Paintstik Technique Class @ Lenz

Paintstik Technique Class @ Lenz

by | Apr 22, 2010 | Art, Home | 0 comments

Shiva Paintstiks are the designer version of largescale crayons for professional artists. Think susanmoore.jpgof oil paints in stick form and you’re there. Thing is, they require some practice to really achieve a good result. That’s where Andy Lenz comes in. Longtime local artist and paintstik maestro, Lenz will provide a free, in-store demo of these intriguing art tools, this Saturday, April 24, from 1-3pm, at (I think you probably already know where) – at Lenz Arts, 142 River Street.

Here’s an example (l.) of how compelling paintstick artwork can look from the hand of a master. This is part of the on-going oeuvre of Philadelphia artist Susan Moore, most of whose output for the past decade has been created using oil stick techniques.

Clash Bash

Clash Bash

by | Apr 11, 2010 | Home, Movies | 2 comments

It wasn’t enough that Sam Worthington stunk up Avatar. clashboys.jpgHe’s gone and done it again, this time wearing Greek armor along with his burr cut and clenched jaw.

Against all odds, and certainly against good judgment, Worthington somehow landed the hero’s role of Perseus, in this needless remake of the 1981 Clash of the Titans. You know the story. Zeus, Hades and Poseidon are steamed up over humans’ disrespect for the gods. So they crank up their ultimate monster from hell, the Kracken, for a big dose of destructive pay-back.

Fine. So Perseus, the love child of a human mother and Zeus, the big kahuna of Olympus (long story), leads a pack of studly (more…)

La Posta, Friday, 5pm

by | Apr 10, 2010 | Home, Wine | 0 comments

My longtime friend Donna Blakemore and I sit at the wine bar in La Posta, sipping Italian white wine turning gold in the lowering sunlight. The occasion is simply to catch up with someone I see only once a year. The wine reinforces the pleasure of our reunion.

Made by Angiolino Maule from garganega and trebbiano grapes, organically-grown and aged in steel, the La Biancara “i Masieri” is crisp, dry, laden with citrus and perfume of nectarines. Splendid stuff.