Category Archives: Art

Primavera

  By Pamela Leavey | March 20, 2013 - 5:52 pm | , ,
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Primavera, also known as Allegory of Spring, is a panel painting by Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli. Painted ca. 1482, Primavera is known to be one of the most popular paintings in Western art, though it’s history is unknown. Among the theories of it’s creation is that it was commissioned in 1477 by Lorenzo de’ Medici.

Botticelli-primavera

Fascinating work of art, for contemplation on this the first day of Spring…

Daily Inspirations: Hope

  By Pamela Leavey | March 15, 2012 - 12:13 pm | , , , , , , , ,
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“”Hope” is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul –
And sings the tune without
And never stops — at all.”

- Emily Dickinson

(Painting: Letting Go by Lisa Marquis Bradbury)

Daily Affirmations: Beauty

  By Pamela Leavey | March 9, 2012 - 7:20 am | , , , , , , , , ,
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Today I remind myself that there is beauty in everything I see. The old red barn slated to be torn down… beautiful. The spring flowers, bursting their way through winter’s muted palette… beautiful. Take the time to stop, look and listen. Love and life and all around me. ~ Pamela J. Leavey

(Photo: Red Barn Doors on Point SHore in Amesbury, MA ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2012)

Reflections: Abstract or Reality

  By Pamela Leavey | February 16, 2012 - 3:09 pm | , , , , , ,
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A photographer can capture an image in mere seconds with a camera…

But is what we see always the reality of what it is, or do we see things sometimes in more abstract views that make us question reality? Continue reading “Reflections: Abstract or Reality” »