Furthering my Education
Calvin7183
>photographs of Sedona Rain herself, even a special one to demonstrate the
>stunning beauty of her teeth.
Which is an incredible feat in itself as she claims to have only visited a
dentist twice in her life. Yuk!
Danielle
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hmmm...
I think maybe the first was to have her natural teeth removed because they
were rotten and decaying, and the second was for her denture fitting?
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fig funston
(and so nicely written)! Thanks. fig
As Nelly at nella_...@my-deja.com wrote:
> I go to the website advertised by Sedona Rain in her postings. I share what I
> find.
>
>
> 'Known as "Eagle Eyes" in Europe,'
>
> Well not by me. I'm European, an artist and I've never heard of her.
>
> 'Sedona uses her keen visual sense to capture the essence of beauty in all of
> her images.'
>
> Uh hum. We've yet to see.
>
> 'Sedona Rain travels world-wide in order to capture the historical images of
> this Century. She has also been accepted as a 'Life Member' Of The National
> Registry Of Who's Who in the United States. She has also been honored with a
> Gold Medal as Woman Of The Year by The American Biographical Institute.'
>
> Sounds impressive!
>
> 'The International Biographical Centre In Cambridge, England has also honored
> her with a Silver Medal for being one of 2,000 Artists and Designers
> World-Wide selected to represent the 20th Century
>
> Hey, I'm English! Never heard of this either, but I can check. Especially
> given that:
>
>
> 'Her latest show was held on Galveston Island, Texas. At that show, the Mayor
> of Galveston presented her with an award from Cambridge, England as one of
> the most influential artists of the 20th Century.'
>
> Well then why haven't I ever heard of her? I've worked in the gallery
> business. Name rings no bells. I must learn more about 'one of the most
> influential artists of the 20th century' for goodness sakes. Thought I was
> pretty au fait with the names of the leading lights. Sooo....
>
> We're invited into something or other called the 'galerie francaise.'
> There's some French text, and even if it's grammatically askew, I take it
> that the French is in itself intended to be some form of credential:
>
> `A present, nos attractions principales sont ies travaux de Sedona Rain, un
> peintre de premiere rang...'
>
> Uh-hum. ('Du premier rang' would just about mean 'of the highest rank' but
> 'elle est au premier rang des artistes....' is a happier construction).
>
> 'Ses peintures sont connues pour leur profondeur et solitude, et sont tres
> difficiles a'obtenir. par consequent, elies sont des investissements de
> valeur.'
>
> Which is to say, Sedona Rain is an artist of such calibre her works are
> difficult to come by and as a consequence, will be valuable investments. In
> other words, be warned, they won't come cheap. Well, I can't wait to see
> some. My iMac then froze (perhaps in horrorr at the sheer audacity of this
> self-promotion). But I finally get into the 'galerie francaise' (remember, it
> can ship "anywhere" in the world!) to find... two. The first is sold. I don't
> know why. It stinks. A lurid daub called 'Woman in the 'Waves'. The second is
> a ghastly blue depiction of a dolphin. She's not exactly prolific so no
> wonder her work is 'hard to come by'. And 17 thousand dollars? I'd call that
> remarkably cheap for 'one of the most influential artists of the twentieth
> century'.
>
> The website is more suggestive of narcissism than proof of artistic ability.
> I found only two images of canvases but in compensation there are many
> photographs of Sedona Rain herself, even a special one to demonstrate the
> stunning beauty of her teeth.
>
>
> Nella
>
>
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