‘Your Body is My Canvas’ …. “🎨 Alexa Meade, American Installation Artist 🎨 …. “!!

~~July 15, 2018~~ 

ALEXA MEADE

WHAT A DISCOVERY!

I just found Alexa Meade today. It’s a treat for my senses.

A reprieve from daily life.

Amazing talent!

HortyRex©

Alexa Meade (born 1986) is an American Installation Artist best known for her portraits painted directly onto the human body and inanimate objects in a way that collapses depth and makes her models appear two-dimensional when photographed. What remains is “a photo of a painting of a person, and the real person hidden somewhere underneath.”

She takes a classical concept – trompe l’oeil, the art of making a two-dimensional representational painting look like a real three-dimensional space – and turns it on its head by doing the opposite, making real life appear to be a painting.

~Wikipedia~

~~Your Body is My Canvas~~

~~Published on Sep 6, 2013~~

Alexa Meade takes an innovative approach to art. Not for her a life of sketching and stretching canvases. Instead, she selects a topic and then paints it – literally. She covers everything in a scene – people, chairs, food, you name it – in a mask of paint that mimics what’s below it.

In this eye-opening talk Meade shows off photographs of some of the more outlandish results and shares a new project involving people, paint and milk.

TED

Alexa Meade

Instagram 

https://www.instagram.com/alexameadeart/?hl=en

Facebook Page 

https://www.facebook.com/alexameade/

YouTube Channel 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE8jmoni1u-okx5VbIC9ESQ

Alexa Meade Art Twitter

Tweets by AlexaMeadeArt

#AlexaMeade #YourBody #MyCanvas #AmericanInstallationArtist #Instagram #FacebookPage #YouTubeChannel #TEDTalk #AmericanInstallationArtist #Portraits #PaintedDirectly #HumanBody #InanimateObjects #CollapsesDepth #Models #AppearTwoDimensional #Photography

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexach

‘We Demand to Live’ …. “✌️ Change the Ref …. Empower Our Next Generation ✌️ …. “!!

~~April 15, 2018~~

“WE DEMAND TO LIVE”

Joaquín Oliver

“The last day I saw my son was Valentine’s Day, so he was bringing flowers for his girlfriend.

We all have the right to react however we want. But the way we react will also be part of who you are. I lost my son and my best friend which is very painful. I can just be sad or fight.

It shouldn’t be the ‘new normal‘ to think that our kids could be targets.

This is not about me. This is not about how I feel. This is about my son. He’s part of what the kids are asking for.

Those kids you saw in Washington now have a new member.

Joaquín has a voice.”

~Manuel Oliver~

~~ChangeTheRef.org – Walls of Demand – LA~~

~~Published on Apr 14, 2018~~

Learn more about & become a part of the change at http://www.changetheref.org

~FOLLOW CHANGE THE REF~

Change the Ref

https://www.facebook.com/ChangeTheRef/

Instagram

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Change the Ref  Twitter Feed

Founded by Manuel and Patricia Oliver, parents of Joaquín Oliver who was lost in the 2018 Parkland Shooting.

Our mission is to empower our next generation.

Tweets by ChangeTheRef

~~Walls of Demand – NY~~

ChangeTheRef.org 

~~Published on Apr 14, 2018~~

Learn more about & become a part of the change

~OFFICIAL WEBSITE~

http://www.changetheref.org

~~Miami Heat Supports ChangeTheRef.org~~

~~Published on Apr 4, 2018~~

Thank you to the @MiamiHeat & @DwyaneWade for all the love and support that they’ve shown to @ChangeTheRef and Oliver family!

ChangeTheRef and the kids thank the outstanding Miami Heat organization for going above and beyond to keep Joaquin’s voice alive through our mission and to bring smile to all of his friends faces!

Please watch this video and share with others so that we can spread the word about how we are trying to change the world!

Be a part of the change we are making in this world.

 #WashingtonDC #ParklandFlorida #ParklandShootingSurvivors #ChangeCanHappen #GunControl #MarchForOurLives #NeverAgain #BePositive #BePassionate #BeProudToBeAnEagle #MarjoryStonemanDouglasHighSchool #MSDStrong #JoaquinOliver #ManuelOliver #PatriciaOliver #WallsOfDemand

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexach

Composite Photo Update, #3 …. 🇵🇷 Honoring my Country, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 …. ‘Proud Boricua Woman’ …. “!!

~~March 31, 2018~~

HONORING PUERTO RICO

PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPH MADE WITH ‘LIVE COLLAGE’

“That looks like a Puerto Rican statue of liberty on steroids.”

(a friend told me)

Some of you may know, others not.

I am a fan of tattoos, having a few of them myself.

I’m also Puerto Rican, born and raised, living in the mainland.

Since September 20, 2017, when Hurricane María battered and almost flattened my country, my personal feelings have come to the surface.

My heart and soul ache for Puerto Rico.

It’s been a week today since I visited my tattoo artist for add ons, updates, coloring and completion.

Colors, shading, The ‘cemí’, the hibiscus flowers, the ‘Taíno coquí’ and the ‘Taíno sun‘ were completed.

The process is almost totally done.

Only minor details for the last sitting.

My tattoo artist, Barefoot Stacy, is amazing!

Here it is!

This is a proud Boricua woman, holding her head up high, ready to hold her stand and give the good fight.

This happens in Puerto Rico every minute of every day.

The fortitude of the Puerto Rican woman has been tested during the trying times since Hurricane María battered the Island on September 20, 2018, a bit beyond six months ago today.

I wanted to share another ‘almost complete’ result with you today.

 More will follow as it’s totally done.

HortyRex©

🇵🇷 … my true heritage! European, African, Taino … 🇵🇷

*(maybe my next tattoo)*

#PuertoRicanMoment #Boricua #PuertoRican #AlwaysBoricua #PuertoRicanPride #ProudPuertoRican #AwesomeGraphic #ILovePuertoRico #GaritaDelDiablo #Machete #Machetero #HibiscusFlower #TainoCoqui #TainoCemi #TainoSun #AlmostTotallyHealed #BarefootStacy

#WeAlllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress

Composite Photo Update, #2 …. 🇵🇷 Honoring my country, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 …. ‘Proud Boricua Woman’ …. “!!

~~March 25, 2018~~

HONORING PUERTO RICO

“That looks like a Puerto Rican statue of liberty on steroids.”

(a friend told me)

Some of you may know, others not.

I am a fan of tattoos, having a few of them myself.

I’m also Puerto Rican, born and raised, living in the mainland.

Since September 20, 2017, when Hurricane María battered and almost flattened my country, my personal feelings have come to the surface.

My heart and soul ache for Puerto Rico.

Today I visited my tattoo artist again for add ons, updates, coloring and, mostly, for completion.

Colors, shading, The ‘cemí’, the hibiscus flowers, the ‘Taíno coquí’ and the ‘Taíno sun‘ were completed.

It is still a bit swollen, it’s still a bit ‘shiny’. 

The process is almost totally done.

Give a few weeks for skin healing and then another ‘sitting’ for any needed last detail.

My tattoo artist, Barefoot Stacy, is amazing!

Here it is!

This is a proud Boricua woman, holding her head up high, ready to hold her stand and give the good fight.

This happens in Puerto Rico every minute of every day.

The fortitude of the Puerto Rican woman has been tested during the trying times since Hurricane María battered the Island on September 20, 2018, a bit beyond six months ago today.

I wanted to share the ‘almost complete’ result with you today.

 More will follow as it’s totally done.

HortyRex©

#PuertoRicanMoment #Boricua #PuertoRican #AlwaysBoricua #PuertoRicanPride #ProudPuertoRican #AwesomeGraphic #ILovePuertoRico #ItHappens #AwesomeMeme #ThoseWereTheDays #GaritaDelDiablo #Machete #Machetero #HibiscusFlower #TainoCoqui #TainoCemi #TainoSun

#WeAlllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress

Composite Photo …. “🇵🇷 Honoring my country, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 …. ‘Proud Boricua Woman’ …. “!!

~~February 14, 2018~

HONORING PUERTO RICO

Some of you may know, others not.

I am a fan of tattoos, having a few of them myself.

I’m also Puerto Rican, born and raised, living in the mainland.

Since September 20, 2017, when Hurricane María battered and almost flattened my country, my personal feelings have come to the surface.

My heart and soul ache for Puerto Rico.

Yesterday, I visited my tattoo artist.

I had an idea in my mind but Stacy showed me her idea and this is what she came up with.

I instantly fell in love with this image.

This is a proud Boricua woman, holding her head up high, ready to hold her stand and give the good fight. This happens in Puerto Rico every minute of every day.

The fortitude of the Puerto Rican woman has been tested during the trying times since the hurricane. 

There are still some details and colors to be added to the artwork.

I wanted to share this with you today.

 More will follow when completed.

HortyRex©

Tencha, you rock!

That looks like a Puerto Rican statue of liberty on steroids.

💟 💟 💟

Comes to mind the last part of “En La Brecha“, de José de Diego.

Jeannette P.

My Facebook friend saw the image and commented as noted above.

I asked her about “En La Brecha” and here it is.

~En La Brecha~
Poema

José de Diego
¡Ah desgraciado si el dolor te abate,
si el cansancio tus miembros entumece!
Haz como el árbol seco: reverdece
y como el germen enterrado: late.

Resurge, alienta, grita, anda, combate,
vibra, ondula, retruena, resplandece …
Haz como el río con la lluvia: ¡Crece!
Y como el mar contra la roca: ¡Bate!

De la tormenta al iracundo empuje,
no has de balar, como el cordero triste,
sino rugir, como la fiera ruge.

¡Levántate!, ¡Revuélvete!, ¡Resiste!
Haz como el toro acorralado: ¡Muge!
O como el toro que no muge: ¡Embiste!

(Texto completo)

~~GRAPHICS SOURCE~~ 

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HortyRex©

“A FREE SKY AND A LONE STAR”

#PuertoRicanMoment #Boricua #PuertoRican #AlwaysBoricua #PuertoRicanPride #ProudPuertoRican #AwesomeGraphic #ILovePuertoRico #ItHappens #AwesomeMeme #ThoseWereTheDays #GaritaDelDiablo #Machete #Machetero #EnLaBrecha #Poem #JoseDeDiego

#WeAlllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress

DESPACITO …. “🎼 Erika Ender …. Single Hit Phenomenon 🎼 …. Co-Writer of the Biggest Hit of the Year …. “!!

~~January 6, 2018~~ 

ERIKA ENDER

~Co-Writer of the Biggest Hit of the Year~

She’s the force behind force and the power behind the single hit phenomenon

DESPACITO.

Credit where credit is due.

Let her voice carry you to the place where the sensual, slow version can take you!

HortyRex©

When Erika Ender was a little girl growing up in Panama, she’d buy albums and inscribe them with imaginary ­dedications from the artists.

Ender, thanks to her work on this year’s Song of the Summer, “Despacito,” no longer needs to pretend that stars adore her work. Along with Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, the 42-year-old is co-writer of the biggest hit of the year, featuring Justin Bieber, which spent 16 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100.

Ender is a singer in her own right, a philanthropist who created a foundation in 2009 to help children, and one of very few successful Latin women in the songwriting field.

Now, since the release of “Despacito” in February, she is in demand from ­producers around the world. They’re eager for the sound of cultural fusion that Ender brings to her work, and which is rooted in her upbringing.

Born in Panama to a Brazilian mother and a US-born father of German ancestry, Ender speaks fluent Portuguese and Spanish, and moves easily between cultures.

Before “Despacito,” she had written hits for Chayanne, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Gloria Trevi, Ednita Nazario and Los Tigres del Norte. She also is a TV personality in Latin America, where she has been a judge for a Latin version of American Idol.

“I see myself as a communicator of music,” she says.

“I’m three Erikas: the artist, the composer and the TV personality.

I have a long career in all three.

I’m like my hair,” she jokes. “I take up a lot of space.”

This year, which marks her 25th anniversary as a performer, Ender has a lot to celebrate. In May, she released her latest album, Tatuajes (Tattoos), and this month she’ll become the youngest inductee into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame, which will hold its gala Oct. 19 at the James L. Knight Center in Miami.

~SOURCE~

http://www.billboard.com

~~GRAPHICS SOURCE~~ 

Google Images

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No intention of taking credit.

If anyone knows the owner of any, please advise and it will be corrected immediately.

HortyRex©

#Despacito #ErikaEnder #Panama #BrazilianMother #USBornFather #GermanAncestry #FluentPortugueseAndSpanish #LuisFonsi #DaddyYankee #TopBillboardHot100 #Slowly #HitSingle #PuertoRicanPopArtist #PuertoRicanRapper #UniversalMusicLatin #MusicVideo #LaPerlaNeighborhood #OldSanJuan #PuertoRico #LocalBar #LaFactoria 

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexach

~~Despacito~~

Erika Ender

~~Published on Sep 5, 2017~~

Co-autora de Despacito, a cantora e compositora panamenha Erika Ender esteve no estúdio da ONErpm para gravar uma versão bilíngue da canção. A artista foi acompanhada pela Amanticidas, banda que têm acompanhado Tom Zé em suas mais recentes gravações.

We ALL are ONE!! 

Heather Rooney …. “💥 Drawing ‘Wonder Woman’ …. Amazing Talent 💥 …. “!!

~~October 20, 3017~~ 

WONDER WOMAN

HEATHER ROONEY

I’ve been a Heather fan for a while. Her drawing talent is amazing.

Something lighthearted is needed today.

Relax you mind and nurture your soul.

It works for me!

HortyRex©

Hello!

My name is Heather Rooney.

I am an illustrator specializing in photo-realistic colored pencil and graphite drawings. Since finding my passion for portrait and figure drawing in high school, I have developed a technique focusing on high attention to detail.

I draw my inspiration from a broad range of cultural figures, such as sport athletes, media personalities, and entertainment professionals.

With each illustration requiring many hours of work, ranging from 30 hours to 100+ hours, I share my process through time-lapse videos on my YouTube channel, which has generated over 60 million views from a global audience.

~Heather~

~~GRAPHICS SOURCE~~

Google Images

DISCLAIMER 

Heather Rooney Art

https://www.facebook.com/ArtistHeatherRooney/?fref=ts

I do not own these images.

No intention of taking credit.

If anyone knows the owner of any, please advise and it will be corrected immediately.

HortyRex©

~~FOLLOW HEATHER~ 

Twitter

Tweets by Heather12ooney

Tumblr

http://heather12ooney4rt.tumblr.com/

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/heather12ooney/

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/ArtistHeatherRooney

Official Website

http://www.heather-rooney.com/colored-pencil/2017/2/10/isaac

#HeatherRooney #Illustrator #SpecializingPhotoRealistic #ColoredPencil #GraphiteDrawings #Inspiration #BroadRange #CulturalFigures #SportAthletes #MediaPersonalities #EntertainmentProfessionals #Timelapse #AwesomeTalent #SimplyAmazing #HeatherRooneyArt #GalGadot #WonderWoman #Collaboration #CarandAche #WarnerBros #UpcomingSuperheroFilm #JusticeLeague

#WeAlllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress

~~Drawing Wonder Woman~~

~~Published on Oct 30, 2017~~

I’m excited to share my drawing of Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman I have done in collaboration with Caran d’Ache and Warner Bros!

Be sure to check out the elegant designs of Caran d’Ache’s new writing collection inspired by the upcoming superhero film, Justice League!

Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman

We ALL are ONE!! 

 

‘The Color Purple’ …. “Celebrates Prince’s Birthday …. #PURPLE4PRINCE … “!!

~~June 7, 2017~~ 

EUPHORIC VIDEO MASHUP

On Wednesday, June 7th, we celebrate the birthday of one of the world’s most brilliant musical geniuses, Prince, so what better way to pay homage to what would have been the Purple One’s 59th birthday than with a musical tribute that takes stock of his greatest hits?

~~GRAPHICS SOURCE~~ 

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HortyRex

A new musical mashup by Michael Korte, the YouTube personality that conceived the pop culture collision of a Hamilton/Beyoncé mashup seeks to do just that with #PURPLE4PRINCE, an ode to his Purpleness mixed with the songs of The Color Purple musical, a combination that’s fitting in more ways than one.

Featuring the vocal talents of Lolah Brown, Milo Bloom, Emi Secrest, Uri Grey, Kawan DeBose, and Sha’Leah Nikole and arranged by Jared Jenkins, the mashup uses songs from the popular musical against Prince favorites like “Purple Rain” and “I Feel For You.”

Celebrate his Purpleness and watch the full video below.

“As it appears in … full read/full credit”

http://time.com/4809091/prince-color-purple-mashup/

#Prince #HappyBirthday #WeCelebrateHim #AmericanSingerSongwriter #Actor #MultiInstrumentalist #Philanthropist #Dancer #RecordProducer #MusicalInnovator #EclecticWork #FlamboyantStagePresence #ExtravagantDress #WideVocalRange #MichaelKorte #LolahBrown #MiloBloom #EmiSecrest #UriGrey #KawanDeBose #ShaLeahNikole #Arranged #JaredJenkins #TheColorPurple #Puyrple4Prince

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexach

~~#PURPLE4PRINCE~~

~~Published on Jun 7, 2017~~

​Created By Michael Korte & Arranged By Jared Jenkins

We ALL are connected through MUSIC!! 

We ALL are ONE!! 

‘Hallelujah’ …. “Puddles Pity Party at the SF Regency Lodge Ballroom …. Just Found Him …. “!!

~~June 6, 2017~~ 

PUDDLE PITY PARTY

SURPRISE!

Saw him for the first time on America’s Got Talent.

Enjoy this video for now.

Just a sample … hopefully, more to come.

HortyRex©

~~GRAPHIC SOURCE~~ 

Google Images

DISCLAIMER

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No intention of taking credit.

If anyone knows the owner of any, please advise and it will be corrected immediately.

HortyRex©

#Hallelujah #PuddlesPityParty #SFRegencyLodgeBallroom #JustFoundHim #FirstTaste #Surprise #AmericasGotTalent #MoreLater #SadClown #GoldenVoice

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexach

~~Hallelujah~~

Puddles Pity Party at the SF Regency Lodge Ballroom

~~Published on Oct 16, 2014~~

The soul and heart can come through despite any costume we wear.

Performance by Puddles, the Sad Clown with the Golden Voice: http://www.puddlespityparty.com

We ALL are ONE!! 

IOTD …. “Image of the Day #669 …. Amazingly Pretty in Pink … “!!

~~May 31, 2017~~ 

PRETTY IN PINK

“Pink isn’t just a color it’s an Attitude too!”

~Miley Cyrus~

http://www.goodreads.com

~~GRAPHIC SOURCE~~ 

Facebook Timeline

RP Latam

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HortyRex©

#IOTD #ImageOfTheDay #669 #DearBloggerFriend #HerOwnWords #Concept #Serious #Pretty #PrettyInPink #FlamingoGirl #Flamingo #RPLatam #Quote #Quotes #Goodreads

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexach

We ALL are ONE!!