This and That: A Blog

L is The Lighthouse, a lithograph copyright Henry B. Sandler Co. Inc. New York City published around 1962-1964.  The artist of the original painting is shown as Alfieri, most likely a publisher house artist or contract artist.  The name Alfieri is found on multiple Sandler Co. prints from the 1960s.  I found this in its original frame (Sandler lithographs were sold in frames, ready to hang) in the Goodwill Outlet bins.  10¢ a pound glass price!  An L for Lanturne poem can be found here . 

 I had the best thrifting day in a long time a few Saturdays ago!  First a stop at St. Vincent de Paul gained me a few interesting, but not fabulous, things I'll share in another post.  This post is for the fabulous finds! I hesitated on this, as it was $8 and that's a bit higher than I usually go.  However, I do love religious art for it's beauty.  This was on wood, with a label from Venice, and old.  They had it marked "vintage," which was an understatement!  It's actually at a minimum 150 years old, likely older, perhaps as old as 1780.  It's a panel icon painted in the Byzantine style with raised relief work, and gold leaf.  It would have been produced in a Catholic workshop in the area of Venice, Dalmatia, Istria, or Northern Italy, in the Byzantine iconographic form.   The photo does not do it justice, it's much more golden, it really shines in the sun.  Although I don't let it sit in the sun, I don't want to damage it! The sa...

K brings us two works of art.  K analen I and K analen II, monotype mixed medias by Helle (Melchoir) Hamilton 1989. K analen means " canal ."  A monotype is a one of a kind artwork, which is why these are numbered 1/1.  Ms. Hamilton was born in Denmark and moved to the U.S. in 1965 at the invitation of her grandfather, Lauritz Melchior , a world-famous tenor who also performed in musical films. Two years later she married David Hamilton, the brother of actor George Hamilton, who was the best man at the wedding.   I rescued these, literally, as one was fallen out of the frame, from the Goodwill Outlet bins.  They still had the gallery artist's information on the backs.  I paid $1 each.  This goes to show us, you can find professional original art in not only thrift stores, but the salvage bins!   I wrote a K poetry form for these, found here . 

 Welcome to Sunday Stamps where this week features the letter K .  I am doing Animals for all my letters. My K stamps are part of the 1937-1952 Australian Wildlife Definitives or Zoological Definitives. A few more will be posted for future letters. K angaroo K oala  K ookaburra Next week is L (and another Australian Wildlife Definitive). 

  This sketch came professionally framed from St. Vincent de Paul for only 50¢. It is signed Paunc h, and on the back is a doodle that reads PaunchoDoodles .   A Joseph's Star poetry form can be found here .

I nés  is my name for this painting on canvas I found unrolled in the dirt of a yard sale.  I got it for under $1.00. My I poetry form can be found here .