#art, «Follow Your Heart» Is Now a Fine Art Print

What is a fine art print? A fine art print is a reproduction of an original work of art on quality paper, canvas, wood, metal or placed on another object, like a t-shirt, a pillow and many other surfaces. The only company I use to create fine art prints of my artwork is Fine Art America and Pixels (both part of the same company). When you order they handle the entire transaction and ship to you as soon as your order is ready. They use only the best materials and that is why I trust them. I know and am happy with their track record.

Here you see «Follow Your Heart» as a wood fine art print . There are many styles of prints to choose from. I invite you to visit my online gallery at Pixels and choose from the various images I have placed on there. They can be made into fine art prints or placed upon your choice of lifestyle, technology or clothing choices. Also, visit the gallery often as I often change the images I place there. This keeps them exclusive. After all a fine art print is a very affordable alternative and it is still original art created by working artists.

(2022)

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#travel, Welcome to Tarragona, Catalunya!

(Francisco Bravo Cabrera/Bodo Vespaciano/Actor portrayal/All Rights Reserved)

Is Tarragona a mini Barcelona? No! It stands on its own, especially on its own Roman history and background…

Situated just about 85 kilometres south of Barcelona on the Mediterranean Coast of Catalunya, this is a beautiful city to visit. A must to include in your next trip (or first) to Spain…

(2024)

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Vandalismo impune…

(Foto de FBC/Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia)

Si te pasas del limite de velocidad te suenan una multa; si obstruyes la acera en un bar, puff! Multa! Pero si pintorreas la propiedad ajena, miran para otro lado. ¿Por qué?

¿Por qué tienen que lucir así nuestras ciudades?

Pero aquí no se ven esas guarradas…

(Foto de FBC/Derechos Reservados)

GRACIAS

#music, Here’s Johnny…

(Photo Variety)

Arguably one of the icons of the 60’s 70’s and beyond. I’m not going to say he was the leader of The Beatles because I think that honour really goes to Paul, but John certainly was a force to be reckoned with during those years when the lads was fab…

After The Beatles, well, his life was shortened but in close to ten years he did some good things and a lot of rubbish too. But here is one not heard of too much (maybe because it says too many truths) but that I think is a little jewel (in spite of Yoko’s vocals).

THE LUCK OF THE IRISH

Ok, one, two, three, one two, three

If you had the luck of the Irish,
You’d be sorry and wish you were dead
You should have the luck of the Irish
And you’d wish you was English instead
A thousand years of torture and hunger
Drove the people away from their land
A land full of beauty and wonder
Was raped by the British brigands
Goddamned
Goddamned

If you could keep voices like flowers
There’s be shamrock all over the world
If you could drink dreams like Irish streams
Then the world would be as high as the mountain of morn

In the ‘pool they told us the story
How the English divided the land
Of the pain and the death and the glory
And the poets of auld Eireland

If we could make chains with the morning dew
The world would be like Galway Bay
Let’s walk over rainbows like leprechauns
The world would be one big blarney stone

Why the hell are the English there anyway?
As they kill with God on their side
Blame it all on the kids and the I.R.A.
As the bastards commit genocide
Aye, aye
Genocide
Okay

You should have the luck of the Irish,
You’d be sorry and wish you were dead
You should have the luck of the Irish
And you’d wish you was English instead
One more time
You should have the luck of the Irish,
You’d be sorry and wish you were dead
You should have the luck of the Irish
And you’d wish you was English instead
Hey, yes, you’d wish you were English instead

CHEERS…

#music, Ahmad Jamal Jazz for the Middle of The Week

(Foto/Photo The New Yorker)

Fue una de las influencias de Miles Davis… su música, minimalista, deja sonar los espacios y las pausas… Nació en 1930 con el nombre de Frederick Russell Jones en la ciudad de Pittsburgh, EEUU… Maestro del Jazz y del «Cool»… Le dejaba mucho espacio a la sección rítmica de sus trios y le gustaba la música rítmica y percusiva… Desde los once años tocó profesionalmente bajo el nombre de «Freddie»… Sus referentes eran Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Art Tatum y Count Basie… en 1952 el Ahmad Jamal Trio grabó «Ahmad’s Blues» y una versión de «Pavanne«. Estos temas fueron la base de «So What» de Miles Davis y de «Impressions» de John Coltrane… Le dieron el premio (1994) de American Jazz Master Fellowship por la National Endowment for the Arts en EEUU… Murió en 2023 en Massachusetts, EEUU… Para mi, uno de los grandes del Jazz, un pianista prodigioso y un compositor fenomenal y quiero que lo conozcas, si es que no lo conocías…

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He was one of the influences on Miles Davis… his music, minimalist, allows spaces and pauses to resonate… He was born in 1930 with the name Frederick Russell Jones in the city of Pittsburgh, USA… Master of Jazz and «Cool»… He left a lot of room for the rhythmic section of his trios and liked rhythmic and percussive music… From the age of eleven, he played professionally under the name «Freddie»… His influences were Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Art Tatum, and Count Basie… in 1952 the Ahmad Jamal Trio recorded «Ahmad’s Blues» and a version of «Pavanne«. These themes formed the basis for «So What» by Miles Davis and «Impressions» by John Coltrane… He was awarded the American Jazz Master Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts in the US in 1994… He died in 2023 in Massachusetts, USA… For me, one of the greats of Jazz, a prodigious pianist, and a phenomenal composer, and I want you to know about him if you didn’t already…

(Foto/Photo NPR)
(Para que lo disfrutes el día entero/So you can enjoy it all day long)

GRACIAS – CHEERS

#music, Songs For the Middle of the Week…

(Image by egroj world)

I don’t think I have to say more about this record, this soundtrack from one of the most important films of the United States cinema, American Graffiti.

In case you don’t remember (God forbid you’ve not seen it!) here are some facts about the movie: American Graffiti was co-written and directed by George Lucas and it starred: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Charles Martin Smith, Harrison Ford, Paul Le Mat, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Bo Hopkins y Wolfman Jack.

What more can you ask for? Here is the soundtrack, enjoy:

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#music, Con esta comenzó Joaquín Sabina

(Foto Wikipedia)

Cursaba el 1978 y el mismo Joaquín pago por la edición del disco, fueron mil ejemplares… Todas las canciones en el disco Inventario fueron composiciones de Sabina con la excepción de dos o tres donde hubo algún tipo de colaboración… Además los temas habían formado parte del libreto de canciones Memorias del exilio que el artista había publicado en 1976 en la editorial Nueva Voz. Esto sucedió durante su auto-exilio en Londres… A Sabina parece que luego no le gustó mucho el disco. Diría que a mi tampoco, pero es parte de la historia y venga, aquí esta para que vosotros lo juzguéis…

GRACIAS

#music, Música para la mitad de la semana…

(Foto La Jornada)

Este si es el bárbaro de la música moderna española, de la poesía y hasta de los pinceles porque el chaval también, como he dicho aquí antes, pinta… Ya pronto celebrara su cumpleaños (12 de febrero) y le extiendo mis parabienes, ¡Enhorabuena Joaquín!

Aquí os dejo algo nuevo, bueno, si eres fan me imagino que ya lo habrás escuchado, pero siendo fan se que te encantaría escucharlo otra vez…

GRACIAS

#music, Jueves musical: Pancho Varona

(Foto Conciertos.club)

Compositor de grandes temas como:

  • Peces de Ciudad
  • Y Sin Embargo
  • Yo Me Bajo en Atocha
  • Con la Frente Marchita
  • Aves de Paso
  • Esta Boca Es Mía

Y muchísimos mas, y estas solo para Joaquín Sabina, también ha escrito la música para temas de Ana Belen, del duo Estopa y otros además de participaren la creación de la banda sonoras de las pelis Sinatra en 1988 y Como ser mujer y no morir en el intento de 1991.

Este guitarrista, compositor y cantante acompañó a Joaquin Sabina desde los ochenta hasta el 2020… En 1995 lanzó su único disco titulado Pancho Varona… Fue encargado de la producción, mezcla y arreglos de muchísimos de los grandes discos de Joaquín Sabina a partir de 1982… Fue parte de Viceversa, la banda de Sabina durante todas las giras durante esos años, digamos hasta el 2020… Entonces en noviembre de 2022 anuncia en sus redes sociales que Sabina lo ha sacado de su banda y que no participará en su próxima gira «Contra todo pronóstico» del año 2023.

Pancho nació en Madrid en 1957 y vive en Madrid…

GRACIAS

#art, Pre-JaZzArT Drawings by Bodo Vespaciano

(Francisco Bravo Cabrera/Bodo Vespaciano/representado por un actor/Actor portrayal)

Una cervecita y unas chicharritas seguido de unos camarones enchilados con rape y arroz moros y cristianos en mi restaurante cubano preferido de Valencia, La Perla de La Habana…

Ahora a hablar de los dibujos pre-JaZzArT que hice en mi atelier de Miami, Florida (también rodeado de tremendos restaurantes cubanos)… Pero en vez de hablar de los dibujos, mejor os los muestro (algunos):

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A beer and some potato crisps followed by some spicy shrimp with monkfish and Moros y Cristianos rice at my favourite Cuban restaurant in Valencia, La Perla de La Habana…

Now let’s talk about the pre-JaZzArT drawings I made in my studio in Miami, Florida (also surrounded by tremendous Cuban restaurants)… But instead of talking about the drawings, I’d rather show them to you (some).

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