Crafty Pegs: The World Loses Dorothea Tanning

Thursday, February 2, 2012

The World Loses Dorothea Tanning

This afternoon - just now in fact - I was perusing the ninemsn.com.au site for some news (as I hate watching the news on television; it's all so depressing when it comes from there) and I found out that Dorothea Tanning passed away a couple of days ago; aged 101.
I don't know much about this artist, however, I have found her home site on Google where her passing has been announced by The Dorothea Tanning Foundation.

Dorothea Tanning

On this site, it tells more of her life than I ever could.

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Paintings, Yarn Bombing, Outsider Work and Other Interesting Things

Hi there and welcome to used to be 'A Natural Background' and is now 'Crafty Pegs'. This is an art blog which I hope will pique your interest in many diverse areas in the art world. I've opened a small hobby business which has spilled over into Facebook and onto my website - which you will find on the sidebar.

I'm a volunteer at the Logan Art Gallery and have been there for almost 20 years; so I have seen many different styles of art come through its doors, met some great artists and a few collectors as well. However, I'm also an artist in my spare time. I use acrylic paints and have been attempting to find my style for the past few years.

Not only will you see my work up here on my blog (through links I put up inside the blogs themselves), but you will also see links to photos of outsider work which is not my own. This work is from around Logan City and Brisbane. Some of it is little more than graffiti while others will be public murals and great works of art by some community groups.

I hope to keep you up-to-date with other artists such as Anthony Lister and Chris Trotter. So, please enjoy this little blog... peruse and comment and please do follow; as you never know what I may find out there to put up here.