Tuesday, May 19, 2026

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.

Virginia Woolf, on writing:

The way to write well is to live intensely.

- Virginia Woolf.


Recommended reading - The Ross Macdonald Collection



The Ross Macdonald Collection

by Ross Macdonald.

Edited by Tom Nolan.

Published by Library of America.
Box edition.
Published 2017.
Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1598535528
ISBN-13: 978-1598535525
 
Description:

“The finest series of detective novels ever written by an American.” – The New York Times Book Review.

“Macdonald brought a new method of psychological construction to the hard-boiled novel … he was in line with many of the important mid-century movements of American literary fiction, and deserves to be seen as a worthy addition to them.” – The Times Literary Supplement.

Ross Macdonald transformed the detective novel into a literary expression of unique psychological depth and drama. Here, for the first time in a deluxe three-volume Library of America boxed set, are eleven of his classic Lew Archer mysteries.

Contents: The Way Some People Die; The Barbarous Coast; The Doomsters; The Galton Case; The Zebra-Striped Hearse; The Chill; The Far Side of the Dollar; Black Money; The Instant Enemy; The Goodbye Look; The Underground Man.

Born on this day – Bruce Bennett:


Bruce Bennett


Actor

May 19, 1906 – February 24, 2007

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1958); A Bundle of Bliss (1940); A Million to One (1936); A Stolen Life (1946); Amateur Crook (1937); Angels in the Outfield (1951); Atlantic Convoy (1942); Babies for Sale (1940); Beer Barrel Polecats (1946); Before I Hang (1940); Blake of Scotland Yard (1937); Blazing Six Shooters (1940); Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939); Boobs in the Woods (1940); Branded (1965); Cafe Hostess (1940); Cavalcade of America (1954); Cheyenne (1947); College Humor (1933); Convicted Woman (1940); Crossroads (1956); Daktari (1968); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); Danger Patrol (1937); Danger Signal (1945); Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer (1956); Daredevils of the Red Circle (1939); Dark Passage (1947); Deadhead Miles (1972); Death on the Diamond (1934); Dragonfly Squadron (1953); Dream Wife (1953); Escape to Glory (1940); Fireside Theatre (1953–1954); Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (1939); Five Little Peppers at Home (1940); Flaming Frontier (1958); Flying Fists (1937); Frontier Fury (1943); Girls of the Road (1940); Glamour for Sale (1940); Hawk of the Wilderness (1938); Hidden Guns (1956); His Bridal Fright (1940); Hi-Yo Silver (1940); Honolulu Lu (1941); I'm from Arkansas (1944); Invisible Stripes (1939); Island of Doomed Men (1940); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Laat de dokter maar schuiven (1980); Land of Fighting Men (1938); Laramie (1960); Lassie (1970–1971); Lassie: Well of Love (1970); Lazy River (1934); Lost Island of Kioga (1966); Love Me Tender (1956); Lux Video Theatre (1953–1957); Madison Square Garden (1932); Meet the Baron (1933); Mildred Pierce (1945); Million Dollar Legs (1932); Million Dollar Racket (1937); Mooching Through Georgia / The Spook Speaks (1940); Mooching Through Georgia / The Taming of the Snood (1940); Movie Crazy (1932); Murder in Times Square (1943); My Son Is Guilty (1939); Mystery Street (1950); No Census, No Feeling (1940); Nora Prentiss (1947); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971); Panic! (1958); Perry Mason (1958–1965); Playhouse 90 (1957); Rescue 8 (1958); Riptide (1934); Robbers' Roost (1955); Sabotage Squad (1942); Sahara (1943); Sappy Birthday (1942); Schlitz Playhouse (1954); Science Fiction Theatre (1955–1957); Shadow of Chinatown (1936); Shakedown (1950); Silks and Saddles (1936); Silver River (1948); Sky Racket (1937); Smart Girls Don't Talk (1948); So Long Mr. Chumps (1941); So You Won't Talk (1940); Stories of the Century (1954); Strategic Air Command (1955); Student Tour (1934); Submarine Raider (1942); Sudden Fear (1952); Tales of Wells Fargo (1958); Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1938); Tarzan at the Movies, Part 2: The Many Faces of Tarzan (1996); Task Force (1949); The Alligator People (1959); The Big Tip Off (1955); The Bottom of the Bottle (1956); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1961); The Clones (1973); The Cosmic Man (1959); The Doctor and the Girl (1949); The Fiend of Dope Island (1960); The Fighting Devil Dogs (1938 / 1943); The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1954); The Great Missouri Raid (1951); The Heckler (1940); The House Across the Street (1949); The Last Outpost (1951); The Linkletter Show (1952); The Lone Ranger (1938); The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1940); The Loretta Young Show (1953); The Man from Tumbleweeds (1940); The Man I Love (1946); The Man with Nine Lives (1940); The More the Merrier (1943); The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935); The Officer and the Lady (1941); The Outsider (1961); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1955); The Phantom Submarine (1940); The Second Face (1950); The Secret Seven (1940); The Texan (1958); The Three Outlaws (1956); The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948); The Virginian (1967); The Younger Brothers (1949); There's Something About a Soldier (1943); Three Girls About Town (1941); Three Missing Links / Dutiful But Dumb (1941); Three Missing Links / How High Is Up? (1940); Three Violent People (1956); To the Victor (1948); Torpedo of Doom (1966); Touchdown! (1931); Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! (1942); Treasure Island (1934); Two Latins from Manhattan (1941); Two Minutes to Play (1936); U-Boat Prisoner (1944); Underground Agent (1942); Undertow (1949); West of Abilene (1940); West Point (1957); Whirlybirds (1957–1959); With This Ring (1954); Without Honor (1949); You Can't Buy Everything (1934); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1952–1953).

Born on this day – Renée Ascherson:


Renée Ascherson


Actress

May 19, 1915 – October 30, 2014

Credits:
A Man Called Intrepid (1980); Armchair Thriller (1978); At Home (1960); Away from It All (1973); Bookmark (1993); Brighton Belles (1994); Caesar and Cleopatra (1945); Chain (1990); Clayhanger (1976); Country Matters (1973); Crown Court (1984); Disraeli: Portrait of a Romantic (1978); Edwin (1984); Flesh and Blood (1980); Goodbye Darling (1981); Grey Owl (1999); Happy and Glorious (1952); Harnessing Peacocks (1993); Henry V (1944); ITV Play of the Week (1960–1962); ITV Television Playhouse (1960–1961); Johnny in the Clouds (1945); Jubilee (1977); Kate (1971); Larry and Vivien: The Oliviers in Love (2001); Life After Life (1990); Lilli Palmer Theatre (1955); Love and Marriage (1984); Love Story (1963); Lovejoy (1993); Malta Story (1953); Maniacs on Wheels (1949); Midsomer Murders (1997); Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem (2022); Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985); Miss Nightingale (1974); Performance (1995); Pool of London (1951); Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966); Rheingold Theatre (1953–1956); Romance on the Orient Express (1985); School for Unclaimed Girls (1969); Screen One (1992); Sir Norbert Smith, a Life (1989); Smiling at Grief (1939); Somerset Maugham Hour (1961); Strange Report (1969); Tenko (1981); Tenko: An Introduction (1981); The British Greats (1980); The Cure for Love (1949); The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1962); The Magic Box (1951); The Others (2001); The Pursuers (1961); The Red Dress / Segment: Red Dress' story (1954); The Rivals (1948); The Small Back Room (1949); The Way Ahead (1944); Theater of Blood (1973); Thirty Minute Theatre (1963 / 1966); Time for Murder (1985); Time Is My Enemy (1954); Tom's Midnight Garden (1989); Turner Classic Movies Remembers 2014 (2014); Two's Company (1979); Victorian Scandals (1976).

Born on this day – Dora Doll:


Dora Doll


Actress

May 19, 1922 – November 15, 2015

Credits:

125 rue Montmartre (1959); A Funny Boss (1964); A Man Walks in the City (1950); A Strong Commitment (2002–2005); Act of Love (1953); Adorables démons (1957); Ah, quelle équipe! (1957); Ainsi finit la nuit (1949); Allô police (1967–1969); Angel of Death (1985); Anges et loups (1988); Antoine et Julie (1981); Any Number Can Win (1963); Archimède, le clochard (1959); Au bon beurre (1981); Au-delà de l'écran (1967); Ave Maria (1984); Bastille (1984); Battement de coeur (1940); Bed for Two (1950); Bernard Quesnay (1979); Black and White in Color (1976); Bloody Murder (1974); Boomerang (1976); Cabaret du soir (1958); Catherine & Co. (1975); Catherine, il suffit d'un amour (1986); Ce monde est merveilleux (1981); C'est encore mieux l'après-midi (1986); C'était un gentleman (1957); Champagner aus dem Knobelbecher (1975); Chercheur d'héritiers (2001); Cloud Waltzing (1987); Cocagne (1961); Commandant X (1964); Compression (2023); Coup de foudre (1992); Dans la vie tout s'arrange (1952); Daughters of Destiny (1954); De la tête aux pieds (2002); Dehors c'est nulle part (1978); Deux imbéciles heureux (1976); Devil and the Angel (1946); Dictionary of Sex (1964); Drôles d'histoires (1995); Du plomb dans la tête (1973); Édith Piaf: Une brève rencontre (1993); Ein Fall für Männdli (1975); El señor president (1983); Elena and Her Men (1956); En grandes pompes (1974); En votre âme et conscience (1957); Enigme aux Folies-Bergère (1959); Entente cordiale (1939); Espionne et tais-toi (1988); Et demain, Paula? (2002); Femmes Fatales (1976); Ferbac (1992); Fernand cow-boy (1956); Foreign Intrigue (1952); Four Flights to Love (1939); François Villon - Poetul vagabond (1987); French Cancan (1955); Gaston Phoebus (1978); Girl on the Third Floor (1955); Godefinger ou Certaines chattes n'aiment pas le mou (1975); Grandison (1979); Gros dégueulasse (1986); Gueule d'ange (1955); Gueule d'arnaque (1989); Hell (1994); Hellé (1972); Hey Good Looking! (2006); Hortense Schneider (1964); Hôtel Baltimore (1976); Hotel du Nord (1938); Hothead (1979); Human Cargo (1954); Il était un musicien (1978–1979); Imogène (1991); Incorrigible (1975); Inspecteur Sergil (1947); Jacques Martin derrière vos applaudissements (2022); Jacquou le croquant (2007); Jalousie (2001); Jeanne (1952); Jenny Lamour (1947); Julia (1977); Julie Lescaut (1995); Julien Fontanes, magistrat (1983); La boîte à sel (1960); La cage aux souris (1954); La clef des champs (1998); La comtesse de Charny (1989); La derelitta / Cinéma 16 (1977–1989); La femme de l'Italien (1998); La femme ivoire (1984); La fille perdue (1954); La liberté en croupe (1970); La maison sous la mer (1947); La part animale (2007); La passagère (1949); La passante (1951); La ramandeuse (1981); La reina del Tabarín (1960); La rose rouge (1951); La steppe (1982); Là-bas... mon pays (2000); L'agence (1989); L'amour descend du ciel (1957); Le baladin du monde occidental (1971); Le bon numéro (1962); Le Chambon (1994); Le chapeau du p'tit Jésus (2006); Le château (1984); Le château des oliviers (1993); Le chevalier de Pardaillan (1988); Le chevalier Tempête (1967); Le colonel est de la revue (1957); Le crâneur (1955); Le dernier épisode de Dallas (2006); Le dernier quart d'heure (1962); Le diamant de Salisbury (1985); Le don fait à Catchaires (2003); Le garçon Savoyard (1967); Le gerfaut (1987); Le grand Batre (1997); Le grand Poucet (1980); Le joueur (1962); Le jour de noces (1977); Le médecin malgré lui (1964); Le mythomane (1981); Le pays bleu (1977); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1979–1983); Le plus malin s'y laisse prendre (1973); Le pont des soupirs (1985); Le refuge (1996–1999); Le rideau rouge (1960); Le secret des Andrônes (1982); Le sorcier du ciel (1949); Le triplé gagnant (1989–1992); Le voyage à Paimpol (1985); L'éclaircie (1979); L'envers du paradis (1953); Leon's Husband (1993); Les 2 crocodiles (1987); Les allumettes suédoises (1996); Les Charlots contre Dracula (1980); Les châtaigniers du désert (2010); Les cinq dernières minutes (1959–1982); Les coeurs brûlés (1992); Les colonnes du ciel (1985); Les déracinés (1972); Les eaux mêlées (1969); Les empaillés (1969); Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (1972–1989); Les filles du régiment (1978); Les frangines (1960); Les givrés (1979); Les hommes de Rose (1978); Les idiots (1987); Les jours de la lune (1991); Les jumelles (1972); Les keufs (1987); Les optimistes du lundi (1962); L'été rouge (2002); L'étrange château du docteur Lerne (1983); L'histoire du samedi (1996–1997); L'homme à tout faire (1988); L'homme de la nuit (1983); L'inspecteur Leclerc enquête (1962); L'invité du dimanche (1969); Madame... êtes-vous libre? (1971); Mademoiselle Ardel (1990); Mademoiselle Strip-tease (1957); Maigret et la grande perche (1991); Main Street (1956); Maniac Killer (1987); Manon (1949); Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon (1983); Marie Pervenche (1990); M'as-tu-vu? (1988); Maternité clandestine (1953); Médecins de nuit (1981); Meilleur espoir féminin (2000); Mélissol (1999); Méprise d'otage (1992); Midi-Première (1981); Miss Pigalle (1958); Mon ami le traître (1988); Monsieur Scrupule gangster (1953); Morasseix!!! (1993); Moulin Rouge (1940); Music Hall (1986); Musicolor (1969); Nana (1955); Napoleon (1955); Night in December (1939); Nous ne l'avons pas assez aimée (1981); Obsession (1954); On déménage le colonel (1955); Once More (1988); Parade en 7 nuits (1941); Pardon My French (1951); Paris Vice Squad (1951); Pas d'amour sans amour! (1993); Pas de caviar pour tante Olga (1965); Pas de grisbi pour Ricardo (1957); Pas de pitié pour les caves (1955); Pas de souris dans le business (1955); Peppermint Soda (1977); Permission de minuit (1987); Poésie del amor (2006); Première brigade criminelle (Dossier Interpol M.A.T. 444) (1961); Princesse Alexandra (1992); Puzzle pour demons (1976); Quand Jean devint Renoir (2017); Quelle sacrée soirée (1957); Recherche dans l'intérêt des familles (1977); Reflets de Cannes (1956); Sabbath (1989); Sapho (1997); Savage Triangle (1951); Secret File 1413 (1961); Soupçons (1956); Spectacle d'un soir (1969); That Night in Varennes (1982); The Curtain Rises (1938); The Heart of a Nation (1943); The Little Rebels (1955); The Maiden (1955); The Marked Woman (1992); The School Teacher (1994); The Tide of Life (1998); The Young Lions (1958); Tides of Passion (1956); Touchez pas au grisbi (1954); Trente-Six Chandelles (1956–1957); Un curé de choc (1974); Un égale trois (1964); Un Français nommé Gabin (2017); Une femme qu'a le coeur trop petit (1972); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1956); Violette (1978); Voiture 7, place 15 (1958); Votre dévoué Blake (1954); Witness in the City (1959); Women in Cellblock 9 (1978); You Are So Beautiful (2005); Zerschossene Träume (1976).