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Norwegian Artist
The Norwegian Artist is a skilled and prolific oil painter of landscapes, seascapes, and figurative work. This blog provides regular updates of what...
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The Chihuahua Chick and Jayne Ann Krentz
Norwegian Artist ― Ruby is one sexy female babe, the type of protagonist you find in a novel by Jayne Ann Krentz or her alter ego Amanda Quick -- small, dark haired, quick, intelligent, feisty, and she looks great in a little black dress. (more)
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Posted on Mar 23rd, 2011
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The Old West Is Gone — But the West Still Exists
Norwegian Artist ― While we need not descend to urban portraits of belching buses and graffiti-ridden walls, we can expand our horizons to embrace images of Today's West -- where there are meadows and farmland, lakes and streams, hill and dale and mountain and valley -... (more)
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Posted on Mar 16th, 2011
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Spam, Scam, and Inappropriate Comments
Norwegian Artist ― Spammers and Scammers -- like viruses and microbes, they are everywhere, and they mutate and change with the times. (more)
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Posted on Mar 9th, 2011
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Charlie Sheen and Tom Selleck — In the News for Different Reasons
Norwegian Artist ― It's not so much that Tom is an unabashed conservative in a town that leans toward abashed liberals, so much that Tom, unlike Charlie, tends to be in the news more for his acting abilities as opposed to a tendency toward acting up. (more)
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Posted on Mar 7th, 2011
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More on Downton Abbey — and British Miniseries in General
Norwegian Artist ― So if any of these people show up in modern day suspense thrillers or sci-fi flicks, please don't let us know. We are happily ensconced, vicariously, in our 19th century British empire world, where the sun never sets on superb acting, brilliant... (more)
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Posted on Mar 4th, 2011
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Downton Abbey — Did Jane Austen Have Children and One of Them Wrote This?
Norwegian Artist ― So my question is this: Did Jane Austen secrety marry and have children, one of the descendents of whom is Julian Fellowes? Because Downton Abbey is witty, deep, sympathetic, complex, satisfying -- Pride and Prejudice fare indeed. (more)
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Posted on Mar 2nd, 2011
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The World of Pride and Prejudice — What Would Jane Austen Have Thought?
Norwegian Artist ― Enduring, endearing, speaking to people across time and culture: I think I see some Art here. Try Jane Austen. You may or may not like her, but at least you can say that you tried. (more)
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Posted on Mar 1st, 2011
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The Cat of the Baskervilles Is Not a Sherlock Holmes Story
Norwegian Artist ― Wandering amongst the rolling wheat fields, a massive white cat -- black spotted here and there and with a distinctive ebony tail that makes it look as if a toilet plunger were stuck back there -- lurks in the waving grain. (more)
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Posted on Feb 25th, 2011
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Here’s an Idea for Daniel Craig as James Bond — a Sailboat Chase Scene
Norwegian Artist ― The cynic shoots this down by saying that the whole event would be too slow, but who says that Bond movies have to be circumscribed by reality? Some strange wind tunnel could come into play, whooshing the craft forward at breakneck speeds, and the... (more)
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Posted on Feb 22nd, 2011
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Snow Patrol and Their One Million Unanswered E-mails (Including Mine)
Norwegian Artist ― So I wrote the Snow Patrol people, asking for permission to use the song, not realizing that these people's e-mail box is inundated with even more messages than mine, the latter which is packed daily with minute -by-minute updates from a company with... (more)
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Posted on Feb 18th, 2011
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So Why Isn’t Bruce Willis Our Neighbor?
Norwegian Artist ― Given the amount of collateral damage done in Mr. Willis' presence during his latest movie, Red, we should be grateful that the deal didn't go through. Beautiful Red Hills like the ones in the Norwegian Artist's painting would be literally red, blown... (more)
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Posted on Feb 16th, 2011
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Talking Heads That Don’t Talk
Norwegian Artist ― We're not used to our newest residents yet. Roxy the Dog wonders at these new studio inhabitants who look, but do not smell, like humans. The Son and Heir, closing up the studio for the night, was momentarily nonplussed by what he initially thought... (more)
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Posted on Feb 9th, 2011
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Within Reach: A Sense of Peace, Quiet, and Contentment
Norwegian Artist ― Much of what happens within our lives -- and in the collective world around us -- is disturbingly out of our control, but one of the gifts of life is that there are many little things that are within our element: from the profound -- our very... (more)
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Posted on Feb 4th, 2011
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Abstract Realism — It Looks Great on the Walls
Norwegian Artist ― Water by its nature, however, is abstract, and the sheer abundant joyful use of color -- spanning the rainbow from orange to violet -- ensures that this piece fits into the corporate boardroom as easily as it does one's private lair. (more)
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Posted on Feb 3rd, 2011
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Is the Noise Bothering You?
Norwegian Artist ― Newly arrived at Samarah Fine Art in Whitefish, MT, Mountain Lake packs the space and majesty of a quiet, alpine mirror of water into into an 8x10 miniature. This work, over the sofa, is majestic, drawing city dweller and rural resider alike into its... (more)
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Posted on Feb 2nd, 2011
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