Category Archives: Travel

The Atlanta Botanical Gardens – THE DRAGON Part Trois

I got a tremendous amount of email this past week asking if I could show more photos of each installation and the detail of each piece.  Naturally I am happy to comply so we will still have to cover next … Continue reading

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Imaginary Worlds 2; Fire and Ice; Jon Gardella Workshop; The Queen of Soul

Lots to cover in the blog today. First there is the closing of my friend’s show Michael Dominick’s show.  I should have posted this a few weeks ago.  I have known Michael for a long time, we had the same … Continue reading

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Jon Gardella’s town in the Netherlands and his studio

Garnered, Netherlands I had to find where Jon was located, no small feat.  So if you look at the map, up at the top you will see a blue line north of Groningen which is the major town near where … Continue reading

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Outlander and Perspective

http://www.jleone.com     http://www.zazzle.com/J_leone_designs The Outlander TV Show and where they film it. I promised my nieces that when I was in Scotland, I would go to where Outlander is filmed and take photos of the Castle for them.  They … Continue reading

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Scotland Part Deux and the Flying Pigs make their Debut

The River Findhorn, Scotland: If you look at the top left photo very carefully, on the bottom left you will see that at the point I took this photo, the river makes a hard U.  If you goggle a map … Continue reading

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Gone to Scotland – Back from Scotland

Heavy Flames Rock Band http://www.maharajablues.com Maharaja Blues DA PLANE: So on the plane on the way over, my seat mate was the fabulous Jonathan Browning!  He plays in two bands, Heave Flames which is a rock band and Maharaja Blues … Continue reading

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Dale Chihuly at the Atlanta Botantical Gardens

http://www.jleone.com Remember, clicking on any photograph will open the photograph in a larger window. In 2004, Dale Chihuly did a set of installations for the Atlantic Botanical Garden.  Over the last 12 years, Chihuly has advanced his site specific glass … Continue reading

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Glass as an Art Form – The Corning Museum of Glass

On a beautiful autumn day in 2009, one of my college pals and I embarked on a road trip up to Lockport, NY, to see our other college pal open an exhibit of her work.  We took the scenic route … Continue reading

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http://www.jleone.com Great art website: PARIS.- The exhibition “Magritte: La trahison des images” offers a completely new approach to the work of the Belgian artist René Magritte. Featuring both well-known masterpieces and other less familiar works, all drawn from leading public … Continue reading

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NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS – GO FOR A WEEKEND!

J.Leone website:  www.jleone.com Main Street: The Visitor’s Center: Nacogdoches has two huge claims to fame:  The oldest Town in Texas and the Gateway.  The Gateway because as the early settlers headed west, Nacogdoches was the last town they passed through before … Continue reading

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