Whether you’re dressing as Audrey Hepburn in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” a 1920s flapper or someone else entirely, adding a faux long cigarette holder to your costume adds an air of sophistication. And it's as easy as applying a little paint or wrapping some ribbon and paper.
As a contemporary impressionist painter and lifelong nature enthusiast, Christine gathers most of her ideas by painting outdoors.
Recently, in Charleston SC, I discovered the watercolor artist Alice Ravenel Huger Smith. The watercolors are politically suspect as they are seen from the point of view of a women in a privileged position in the south during the harsh time of Jim Crow law. Adam Parker writes in the Post and Courier: "She made these plantation paintings during the height of Jim Crow, when black people in Charleston and throughout the country were subjected to humiliating discrimination and life-threatening abuse. She knew of this, of course. She lived downtown, a single woman surviving on the income generated from the sale of her art. Not far away from her was intense poverty. This was the period of “Porgy and Bess,” of street calls and street fights, of hunger and vocal prayer." Nevertheless, a lot of the work transcended the politics of the time, particularly the landscape, which is what I'm going to focus on. Below is a blurb from the museum and some photos I took while there. Please excuse the reflections on the glass. I would suggest your click on the Adam Parker article for more information. The Rice Plantation Series Watercolors by Alice Ravenel Huger Smith GALLERY G Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (1876–1958) was a leading artist of the cultural and economic renaissance that occurred in Charleston between the two world wars. Smith disseminated the history and mythology of her beloved lowcountry to a national audience through her evocative images, numerous writings, and civic activities. Produced in mid-career, A Carolina Rice Plantation of the Fifties was the most ambitious of her publications. The series of watercolors and the accompanying text, which includes an essay on rice cultivation by historian Herbert Ravenel Sass and the boyhood memoirs of her father Daniel Elliott Huger Smith, are meant to preserve a "first-hand knowledge" of life on a rice plantation in the 1850s. Through a series of skillful and compelling watercolors, Smith offers a romantic vision of plantation life from a planter's perspective. Read about the conservation efforts taken by the Gibbes Museum to preserve this collection of watercolors.
Besides its party scene Vang Vieng in Laos is also renowned for its amazing natural sights, hikes, views and lagoons. This guide will help you find Vang Vieng's Hidden Gems like the Nam Xay viewpoint, how to do an adventurous loop with your scooter and explain why the Blue Lagoon is easily skippable.
One of the most dangerous myths about hatred of black people is that it will disappear on its own.
As a contemporary impressionist painter and lifelong nature enthusiast, Christine gathers most of her ideas by painting outdoors.
From a music-loving sommelier to a veritable professor of local food history, learn about the innovators making Charleston a dining tour de force—and start planning a vacation filled with incredible eats.
Live Oak with Spanish Moss, Middleton Place, Charleston, SC © Doug Hickok All Rights Reserved Spanish moss hanging from a live oak makes a natural decorative accent.
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Behind the scenes of Seasalt’s photoshoot at Vanessa Bell’s artistic and unconventional home at Charleston, East Sussex. We were lucky enough to be able to shoot our latest clothing collection at the once ordinary sixteenth century farmhouse that was transformed by painter Vanessa into a haven of artistic freedom.
Duncan Grant (British, 1885-1978), Haystooks, Rothiemurchus, c.1906. Oil on canvas laid on board, 14 x 11 ½ in.
A Great egret stands watch over a Carolina creek at low tide . May River, South Carolina LowCountry.
After writing about my 10-day West Coast itinerary, I've decided to make a similar post and to write about my 3 weeks East Coast itinerary.
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