I installed Artwork by Natasha Bacca at Naked Winery in Hood River, OR. It will be on exhibit until December 5, 2014. Special offers on my wine series through December include: 50% off all prints to newsletter subscribers. Subscribe here. 25% off all originals to Naked Winery members. Join here. Memento Mori is being installed in two locations in Portland, OR this week. The first will be in Apas House Bed & Breakfast, and the second will be in the lobby of The Arthur PDX downtown. Stay in touch on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram to see these installations as they progress. Shortly after ordering my new iPhone 6, I ordered my new case with one of my new galactic pieces on it. Get your iPhone case with Artwork by Natasha Bacca on it here. "People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us." Iris Murdoch I love this quote, and I think it is so true! Enjoy flowers year round with the newsletter subscriber discount. Shop for artworks in my floral series here. Garden Delight unique chromogenic photogram flowers + light + love on photographic paper 22" x 18" I donated this piece of Artwork by Natasha Bacca to Arts Central's Black and White Gala. Read about the piece I donated last year here. New Collector Passing Landscape 1, Passing Landscape 4, Passing Landscape 15 40" x 40" aluminum prints Installed University of Oregon in Eugene, OR purchased the above three Artworks by Natasha Bacca. They are installed in a student housing site. I graduated from University of Oregon, so it's very exciting to have artwork there for current and future students years later! Giveaway Winner Jody Tuttle selected a 20" x 16" print of Garden Dance. See my Facebook page to enter to win my artwork every month! September Blog Posts
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When using "Cheers" to title the artworks in my wine series I use it as, "A blessing. To wish some one good cheer and happiness." "Cheers" is an expression, often used as a greeting or toast. It is a ritual in which a drink is taken as an expression of goodwill. While often involving alcoholic beverages, especially champagne and wine, toasting is not limited to alcohol and as a custom it can involve celebration or ceremony with any beverage. The origins of toasting date back to 1640, and the first known use of 'cheers' was in 1919 (according to Merriam-Webster dictionary). Various stories claim the custom of touching glasses is related to concerns of poisoning. Clinking glasses together causes each drink to spill over into the other thereby discouraging one from poisoning another for fear of mixing beverages. Offering a toast was therefore a gesture of good faith. However, no verification of this has been found. The International Handbook on Alcohol and Culture says toasting "is probably a secular vestige of ancient sacrificial libations in which a sacred liquid was offered to the gods: blood or wine in exchange for a wish, a prayer summarized in the words 'long life!' or 'to your health!'" The term "toast" comes from the ancient practice of dropping a piece of burnt bread into wine. One of the first written accounts of it was in Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor when Falstaff demands, “Go fetch me a quart of sack; put a toast in’t.” (He is asking for a large quantity of wine with toast in it.) Toast was put in lower quality wine to temper it. The charcoal soaked up some of the acidity making the wine more palatable. Drinking joined in celebration spans time and connects cultures. While the physical and / or verbal ritual of a toast may vary - from elaborate and formal to simple and unceremonious - the intent of benevolence and fellowship is universal. Some new Cheers pieces I created earlier this week: |
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