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Sloane might be accused, by some, of being cut from the same “$9.95 Walmart art” mold as Thomas Kinkade, but I would disagree. There may be some similarities between the two artists, but Sloane is better and more realistic. Sloane is closer to Norman Rockwell, while Kinkade is closer to…I don’t know who. More [Here].

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867).

Frank McCarthy (1924-2002). (If above image won’t enlarge, click [Here]). Also [Here].

Covered bridges: negroes don’t build ’em. [Video], [Video] and [Video].

The American Classical Music Hall of Fame & Museum (formerly the Hamilton County Memorial Building), located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The building was completed in 1908.

John Moses Browning (above; 1855-1926), famous gun designer. Not only did Browning invent almost every famous gun known to man (e.g., the Winchester lever-action rifle and the .45 automatic pistol), but, his guns looked great as well. They were “art which also functioned superbly.” There is no Black, Brown or Jew who came close to […]

…and in with the Jew, er, new. [Article].

Charles M. Russell, famous Western artist (1864-1926). (Below: titled “Meat’s not Meat till it’s in the Pan.” Larger version Here)

(Click on the image to enlarge it) This stuff takes you back to a time and a place: just before the French Revolution, when “human equality” was still unknown. Fragonard was almost executed by the equalists, until another equalist, the artist J.L. David, stepped in and saved him. Looking at Fragonard’s work, it has such […]

Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown (aka, Mrs. Brown), 1997, starring Judi Dench and Billy Connolly. This movie is set in England in the 1860s. It’s a true account of the relationship between Queen Victoria and her Scottish servant, John Brown. Brown was somewhat controversial. Antony Sher gives an interesting performance as the Jewish prime minister Benjamin […]