Hi all! I just want to say I have been doing great at posting many pieces of artwork to my new venture, “Fine Art America”. The newest feature that I think is really great with this site is that you can create your own website. The website contains every picture I have posted here, but I think it is a great way for artists to get noticed even more.
Please visit at Cheryl McNulty-Fine Art and click on “visit website” under my pic. Hope you like it!
Well, I’m up at 4:00 this a.m. and looking around at music online (like everyone else, right?) because I happened to see a cd in a Victorian catalog I just knew I should look into. As an artist, I’m always on the lookout for music that is perfect for getting the creative juices flowing. Not only because of the peacefulness it brings, but also for the nice memories the music stirs up of days gone by, a great combination for any cd.
I found two that really caught my eye and I listened to the samples and I believe they are simply “must haves” for everyone that host Thanksgiving get-togethers. These cd’s really bring out the spirit of Thanksgiving, and you’ll know what I mean when you listen to the samples.
The two I found…so far..are “We Gather Together” a cd by Craig Duncan.
"We Gather Together" By Craig Duncan
The dulcimer and mandolin are used here, with other beautiful instruments, a clear giveaway, that this will be a great cd! I looked on Amazon for this one,but it said this cd would not be available until October 11 and I didn’t see any link where I could listen to samples, so I looked further.
I found this at clevershoppers.com and you could listen to samples as well. I believe the price was about $9.99. Please look it up. You will not be disappointed.
The other cd is called “Thanksgiving” A Windham Hill Collection. Music By George Winston.
"Thanksgiving" A Windham Hill Collection
This one you can listen to on Amazon and the price is also in the $10.00 range. You will also see that there is a vast collection of Windham Hill favorites for every holiday, and that’s great! The reviews are all good reviews, and this leads me to think that I just may start a collection soon!
I believe I found a sample on you tube. Listen:
There it is. Look these two music cds up and you might just be in for a treat. Put your feet up, turn up the volume and you’re in for the perfect escape from the world… for a while, anyway. 🙂 Enjoy!
Reblogging this post. I had forgotten this one until the other day. Nice memories of this song and I love the artist, or shold I say “artists”, Don McLean and Vincent Van Gogh.:) Enjoy…again.
I went searching for the perfect video to this beautiful song which I loved when I first heard it in the 70’s. Being an artist, I really appreciated the lyrics and what Don McLean was trying to say about Vincent Van Gogh. So much emotion, that it makes me wish I knew more about these artists from that era. So much passion, you just can feel it when you look at their work. This was their life!
My dad even loved this song, and I always thought that was strange because he was such a man’s man, and this was all about art, emotion and beauty. But he was also a very emotional person, and I thought that was very neat.
So, enjoy this video. It is a nice tribute and then read a little on Vincent Van Gogh, as he was a very interesting man and artist. Enjoy. 🙂
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