Hanneke Beaumont

 I visited Baker Museum at Artis-Naples a few days ago.  In the courtyard, I saw again a fine sculpture of a man sitting on a tall column.  The sculptor, Hanneke Beaumont, called it Bronze 73 (L'Ennui). 

 I remember it from her show at Artis-Naples in 2013.

Artis-Naples must have acquired this work after the show.  It is still one of my favorite shows there.

My blogger friend Ed gave me detailed suggestions about the blogger settings needed to regain permission to add photographs to my posts.  It worked last night.  Fingers crossed -- and thanks to Ed -- for future attempts at posting.

Joan Miro

 For the past several years Naples Art Institute has been doing a great job of mounting exhibitions.

The current exhibition shows works by the Spanish-born artist Joan Miro.

I was familiar with some of Miro's works, but I knew very little about him.

The bold ones I am showing here, with heavy black lines and bright prime colors, were the few that I really liked.  Miro wasn't on my best-liked list.  I am glad I went to the exhibition, but it didn't elevate his ranking with me.

I created this post a couple of weeks ago, before I encountered problems posting photographs with my blogger software.

A fellow blogger, Ed, advised me to clear my browser's cache and history in order to post photographs.  I did that and was able to add a photo to yesterday's post.  Ed has said that he has the same software problem I have, and he is able to continue posting only by clearing his history and cache each time.  That is what I now encountered when I tried to create a post for tomorrow.  Clearing cache and history every day affects many more programs than just this one.  So, I am going to "go dark" again while I think about how to proceed.

Two Great Blue Herons

A two-fer.  Many Florida shorebirds hang out in groups.  Great blue herons do it less frequently.

I'm back!  Ed recommended that I clear my browser's cache and history.  That cleared out lot of junk that was interfering with blogger.  Unfortunately it also requires that I sign in all over again to many other apps.  Let's hope I can find the passwords.

Sally

 Sally is a Brit.  She can be counted on to wear something reflecting her heritage.

Sally was the chief operating officer of several large, well-known international law firms, overseeing the firms' administrative activities in London and later in New York.  She has adapted nicely to the very different environment in Southwest Florida. 

Dionysus

 Danny is a young Starbucks barista.  His parents emigrated to the USA from Albania while his mother was pregnant with him.  He was born here and given the Albanian name Dionysus.  

The name Dionysus is derived from Dionysius, the Greek god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre.  (A very busy god.)  Danny has a wonderful tattoo of Dionysus on his forearm.  He got it when he was visiting Albania.

And on the other side of Danny's arm, a wonderful tattoo of Atlas with the weight of the world on his shoulders. 

Blogger is still not letting me post photos.  Today's post and a couple more were prepared before this photo uploading problem arose.  I am still trying to figure it out.  If unsuccessful, the blog will go dark again.

RedBone's

 

I came across a gritty and colorful neighborhood bar and grill in Fort Myers.

Mural

This striking mural is in Saint Petersburg's Central Arts District.  It was painted by Isac Gres, a surrealist artist who has produced a lot of fine art in Saint Petersburg.

Linked to Monday Murals.