painting

1. Give Much Away, Expect Nothing in Return

by andrewkooman on September 14, 2011

In July I started to work away on a new play. I left the world of war-torn Europe (where much of my creative thought had been throughout the winter when I drafted a full length play, an exploration of Nazi occupied Holland during the Second World War).  I moved my imagination behind the Iron Curtain. [...]

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Commissioned Work

by andrewkooman on September 22, 2010

Way back in the 1490s, a man of many talents  was commissioned by the French ambassador in the Holy See to sculpt one of his most well known works, the Pietà.  Upon its completion, one of the artist’s contemporaries wrote, “It is certainly a miracle that a formless block of stone could ever have been [...]

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LAND OF THE FREE (HOME OF THE SLAVE) – Event Summary by Timothy C. Dyk

by andrewkooman on July 12, 2010

Over the last few months, I’ve been following a project friend, artist, and modern abolitionist Timothy C. Dyk undertook to examine the realities of the human trafficking in the United States.  Tim and a crew of documentary filmmakers just wrapped shooting their new film Sex + Money: A National Search for Human Worth. Tim’s exhibit [...]

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Timothy Dyk – Towards a Creative Vision (1.0)

by andrewkooman on February 18, 2010

Timothy C. Dyk is a photographer, visual artist, poet, and world traveler who has witnessed first hand the great beauty inherent all over the world, and some of the unspeakable pain too.  Through the lens Tim has brought into focus the reality of AIDs, homelessness, and the economics of protest.  His painting is vivid, contemplative, [...]

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painting on a whim

by ak on May 30, 2009

i wish i’d done this 8 or 10 months ago: before/after new colour is ralph lauren.  edwardian burgandy.

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Dallas Fort Worth for the Weekend

by ak on September 14, 2008

- eat at chewies friday night, as much tex-mex while in texas, please – pool-it with mashlea and rachel, set new record for underwater lengths – head to fort-worth on friday, lunch with the peila’s at vegan-only eating in the heart of beeftown – force smile, but not laughter, while chewing – head to the [...]

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