2013 Oil Painters of America Award Winner (Announced 12/20/2013)
Second Place Associate Division, Online Showcase
“Companions” by Bruce Petrie (22” x 33” oil panel)
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If someone at the office today says they like your Christmas tie, that’s a compliment. If you ask yourself why in the world your red and green tie could be worthy of a compliment…now that’s about complement.
A complement refers to making something whole or complete. It applies in geometry, music and art: a complementary angle completes another ...
In an out-of-the-way hallway of our law firm are some shelves with long-unused, leather-bound volumes of US Supreme Court reporters from the 1800s. Here’s a pic of one of them.
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For bibliophiles out there, the aesthetics of an old law book will be appreciated: tobacco-colored; nicked and ...
You know the difference: the speaker who tediously repeats stuff (repetitious) vs. the one you mentally thank for going over the point again (repetition). Psychological studies show that a point can get lost without some repetition; but that too much is a turn off. The funny TV commercial that remains funny when moderately repeated can get ...
Ever heard it said: “in light of all the surrounding circumstances”? Courts, judges and lawyers use it all the time. Law doesn’t stand alone. It has to be applied in a real-world context. Legal context influences perception and outcome.
Context is also key to color. Color theory is one of the most interesting areas of arts education and ...
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.”
Nelson Mandela, who died yesterday at 95, was a lawyer. No one in his family before him had ever attended school, yet his intellect took him to law school and his courage led him to set up a ...