Felipe Adan Lerma
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Fun at the Old Bakery & Emporium Consignors’ 2019 Art Reception 😊
Today’s post is mostly filled with fun pics from last night’s art reception at OBE, the Old Bakery & Emporium! An Important Note First Due to a maintenance schedule change, OBE will be closed the 2nd week of July vs the 3rd, and will thus be closed July 7-15 and reopen Tuesday July 16, 2019…
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Old Bakery & Emporium Vendors’ Art Reception Austin Tonight 😊
Purchase a Personal Use License for any of my images – directly from the artist! 😊 Jpg $1.00 – Tif $2.00Mail me at limitededitionsbyadan@gmail.com with your email & file needs or see purchase button below.Commercial licensing for book covers and other needs also available. About My Two Paintings Due to a move and an emergency gallbladder situation, lol, I…
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I Wanna Win! 😊 – Fine Art America’s July 2019 Billboard Contest 💥
Together, these three images – a BW photograph from Paris, an oil painting of Vermont, and a color photo of Austin – represent both the visual mediums I prefer to create, and, the three places I’ve lived or stayed in extended time that mean most to me.
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Adan’s eBay Art – Changing From Auctions to Set Listings With a Make-An-Offer Option 😊
This format, the fixed price – but – with a nifty make-an-offer option — allows me to start listing the work I’d like to offer w/out worrying about deadlines to remove a work of art to make room!
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Aging Gracefully – Walking’s Paying Off After Surgery, Step by Step 😊
My lesson is — slow is better than not at all. And slow is better than fast too fast, then not being able to move at all, lol!
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Aging Gracefully – When Yoga Breathing Paid Off In the ER 😊
I thought it very cool a breath training segment of some of my yoga classes actually helped enable a health caretaker, my medical helper of the moment, also better “see” inside me, and thus help heal me!
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Adan’s Art – Auction #2 – The Bird Bath – Is Live! 😊
My first auction on eBay, ends Sunday, June 23, 2019 at 9am central standard time.
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Delivering My Painting to Art for the People Gallery Austin
Very pleased to drop off “Cobblestone Path Home” for the summer / September show at Art for the People gallery on South 1st Street here in Austin! – new blog post from Felipe Adan Lerma .
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Paris is Personal – Original Paris Poetry by Felipe Adan Lerma
Originally posted on © Felipe Adan Lerma – All Rights Reserved – Blogging at WordPress Since 2011 :): Slumming in Paris Part One, Arthur & Gricinda “Paris is Personal” – Original Paris Poetry by Felipe Adan Lerma Original Paris Poetry by Felipe Adan Lerma Pictured Left : “Slumming in Paris, Part One”, novella, available on…
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Adan’s Art – 2 New Trends Developing : Limited Editions and Auction Sales of Older Work! – Update 4, New Post Series: Personal Use Licensing, Limited Editions, Auctions 😊
…this is what’s happening, as I figure things out, lol! — I do have 2 new trends, but they’re what have always been my main creative interests: images (Paintings & Photography) + Writings (Poetry & Fiction).
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Adan’s Art – 2 New Trends Developing : Limited Editions and Auction Sales of Older Work! – Update 3, Auction #1 Is Live! 😊
My first auction on eBay, ends Sunday, June 23, 2019 at 9am central standard time.
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SilverSneakers Yoga – I’d Forgotten What I Was Missing 😊 🙏
Shelagh Chandler is a long time dedicated SilverSneakers instructor from yoga to dance cardio…I’d forgotten that…. New blog post from Felipe Adan Lerma
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My Blog’s New Look 😊 — Recent Comments, Top Posts, Choose Your Language, Plus Posts in Title/Image Grid!
My new WordPress theme was doing to my content what the sun and Affinity Photo – my digital program of choice – had done to my old but still much beloved floral arrangement from decades back – given it new improved life!
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Adan’s Art – 2 New Trends Developing : Limited Editions and Auction Sales of Older Work! – Update 2, Choosing My 1st Limited Editions 😊
All my posted images are immediately available as Limited Editions numbered 1 to 100. Buyers may purchase any number not already claimed. I will print on demand as needed. :)
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Hôtel de la Gare
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: For the dverse prompt ? I had walked this street so often yet never noticed the façade, the way it shunned the pavement like a criminal, windows dingy, half-shuttered, paintwork the yellowing shade of cheap paperbacks, the name, camouflaged by time and rain barely distinguishable and incongruous— Hôtel de…
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Adan’s Art – 2 New Trends Developing : Limited Editions and Auction Sales of Older Work! – Update 1, Unpacking Art to Auction Soon
Art Auction items — there are seven items I’ve decided will help me make this happen….1. Action smaller works first….
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Aging into Creativity
Historians seemed to not only survive but thrive, possibly..because as we age we tend to muse and compare and find threads in not only our own lives, but the lives of us as people, as a being onto itself — humanity.
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Adan’s Art – 2 New Trends Developing : Limited Editions and Auction Sales of Older Work!
A funny thing happened recently when my wife and I emptied a climate controlled storage area, and then opened several piles of stored boxes inside an extra room — we found paintings, plus prints of work I no longer had, from as early as the 80’s to as recently as the early 2000’s! 😊 -…
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Teaching Seniors is Like Teaching the (almost) Whole Population
Originally posted on © Felipe Adan Lerma – All Rights Reserved – Blogging at WordPress Since 2011 :): *** Pictured, “Nice Thing ‘Bout Getting Old(er) a Beginner’s View” http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006ATT7NG Priced Free at participating outlets. *** *** “the intent of this blog is to incrementally build a body of thought that works toward integrating various topics, yoga, fitness,…
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#AgingGracefully – Easier to Hit Fitness Goal Metrics (hint: a lower target heart rate) – Yes! 😊
It was a relief for me to see that going to The Y or gym, work up an out of breath sweat on the elliptical, see a reading between 137 to 152, and realize I wasn’t merely “out of shape!”
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#PhotoPoem with Image No. 19, Lantern in the Window, From My Multi-Generational New England Thriller “Queen”
** Lantern in the Window(breathing the light) Light passes through glass sleeves fromthe world outside, seeminglystoredinside the hourglass-like guardian calmlypatientlyawaiting the nightwhen it toowill shine, passing its lightin a breath clearly seenback through the glass. © Felipe Adan Lerma *** It’s been a few years since I wrote “Queen” and I’ve had a bit more…
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Adan’s Self Portraits, #20 – Aligned with a Half Moon Over Downtown Austin at Zilker Botanical Garden
blog excerpt, I knew right away, with the scent of flowers in the fresh air and a view of Austin’s growing skyline, I wanted a selfie with my walking stick set to that background. Zilker Botanical Garden has been described as both the jewel in the heart of Austin and as the centerpiece of Austin’s…
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PhotoPoem – Gold Light in White Rose – Color & Black and White
Similar Distinctiveness Brothers, sisters, siblings or friendsthe blackNwhite and full colorversionsshare much in their distinctions — Fluid folds of delicate strength Furrows of light from within and without Emanating Ancient mazes of petals Drawing both the eyes and the bees Yet — Each glowing easily distinctly With their own perception ofBeauty Images & Verse ©…
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Review – TV – Blacklist Season 06 Episode 20
Disclaimer – I’ve been writing reviews about shows on TV, movies, books, and live performances since I wrote, “A Sudsy Cleansing For the Blues” about the movie, Car Wash back in the mid 70s while at the University of Houston Downtown…so don’t take me too seriously, but definitely count me interested, it’s the arts after all *…
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Adan’s Gratitudes – “The Shape of Gratitude” – via 2012 dVersepoets Prompt
Originally posted on © Felipe Adan Lerma – All Rights Reserved – Blogging at WordPress Since 2011 :): *** Pictured, “Everyday Gratitude Vol 1” Small gratitudes found in the day to day living of daily life. *** “the intent of this blog is to incrementally build a body of thought that works toward integrating various topics,…
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Review – TV – Blue Bloods Season 09 Episode 20
Disclaimer – I’ve been writing reviews about shows on TV, movies, books, and live performances since I wrote, “A Sudsy Cleansing For the Blues” about the movie, Car Wash back in the mid 70s while at the University of Houston Downtown…so don’t take me too seriously, but definitely count me interested, it’s the arts after…
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38 Years With Sheila – Happy Anniversary! ❤️ 💜 💕
From my wife Sheila today on FB smile — Happy 38th Anniversary Adan! My loving companion on life’s journey. We’ve shared so many experiences, made so many memories in so many places..Vermont, Costa Rica, Paris, Acapulco, Boston, New York, Chicago, all over Texas, to name a few! Wonder what’s around that next curve in the…
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Aging Gracefully – Ever Feel the Need To Focus But Your Life is A Shotgun? I Do 😊
No, not really offering any solutions, more an observation 🙂 I do kinda chalk my frequent current state to aging. And yes, when I was younger, say half a century ago, lol, I had as many quality demands on my attention as now: family, all the arts ( music, painting, dancing, film, poetry, etc ),…
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Spring Sunset Austin Skyline Butler Park Horizontal – Photography Felipe Adan Lerma
Recently featured @FineArtAmerica artist groups – * “USA Photographers” curated by Judy Vincent (Twitter) @JudyVincent74 * “Images That Excite You” curated by (Twitter) @John_M_Bailey
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Paris : PhotoPoem # 6 : “Monet & Renoir at the Orangerie, Paris”
Originally posted on © Felipe Adan Lerma – All Rights Reserved – Blogging at WordPress Since 2011 :): Paris PhotoPoems Series, #6 “Monet & Renoir at the Orangerie, oParis” – 1st published 11.23.12 – updated 04.19.19 Pictured Left : Slumming in Paris Part Six, With The Children: Movie Museum & Breakfast *** “the intent of this…
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A Little Fiction About the Truth I Felt in Paris 2012 – “Slumming in Paris Part 6”
The recent tragic loss in Paris at Notre Dame, and the heroic efforts that helped mitigate it, has torn at our emotions and reminded me I had sensed and seen the mettle of the French culture and people via the beauty and monuments to their past when my wife and I stayed in the Latin…
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Paris in 5 1/2 Weeks : Around Notre Dame – Day 3, via Felipe Adan Lerma
My wife Sheila and I, even back in the autumn of 2012, were of course aware of then learned much more of the incredible history of Paris and it’s iconic areas inside the old city walls. We learned that a previous church had occupied the same spot on the island on the Seine as Notre…
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Adan’s Gratitudes – Walking With Birds
This image from Butler Park is as close as I have to my bird adventure on my morning walk today around the old Austin neighborhood of Bouldin. My creaky 68 year old body was just beginning to limber into a gentle loping pace when….
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Adan’s Gratitudes – A Little History
About my previous attempts expressing gratitudes in my life and my latest intention to do so 😊 I should emphasize too, these are my public expressions of gratitude. My private expressions, and I think we can and should all feel free to have any number we wish for ourselves, are sometimes reluctant, sometimes infrequent,…
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Micro-Macro Unity, Flowers and Landscapes? — Or Am I Just Seeing Things?
“ You know that feeling, when you spot clouds that look like mountains with fog filled valleys continuing up into the sky?”
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PhotoPoem for – Dancing Flower – A Flower’s Soft Arms
*** A Flower’s Soft Arms Aromas of drifting daysshimmered among the sun’s early shifting shadowswarming a garden’s languid floral arms.The blooms’ shallow sculptures carved sunlight intovalleys, brushing eyebrows on ridges –I reached out. Stop – soft shocked. How did nature decide touching such delicate beautywould disturb the very pigments that drewbutterflies and bees and me?…
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PhotoPoem for – Winged Horse in the Sky – Hoof Prints From My Soul
Hoof Prints From My Soul Cloud clumps within my heart – Reappear in paint As hoof prints from my soul – Questions and guesses – Choices – Gathered (often without knowing) through seven decades of living, As naturally as fog settling – feathered – like thread knit loosely ‘tween sky and earthYes, it’s been a…
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Clues to Myself About My Latest Painting via Art Mystery Novel “Abstract Aliases” by Ritter Aimes
In “Abstract Aliases” – a mystery art thriller by Ritter Ames – Laurel Beacham, the art recovery expert protagonist has returned to London office and is quickly engulfed in strong whiffs of danger, intrigue, and – as always, in a good way – an ongoing yes/no maybe/could-be romantic involvement with a fellow art sleuth based,…
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My Shadow-Selfie Feels Part of the World (smiles)
Most of my self portraits show me taking pictures or playing with one of my grandkids, or at a gallery show or enjoying a vista in Vermont and elsewhere. This image – taken on a walk through the neighborhood – caught my attention as I was crossing the street. The deep shadow, outlined yet moving…
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Discovering Diamonds Review: “Ike and Kay” by James MacManus
Originally posted on writerchristophfischer: “Ike and Kay” by James MacManus is the fictionalised account of the war time affair between married General Dwight Eisenhower and his assistant-turned-driver Kay Summersby; an affair which started in 1942 and came to a final end after the war. I didn’t know this detail about Eisenhower until I read the…
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Finding Color in the Fog – New Painting Upload, Sunrise Through the Fog
A small 8×8 inch oil completed late last year but only now been able to capture in a way I felt did it justice. The colors are laid in via glazed layers and the essence of the image changes as the light on it shifts. The original is no longer available, but prints, posters, and…
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Seeing the Poem Emerge in My Painting – Sometimes Finding the Words Can Take Awhile – That’s OK :)
To Retweet, please click the image above! 🙂 Link to my painting “Malletts Bay Sunrise Colchester Vermont” – https://fineartamerica.com/featured/malletts-bay-sunrise-colchester-vermont-felipe-adan-lerma.html . Mount Mansfield and Malletts Bay combined one brisk early 2017 fall morning in Vermont with photos and an experience that gave rise to this painting late 2018. The painting took awhile to evolve from the…
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Poetry in Fiction, Samples – Slumming in Paris Part Three, Boys & Girls in Paris
Originally posted on © Felipe Adan Lerma – All Rights Reserved – Blogging at WordPress Since 2011 :): Poetry in Fiction, Samples – Slumming in Paris Part Three, With the Children Boys & Girls in Paris Third in Series, Poetry in Fiction *** Pictured Left : “Slumming in Paris, Part Three” – 24,912 Story Words.…
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Dancing Flower – My Newest Palette Knife Painting ; Sometimes It’s Just About Making a Choice, Choosing the Emotion :)
“Gradually I began to see I needed to choose. Did I want the flower to be almost as if in space? Bright and shiny against the background with some surrounding foliage and color? Or did I want the flower to be more immersed in its surroundings? Part of the garden?“
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Deciding When My Painting is Done, Part 4 – Discoverng and Painting a Story, Woman in Moonlight
It started like this, a textured palette knife inlay modeled on the values and inverse colors of a macro cropping of a photo of mine I really like… My reference photo, pictured below, and currently available on my Fine Art America (FAA) site, is a beautiful play of light. Eventually I’d like to try my…
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Do You Have a Favorite Word Among Your Image Titles? Apparently I do! (smiles) – “Light”
My newest Fine Art America photography and art collection – “Light” I was recently debating the title for a new nearly finished oil painting – I pretty sure I’ve settled on “Woman in Moonlight” – when I suddenly wondered how much of my photography and art I’ve titled with “Light” in the title. The answer…
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Thank You Repeat Buyer in Bradford Vermont (Nancy Griswold)! – Mountain Road Cabin And Sunrise, Stowe Vermont
Normally most artists selling their art work, prints, and gift items don’t know who’s bought something of theirs at Fine Art America, but this particular buyer, artist Nancy Griswold, contacted me and let me know.
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