Juan Gris Google Doodle


Juan Gris was an amazing Spanish surrealist painter, Gris is dead now but he’s celebrated via a Google Doodle at Google.com.   Now, I can’t really say that I’m a huge Gris fan, or even that I knew who Gris was before today, but I CAN say that this will be an interesting experiment in terms of how Google ranks this blog post for the term “Juan Gris”, a fairly obscure reference in the blog literature.     At least until today, when a LOT of blogs will be talking Juan Gris, working the angle of discussing Google doodles.

Violin and Checkerboard, 1913

For more about this amazing painter you really need to go to one of these sites for more information:

Wikipedia:  Early life – Career – Death

Juan Gris – The complete works

Black and White Prints from Vitaly Geyman


My Table Tennis pal Vitaly is not just an interesting fellow with an amazing personal history, he’s a great photographer from Ashland Oregon who specializes in Black and White Prints, especially nature photos featuring trees, flowers, and plants.   
Check out Vitaly’s personal website here where he features a lot of his prints:  VitalyGeyman.com
Here’s are some sample’s of Vitaly’s photography:
Point Lobos National Park, California (Art Print) http://vitalygeyman.com/image/ocean_prints/print_105_sea_fan