Tuesday, June 30, 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.

Mary Higgins Clark, on writing:

 
The first four months of writing the book, my mental image is scratching with my hands through granite.
My other image is pushing a train up the mountain, and it's icy, and I'm in bare feet.
- Mary Higgins Clark.


On this day in movie and book history - El Dorado (1966)


El Dorado


directed by Howard Hawks,

written by Leigh Brackett,

based on the novel The Stars in Their Courses by Harry Brown,

was released in the United States on June 30, 1967.

Music by Nelson Riddle.


Cast:
John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, Paul Fix, Arthur Hunnicutt, Michele Carey, R.G. Armstrong, Edward Asner, Christopher George, Marina Ghane, Robert Donner, John Gabriel, Johnny Crawford, Robert Rothwell, Adam Roarke, Victoria George, Jim Davis, Anne Newman Bacal, Diane Strom, Olaf Wieghorst, Richard Andrade, Danny Borzage, Charlita, Don Collier, Enrique Contreras, Chuck Courtney, Linda Dangcil, Alphonso DuBois, Nacho Galindo, Joe Garcio, Betty Jane Graham, Robert ‘Buzz’ Henry, William Henry, Lars Hensen, Riley Hill, Chuck Horne, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., Bonnie Charyl Josephson, Joe King, Mike Letz, Frank Leyva, Myra MacMurray, John Mitchum, Ruben Moreno, Deen Pettinger, Jose Portugal, Lee Powell, Chuck Roberson, Anthony Rogers, Danny Sands, Robert Shelton, Dean Smith, John Strachen, Rosa Turich, Ralph Volkie, Christopher West.

Recommended reading:


The Stars in Their Courses

by Harry Brown.

Filmed as El Dorado (1966), directed by Howard Hawks.

ASIN: B0011N3WI2

Published by Jonathan Cape.

Published 1960.

Description:

The epic novel of the old west, a living legend of lust, doom, death, of tall strong men, golden women and towering passions!

Born on this day – Rose Tapley:


Rose Tapley


Actress

June 30, 1881 – February 23, 1956

Credits:

A Cure for Pokeritis (1912); A Game of Cards (1913); A Gentleman of Fashion (1913); A Heart of the Forest (1913); A Home Melody (1910); A Juvenile Love Affair (1912); A Marriage of Convenience (1912); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909); A Modern Psyche (1913); A Regiment of Two (1913); A Southern Soldier's Sacrifice (1911); A Story of the Circus (1912); An Easter Lily (1914); An Infernal Tangle (1913); As You Like It (1912); Better Days (1913); Breaking In (1915); Britton of the Seventh (1916); Buddy's Downfall (1914); Buddy's First Call (1914); Bunny for the Cause (1913); Clara Bow in It (1927) (1927); Conscience (1912); Coronets and Hearts (1912); Cupid Versus Money (1914); Dick, the Dead Shot (1913); Every Inch a Man (1912); Eve's Daughter (1914); Fate's Awful Jest (1912); Father and Son: or, the Curse of the Golden Land (1913); Fires of Driftwood (1911); Fogg's Millions (1914); Foraging (1911); Fortunes of a Composer (1912); Fortune's Turn (1913); God's Great Wilderness (1927); Happy-Go-Lucky (1914); He Fell in Love with His Mother-in-Law (1913); He Never Knew (1914); Hearts Ablaze (1915); Hearts and the Highway (1915); Her Choice (1912); Her Majesty (1922); Heredity (1915); Heroes of the Mutiny (1911); Hesper of the Mountains (1916); His Father's Son (1912); His First Command (1929); His House in Order; or, the Widower's Quest (1913); His Sister's Children (1911); His Tired Uncle (1913); His Wife's Secret (1911); Husks (1916); Ida's Christmas (1912); In the Garden Fair (1912); In the Land of Arcadia (1914); In the Philippines; or, by the Campfire's Flicker (1911); Java Head (1923); Jimmie's Job (1911); Lifting the Ban of Coventry (1915); Love at Gloucester Port (1911); Marrying Sue (1914); Memories That Haunt (1914); Miser Murray's Wedding Present (1914); Mixed Identities (1913); Morganson's Finish (1926); Mr. Bingle's Melodrama (1914); Mr. Horatio Sparkins (1913); Mr. Jack Goes Into Business (1916); Mr. Jack Hires a Stenographer (1916); Mr. Jack, Doctor by Proxy (1916); Mr. Jack's Artistic Sense (1916); Mr. Jack's Hat and the Cat (1916); Mr. Jarr and Circumstantial Evidence (1915); Mr. Jarr and Gertrude's Beaux (1915); Mr. Jarr and Love's Young Dream (1915); Mr. Jarr and the Captive Maiden (1915); Mr. Jarr and the Dachshund (1915); Mr. Jarr and the Ladies' Cup (1915); Mr. Jarr and the Lady Reformer (1915); Mr. Jarr and the Visiting Firemen (1915); Mr. Jarr Brings Home a Turkey (1915); Mr. Jarr Takes a Night Off (1915); Mr. Jarr Visits His Home Town (1915); Mr. Jarr's Big Vacation (1915); Mr. Jarr's Magnetic Friend (1915); Mrs. Jarr and the Beauty Treatment (1915); Mrs. Jarr and the Society Circus (1915); Mrs. Jarr's Auction Bridge (1915); My Official Wife (1914); Nemesis! (1912); Nocturne in E-Flat (1914); On Her Wedding Day (1912); On the Pupil of His Eye (1912); One Can't Always Tell (1913); One Flag at Last (1911); Out of the Past (1927); Paris Bound (1929); Philanthropic Tommy (1915); Resurrection (1931); Rip Van Winkle (1912); Rose of the South (1916); Sam's Sweetheart (1915); Seeing Double (1913); Sex Madness (1934); Shadows of the Past (1914); Shadows of the Past (1919); Song Bird of the North (1913); Song of the Shell (1912); Sonny Jim in Search of a Mother (1914); Sunshine and Shadows (1914); Susie to Susanne (1912); Susie, the Sleuth (1916); The Adventure of the Italian Model (1912); The Adventure of the Thumb Print (1912); The Awakening of Jones (1912); The Barrel Organ (1914); The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds (1918); The Black Sheep (1912); The Black Wall (1912); The Blind Miner (1912); The Butterfly (1914); The Cave Man (1912); The Charlatan (1929); The Chattel (1916); The Christian (1914); The Conquest of Constantia (1915); The Counts (1912); The Dawning (1912); The Delayed Letter (1913); The Diver (1913); The Flower of the Hills (1915); The French Spy (1912); The Freshet (1911); The Gossip (1911); The Heart of Esmeralda (1912); The Heart of the King's Jester (1912); The Higher Mercy (1912); The Hobo's Redemption (1912); The House on the Hill (1914); The Idler (1914); The Illumination (1912); The Jarr Family Discovers Harlem (1915); The Jarrs Visit Arcadia (1915); The Knight Before Christmas (1914); The Lady and the Glove (1913); The Lady of the Lighthouse (1915); The Light That Failed (1912); The Man Who Fights Alone (1924); The Man Who Knew (1914); The Men Haters' Club (1910); The Midget's Romance (1913); The Money Kings (1912); The Moulding (1913); The Next Generation (1913); The Old Doll (1911); The Old Silver Watch (1912); The Pony Express (1925); The Prince of Pilsen (1926); The Red Ink Tragedy (1912); The Redeeming Sin (1925); The Reward of Thrift (1914); The Scarlet Honeymoon (1925); The Secret Seven (1916); The Serpents (1912); The Silver Cigarette Case (1913); The Spirit of Christmas (1913); The Still Voice (1913); The Stronger Sex (1913); The Tables Turned (1913); The Telephone (1910); The Unforgiven (1915); The Unusual Honeymoon (1912); The Victoria Cross (1912); The Way of the Cross (1909); The Wonderful Statue (1913); Thou Shalt Not Covet (1912); Three Black Bags (1913); Tommy's Sister (1912); Under the Make-Up (1913); Underneath the Paint (1914); Vanity Fair (1911); War (1911); When Bobby Forgot (1913); Where the Money Went (1912); Who Killed Joe Merrion? (1915); Wild Pat (1912).

Born on this day – Gertrude McCoy:


Gertrude McCoy


Actress

June 30, 1890 – July 17, 1967

Credits:

A Fresh Air Romance (1912); A Gentleman's Gentleman (1913); A Good Sport (1913); A Letter to Uncle Sam (1913); A Lonely Road (1914); A Moment of Madness (1914); A Personal Affair (1912); A Real Helpmate (1914); A Royal Divorce (1923); A Baby's Shoe (1912); A Cowboy's Stratagem (1912); A Dangerous Lesson (1912); A Serenade by Proxy (1913); A Soldier's Duty (1912); A Tragedy of the Rails (1915); A Winter Visit to Central Park, New York City (1912); All for His Sake (1914); All on Account of a Portrait (1913); Always Tell Your Wife (1914 / 1923); An Almond-Eyed Maid (1913); An American King (1914); An Unwilling Separation (1913); Andy Plays Cupid (1914); Angel Esquire (1919); Animated Weekly, No. 78 (1917); Annie Crawls Upstairs (1912); Apple Pies (1912); Aunt Elsa's Visit (1913); Aunty and the Girls (1913); Burnt In (1920); Caste (1913); Castle of Dreams (1919); Chappy: That's All (1924); Children of the Night No. 1 (1925); Christie Johnstone (1921); Circumstances Make Heroes (1913); Curing the Office Boy (1912); Cynthia's Agreement (1912); Dick Potter's Wife (1914); Every Rose Has Its Stem (1912); Father's Bluff (1912); Friend Wilson's Daughter (1915); Gates of Divorce (1916); Greater Than Art (1915); Hard Cash (1913); Heartstrings (1923); Her Face (1912); Her Husband's Son (1915); Her Secretaries (1913); Heroes Three (1911); His Daughter (1912); His Daughter Pays (1918); His Enemy (1913); His Greatest Victory (1913); His Mother's Hope (1912); Hope, a Red Cross Seal Story (1912); How Did It Finish? (1913); How Mrs. Murray Saved the American Army (1911); How They Outwitted Father (1913); In Spite of All (1915); In the Garden (1913); In the Shadow of the Mountains (1913); Jack, the Giant Killer (1912); June Friday (1915); Kathleen Mavourneen (1913); Kitty at Boarding School (1912); Kitty's Holdup (1912); Lost: Three Hours (1912); Madame Sherry (1917); Men (1918); Mercy Merrick (1913); Mike's Hero (1911); Miriam Rozella (1924); Mutual Weekly, No. 131 (1917); Nelson (1926); Nets of Destiny (1924); Nora's Boarders (1913); On the Stroke of Twelve (1915); Peg o' the Movies (1913); Reginald's Courtship (1913); Revenge Is Sweet (1912); Sam's Kid (1922); Sheep's Clothing (1914); Tell Your Children (1922); That Winsome Winnie Smile (1911); The Artist's Joke (1912); The Auction Mart (1920); The Best Man (1914); The Birth of Our Saviour (1914); The Birth of the Star Spangled Banner (1914); The Blue Bird (1918); The Brass Bowl (1914); The Cabaret Singer (1913); The Danger Mark (1918); The Diamond Man (1924); The Dream Fairy (1913); The Duke's Dilemma (1913); The Fairies' Banquet (1911); The Girl at the Key (1912 / 1915); The Girl Who Kept Books (1915); The Golden Dawn (1921); The Greed of Osman Bey (1913); The Hand of Iron (1914); The Heritage of Hamilton Cleek (1914); The House of the Lost Court (1915); The Impersonator (1914); The Isle of Love (1916); The Jam Closet (1912); The Kid from the Klondike (1911); The Lady in Furs (1925); The Lash of Destiny (1916); The Last of the Hargroves (1914); The Little Girl Next Door (1912); The Long and Short of It (1913); The Magistrate's Story (1915); The Man in the Street (1914); The Manicure Girl (1913); The Mountaineers (1913); The Mystery of the Glass Tubes (1914); The Mystery of the Ladder of Light (1914); The Mystery of the Octagonal Room (1914); The Mystery of the Sealed Art Gallery (1914); The Mystery of the Silver Snare (1914); The Mystery of West Sedgwick (1913); The New Partner (1914); The Non-Commissioned Officer (1912); The Office Boy's Birthday (1913); The One Hundred Dollar Elopement (1913); The Peachbasket Hat (1909); The Phantom Thief (1915); The Ploughshare (1915); The President's Special (1914); The Shadow on the Blind (1912); The Shattered Tree (1914); The Silent Witness (1917); The Sketch with the Thumb Print (1912); The Star Spangled Banner (1911); The Stenographer (1914); The Stolen Models (1913); The Stranger and the Taxicab (1912); The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of (1914); The Summer Girl (1911); The Temptation of Carlton Earle (1923); The Title Cure (1913); The Translation of a Savage (1913); The Twin Brothers (1913); The Uncanny Mr. Gumble (1914); The Usurer's Grip (1912); The Usurper (1919); The Vanishing Cracksman (1913); The Wife Whom God Forgot (1920); The Witness to the Will (1914); The Workman's Lesson (1912); Through Turbulent Waters (1915); To Him That Hath (1918); Under False Colors (1912); United in Danger (1914); Verborgene Gluten (1925); Very Much Engaged (1912); Was She Guilty? (1922); What Could She Do (1914); When the Cartridges Failed (1914); Winnie's Dance (1912); Winsome Winnie's Way (1913).


Born on this day – Glenda Farrell:

 

Glenda Farrell


Actress

June 30, 1904 – May 1, 1971