Clothesline Art is a new project for 2025. As the name implies, it is not about all those expensive paintings that line big time museums with contributors names above each door. Instead, it is about looking at every day life as art. Continue reading Introducing “Clothesline Art” in 2025
From a very young age, I was fascinated by architecture. I can draw the floor plan for any of the 17 different places I have lived in my life. The first one we moved out of when I was 4-years-old. That should have given me a clue as to what I should have become in the business world, but Continue reading Mosaic of Life #136 – Architectural Art
During my travels across America, I have become fascinated with containers found in old-time general stores. This was probably the most complete store shelf I ever ran across. It was in The Museum of Appalachia near Norris, Tennessee. That is one of the top 10 places I have visited. Continue reading Mosaic of Life #121 – An Overdose of Containers
Even I, who frequently says that I get bored if things don’t change on a regular basis, sometimes get overwhelmed and ready to toss my Mac/streaming TV/cell phone out the window. When my Internet connects starts flashing yellow, my life stops in its tracks.
I was definitely impressed with the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin a few years ago. My in-laws are in that part of the country, so I have been to the area many times. I don’t know how I discovered this hidden gem, but I am glad I did. It is a relatively new museum, in that it was founded a little over sixty … Continue reading Mosaic of Life #99 – National Railroad Museum – Green Bay Wisconsin
I don’t remember when my fascination with glass began. Maybe it was my first visit in the 1980s to a museum in my wife’s hometown, Neenah, Wisconsin, named Bergstrom-Mahler – Museum of Glass. There are literally thousands of pieces of glass art. I will save any more details of that museum for future mosaics.
Peoria is a city in central Illinois, and has a population of about 100,000. Its Riverfront Museum has some of the most unique art around. When I was there, the main floor was dedicated to Lego art, several are shown below. With this post, I am going to clue you in on a secret I have learned after visiting at least a hundred museums around … Continue reading Mosaic of Life #62 – Peoria Riverfront Museum
The Milwaukee Museum of Art is probably the most innovative structure around. We visited there in 2007, but from looking at their present website, most things are much the same. It looks like a graceful swan overlooking Lake Michigan. Continue reading Mosaic of Life #24 – Milwaukee Museum
I’ve seen many creative windmills in my time but I think this one tops the list. It was taken at the Canada Agricultural Museum near Ottawa Canada. Continue reading Canadian Creativity
I didn’t have to put this picture through any app to make it abstract as it is already in that mode. This full-size Lego statue was found in a Peoria Illinois museum last year. I have always been fascinated by how creative some folks are with these small building blocks. I have several more to show you in future posts. Continue reading Tearing Out My Heart For You…
I didn’t have to put these pictures through any app in order to make them augmented realities as they are already in that mode. These full size Lego statues were found in a Peoria Illinois museum a few weeks ago. I have always been fascinated by how creative some folks are with these small building blocks Continue reading Lego…
I know a good portion of my readership are seniors like me. So, I imagine that they know what the title is all about. But for my younger readers, Studebaker was one of the few carriage makers who successfully transformed into an automobile maker in the early 1900s. It seemed that most of them just wanted to throw an engine on the carriages in place … Continue reading Studebaker…
I had been in South Bend Indiana a couple of times in the past few years before I realized that it was the home of Studebaker car manufacturing. So, I thought it was worth another trip to that city. It was the last trip I took for the 2017 season. While Studebaker was never considered a mainstream car it was a well made and totally … Continue reading On-The-Road – Studebaker Museum
Caterpillar Tractors and such are very much a part of my search of America. So, when I was near Peoria Illinois recently I had to stop in at their museum at the headquarters building. What I found amazed me. I never realized the size of much of their equipment. Peoria is a wonderful city to tour and this exhibit is one of the prime … Continue reading Caterpillar Tractors..
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