Underwater sculpture

Browsing the net this morning, trying to decide who my featured artist would be I discovered Jason deCaires Taylor.

You can read his bio here.

A collection of ethereal sculptures and yes they are underwater give you a sense of being timeless, yet you can see time in a sense taking over, growth of undersea plants and animals are evident.

You can find a beautiful and unique collection of photos in his gallery.

I love discovering unique art, and his certainly is.

Featured Artist...Georgia O'Keefe

I have reasons for choosing Georgia as my first featured Artist.  Born in 1887, the second of 7 children, she dreamed of being an Artist.

She accomplished her dreams, her art and life were interesting, passionate and controversial.

She lived in varied places, New York, Chicago, Texas but her love for New Mexico was unbounded and much of her later works were inspired by the landscape there.

She had a long term love affair with Alfred Steiglitz, famous photographer and owner of the '291' gallery.

He was the driving force behind her fame, bringing attention to her art by displaying her charcoal pieces in his gallery at the time without her consent or knowledge.

He also displayed controversial photographs of her.

In an era when women were to marry, have children and be perfect housewives, she spit in the face of convention and lived her life as she pleased.

She colored the world with beautiful art which still inspires today.