Friday, August 31, 2007

Stilettos


So far, this image has been the greatest challenge. Just staying upright was an interesting task in this process.

And I suppose this is about it for the next few days. I am taking a break for Labor Day. Hope you enjoy yours.


Numbers 2-10 are still available for this print. Each print is currently $50 each (add $6.65 for shipping and handling, and 9.25% for sales tax if you are in Tennessee).


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Thursday, August 30, 2007

The last of the hat

Since I have several of various images that work well as series, I am debating about doing a few special auctions for the series. Any thoughts?


Numbers 2-10 are still available for this print. Each print is currently $50 each (add $6.65 for shipping and handling, and 9.25% for sales tax if you are in Tennessee).


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Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Hat No.2



I am liking the hat very much. Even though the afternoons here are blistering hot, it still feels as though summer is slipping through my fingers and I cannot seem to hang onto it. All I can do is wear my hat and turn my face to the sun.



Numbers 2-10 are still available for this print. Each print is currently $50 each (add $6.65 for shipping and handling, and 9.25% for sales tax if you are in Tennessee).


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A Photographer's Life

There is a certain fascination with the self and nudity that runs rampant among us photographers. It seems to take hold on even the greatest artists of our time, and no exception is Ms.Annie Leibovitz.

What a glorious treat it was to view the work in her latest show "A Photographer's Life," which I saw over the past weekend in Atlanta. I go in sperts when it comes to other photographers' work. Sorry to say this, but amongst all the brilliant visions out there (and there are many), there is an awful lot of crap to shift through. This show did my heart glad. What a beautiful body of work and it has so much of her within it. It is not just the commercial side of Leibovitz,but her personal work as well. There are large landscapes and snapshot-like photographs of her life with Susan Sontag, her family, and Leibovitz's three children. These are all small and intimate, often done in a series of several images. Her sadness is reflected in the images of the final days she spent with Susan and her father. It is sometimes hard to look at these images without tears, though their heartbreak is subtle.

On a more happy note, there is a set of these small photographs of her posing semi-nude for herself. Fun. Though I did buy the book that went with the exhibition and the image is in there, I decided against scanning it (probably copyright issues there), I figure it would be better to experience it in the real world.

So, thank you Ms. Leibovitz for reminding me what is good photography.


Click here for information on the High Museum.


Here is the schedule of the show:


On view first at the Brooklyn Museum of Art from October 20, 2006 to January 21, 2007, the exhibition travels to the San Diego Museum of Art, February 10 through May 2007; the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, May 12 through September 9, 2007; the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., October 13, 2007 through January 13, 2008; and the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, February 9 through May 11, 2008.

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

What's this about Playboy?


Well, I'm tired. I don't know about you, but I could fall asleep, fingers typing away. I was hoping tonight to talk about the Annie Leibovitz show in Atlanta, but I fear I could not do it proper justice. So maybe tomorrow.

Here's today's image. Let's see, I have already had one private comment that it looks like vintage Playboy. I'm not sure quite how to take that...so I'll just keep pondering.

Any one else?
Numbers 2-10 are still available for this print. Each print is currently $50 each (add $6.65 for shipping and handling, and 9.25% for sales tax if you are in Tennessee).


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Monday, August 27, 2007

Influenced by Julia Margaret Cameron





Well, I decided to see how the images do in the light of day. I am posting early to see what happens on eBay.

One of my true favorite photographers of the Pictorialism time period is Julia Margaret Cameron

"A year after receiving her first camera as a gift, Julia Margaret Cameron stated her ambitions as a photographer in a letter to her friend Sir John Herschel, "My aspirations are to ennoble photography," she declared, "and to secure for it the character and uses of high art by combining the real and ideal..."

From the Clark Notes


Numbers 2-10 are still available for this print. Each print is currently $50 each (add $6.65 for shipping and handling, and 9.25% for sales tax if you are in Tennessee).


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Sunday, August 26, 2007

The Polls

Thought I would offer another poll and keep the past poll results posted here. I saw this another blog and liked it.

So - is nudity art?
  • 7 or 58% said "Art"
  • 4 or 33% said "Sometimes Pornographic"
  • 1 or 8% said "Pornography"
  • 4 or 33% said "Natural"
Total 12 poll takers.

Saturday, August 25, 2007

The Gallery

I know, I know, I said I would be back Monday, but just wanted to let you know that the Rosso Bella Gallery is now up and functioning. It will be updates weekly, with ways to purchase the art you may have wanted but missed on eBay. It may also give you more incentive to bid on eBay for them. LOL.

It is at www.rossobella.com/gallery.html

Friday, August 24, 2007

And I am spent...


What a long day it has been. Hope everyone has a great weekend. I am sleeping in tomorrow!

Archival prints available for $50 each.

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Thursday, August 23, 2007

Rated



It is just an old night gown...

Click here to visit the eBay auction for the first print out of ten.

And I thought you might get a kick out of this. I had this blog rated...hmmmm.

Mingle2 - Baltimore Singles



Archival prints available for $50 each.


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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Glow Stick #2


What is there to say about glow sticks? Fun, fun, fun...and red.

Archival prints available for $50 each.


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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Glow Stick #1


A little fun with leftover glow sticks from the 4th of July...

Archival prints available for $50 each.

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Monday, August 20, 2007

Christmas in August



In human color psychology, red is associated with energy and blood, and emotions that stir the blood, including anger, passion, and love.
Pasquale Gagliardi

Unbelievably, when I began to amass red objects for this project, it was July - early July. But sure enough, Christmas had already begun to invade the retail establishments. And it was in one such a place, I discovered this beautiful ornament. Its red beads and gold finish called to me, and low and behold it found its way into this image.

It is never too early for a little Christmas, some people like to say. I have never been one of those people, but it is a nice reminder of cooler days ahead.

Archival prints available for $50 each.

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Friday, August 17, 2007

For the heat



Grapes were one of my first ideas to use in this photographic series. The speak of sensuality, or if you are in a non-air conditioned space and have just taken them out of the refrigerator, well, they speak of a decadent coolness.

So, what I could I share with you other than this image? I have already discussed Rosso wine,so I have to go with the quintessential idea of a peeled grape. Have you ever tried to peel a grape? If not, here is the Martha Stewart recommended way:

How to Peel a Grape
Start at the end of the stem and separate the skin from the pulp by using a small knife. For easy skin removal, dip grapes in boiling water for 30 seconds, then place in cold water.


Well, that's it for this week. Hopefully you have enjoyed the images.

Numbers 2-10 are still available for this print. Each print is currently $50 each (add $6.65 for shipping and handling, and 9.25% for sales tax if you are in Tennessee).


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Day Day - Press Release

Press Release
Day by Day – Rossa Bella, A Study in Red

WHO: Anon Rosso

WHAT: Photography-Art-A-Day Genre Project featuring the figurative photographs of Anon Rosso

WHEN: August 13, 2007 – August 13, 2008

WHERE: www.rossobella.com and eBay

Photographer Anon Rosso’s Rossa Bella - A Study in Red made her debut into the art scene as an art-a-day artist. Originating as a blog on www.rossobella.com, her intimate images of red juxtaposed upon the female figure are presented one day at a time. Working with small limited editions of ten, the first is auctioned off on eBay. The remainder of the editions will be sold through her on-line gallery or at various venues.

Influenced by historic photography and illustration, Rosso’s photographs have a vintage quality. Small in size, she invites the viewer to come closer. Each image is only four and a half inches by seven inches, reminiscent of French Postcards. They are digitally produced and printed using archival pigments and paper.

Rosso is also her own model. Rather than using a younger art model, she has chosen to depict her own body as an example that art can transcend age. In a world of anorexia or self-image problems, she finds her own body, softened by age, to be an alternative to the bone thinness perpetrated by the fashion industry.

“Though I am not obese,” says Rosso, “I am no longer in my twenties and fanatical about keeping off the excess pounds. I find as a am beginning to round the corner of forty, that age causes its own pattern of beauty and it has nothing to do with abstaining from food.”

As for her passion with the color red, Rosso chose the color as a tongue-in-cheek reference to her last name.

The photographs in this series are produced daily and can be found on Rosso’s blog at www.rossobella.com. Her work is available for exhibition.

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Henna

Henna. Interesting concept and complicated, all in all. Use this for ink. Use that. Stay away from the black ink. Mix it with lemon juice and or coffee. How long will it last? A week? A Day?

What I do know is that it takes a steady hand and it is a good idea to have a design concept before touching the paste to the skin.

Here is a recipe to try if you want to make your own henna paste:

Ingredients

• 2-3 tablespoons henna
• 1 cup of strong tea or coffee
• 4 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon sugar

Mix the henna powder, 2 tablespoons coffee or tea, lemon juice and sugar. Mix well adding your coffee or tea in small amounts until you get a mixture similar to the consistency of toothpaste. Set the mixture aside for several hours giving the dye time to activate. This mixture makes a lighter stain that last for about 2 weeks.

Apparently lemon triggers the dye to release and to make the paste flow better, olive oil may help.

Recipe and tips provided by www.hennaboutique.com.

The design for the henna work on my leg was inspired by Hindu designs.


Numbers 2-10 are still available for this print. Each print is currently $50 each (add $6.65 for shipping and handling, and 9.25% for sales tax if you are in Tennessee).


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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

The Red Beads



After uncorking the bottle of Rosso Classic last evening, bravo to Francis Ford Coppola for putting his name on a wine blending that is really lovely. If you are a wine drinker, this is a really nice, inexpensive wine. But somehow I doubt you are here to read my wine reviews...so...

Today it was red beads that I have had forever, so so it seems. Their cold, glassiness was an excellent contrast to the heat of the afternoon.

Numbers 2-10 are still available for this print. Each print is currently $50 each (add $6.65 for shipping and handling, and 9.25% for sales tax if you are in Tennessee).


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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

In the Beginning



And so it begins. A bumpy road that either goes to or away from Eden. At times I am not sure which it is, but I do know that like she who went before me, she who chose knowledge over stasis, took that first step bravely. I too take that step, choosing the apple for my beginning.

And here is the official start of Rossa Bella, A Study in Red. This is an on-going art a day project. I sit here, moments before, a glass to my left and a bottle of Rosso Classic ready to be uncorked in celebration of this new passion. If you are reading this, well, you will know it has launched, the cork has been popped and this is a reality.

Numbers 2-10 are still available for this print. Each print is currently $50 each (add $6.65 for shipping and handling, and 9.25% for sales tax if you are in Tennessee).


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What are these?

This is a question I am often asked about my art. Are they drawings, prints, photographs, illustration? And all I can really say is - Yes.

My process is simple. Digital photography. The shutter clicks, the strobes go off, and then the image is created. From there, the image is exported into PhotoShop and it is tweaked, remade. The colors are adapted to my pallet, as is saturation and contrast. Layers are created, color touched up, along with other changes and there you have it.

I have always been inspired by the art at the turn of the 20th century. This includes photographic process of that time as well as the designs found in Art Nouveau. Early entries on this blog provide examples.

Why digital? It has much to do with not creating more waste or environmental impact on this Earth. Digital is really good for that (though I wish technology would slow down a bit so computers would stop becoming obsolete so quickly).

Each image is about four and a half inches by seven inches in size. Each is printed on an eight by ten inch paper. This is an intimate project, needing intimate viewing. Do come closer.

And, they will last a long time if treated properly, as they are printed on archival paper with archival pigment inks.

The editions are all small. I do not believe in flooding the market place with images. for each photograph shown, there will be a limited edition of ten and each one comes with its own certificate of authenticity.

A Bumpy Start

With the voice of Bette Davis in my head, "Hang on. This is going to be a bumpy ride," I crossed my fingers last night in hopes that my scheduled eBay post, starting this project, would happen. Alas, it did not. So, my launch did not happen. The bottle of Francis Ford Coppola's Rosso Classic went uncorked, and here I am explaining it all.

Ah well. Perhaps I have it cleared up and tonight all will go well.

Friday, August 10, 2007

Check Back on Monday

Down to the wire and almost ready to go. The countdown has begun. Monday, 8/13/07, we will launch this art-a-day project. It should start to get exciting now.

Sunday, August 5, 2007

Do you create figurative art?

In networking and such, I have decided to become the editor of figurative art work at www.onemission.com. This is a "first grass-roots, from-the-bottom-up directory on the web." Anyone can sign on to be an editor.

So, if you do figurative art or know of a figurative art site that should be included in this directory, please let me know and I will add it. You can email me at anon.rosso@gmail.com.


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