Name that tune!

"It's a mid-week day. A rainy day. Walk-a, walk-a, walk-a waaay!"

Really, bonus points for whoever can name that tune. Think waaaaay back to the decade of decadence, the 80's. That's the only clue I'm giving.

"After Boticelli- "Birth of Venus" " ACEO
Coloured pencil on Mi-Teintes
Copyright Rita Woodburne

It is, in fact, a mid-week day and although not rainy Mother Nature has granted us some warmers temps and a weird concoction of ice pellets and light snow. I don't have much to write as I've been creatively sapped for the past week and a half, although I do have a couple of ACEO's to share, one above and one below.

"After Sargent- "Madame X" " ACEO
Coloured pencil on Mi-Teintes
Copyright Rita Woodburne

I've got more of these Masters ACEO's I plan on doing since I'm really enjoying the challenge of re-creating famous works and giving them a bit of my own twist. I thought about turning it into a series titled "Tackling the Masters" but then I got a weird visual of me in a huddle with van Gogh and Mary Pratt about to take on Vermeer, Michelangelo and Emily Carr in an attempt to push them back past the 40 yard line. It was odd and yet slightly amusing.

Anyhoo, art mingled with sports aside, this week again has been filled with a ridiculous amount of running around and the Other Half and I are having guests this week-end so I'm quite sure that no art will get accomplished.
Next week might hold some promise though, but only time (and my energy level) will tell...

A Sure Sign of the Apocalypse

"What Big Eyes You Have" ACEO can be bid on here.

Copyright Rita Woodburne

That's it. The world is going to Hell in a handbasket.

How do I know this? Well, this morning on the radio they were doing the reviews of what the movies in the theatres grossed over the week-end. There was no surprise with some of the rankings, apparently the movie featuring Eva Longoria-Parker as a bitter deceased ghost wife didn't even break the top 10 (oooh, really?), and the new one featuring Jessica Alba was right up at number two. So what was number one, you ask? Well, again no surprise, it was the 3-D Miley Cyrus (aka- Hannah $$'s Montana) concert... and here's where the Four Horsemen enter.

You see, not only was Miley Hannah Cyrus Montana's concert number one, it also grossed $29 million smackeroos which makes for some very happy theatre owners. There was such a demand for it and it made the theater owners so happy, in fact, that they'll be running more of the 3-D concerts past the original cut-off date. In doing so they're going to be bumping U2's planned 3-D theatre concert.

That's right, Miley Cyrus has bumped Bono and the Edge.


Oh look, there goes one of the horsemen now. I'm sure his friends aren't far behind. Me? I have to go make sure all the windows are closed so none of these pesky locusts that just showed up get into the house.


Back on Wednesday with more on Van Gogh!