Overlapping painting and photography

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Winslow Homer (1836–1910), Eight Bells, 1886, oil on canvas, Credit: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA / Art Resource, N.Y.

While painting and photography are different arts, they can and do overlap at times. Paintings can look like photographs and photos can be processed to look like paintings. And classic paintings by the old masters are often used to teach photographers, as well as new painters, how to compose an image and even how to light a scene. There are also times when painters will…

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Can you keep a secret?

Bob Jackson is probably working in his 204 State Street studio even though the lights are out and it looks like no one is in there. Jackson chose this prime location, not to draw passersby inside but because of the room’s high ceilings and natural northern light—manna to painters who work on large canvases. The studio is neat and tidy with his signature soda crates…

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Adopt-a-Pet Dec. 17

The following animals are ready to be adopted from the Brandywine Valley SPCA in West Chester. Coco Coco and her pups lived in squalor until they were rescued by officers at a partner shelter. She and the eight other adult dogs on the property were chained to trees or cinder blocks with no edible food and fetid water. Her babies were living in a grocery…

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Exploring Hope: A joyless Christmas?

Joy is one of those words that has become a “Christmas cliché.” We see it plastered everywhere from Christmas cards to wrapping paper. We sing about it in our carols but simultaneously feel very little "joy to the world.”  So why all this talk about joy at Christmas? Well, it wasn't invented by a marketing team at Hallmark or a clever carol writer. Rather, everything…

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Conviction in machete attack

Sebastian Garro, 39, Lester, Tinicum Township, was convicted Friday, Dec. 14, of aggravated assault on his roommate who he attacked with a machete and metal pipe in January 2017. Following a jury trial before Delaware County Court of Common Pleas Judge George A. Pagano, Sebastian Garro was found guilty of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, endangering the welfare of a child, a felon not to possess a firearm, and possessing instruments of a crime. His sentencing…

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Roadwork for Dec. 15 -Dec. 21

PennDOT has announced the following road projects, which are weather-dependent and could affect residents in the greater Chadds Ford area during the week of Dec. 15 to Dec. 21. Motorists are urged to allow extra time if they are traveling through one of the construction zones. Work schedules are subject to change. Traffic pattern changes will cause intermittent stoppages and lane restrictions on Route 322—…

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Hotels, villages and sewers

Wednesday night’s Planning Commission meeting in Chadds Ford started with one group of residents saying they don’t want a hotel in their backyard. It then morphed into commission members getting into a philosophical discussion about what constitutes a village. The first part dealt with a land development application for a Fairfield Inn hotel proposed for Brandywine Summit, 1786-1792 Wilmington Pike, just north of Keystone Plaza.…

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Around Town Dec. 13

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Chester County Sheriff Carolyn "Bunny" Welsh and deputies greet youngsters at Walmart for Welsh's annual Shopping with the Sheriff last Saturday.

• The Kennett Area Democrats are gearing up for the third annual Women’s March on Washington next month. The march is scheduled for Jan.19 and local residents have until Dec, 19 to get bus tickets if traveling with the KAD. Bus tickets are $50 roundtrip on comfortable motor coaches. Please visit http://kennettareademocrats.com/womens-march-2019/ to reserve seat now. Women’s March is a women-led movement providing intersectional education…

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Personal care facility dedicated

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Dignitaries help dedicate the Residence at Chadds Ford with a mock ground-breaking.

It will be months before the personal care facility under construction on Route 202 is ready to open but that didn’t stop a dedication ceremony. The Residence at Chadds Ford — on the site of the old C Harry B4 U Buy — won’t open until spring or early summer, depending on who’s speaking, but parent company LCB Senior Living held a dedication ceremony at…

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The incredible journey of Winslow Homer

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Winslow Homer ,The Nooning, c. 1872, oil on canvas, . Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford. Photography credit: Allen Phillips/Wadsworth Atheneum

The newest Brandywine River Museum of Art exhibition Winslow Homer: Photography and the Art of Painting, is a fascinating show that explores the creative growth of artist Winslow Homer. Many experts revere Homer as America’s finest painter and America’s first modern painter. As you enter the exhibition from the right doorway through to the explosive final paintings at the exit, you can witness the transformation…

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