Colors - Abstract Acrylic Portfolio Showreel #2:

 

Abstract Acrylic Portfolio Showreel #2

This is the second in a series of portfolio showreels my husband, Jack Kost, made to promote my abstract acrylic painting.

Featured works are abstract acrylics using pour techniques.

Future work will include mixed acrylic ink abstracts.

Painting images are available from the Allegorical_Littera online Zazzle store at:

https://www.zazzle.com/

To view the image, type Abstract Color Study and the number into the Zazzle search field.

Example: Abstract Color Study 503

Images are available as cards, and can be transferred to posters, t-shirts, notebooks, magnets, mugs, and more.

A percentage of sales from Zazzle is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Research.

Showreel design and development credit:

Jack Kost, Allegorical Littera

Music credit:

Ambiance#5 by Lilo Sound.

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Colors - Abstract Acrylic Portfolio Showreel #1:

Abstract Acrylic Portfolio Showreel #1

This is the first in a series of portfolio showreels my husband, Jack Kost, made to promote my abstract acrylic painting.

Featured works are abstract acrylics using pour techniques.

Future work will include mixed acrylic ink abstracts.

Painting images are available from the Allegorical_Littera online Zazzle store at:

https://www.zazzle.com/

To view the image, type Abstract Color Study and the number into the Zazzle search field.

Example: Abstract Color Study 503

Images are available as cards, and can be transferred to posters, t-shirts, notebooks, magnets, mugs, and more.

A percentage of sales from Zazzle is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Research.

 

Themes:

art, artwork, poster, painting, acrylic, abstract, fluid painting, Kathleen Jane Kost, showreel, video, MP4

 

Showreel design and development credit:

Jack Kost, Allegorical Littera

 

Music credit:

Ambiance#5

by Lilo Sound.

Aldous Huxley, on writing:

To write fiction, one needs a whole series of inspirations about people in an actual environment, and then a whole lot of work on the basis of those inspirations.

- Aldous Huxley.

Recommended reading - Into the Dark

 

Into the Dark
The Hidden World of Film Noir, 1941-1950

by Mark A. Vieira.
 
Turner Classic Movies (TCM).
 
Published by Running Press Adult.
Illustrated edition.
Published 2016.
Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0762455233
ISBN-13: 978-0762455232
 
Description:
 

Bursting with glossy stills and archival material, film historian and photographer Mark A. Vieira's Into The Dark: The Hidden World of Film Noir, 1941-1950 offers an unprecedented portal into Hollywood's golden era of cynicism. A systematic study of noir, this gorgeous coffee table tome fills a significant gap in scholarship on the genre.” – MovieMaker.

 

You know film noir when you see it: the shadowed setting; the cynical detective; the femme fatale; and the twist of fate. Into the Dark captures this alluring genre with a cavalcade of compelling photographs and a guide to 82 of its best films.

 

Into the Dark is the first book to tell the story of film noir in its own voice. Author Mark A. Vieira quotes the artists who made these movies and the journalists and critics who wrote about them, taking readers on a year-by-year tour of the exciting nights when movies like Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce, and Sunset Boulevard were sprung on an unsuspecting public. For the first time, we hear the voices of film noir artists speak from the sets and offices of the studios, explaining the dark genre, even before it had a name. Those voices tell how the genre was born and how it thrived in an industry devoted to sweetness and light.

 

Into the Dark is a ticket to a smoky, glamorous world. You enter a story conference with Raymond Chandler, visit the set of Laura, and watch Detour with a Midwest audience. This volume recreates the environment that spawned film noir. It also displays the wit and warmth of the genre's artists. Hedda Hopper reports on Citizen Kane, calling Orson Welles "Little Orson Annie." Lauren Bacall says she enjoys playing a bad girl in To Have and Have Not. Bosley Crowther calls Joan Crawford in Possessed a "ghost wailing for a demon lover beneath a waning moon." An Indiana exhibitor rates the classic Murder, My Sweet a "passable program picture." Illustrated by hundreds of rare still photographs, Into the Dark conveys the mystery, glamour, and irony that make film noir surpassingly popular.

 

About TCM:
 

Turner Classic Movies is the definitive resource for the greatest movies of all time. We entertain and enlighten to show how the entire spectrum of classic movies, movie history, and movie-making touches us all and influences how we think and live today.

Born on this day – Francesca Bertini:

Francesca Bertini

Actress

January 5, 1892 – October 13, 1985

Credits:

1900 (1976); Una ragazza di Praga (1969); A sud niente di nuovo (1957); Dora la espía (1950); Odette (1935); La donna di una notte (1931); La femme d'une nuit (1930); Tu m'appartiens! (1929); La Possession (1929); Mein Leben für das Deine (1928); La fin de Monte-Carlo (1927); Fior di levante (1925); Consuelita (1925); La giovinezza del diavolo (1925); Ultimo sogno (1924); Marion (1923); Fatale bellezza (1922); La donna nuda (1922); Amore vince sempre (1921); La fanciulla d'Amalfi (1921); La donna, il diavolo, il tempo (1921); Oltre la legge (1921); Marion, artista di caffè-concerto (1920); Anima selvaggia (1920); Amore di donna (1920); Maddalena Ferat (1920); La ferita (1920); La sfinge (1920); L'ombra (1920); Lisa Fleuron (1920); La principessa Giorgio (1920); La serpe (1920); Il conquistatore del mondo (1919); Beatrice (1919); La principessa (1919); La contessa Sara (1919); Anima allegra (1919); La piovra (1919); La lussuria (1919); Spiritismo (1919); L'invidia (1919); L'accidia (1919); I sette peccati capitali (1918); L'avarizia (1918); Eugenia Grandet (1918); L'ira (1918); La gola (1918); L'orgoglio (1918); Mariute (1918); Frou-Frou (1918); Tosca (1918); Anima redenta (1917); Malìa (1917); Il processo Clémenceau (1917); La piccola fonte (1917); Andreina (1917); Baby l'indiavolata (1916); Vittima dell'ideale (1916); Il patto (1916); Nel gorgo della vita (1916); Maligno riflesso (1916); Fedora (1916); L'educanda monella (1916); Lacrymae rerum (1916); Il destino (1916); Eroismo d'amore (1916); La perla del cinema (1916); La colpa altrui (1916); Odette (1916); Don Pietro Caruso (1915); Diana, l'affascinatrice (1915); Assunta Spina (1915); La signora delle camelie (1915); Ivonne, la bella danzatrice (1915); Il capestro degli Asburgo (1915); Nelly la gigolette (1915); Nella furnace (1915); Hypocrites (1915); Una donna (1914); The Song of the Soul (1914); Sangue blu (1914); On Temptation's Trail (1914); Rose e spine (1914); La principessa straniera (1914); L'onestà che uccide (1914); Cabiria (1914); The Woman Who Dared (1914); Pierrot the Prodigal (1914); The Forbidden Trail (1913); L'arrivista (1913); L'arma dei vigliacchi (1913); L'anima del demi-monde (1913); L'ultima carta (1913); La bufera (1913); La vigilia di Natale (1913); La suocera (1913); His Symphony (1913); Tramonto (1913); The Artist's Model (1913); La maestrina (1913); L'ultimo atout (1913); Venomous Tongues (1913); The Land of Promise (1913); Ninì Verbena (1913); The Price of Silence (1913); Per il blasone (1913); L'avvoltoio (1913); Per la sua gioia (1913); The Bondage of Evil (1913); Panne d'auto (1912); Lagrime e sorrisi (1912); Idillio tragico (1912); Tragico amore (1912); Ritratto dell'amata (1912); All on a Summer's Day (1912); Il pappagallo della zia Berta (1912); Il fascino della violenza (1912); Cesare Borgia (1912); Un amore di Pietro de' Medici (1912); Rameses, King of Egypt (1912); Lucretia Borgia (1912); Tragedy at the Court of Milan (1912); I carbonari (1912); Red Falcon (1912); The Wandering Minstrel (1912); Beatrix d'Este (1912); Ruy-Blas (1912); Romeo and Juliet (1912); Florentine Drama (1912); Francesca da Rimini (1911); Marco Visconti (1911); The Countess de Challant (1911); Tristano e Isolda (1911); Cola di Rienzo (1911); Il mercante di Venezia (1911); Re Lear (1910); La morte civile (1910); Pia de' Tolomei (1910); Folchetto di Narbona (1910); Salomé (1910); Il trovatore (1910); La dea del mare (1907).

Born on this day – Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten:

Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten

Folk and Blues singer

Musician

January 5, 1893 – June 29, 1987

Credits:

Albums:

Elizabeth Cotten Live! (1983); Elizabeth Cotten, Volume 3: When I'm Gone (1979); Euphoria Blues (2023); Folksongs and Instrumentals with Guitar (1958); Freight Train (2014); Freight Train: Essential Folk Masters (2010); Live! (1983); Shake Sugaree (2004); Vol. 2: Shake Sugaree (1967).

Songs:

Ain't Got No Honey Baby Now; Boatman Dance; Buck Dance; Fare You Well, My Darling; Freight Train; Going Down the Road Feeling Bad; Graduation March; Hallelujah, It Is Done; Here Old Rattler Here / Sent for My Fiddle Sent for My Bow / George Buck; Holy Ghost, Unchain My Name; Honey Babe Your Papa Cares for You; I Don't Love Nobody; I'm Going Away; Little Brown Jug; Look and Live, My Brother; Mama, Nobody's Here but the Baby; Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie; Ontario Blues; Praying Time Will Soon Be Over; Run......Run / Mama Your Son Done Gone; Shake Sugaree; Spanish Flag Dang; Sweet Bye and Bye / What a Friend We Have in Jesus; Take Me Back to Baltimore; 'Til We Meet Again; Vastopol; Vestapol; Washington Blues; When I Get Home; When I'm Gone; When the Train Comes Along; Wilson Rag.

Movies and television:

A Love Song (2022); American Folk (2017); American Masters (2009); Asteroid City (2023); Austin City Limits (1979); Big Little Lies (2019); BioShock Infinite (2013); Bleak Moments (1971); Colossal (2016); Dogfight (1991); En på miljonen (1995); Far from Home (2009); Folk Britannia (2006); Four Calories: A "Tic-Tacs" Parody (2013); Nasty Baby (2015); Patriot (2017); Rainbow Quest (1965–1966); Sea Oak (2017); Shindig! (1964–1965); The 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2022); The Blues (2003); The Johnny Cash Show (1970); The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000); The Mike Douglas Show (1971); Troop Zero (2019); Two Trains Runnin' (2016); Yesspeak (2003).

Born on this day – George Reeves:

George Reeves

Actor

Director

January 5, 1914 – June 16, 1959

Credits:

Action Heroes of Movies & T.V. (1989); Actor's Studio (1949); Adventures of Superman (1952–1958); Airborne Lifeboat (1945); Always a Bride (1940); Arena (1981); Argentine Nights (1940); Arson, Inc. (1949); Bar 20 (1943); Batman and Robin and the Other Super Heroes (1989); Believe It or Not (1950); Biography (2000); Blood and Sand (1941); Blue, White and Perfect (1942); Border Patrol (1943); Breakdowns of 1941 (1941); Buckskin Frontier (1943); Bugles in the Afternoon (1952); Calling All Husbands (1940); Calling Philo Vance (1939); Champagne for Two (1947); Colt Comrades (1943); Dead Men Tell (1941); Derrick contre Superman (1992); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998); Espionage Agent (1939); Famous Nathan (2014); Father Is a Prince (1940); Fireside Theatre (1952); Footlights Theater (1953); Forever Female (1953); Four Wives (1939); From Here to Eternity (1953); Funny Boners (1955); Gambling on the High Seas (1940); Gone with the Wind (1939); Hands of Mystery (1950); Haunted Homes of Hollywood (2018); Hollywood at War: A Compilation of War Time Shorts (1980); Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988); Hoppy Serves a Writ (1943); I Love Lucy (1957); I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (2001); Jungle Goddess (1948); Jungle Jim (1948); Kisses (1976); Knute Rockne All American (1940); Kraft Theatre (1949–1952); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1950); Ladies Must Live (1940); Leather Burners (1943); Lights Out (1950–1951); Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman (2006); Lydia (1941); Man at Large (1941); Meet the Fleet (1940); Movie Star Commercials and Important Messages (1983); MovieReal: Hollywoodland (2006); My Love Came Back (1940); On Dress Parade (1939); Oops, those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982); Pony Express Days (1940); Rancho Notorious (1952); Ride, Cowboy, Ride (1939); Samson and Delilah (1949); San Francisco Mix (1971); Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010); Sex Hygiene (1942); Sheriff John's Cartoon Time (1953); So Proudly We Hail! (1943); Special Agent (1949); Stamp Day for Superman (1954); Starlight Theatre (1950); Storyland (1955); Studio 10 (2022); Such Good Friends (1971); Super Circus (1955); Superheroes Decoded (2017); Superman (1973); Superman 50th Anniversary (1988); Superman and Scotland Yard (1954); Superman and the Jungle Devil (1954); Superman and the Mole-Men (1951); Superman Flies Again (1954); Superman in Exile (1954); Superman's Peril (1954); Superpowered: The DC Story (2024); Suspense (1949–1951); Tear Gas Squad (1940); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); The Adventures of Ellery Queen (1950); The Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949); The Bigger Bubble (2025); The Blue Gardenia (1953); The Clock (1949); The Curse of Superman (2006); The Fighting 69th (1940); The Flash (2023); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); The Good Humor Man (1950); The Great Lover (1949); The Kansan (1943); The Lady and the Lug (1941); The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith (1943); The Life and Legacy of George Reeves (2006); The Linkletter Show (1954); The Mad Martindales (1942); The Magical World of Disney (1956–1961); The Monroe Doctrine (1939); The Mutineers (1949); The Sainted Sisters (1948); The Silver Theatre (1949–1950); The Strawberry Blonde (1941); The Tony Bennett Show (1956); The Trap (1950); The Web (1950); This Boy's Life (1993); Throwing a Party (1941); Thunder in the Pines (1948); 'Til We Meet Again (1940); Time to Kill (1945); Torrid Zone (1940); Unsolved Mysteries (1995); Variety Girl (1947); Virginia City (1940); WatchMojo (2018); Westward Ho, the Wagons! (1956); When the Applause Died / Death in Hollywood (1990); Winged Victory (1944).