Carrie Graber, 1975 | Modern Figurative painter

American painter Carrie Graber is considered to be among the most talented, exciting and well-collected artists in the world today. With her warm tones and exquisite control of illumination creating a perfect composition of light and contrast, Carrie captures the beauty and subtlety of familiar environments, which are often overlooked.

Her soft, realistic but also bold approach warms the viewers' senses and creates a feeling of intimacy. This is the link between Carrie and one of her main influences, Dutch master painter Vermeer.

Born into an artistic family, Carrie Graber was encouraged to explore her artistic endeavors. From a very young age Carrie was always fascinated with the human figure.

Wislawa Szymborska | I'm working on the world / Progetto un mondo

Progetto un mondo,

nuova edizione, riveduta,

per gli idioti, ché ridano,

per i malinconici, ché piangano,

per i calvi, ché si pettinino,

per i sordi, ché gli parlino.

Robert Lyn Nelson | Let It Be

Wislawa Szymborska | A few words on the soul / Qualche parola sull'anima

We have a soul at times.

No one's got it non-stop,

for keeps.

Day after day,

year after year

may pass without it.

Marc Chagall | Deux tetes

Mahatma Gandhi: "Occhio per occhio ed il mondo diventa cieco"!

• Sii il cambiamento che vuoi vedere nel mondo.

• Be the change you wish to see in the world.

• Occhio per occhio e il mondo diventa cieco.

• An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.

• Le pagine della storia del mondo sono tutte lordate dai sanguinosi racconti delle guerre di religione. Solo con la purezza e le buone azioni dei seguaci si può difendere la religione, mai con la contrapposizione a chi professa altre fedi.

Igor Zenin

Happy Birthday Renoir! Was born in February 25 - 181 years ago!

Pierre-Auguste Renoir born in February 25, 181 years ago in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France who was the leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style.

After years as a struggling painter, Renoir helped launch an artistic movement called Impressionism in 1870s.

Unlike most artists Renoir painted quickly - some of his work took only half an hour.

He eventually became one of the most highly regarded artists of his time. He died in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, in 1919.

Julie Delance-Feurgard (1859-1892)

Julie Delance-Feurgard was a student at the Académie Julian, where she became close friends with fellow artist Louise Breslau, who painted a portrait of her (now at the Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne in Switzerland).

She exhibited at the Salon between 1880-1888, earning honorable mentions for her work there and at the 1889 Exposition Universelle.

Her work received positive attention from critics. She married one of her teachers, Paul-Louis Delance, in 1886, and continued her career, which was cut short by her untimely death in 1892. | Source: © The Clark Art Institute

Orazio Borgianni | Baroque painter

Orazio Borgianni (6 April 1574 - 14 January 1616) was an Italian painter and etcher of the Mannerist and early-Baroque periods. He was the stepbrother of the sculptor and architect Giulio Lasso.

Borgianni was born in Rome, where he was documented in February 1604. He was instructed in the art of painting by his brother, Giulio Borgianni, called Scalzo.

The patronage by Philip II of Spain induced him to visit Spain, where he signed an inventory in January 1605.

He returned to Rome from Spain after April 1605 at the height of his career, and most of the work of his maturity was carried out 1605–16.

Legge di Murphy: "Non discutere mai con un idiota: la gente potrebbe non notare la differenza"!

Della Comitatologia | Capitolo Settimo

Legge di Old e Kahn

• L'efficienza di un comitato è inversamente proporzionale

al numero dei partecipanti e al tempo impiegato per raggiungere le decisioni.

Legge diShanahan

• La durata di una riunione aumenta col quadrato del numero dei presenti.

Legge dell'insignificanza

• Il tempo speso per ogni punto dell'ordine del giorno è sempre inversamente proporzionale

alla somma di denaro che il punto comporta.

Rene Magritte | The Art of Conversation, 1963