Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Awareness of the outside world. Awhile back, I carefully cleaned, folded, and stored a pile of old, ratty towels. They were frayed and full of holes. Too far gone to be horse or pet towels. Recently, I needed wads of absorbent material, stat. Didn’t matter what the material looked like, just had to absorb water.Continue reading “Salute to a Schoolmaster”

Awareness of the outside world. AL.com: Did you know Alabama has two time zones?, Kazak 2024. [My Alaska-Flavored Adventure, comment] ~~~ Shout out to Auto & Truck Services of Birmingham AL. They gave my truck its 100K mile patdown along with retooling the brakes and the ignition. Post-tune-up truck drives like a dream, possibly betterContinue reading “Clean & Shiny III”

Awareness of the outside world. ARTnews: A New Video Game Allows You to Repatriate African Artifacts by Looting Western Museums, June 24, 2025. Video games get political. ~~~ I understand more treats. I understand more Outlast. Why do we keep needing more buckets? Onwards!Katherine

Art of the outside world. The Met: Damascas Room. ~~~ Digitally developed. Digitally displayed. Damask, “It may or may not have originated in Damascus, but the name of the damask rose—a flower that traveled to Europe during the Middle Ages—honors that Syrian city.” Merriam Webster: 10 Words for Uncommon Colors Process Notes For reference, deconstructionContinue reading “D Is For Digital Art, D Is For Damask, Lettering”

Awareness of the outside world. PetaPixel: Beauty Retouching from the Early 1900s: A Portrait of Actress Joan Crawford That’s ‘Photoshopped’, Zhang 2014 ~~~ Line Art … … from photo. [Recurring Guest Gallery] Variations And so on. Technical Details Line art by photographer; bordered & resized by me. Color variations by me. Onwards!Katherine

Awareness of the outside world. “Shelby County, which the local Republican Party calls the reddest county in America.” NPR: A former plantation becomes a space for healing, art and reparative history, Scott, June 19, 2025. This is where I live. ~~~ Out of Whole Cloth: Marking History & Making Home, 1865 – 1910“This exhibit tellsContinue reading “Historic Horse Artifacts, Wallace Center”