppelin II (I still love these); Santana by Santana; Neil Young's Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Cowgirl In The Sand is one I could actually play on my 12 String and "sing"); Blind Faith (I listen frequently); Last Exit by Traffic; In The Court of the Crimson King; Soft Parade; The Band by The Band; The Allman Brothers Band; Box Skaggs; somebody help me!
Watching:
Want to see some fun? An Art YouTube video link: Link to Where Have Al The Bob Ross Paintings Gone?
Reading:
Another element of my Leonard Cohen reading and listening...all the lyrics and most of his writing. Stranger Music.
Quick read: Howard Stern's newest Come Again. The reason it might be relevant, another guy who came up with a way to make money and entertain a segment of the US. Forbes reported that he grossed $93 million last year. That is a LOT of money. One year.
In reviewing the Top 100, think about Kylie Jenner, out of nothing, she has the drive and mental acuity to come up with ways to earn money - $170 million last year. I did not stutter, $170. What was the last Kanye West song/rap you have heard? What else does he do? Produces, ...$150 million. A kid , who at 19 started working as a producer for local rappers in Chicago. How did he do that? Where else in the world could he have done that? Masterminds Jay-Z's ($81 million, Beyonce' $81 million) seminal The Blueprint in 2001, age 21. There are those who are telling you that this is a horrible, discriminatory country; income inequity, rich and poor. Well I see a Jewish guy, a young woman, a black kid, a black couple all making good by making the effort. They had help, but they asked for help and most of us would help those who sincerely ask us, and show us that they are willing to do the work. Think of all the jobs this small group has created, the wealth that has been shared at the top of their empire, the satisfaction of achievement. Don't listen to the "progressives" who want to turn back the clock. The world is moving forward without them.
My neighbor (kind of) Judge Judy $49 million. And, I am looking in Forbes at 20 "Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2019" Yes, many have advanced degrees and are scary smart, but not all. For some it is their first shot, for others 2nd, 3rd, or 4th. There is a couple, he gave up a nice paycheck from corporate America, she a stay at home mom who recognized a need in the insurance industry and they started their own company and are not only succeeding but have their sights to pass State Farm. One woman filed bankruptcy twice, but third time is a charm to fantastic wealth. Moreover, they create jobs for others, create off-shoot companies, and donate large sums to non-profits.
Criticize America and old white guys? David Stickler was a successful businessman, and his wife, born in China has a strong business sense. How did they make use of it years ago? What did they do new? Something old...they started a steel mill. Something new...31 months ago: Big River Steel. In the US. In Osceola, Arkansas. Ever hear of it? Population 7,000, located about 50 miles upriver from Memphis. They are "hands down the most technologically advanced and fastest-growing steel producer in North America". What does that mean to the world? With 513 employees (that means jobs) its cash flow per employee is 8 times that of US Steel. Including bonus pay, the average Big River production worker earned $129,000 last year, 3.5 times (think about that number) the medium household income in the county. Where did they obtain start-up money? In part, from the "Progressive's" favorite business whipping-boy, Koch Industries, plus the Ark Teachers pension fund (so teachers will have more money for retirement) and other private equity funds (it takes money to make money Bernie). With bonus, technicians are pulling in $45 per hour. No need for government mandated wages here.
It really is the economy, Capitalism, with all its faults is and has been how poverty has been reduced all around the world. Governments seem to only inhibit our desire to improve our life and along with it, those who want to work with us.
Humor:
How does the English government work, anyway?
Link to satire on YOUR opinions, like Cory Booker talking about YOUR truth...
Two links, one a repeat from brief articles from the economist, Walter Williams.
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/64447-whats-most-important
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/64291-things-havent-always-been-this-way
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