Thursday, January 31, 2008

Stiletto setup




Today's photo is artist Jay Rolfe setting up his show, with the reception to be held tomorrow evening from 6-8 pm, to benefit Action AIDS at Stiletto in Bryn Mawr. The 4 feet long red Ferrari 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas painting has just emerged from the bubble wrap and is about to be placed. We hope to see you Friday night!



That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his innovative 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create Uplifting Conversation Pieces.

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Matisse "Moroccans"



Artist Jay Rolfe is involved in preparing for an opening reception on Friday February 1, 2008. See my website for details. There are a million things to do, some large, some small.


Henri Matisse painted "Moroccans" in 1915-1916. It's on display at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC where artist Jay Rolfe has seen it many times. The representation of the figures and the objects in the scene are somewhat difficult to decipher. When one looks at it long enough, one can clearly see all the elements. It is today's photo of the day.


That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his innovative 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create Uplifting Conversation Pieces.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Giclee



Artist Jay Rolfe is getting giclees on canvas produced of some of his paintings. After a lot of time spent on the proof stage over the past two weeks, they are finally printed and look great. Most of today was spent by Jay Rolfe putting together stretchers and stretching the canvas giclees over them. They look great! Before the giclees were ready, artist Jay Rolfe photographed some of his recent paintings.


Today's photo is of a recent version of Jay Rolfe's Red Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder 3DSSC painting, this one 6 feet long as opposed to the 8 feet in length of the first one. You can actually watch a video of Jay Rolfe painting this very painting on You Tube. Here's the link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvOtBjc5om8 The video is a little slow, as is painting, but not like watching paint dry.


That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his innovative 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create Uplifting Conversation Pieces.

Monday, January 28, 2008

"The Wind and the Lion"



Jay Rolfe's updated website can be reached either through www.3dssc.com/ or www.jayrolfe.com/.


Jay Rolfe has been reading about Matisse's time in Tangier Morocco in the winter of 1912 in the Hilary Spurling bio "Matisse The Master." While Matisse was there, the French signed a treaty with the Sultan in Fez and made Morocco a French protectorate. That sounded a little like an old movie Jay Rolfe enjoyed, "The Wind and the Lion" made in 1975 starring Sean Connery and Candice Bergen with John Huston and Brian Keith. In the winter of 1913 Matisse was back in Tangier and wrote postcards to his son Jean. "One showed a Riff tribesman from the same village as the bandit king Raisouli, a local Robin Hood famous for charging exorbitant ransoms to release Westerners ... whom he kidnapped on the outskirts of Tangier." In the movie, Sean Connery played a Riff tribal leader named Raisouli who kidnapped an American woman played by Candi Bergen. The movie is a great adventure, and the idea at least seems to be drawn from history. Jay Rolfe recommends "The Wind and the Lion" as a charming historical adventure. It is rated PG and available on DVD from Netflix.


Candi Bergen attended Penn while Jay Rolfe was at Penn Law School. They never met. It was before her acting career, but Candi was famous as Edgar Bergen's daughter (Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy), a model, and dating Hollywood leading men. Today most people know Candi as Murphy Brown from the long-running TV show.


That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his innovative 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create Uplifting Conversation Pieces.

Sunday, January 27, 2008

New Website Up!


Finally, artist Jay Rolfe has uploaded his new website! You can see it at www.3dssc.com/. It has a lot more color and reflects the feeling of Jay Rolfe's paintings. It is also a more modern design, and one the artist can update easily with his latest paintings. In fact, more new paintings need to go up. The artist thought it was more important to get the new design up and running than to have all the new paintings up. The new paintings will be added in the near future. It feels like quite an accomplishment for a novice to learn Dreamweaver CS3 well enough to put together a 47 page website, let alone one with a menu bar that uses Java script. Jay Rolfe had no idea how much work he was getting into when he started.

Today's photo is an image from the website of artist Jay Rolfe.

That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his innovative 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.

Friday, January 25, 2008

Matisse "Woman In Blue"


Last night some local artists got together and talked painting and artists' legal matters. Surprisingly, two of us used to practice law but now paint. It was lots of fun!

I'm still reading Hilary Spurling's Matisse bio, "Matisse The Master," and probably will be for a while. So today's photo of the day is another Henri Matisse painting from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, this one titled "Woman In Blue" and painted in 1937. I've seen it many times, and the color must have faded, as it looks like a woman in gray to me.

That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his innovative 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Early Matisse "Still Life"


Artist Kiki Smith was scheduled to speak at U Penn yesterday and artist Jay Rolfe was one of 500 people registered to attend. Alas, less than 36 hours before, the talk was cancelled with an email message saying Kiki had the flu. That was disappointing.

Today's photo is an early Matisse, from 1901, before he got into color, line, and form, when he was still doing traditional paintings in a traditional and somewhat impressionistic way and earning money copying old master paintings at the Louvre. It is titled "Still Life" and is at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his innovative 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Henri Matisse "Bather" at MoMA



Giclee prints of some of artist Jay Rolfe's paintings are coming soon. He's had 2 paintings scanned and been working on the proofs the last few days. Soon he'll have the giclees ready to go to collectors who want the image.


The photo of the day is another painting by Henri Matisse, this one at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC and painted in 1909. It's called "Bather." The colors and shape are familiar from "The Dance" painted the same year and featured on this blog a few days ago, Friday January 18, 2008.


That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his innovative 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Matisse "Le Bonheur de Vivre"



Hilary Spurling's Matisse biography "Matisse The Master" is really entertaining artist Jay Rolfe. It's hard to appreciate today that Henri Matisse's color, line, and form were at the time considered very, very radical.

Today's photo is a good image of Matisse's "Le Bonheur de Vivre" or "The Joy of Life" painted in 1905-06. Artist Jay Rolfe enjoys seeing the original is the wide stairwell to the second floor of the Barnes Foundation in Merion PA. This painting was painted before cubism started, and before Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" of 1907 (which was reputedly painted in part as a response to Matisse's "Le Bonheur de Vivre") which is now at MoMA in NYC.

The second photo is Pablo Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" painted in 1907. Here's the link to the painting on MoMA's website. http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A4609&page_number=17&template_id=1&sort_order=1



That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his Hyper Representational 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.

Monday, January 21, 2008

Stiletto



Today artist Jay Rolfe took 2 of his 3-D stiletto paintings to Stiletto in Bryn Mawr in preparation for the reception on Friday February 1, 2008. Please see my website for details, and you are invited. They look great - you can see them in the windows. One of the paintings is the photo of the day. This one is 4 feet high, 4 feet wide, and 6 inches deep, and is titled "Hot!, Hot! Hot!".


That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his Hyper Representational 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Ferrari Rolling Sculpture


Again this Saturday morning artist Jay Rolfe viewed some exotic rolling sculpture at the local Starbucks in Dilworthtown PA. You may recall a large group of exotics last Saturday which was in the post on Sunday January 13, 2008. Although several car guys came out today, only one true exotic, a beautiful silver Ferrari 360 Modena, came out. The other guys came in BMW sedans, etc. I assume the reason is the snow we had on Thursday. You can see a pile of snow in the background of the photo of the day. While it had largely melted, there were some spots on the rural roads where snow melt had flowed across the road and frozen in the night. It was still below freezing this morning when the car guys met, so there was some risk to their cars.



That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his Hyper Representational 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.

Friday, January 18, 2008

"The Dance" by Henri Matisse at MoMA



On Tuesday January 15, 2008, artist Jay Rolfe posted about Matisse's two Nasturtium paintings, one at the Met in NYC and one at the Pushkin in Moscow, both of which Jay Rolfe has seen and liked, with "The Dance" in the background. Here is "The Dance" from 1909 and now at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.



That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his Hyper Representational 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.

Thursday, January 17, 2008

"The Red Studio" by Matisse at MoMA



The dramatic colors of Henri Matisse's "The Red Studio" struck artist Jay Rolfe when he saw this painting at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. The red is vivid, if unrealistic - the wall, floor, table, chairs, and clock are all the same color with just an outline and decoration in a contrasting color. This was painted in 1911 in his studio in Issy near Paris, which was not really red. So you can see why his work was considered controversial at that time (and we hear some people question it even today). Artist Jay Rolfe likes vivid color, and this painting has grown on him. Jay Rolfe now sees the red as a great contrast to the paintings, sculptures, and ceramics around the studio.


That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his Hyper Representational 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Matisse "Purple Robe And Anemones" at Baltimore Museum of Art



Artist Jay Rolfe is still reading Hilary Spurling's bio of Matisse titled Matisse The Master. So today's photo will be a Matisse painting, this one from the Cone Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art. The Cone sisters amassed 500 paintings, drawings, and sculptures by Matisse and eventually gave them to their hometown museum, the Baltimore Museum of Art. The photo of the day by Henri Matisse painted in 1937 is "Purple Robe And Anemones." The model is his longtime assistant Lydia Delectorskaya.


That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his Hyper Representational 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Matisse's "Nasturtiums With The Painting 'Dance' "

Yesterday artist Jay Rolfe came across a passage in the Matisse biography he's reading which expresses some of my own views about art. The interview Matisse gave which led to these comments was in 1909, 99 years ago! In Matisse The Master, Hilary Spurling tells of Matisse's interview published April 12, 1909 "in which Matisse explained that the invention of photography released painting from any need to copy nature. From now on art was free to condense and synthesize, eliminating surface detail in an attempt to penetrate rather than reproduce reality. He said that the aim of the new art was to 'present emotion as directly as possible and by the simplest means.' "



Today's photo from artist Jay Rolfe is of Henri Matisse's "Nasturtiums With The Painting 'Dance' " from 1912. This is the second version of the painting, and is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (the biggest tourist attraction in NYC!). "The Dance" painting from 1909 in the background is at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC displayed in a stairwell - which is what it was created for. The other version of "The Dance" was in Moscow in a collector's stairwell, the same collector who bought the first version of this Nasturtiums painting. You can read an interesting commentary on the museum's website at http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/Nasturtiums_with_the_Painting_Dance_Henri_Matisse/ViewObject.aspx?depNm=all&pID=-1&kWd=Matisse&OID=210003511&vW=-1&Pg=1&St=0&StOd=1&vT=1
The first version of Nasturtiums is now in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, and artist Jay Rolfe posted a photo of it from his visit there in his September 7, 2007 post. What the heck, here it is again!



That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his Hyper Representational 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.

Monday, January 14, 2008

Henri Matisse



Artist Jay Rolfe is currently reading Hilary Spurling's biography of Henri Matisse, the second volume titled "Matisse The Master." So today's photo is of a painting by Matisse, "Odalisque With Tambourine (Harmony In Blue)" painted in 1926. Artist Jay Rolfe saw the painting at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena CA. Here's the link to the Norton Simon Museum website, http://www.nortonsimon.org/collections/highlights.asp?period=20H&page=4&resultnum=42


That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his Hyper Representational 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Dilworthtown = Crystal Cove East?



Artist Jay Rolfe loves rolling sculpture in the form of exotic cars!

Saturday morning artist Jay Rolfe went for coffee at the Starbucks in Dilworthtown outside of West Chester. It's a beautiful ride from his home, so it has become his favorite coffee shop. Since going to the weekly car event by the Starbucks at Crystal Cove in Newport Beach CA - now moved to Irvine, see my post of May 25, 2007 for history and photos including photos of a Ferrari F2003-GA Formula 1 car which upstaged the Ferrari Enzo - I've given energy to having a similar event by the Starbucks in Dilworthtown. Little did I know that someone had organized what I only imagined.


One day a couple of months ago, I was wearing my Ferrari Formula 1 shirt and one of the baristas at Starbucks told me some Ferrari guys came in on Saturday morning. I went the next Saturday morning and was too late. I went another time and nothing. Oh, well. Yesterday was different. When I arrived about half of the eventual 30 cars were there, so I called my early rising friend with a Lotus Esprit and he brought his car.


My favorite car of the day was the gorgeous red Ferrari F430. My next favorite because of its presence was the black, black, black Porsche 911 Turbo - black body, black wheels not chrome, black interior, and black license plate. I liked the silver Ferrari 360 Modena, the red Ferrari 308 GTB, and my friend's dark red Lotus Esprit V-8. There was a silver Lotus Esprit S4S, a yellow Porsche GT3, and all manner of Porsche Turbos, more than I've ever seen together in the east. Someone brought a beautiful red Porsche Speedster from the 50's - I especially liked that since I once owned a similar one.


I learned that the Ferrari guys usually come Saturday morning at 8 or so until 9 or so (mercifully later than Crystal Cove's 7 am start). Yesterday was well represented by Porsches because their usual meeting place in Newark DE was unavailable.




One of my 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas Paintings is of a 1959 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder. There were no cars that old or valuable present yesterday, although I was told that a fellow brought a Ferrari F40 recently.






That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his Hyper Representational 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Father/Son Collaboration

Yesterday afternoon artist Jay Rolfe attended the opening reception for his friend artist Antonio Puri and his son Alexander Puri who have collaborated on several large abstract paintings on canvas over the past few years starting in 2004. It was interesting that in the early years of the collaboration the son's style seemed to be the same as the father's style, so that one was unable to tell which part was painted by each. In the more recent paintings, the son has developed some of his own style and one can discern who painted some parts of the paintings. If Alex wants to pursue painting, he sure has a great start! They have titled their exhibit "My Kid Could Do That." The paintings are on display at Westtown School near West Chester PA.

That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his Hyper Representational 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.

Friday, January 11, 2008

Beautiful Laguna Beach


It's a cold and rainy winter day, and artist Jay Rolfe's thoughts turn to the beach, Laguna Beach in particular. Today's photo is of the beautiful Laguna Beach shoreline. It has inspired thousands of paintings by local artists.

That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his Hyper Representational 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Another View - "Hot! Hot! Hot!"


Today's photo is another view of artist Jay Rolfe's 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas painting "Hot! Hot! Hot!" with the grinning artist in the foreground. This morning has turned cold again, so if this photo was taken today it would have the artist in a long sleeve shirt.

That's the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his Hyper Representational 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

"Hot! Hot! Hot!" by Jay Rolfe


Last week, artist Jay Rolfe experienced a week of days when the high was not more than 35 degrees F. In contrast, today is the 3rd day in a row where the high has been over 60 degrees F. Artist Jay Rolfe is wearing a short sleeve shirt today, as you can see from the photo of the day taken with his 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas painting of a stiletto pump titled "Hot! Hot! Hot!" And the weather is also hot.

This is the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his Hyper Representational 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

New Year reading

Jay Rolfe's cousin just sent this. It is worth reading, and heeding.

The Mayonnaise Jar and 2 Cups of Coffee

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of coffee.

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with an unanimous "yes."

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

"Now," said the professor as the laughter subsided, "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things---your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions---and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car.
The sand is everything else---the small stuff. "If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you.

"Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Spend time with your children. Spend time with your parents. Visit with grandparents. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your spouse out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first---the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The professor smiled and said, "I'm glad you asked."The coffee just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend."

"The Mists Of Time"


Today's photo is an arty photo artist Jay Rolfe took on his morning walk 2 days before Christmas. It's called "The Mists Of Time." The mist was extraordinary that day.

Artist Jay Rolfe finds himself a week into the new year already. It was a great holiday season, filled with family events and a visit from our daughter. We had a great time. Now its back to the art world for artist Jay Rolfe as a participant rather than an observer.

This is the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his Hyper Representational 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.

Monday, January 7, 2008

Monet "Water Lilies" at Carnegie Museum of Art



Artist Jay Rolfe presents one of Claude Monet's "Water Lilies" paintings as his photo of the day. This painting is in the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. It is a very beautiful and very wide painting, approximately 18-20 feet wide and about 4 feet high. This photo was assembled in the camera from 3 separate shots to get the full width.


This is the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his Hyper Representational 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Renoir's "Ravine Of The Wild Woman"


This is the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his Hyper Representational 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.

Tomorrow, Sunday January 6, 2008, is the last day for the Renoir Landscapes exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Artist Jay Rolfe has chosen Pierre Auguste Renoir's "Algerian Landscape, Ravine Of The Wild Woman" as his photo of the day. This is a pure landscape, with no figures as in the recent posts. The title is intriguing. One can see the rich colors of the landscape when viewing the actual painting which do not look as good in this small photo from the Musee d'Orsay, the museum which lent the painting to the exhibit.

If you can find a way to get to the Renoir Landscape exhibit today or tomorrow, artist Jay Rolfe recommends you do so!

Friday, January 4, 2008

Renoir Landscapes 2 more days


The Renoir Landscapes exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art closes in 2 days, on Sunday January 6, 2008. Artist Jay Rolfe encourages you to see this great exhibit before it's gone.


Jay Rolfe's photo of the day is another from the exhibit, "La Promenade" painted in 1870. It has a landscape background and features the effect of sunlight, both direct and filtered by trees, on 2 people. It was lent to the exhibit by the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. It's a dramatic and well executed painting.


This is the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his Hyper Representational 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.

Thursday, January 3, 2008

"The Seine At Argenteuil" by Renoir


One of artist Jay Rolfe's favorite Renoir paintings in the Renoir Landscapes exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art is the subject of today's photo. It's another painting titled "The Seine At Argenteuil" and painted in 1874. A painting from the previous year, 1873, has the same title and is painted from a similar place, yet is very different, showing the near bank, the river, and the far bank and is not about boating. I featured that painting in my post on December 19, 2007.


The photo of the day is one that artist Jay Rolfe believes is a beautiful painting of leisure boating on the Seine near Paris. Renoir painted that day along side Monet, who painted a similar canvas. Renoir's painting was lent to the exhibit by the Portland Art Museum in Oregon, and it only appeared in Philadelphia.


Artist Jay Rolfe has saved some of the best images until the last few days of the exhibit in case you've been on the fence. The Renoir Landscapes exhibit is at the Philadelphia Museum of Art continues only until Sunday January 6, 2008, 3 more days. Artist Jay Rolfe recommends you get there. If you miss it, you can see a few Renoir landscapes and many, many more Renoirs (181 total Renoirs) at the Barnes Foundation in Merion PA. In fact, I posted a photo of Renoir's "Red Boat At Argenteuil," a fall scene with women boaters, on November 8, 2007.


This is the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his Hyper Representational 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Renoir's "Claude Monet Painting In His Garden At Argenteuil"



Artist Jay Rolfe's photo of the day is another that is in the Renoir Landscapes exhibit currently at the Philadelphia Museum of Art until Sunday January 8, 2008. It was painted in 1873 by Pierre Auguste Renoir and is titled "Claude Monet Painting In His Garden At Argenteuil." It was painted at at time when Renoir and Monet lived near each other and often painted together and frequently the same subject. Artist Jay Rolfe selected this painting because it's a handsome painting. It is on loan to the exhibit from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford CT.


This is the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his Hyper Representational 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Happy New Year 2008!

Happy New Year! Artist Jay Rolfe wishes you a very happy, healthy, and prosperous 2008. May you be, do, and receive all that you desire.

This is the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's Unique Artistic Idea, his Hyper Representational 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/. Artist Jay Rolfe uses vibrant color, 3-D, recognizable shape, and huge size to reveal beauty, touch emotion in a positive way, and create an Uplifting Conversation Piece.