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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Art, Birds, Culture, Wildlife on 05 13th, 2009 | No Comments

Birds or Plane?

Birds or Plane?
Birds or Plane? I love seeing depictions of animals in art and pop culture. I think bringing wildlife and pets into our life, even if it is just in photographs or pictures, helps us remember that we're not automatons who always require a connection to Twitter and XBox Live and the Internet to survive...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Art, Culture, Mammals on 01 27th, 2009 | No Comments

In Lots of Animal Art, Wrong Foot is Forward

The way four-legged animals walk has been well known since the 1880s, when Eadweard Muybridge’s motion-capture photographs revealed the sequence of leg movements. They walk this way: the left hind leg moves forward, followed by the left foreleg, right hind leg and right foreleg, in order. You’d...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Art, Culture, Free Stuff, Literature, Pets on 01 14th, 2009 | 9 Comments

Contest: Pet Craft Projects – suggest one to win!

Craftershock.com has posted instructions to help you make your own "Cheap & Easy Cat Tower Toy" for a feline who appreciates thrift and ingenuity.  Pretty cool, huh??? Learning about the cat tower toy inspired me to finally host a contest to give away two copies of the book "Pads for Pets: Fabulous...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Art, Birds, Cats, Culture, Mammals, Museums on 12 31st, 2008 | No Comments

Man accused of smuggling Egyptian animal mummies

An Australian man has been arrested at Cairo airport after security staff found ancient Egyptian animal mummies in his luggage, reports say. An airport official said the mummies of a cat and an ibis, a long-beaked bird, dated back to 300 BC. He said another 19 figurines of ancient Egyptian gods were...
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Posted by Tyler Quattlebaum in Art, Culture, Events, Horses, Mammals on 10 21st, 2008 | No Comments

Horse chosen to exhibit artwork in Italy

Image courtesy of flickr.com user Sërch His artwork has been described as having the „fire of Pollock" and the „fixed gaze of Resnick." Now, a Reno artist will be making his international debut, having been invited to exhibit his work in a juried art competition in Italy. There is a catch - the...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Art, Birds, Dogs on 09 26th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Animal Art by Jenny Pope

This playful image of a Newfoundland dog herding puffins through the streets is a color-reduction woodcut by artist Jenny Pope, who features animals as her subjects.  I just love the lines, colors, detail, movement, and expression in all her work, but this piece is one of my favorites.  I love the...
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Posted by Tyler Quattlebaum in Art, Business, Conservation, Culture, Mammals, Underwater on 09 17th, 2008 | 1 Comment

SC auction to have paintings by penguin, sea lions

photo credit: suneko This art is created not by hands, but by paws and claws. Paintings featuring the brush strokes and paw prints of animals such as snow leopards and sea lions from zoos around the nation sold Tuesday for surprising amounts of money. Just a few minutes into the auction, a painting...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Art, Underwater on 05 10th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Asia’s love of ‘living art’ koi fish growing

Koi, an ornamental fish which enthusiasts liken to a moving work of art, are gaining popularity across Asia thanks to changing lifestyles and increasingly sophisticated tastes, experts say. Asian fish connoisseurs treasure koi -- domesticated varieties of the common carp -- as Europeans would a painting...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Art, Uncategorized, Zoos on 05 8th, 2008 | No Comments

Animals as artists … seriously

Brittany wields her paintbrush with confidence, slapping it roughly against the canvas to produce streaks of green or smears of orange. With apparent pride, she steps back, inspects her work — and extends her trunk to receive a freshly loaded paintbrush. Brittany, an African elephant, is doing her...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Art, Creepy Crawlies, Museums on 04 24th, 2008 | No Comments

Giant insects invading arboretum

photo credit: Opo Terser Artist David Rogers builds insects that are roughly accurate in shape and proportion. But when it comes to size, he tosses authenticity out the window. Rogers is installing a collection of 15 bugs this week at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle. And their size—as big as a rhinoceros,...
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