Something I really love about living in NY is the fact that everywhere you go, you can find something to visually inspire you." Keep your eyes open, you never know what might be your next inspiration source!!" - DM #xmas #nyc #christmas #newyork #joy #holidays #love #merry #jingle #navidad
On my recent visit to California,just last week, I got to hang out with my good friend and amazing artist Stephen Workman, and we went to a few galleries in town to see what the current San Francisco art scene is up to. As we went about our business we walked past one of the schools of art, which was having an exhibition on landscape paintings from one of their program's faculty. The artist is a self-proclaimed landscape artist, so she basically ONLY paints landscapes. Which brought us to talking about how we felt about landscape painting.
The Salt Lake City Temple paintings I have do remind me of good times and great people from there. I had really great friends and despite it being a much slower pace than what I enjoy now, living in NYC, it was a great lifestyle for the time I was living. A lot of people ask me if I'm mormon because of having lived there and seeing that I have those paintings, and I'm not, but most my friends there were, and they are all great. The temple is beautiful and it does bring nice memories. Same goes for the painting below. Miami is one of my favorite places to visit, I love the city, the weather, the vibe, but most of all, I mostly visit it with my family, so its a place full of memories with them. One thing i never considered when painting it though, was that I could do the same service for other people, such as the person who wound up buying this piece from me. I know he likes Miami a lot, and he visits quite often, and as he said (and i'm paraphrasing) "now I have the Miami views that I wanted". So to think that every time he sees the painting in his home, would make the connection for him with the place that he loves so much, gives me a great deal of satisfaction. So maybe there is more to painting landscapes, and we can all see them for more than what they seem to be ;)
I recently set out on a trip, only to realize the era of customer service has come to an end.
US Airways, partnered with American airlines in an effort to bring you better, stronger: bad service... apparently creating the airline company where good service came to die. After a terribly annoying situation where they attempted to convince me to check my bags upon check-in, for the low $20 dollar fee, upon arrival at the gate, it turned out that we were being forced to check our bags, for free. (I wonder how those who paid for their bags to be checked felt at this point). Long story short, upon arriving back in NYC, I noticed an odd brown matter smeared on the handle of my bag, so i inspected it more carefully... turns out, my hard case carry on, was practically destroyed, with cracks in 3 corners, and one wheel had fallen off. So lets quickly recap: They charge you to check your bags, but once you get to the plane they force you to check anyway, then they break your bag. So far, not a great experience. When you get to the baggage office, there is a special treat for you. You are greeted by a person who barely speaks english, telling you they will not replace your bag, because its "normal" wear and tear, lines clearly read from a learned script as the man couldn't elaborate on the reasoning behind his reply to my concerns. When this guy told me that, I took my phone out, and warned him that this was too good, and I was going to film him saying that for my files, so by then he refused to explain the "policy" he had just gone over, stating "I already explained it to you". Obviously, at this time, the camera pointing at them attracted the attention of the previously "busy" office manager, who was busy playing a game on her phone sitting right next to the other clown, but not offering any help.. "This bag isn't broken" she said. "I don't see anything" Lucky me, there were other customers in line, so I looked at them and asked, does this look "not broken to you?", and once the manager saw their reaction, she had no option but to carefully inspect my bag, and agree that, in fact, the bag was basically useless after going through their hands. In response, the manager agreed to "allow me" to file a baggage claim, since if at their discretion, the bag seems to be ok. they don't even give you the form to do so. Now, I believe this unfortunately isn't an isolated case of bad customer service. In NYC at least, 80% of all service providing employees are similarly useless. People on their cellphones at work, texting while you are giving your coffee order at starbucks so you can pay for overpriced coffee from a company that doesn't take more time to select their employees better. Or is it that they are paying so little, that they can only afford below standard human resources? Its unfortunate but i truly believe we have witnessed the end of an era, where the customer mattered, and people still had pride in offering quality service. #usairways #service #business #travel #flight #airport #vacation #sucksballz I just got back from my first traveling show with the Ballets With a Twist company since I started with them in April, and i have to say it was awesome. It's always great to spend some extra time with the people that you work with and have some fun as well as learn more about them and what everyone is about. Besides doing our "Cocktail Hour" show, we had some extra time to visit Ashland, which is a beautiful artsy town in Oregon of which I knew nothing about. After visiting downtown, we were invited by one of the dancer's family to a BBQ at their place and enjoyed great food and company from some of her neighbors growing up. To read a review about this performance follow this link
"The Tribute in Light is an art installation of 88 searchlights placed next to the site of the World Trade Center to create two vertical columns of light in remembrance of the September 11 attacks. It is produced annually by The Municipal Art Society of New York. It initially ran as a temporary installation from March 11 to April 14, 2002, and was launched again in 2003 to mark the second anniversary of the attack. As of 2013, it has been repeated every year on September 11. It had been announced that 2008 would be its final year,[1] but the tribute was continued in 2009.[2] On December 17, 2009, it was confirmed that the tribute would continue through to the tenth anniversary of the attacks in 2011, but continued again in 2012.[3] As of July 23, 2012, plans are underway for the National September 11 Memorial & Museum to assume the lease for the MTA property used during this tribute, and to begin transitioning operation of the tribute from the Municipal Art Society to the memorial foundation.[4]."
So, Fashion Week is back at Lincoln Center, showing the best of what fashion has to offer. Upcoming collections, avant- garde styles and what not. While there are a lot of photo worthy outfits, accessories and personalities, there are always the random people who have nothing to do in fashion week, throw on something they consider to be fashionable, and lurk around Lincoln Center waiting to get their picture taken and become the new face of fashion. Case in Point: The grinch who killed style. This person, which I'm not quite sure whether it was a he or a she, but we'll say it was a she, was definitely defying the status quo. By throwing on some not so traditional rags on she captivated the attention of a few bloggers and fashion reporters. While i was hoping to get some eye-catching beauties, I saw her doing "the rounds" and getting quite some attention.. I'm sure she will give a lot of do/don'ts reporters something to put in that don't list. Just sayin No judgement tho,... i do give her an A for effort. ;) One of the great joys of painting is having the ability to simply throw any idea straight on to the canvas regardless of how silly it might be. For my Disney inspired pop art, I decided to take characters we all feel comfortable with, and give them that cooler, sexier edge. Who doesn't want to see Mickey Mouse as a cool, buff playboy? Or goofy as 'one of the guys'? This mini series also made me realize that no matter what age, we all gravitate towards what we are told is supposed to be appealing. When i took the paintings out for a stroll and sat out at the Highline in NYC, i noticed all people alike, children and adults, males, gay or straight, seemed to believe Buff Mickey was the coolest guy in town. They all smiled an pointed and found a certain interest and comfort in seeing their 'long time friend' was after all, one of the cool guys. I love that about art. Being able to see what i can learn about people through seeing their reactions to what I've created. For more information about Daevid Mendivil's Art and purchasing details, please email art@daevid.net |
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