Swoon

San Francisco, California

24th and Hampshire, Mission District San Francisco, CA

Jelly Bean Art, Sand Art, Mosaics, Pontillism, & Chuck Close

Into Your Arms by Kina Grannis

Sand Mandala

A Tibetan monk creates a Mandala using dyed sand particles.  Once the painting is complete it is viewed for only a short period of time and then is destroyed to symbolize the temporal nature of life.  All or part of the sand is then deposited into a natural body of water in a mindful act to spread peace throughout the world.

Mosaics

Mosaic Art dates back 4,000 years or more.   Here is an example from the Roman Empire found in  Tunis, Tunisia, from the 3rd century-5th century A.D.  18 11/16 x 31 3/4in. (47.5 x 80.6cm).

Mosaic Sculpture, Hearts of San Francisco, 2004 by Laurel True

Pointillism

 Bathers at Asnières, 1884 by Georges Seurat 79 x 118 inches

 Jelly Bean Mosaics

The Great Wave off Kanagawa, 1982  by Peter Rocha (after Katsushika Hokusai 1760-1849)

The Girl with a Pearl Earring, 2011 4' x 5' by Kristen Cumings (after Johannes Vermeer, 1665)

Rosie the Riveter, Kristen Cumings (after We Can Do It, 1942 by J. Howard Miller)

Chuck Close

Georgia, 1984 by Chuck Close toned handmade paper, 56 x 45" (142.24 s 114.30 cm.)

President Barack Obama, 2012 by Chuck Close Archival watercolor on rag paper

Making Pennys Count

Abraham Lincoln by Matt Groener  3,111 pennies. 51 wide by 61 tall.  Based on an 1864 photograph of Lincoln 

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