Mid-Morning Art Thread

Evening Calm, Concarneau, Opus 220 (Allegro Maestoso)
Paul Signac

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2026 09:30 AM (JA4sW)

2 Good morning good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 11, 2026 09:30 AM (LZxDN)

3 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2026 09:30 AM (d5Hep)

4 SAILING! Takes me away to where I'm going......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2026 09:30 AM (JA4sW)

5 Damn, sponge!

Posted by: RI Red at June 11, 2026 09:30 AM (OaHPZ)

6 Pointy art again

Posted by: gKWVE at June 11, 2026 09:31 AM (gKWVE)

7 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at June 11, 2026 09:31 AM (R11M+)

8 What is that suitcase doing in the right foreground?

Posted by: Tonypete at June 11, 2026 09:31 AM (LZxDN)

9 Lead boat is very excited to be first.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 11, 2026 09:31 AM (jehhT)

10 Art

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at June 11, 2026 09:31 AM (nIWYA)

11 More pointy stuff.

Posted by: RI Red at June 11, 2026 09:31 AM (OaHPZ)

12 Damn, sponge!
Posted by: RI Red at June 11, 2026 09:30 AM (OaHPZ)

You take the good with the bad.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2026 09:32 AM (JA4sW)

13 good thing that boulder has a handle.
helluva kettle bell.

Posted by: cmeat at June 11, 2026 09:32 AM (R11M+)

14 Needs a pop of color, I hope those ships are full of deportees.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 11, 2026 09:32 AM (0nHVk)

15 Pointillism seems like a whole lot of effort for no good reason.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 11, 2026 09:32 AM (Riz8t)

16 More dot matrix painting.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2026 09:32 AM (JA4sW)

17 Ick, more Frenchie pointilist stuff. No thank you.

Posted by: Bulg at June 11, 2026 09:33 AM (77rzZ)

18 That's a lot of little boats.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at June 11, 2026 09:33 AM (dyqS5)

19 Meh....

Posted by: It's me donna at June 11, 2026 09:33 AM (FtULh)

20 Does one need to be a bit autistic to paint with all those dots?

Posted by: RI Red at June 11, 2026 09:34 AM (OaHPZ)

21 More from paintings.com.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 11, 2026 09:34 AM (g8Ew8)

22 When ya gotta regatta!

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 11, 2026 09:34 AM (wVcYX)

23 looks like a meandering statuesque individual wandering about.
might be a buoy, doubt it's a gull.

Posted by: cmeat at June 11, 2026 09:34 AM (R11M+)

24 The boats were rounding a cape made up of points

Posted by: Rex B at June 11, 2026 09:35 AM (rgnea)

25 Lovely!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 11, 2026 09:35 AM (X8xt3)

26 Painting: pleasant colors, possibly low joke potential, but we shall see.

Posted by: gp at June 11, 2026 09:35 AM (Jr5Lq)

27 Is it French Week?

Posted by: Delurker at June 11, 2026 09:35 AM (gtcuf)

28 That's a lot of little boats.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at June 11, 2026 09:33 AM (dyqS5)

Hard to find the men in them.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 11, 2026 09:35 AM (g8Ew8)

29 I don't get the point about this painting and yesterday's painting as well.

Posted by: dantesed at June 11, 2026 09:36 AM (Oy/m2)

30 dot boats by the boat docks

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 11, 2026 09:36 AM (w/O5Q)

31 Would be better with less foreground. That awful yellow-green color ruins the rest.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 11, 2026 09:37 AM (wVcYX)

32 That's not a suitcase handle in the foreground, it's the viewport cover for the sniper's lair flipped open.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 11, 2026 09:37 AM (0sNs1)

33 Don't even start with the boat puns or I'll keel you.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 11, 2026 09:37 AM (J4Dwc)

34 Lead boat is trying to fly!

Posted by: Delurker at June 11, 2026 09:37 AM (gtcuf)

35 30 yes. yes, she does.

Posted by: cmeat at June 11, 2026 09:37 AM (R11M+)

36 Willowed from Morning Report-

42 To millions of Americans a knife is a tool. I have a Kershaw 2" folding knife in my pocket. Yesterday I cut cardboard boxes, trimmed wire insulation, scraped rust off a trailer frame, and opened the mail. It needs sharpening, A knife was NEVER a tool to Anthony, but always a weapon, and he proved it was a deadly weapon.
Posted by: Eromero at June 11, 2026 09:23 AM (LHPAg)

Posted by: Eromero at June 11, 2026 09:38 AM (LHPAg)

37 Don't even start with the boat puns or I'll keel you.
Posted by: one hour sober

I've heard that line before. But, nevertheless, I bow to you.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 11, 2026 09:38 AM (LZxDN)

38 Very free... and easy

Posted by: Bourbon and Cigar at June 11, 2026 09:38 AM (7osnN)

39 speaking of boats on the water...we're heading to the top of Toledo Bend for an east Texas family reunion

Posted by: DanMan at June 11, 2026 09:38 AM (8uzBS)

40 I'm mizzen the point about the boat puns.

Posted by: dantesed at June 11, 2026 09:39 AM (Oy/m2)

41 I'm mizzen the point about the boat puns.
Posted by: dantesed

He said sternly.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 11, 2026 09:39 AM (LZxDN)

42 Boat puns are boaring.

Posted by: Delurker at June 11, 2026 09:39 AM (gtcuf)

43
Watching the Tide Roll Away - a limerick

A cowboy physician named Jock
Has a ranch where he keeps all his stock
He has horses for rent
And it's money well-spent
Now I'm sitting on the bay of the Doc

Posted by: muldoon at June 11, 2026 09:39 AM (qgHp7)

44 Anybody need a yacht girl for the regatta?

Posted by: Meghan Markle at June 11, 2026 09:39 AM (wVcYX)

45 speaking of boats on the water...we're heading to the top of Toledo Bend for an east Texas family reunion
Posted by: DanMan at June 11, 2026 09:38 AM (8uzBS)

I went fishing at Toledo Bend a couple years ago. Not a bad lake.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2026 09:39 AM (JA4sW)

46 Looks like pointalism is on the menu this week boys.

Again, this is a style that I love, and marvel how it can be executed at such a high level.

I assume they block in with solid colors and then go to town with the points.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 11, 2026 09:40 AM (XV/Pl)

47 Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 11, 2026 09:37 AM (0sNs1)

You are becoming unmoored from reality!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 11, 2026 09:40 AM (iERP6)

48 I’m gonna give you all a stern warning about boat puns.

Posted by: Bulg at June 11, 2026 09:41 AM (77rzZ)

49 Booooats on the water. Dun Dun Da, Dun Dun Dah-Dah.

Posted by: Delurker at June 11, 2026 09:41 AM (gtcuf)

50 Would be better with less foreground. That awful yellow-green color ruins the rest.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 11, 2026 09:37 AM

I have a suggestion that could improve it.

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at June 11, 2026 09:41 AM (0sNs1)

51 What the helm is the matter with people who make boat puns?

Posted by: Bulg at June 11, 2026 09:42 AM (77rzZ)

52 It's boaty.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 11, 2026 09:42 AM (Kt19C)

53 39 speaking of boats on the water...we're heading to the top of Toledo Bend for an east Texas family reunion
Posted by: DanMan at June 11, 2026 09:38 AM (8uzBS)
Perilously close to Fort Polk.

Posted by: Eromero at June 11, 2026 09:43 AM (LHPAg)

54 cousins have been fishing since Tuesday while converge, massive fish fry on Saturday

we started this in '69 when the reservoir was still filling up

Posted by: DanMan at June 11, 2026 09:43 AM (8uzBS)

55 That lead boat seems to want uppies.

Or a hug.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 11, 2026 09:44 AM (Wnv9h)

56 The boobies all got pixilated out.

Pointillism simply does not "work" for this subject matter.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 11, 2026 09:44 AM (1z8ji)

57 It's boaty.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 11, 2026 09:42 AM

Excuse me, sir, that is Mr. McBoatface, thank you very much.

Posted by: Mr. Boaty McBoatface at June 11, 2026 09:45 AM (Wnv9h)

58 Tall boat gots whiskers.

Posted by: Eromero at June 11, 2026 09:46 AM (LHPAg)

59 The front bpat looks like it has 2 stick arms

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 11, 2026 09:46 AM (fE6HJ)

60 58 those are the giant gull's wings. hoo buoy.

Posted by: cmeat at June 11, 2026 09:47 AM (R11M+)

61 Now I'm sitting on the bay of the Doc
Posted by: muldoon at June 11, 2026 09:39 AM (qgHp7)

Excellent!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 11, 2026 09:47 AM (1z8ji)

62 You are becoming unmoored from reality!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 11, 2026 09:40 AM

Au contraire, I stand athwart the Smart Military Blog zeitgeist of the Art Thread.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 11, 2026 09:47 AM (0sNs1)

63 "The boobies all got pixilated out"

Posted by AOP

Points all her own
Sitting way up high?

Posted by: Bob Seger at June 11, 2026 09:47 AM (rgnea)

64 And one from the archives:

The Love Boat - a limerick

While crossing the harbor in my dory
I saw a seabird in all of its glory
It swerved around my boat
And ran into a signal float
It was a classic "buoy meets gull" story.

Posted by: muldoon at June 11, 2026 09:47 AM (qgHp7)

65 Perilously close to Fort Polk.
Posted by: Eromero at June 11, 2026 09:43 AM (LHPAg)

That name sounds familiar. I learned some arts there. (OT,OT!)

Posted by: RI Red at June 11, 2026 09:48 AM (UxbHU)

66 Really love another of his paintings, "Capo di Noli". It's on his Wikipedia page. Very colorful. Kind of reminds me of a Japanese wood block print.

Posted by: Tuna at June 11, 2026 09:48 AM (lJ0H4)

67 I knew Texas was BIG when I drove from LA to Dallas… entered Texas from Las Cruces, NM and shortly thereafter saw a sign that said it was 850 miles to Beaumont… all in Texas!!

+++

Linus, Had the same experience from the other side. Drove from just north of Chattanooga down to I-10 and realized when I saw the sign, that was the distance I just drove the last 11 hours, all in front of me in this one state.

Posted by: Smellslikevictory at June 11, 2026 09:48 AM (jPdyB)

68 Anybody need a yacht girl for the regatta?
Posted by: Meghan Markle at June 11, 2026 09:39 AM (wVcYX)

How about Jasmine Ratchet on your yachet?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 11, 2026 09:49 AM (1z8ji)

69 Perilously close to Fort Polk.
Posted by: Eromero at June 11, 2026 09:43 AM (LHPAg)

That name sounds familiar. I learned some arts there. (OT,OT!)
Posted by: RI Red at June 11, 2026 09:48 AM

First guy to mention Ft. Polk again gets two weeks in the box.

IYKYK.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 11, 2026 09:50 AM (kgE5c)

70 Opus 220 / Opus 221 - whatever it takes

Posted by: Doof at June 11, 2026 09:50 AM (Qqh23)

71 First guy to mention Ft. Polk again gets two weeks in the box.

IYKYK.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 11, 2026 09:50 AM

Pfffft.

Posted by: Ft. Leonard Wood at June 11, 2026 09:51 AM (0sNs1)

72 Just imside NM from TX:
Los Angeles 1007 miles. Depressing sign

Posted by: Dark L at June 11, 2026 09:51 AM (W5mpo)

73 PS you can see 5 Southern states in one day, you just can't stop to do anything but pee.

Posted by: Smellslikevictory at June 11, 2026 09:51 AM (jPdyB)

74
CBD seems to be on a pointillism kick recently?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2026 09:51 AM (x0n13)

75 Posted by: Ft. Leonard Wood at June 11, 2026 09:51 AM

Your point is valid.

Posted by: Mr. Boaty McBoatface at June 11, 2026 09:52 AM (Wnv9h)

76 It's dot-art week!

Posted by: Halfhand at June 11, 2026 09:52 AM (HjaZ4)

77 Damn it! Off, meme sock!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 11, 2026 09:52 AM (Wnv9h)

78 42 Boat puns are boaring.

Oar are they?

Posted by: Hook and loop at June 11, 2026 09:53 AM (HcoTw)

79 Boat drinks!

Posted by: Zombie Jimmy Buffett at June 11, 2026 09:54 AM (wVcYX)

80 I hope we don't get anchored with boat puns.

Posted by: dantesed at June 11, 2026 09:54 AM (Oy/m2)

81 >> First guy to mention Ft. Polk again gets two weeks in the box.

Fort Johnson, er Fort Polk JRTC *two thumbs up*

Posted by: Marcus T at June 11, 2026 09:54 AM (oLKcp)

82 72 Just imside NM from TX:
Los Angeles 1007 miles. Depressing sign
Posted by: Dark L at June 11, 2026 09:51 AM (W5mpo)

Depressing? I'll give you depressing!

Los Angeles City Limits sign

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2026 09:54 AM (x0n13)

83 I'd rudder have boat puns than fish puns

Posted by: Halfhand at June 11, 2026 09:55 AM (HjaZ4)

84 Boat drinks!
Posted by: Zombie Jimmy Buffett at June 11, 2026 09:54 AM (wVcYX)

On a crystal ship!

Posted by: Zombie Jim Morrison at June 11, 2026 09:55 AM (Qqh23)

85 " I hope we don't get anchored with boat puns."

If so, I'll just wave goodbye.

Posted by: Tuna at June 11, 2026 09:56 AM (lJ0H4)

86 79 Boat drinks!
Posted by: Zombie Jimmy Buffett at June 11, 2026 09:54 AM (wVcYX)

Say what?

- - Ted Lange

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2026 09:56 AM (x0n13)

87 I'd rudder have boat puns than fish puns
Posted by: Halfhand at June 11, 2026 09:55 AM

Why choose?

Posted by: Sailfish at June 11, 2026 09:56 AM (0sNs1)

88 That mid-'70s "99 Miles from LA" song... now that's depressingly dreary.

Posted by: Rex B at June 11, 2026 09:57 AM (rgnea)

89 84 Boat drinks!
Posted by: Zombie Jimmy Buffett at June 11, 2026 09:54 AM (wVcYX)

On a crystal ship!
Posted by: Zombie Jim Morrison at June 11, 2026 09:55 AM (Qqh23)

"We got 80 feet of waterline nicely making way...and the Southern Cross"

- - CSN

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2026 09:57 AM (x0n13)

90 Damn it! Off, meme sock!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

**********

We've all ben there RNBS.

Let the commenter who has never left a Boaty McBoatface sock on cast the first stone.

Posted by: muldoon at June 11, 2026 09:57 AM (qgHp7)

91 I hate boat puns. Capstan ‘em.

Posted by: Bulg at June 11, 2026 09:59 AM (77rzZ)

92 88 That mid-'70s "99 Miles from LA" song... now that's depressingly dreary.
Posted by: Rex B at June 11, 2026 09:57 AM (rgnea)

Art Garfunkel. I have that on a mix about an impossible love affair I had with a lady many many years ago. Segued into the theme from Chinatown and then Louis Armstrong "All the Time In the World"

suddenly getting emotional

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2026 09:59 AM (x0n13)

93 meh

Posted by: Otto Penn at June 11, 2026 09:59 AM (sJHOI)

94 I hate boat puns. Capstan ‘em

I'd take a different tack but it might sail over everyone's head

Posted by: Halfhand at June 11, 2026 09:59 AM (HjaZ4)

95 That lead boat is headed for a grounding. The Captain needs an anchor management course.

Posted by: muldoon at June 11, 2026 10:00 AM (qgHp7)

96 CBD seems to be on a pointillism kick recently?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2026 09:51 AM (x0n13)

Just dotting the I and crossing the T.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 11, 2026 10:00 AM (iERP6)

97 The Captain needs an anchor management course.
Posted by: muldoon at June 11, 2026 10:00 AM

*golf clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 11, 2026 10:01 AM (Wnv9h)

98 96 Just dotting the I and crossing the T.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 11, 2026 10:00 AM (iERP6)

funny. A Navy term!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2026 10:01 AM (x0n13)

99 Paul Signac's Bonaventure Pine in the Houston Museum of Fine Art is spectacular but otherwise don't like pointillism.

Posted by: polynikes at June 11, 2026 10:02 AM (GseMx)

100 I love theme weeks on the Art Thread. Lets us reuse all the jokes and puns that nobody laughed at yesterday.

Nobody flogs a dead horse like the Horde.

Posted by: muldoon at June 11, 2026 10:02 AM (qgHp7)

101 99 Paul Signac's Bonaventure Pine in the Houston Museum of Fine Art is spectacular but otherwise don't like pointillism.
Posted by: polynikes at June 11, 2026 10:02 AM (GseMx)

Too bad Seurat's huge masterpiece is in NYC at the Met.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2026 10:03 AM (x0n13)

102 Linus, Had the same experience from the other side. Drove from just north of Chattanooga down to I-10 and realized when I saw the sign, that was the distance I just drove the last 11 hours, all in front of me in this one state.

El Paso is closer to Santa Monica than Beaumont. Texas is *big*.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 11, 2026 10:04 AM (2ocoG)

103 Finally, past 100. Time to talk about boobs.

Posted by: Bulg at June 11, 2026 10:04 AM (77rzZ)

104 Duel "Fish on"

Posted by: DaveA at June 11, 2026 10:05 AM (FhXTo)

105 Alternate Title:

"A Crowd of Sailors Gathers to Point and Laugh at Paul Signac's Little Dinghy"

Posted by: muldoon at June 11, 2026 10:05 AM (qgHp7)

106 104 Duel "Fish on"
Posted by: DaveA at June 11, 2026 10:05 AM (FhXTo)

Python's fish slap dance...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2026 10:05 AM (x0n13)

107 El Paso is closer to Santa Monica than Beaumont. Texas is *big*.

********

The sun has riz, the sun has set, and here I is, in Texas yet.

The sun has set, the sun has riz and here I still in Texas is.

Posted by: muldoon at June 11, 2026 10:08 AM (qgHp7)

108 I guess they didn't ever expect to get caught. And please don't start with "nothing will happen". Things ARE happening.

ActBlue just PLED THE 5TH and REFUSED to answer about getting foreign donations infiltrating US politics on behalf of Democrats

She wouldn't even refute getting RUSSIAN money!

https://tinyurl.com/4k8ysr46

Posted by: Archimedes at June 11, 2026 10:08 AM (Riz8t)

109 90 thanks 'doon, now i finally know what the hell that means. guilty of it, have commented on the phenomenon but remained cornfused as to the actual reference.

Posted by: cmeat at June 11, 2026 10:08 AM (R11M+)

110 Too bad Seurat's huge masterpiece is in NYC at the Met.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2026 10:03 AM (x0n13)

Yes the size ( about 3ft by 4ft IIRC) makes it a painting that you just don't look at for a minute and move on. The work it took is spectacular on its own.

Posted by: polynikes at June 11, 2026 10:09 AM (GseMx)

111 mr. nowak was so detached he was dagger board.
(to soon?)

Posted by: cmeat at June 11, 2026 10:10 AM (R11M+)

112 Nobody flogs a dead horse like the Horde.

I'll make that bitch drink!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 11, 2026 10:10 AM (Kt19C)

113 A Hawaiian judge has cancelled the UFC fight in DC because it would make a hard left Korean War veteran (so, I guess he fought for North Korea?) cry. I had no idea that was a legal doctrine.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 11, 2026 10:10 AM (2ocoG)

114 Signac was a friend of Paul Seurat.

It's a lovely picture.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 11, 2026 10:12 AM (XvETL)

115
*sings*

Oh you slipped away from the harbour side
In the morning bright and clear
And your sails were filled with the rising wind
And you laughed for all to hear
But you never glanced at the ragged dance
Of your lovers on the quay
Don't call on them when the winds rise high
On the dark and the rolling sea

https://tinyurl.com/227ww2f6

Posted by: Pre-Zombie Al Stewart at June 11, 2026 10:12 AM (iJfKG)

116 106 "it's spelled yacht but..."

Posted by: cmeat at June 11, 2026 10:12 AM (R11M+)

117 It's dot-art week!

Posted by: Halfhand at June 11, 2026 09:52 AM (HjaZ4)

Dots are for pussies.

Posted by: ... at June 11, 2026 10:13 AM (5QtDN)

118 Nobody flogs a dead horse like the Horde.

I'll make that bitch drink!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 11, 2026 10:10 AM (Kt19C

Be sure to have extra supply of fresh water if you're sailing thru the horse latitudes.

Posted by: Rex B at June 11, 2026 10:13 AM (rgnea)

119 The Captain needs an anchor management course.

**********

Or at least a latitude adjustment...

Posted by: muldoon at June 11, 2026 10:17 AM (qgHp7)

120 image of a push start to finish off the week!

Posted by: cmeat at June 11, 2026 10:18 AM (R11M+)

121 Or at least a latitude adjustment...
Posted by: muldoon at June 11, 2026 10:17 AM

One latitude adjustment, Garmin right up!

- The Navigator

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 11, 2026 10:19 AM (Wnv9h)

122 Evening Calm, Concarneau, Opus 220 (Allegro Maestoso), 1891
Paul Signac

The Musical Connection: Signac was fascinated by the analogies between art and music. He painted five related images of fishing boats in the Brittany town of Concarneau, assigning each a musical tempo as a subtitle.
This piece is titled Allegro Maestoso (meaning "quick, lively, and majestic").

Technique: Following Georges Seurat's rigorous color theory, Signac used the pointillist method. He applied unmixed, precise strokes and dots of color separately onto the canvas, allowing the viewer's eyes to optically blend the brilliant hues into a radiant glow.

Visual Theme: The painting depicts the serene, flat waters of the Concarneau harbor. It is known for its luminous, pastel-toned sky and the subtle interplay of oranges, blues, yellows, and purples reflecting off the water.

I like the 'personality' of yesterday's painting a great deal, but this painting is very nice - and part of such a unique theme for fishing boats - and I would certainly consider hanging it.

Thanks

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 11, 2026 10:19 AM (NFX2v)

123 Just imside NM from TX:
Los Angeles 1007 miles. Depressing sign

Posted by: Dark L at June 11, 2026 09:51 AM (W5mpo)

Or, or, and hear me out, Exhilarating because-

Texas is at least a thousand miles away from the 2nd biggest communist poo pile in the country.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 11, 2026 10:20 AM (iJfKG)

124 Like yesterday's art, the Pointillism technique becomes another element of the image. Not just what is shown but how. In this case the intricate combinations of the dots of color help create the atmosphere of a light misty morning on the water. It's effective.

This makes me want to learn how the colors are chosen to create the effect desired. I assume it's not just trial and error.

Posted by: JTB at June 11, 2026 10:20 AM (yTvNw)

125 'This case was never about race. There's going to be those people now, just, you know, try to throw shade on the whole trial with the jury makeup and the speed of it and that sort of thing.

'I mean, those are the same people that said he was jumped by four people. He had, his phone was broken. You're going to spin whatever story to try to keep yourself afloat.'

He added: 'I'll even say this: I had a little bit of sorrow because I'm human. And that poor boy is fixing to experience a life that I would not wish upon anyone.'

~ Austin Metcalf's father on CBS

Uh-oh, he said "those people" and "boy."

Posted by: one hour sober at June 11, 2026 10:20 AM (J4Dwc)

126 too fuzzy. would not hang

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at June 11, 2026 10:22 AM (Kj/TP)

127 Why does Hawaii have an Interstate Road? They aren't connected to any state. But I'm kinda glad they are out in the middle of the ocean anyway. Idiot judges.

Posted by: Case at June 11, 2026 10:24 AM (+zXtV)

128 Brit Defense Secretary resigns over Starmer delaying the DIP report again.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 11, 2026 10:25 AM (5P5DO)

129 One of the many pleasures of retirement is being able to stay up late reading and wake up later than usual in the morning without feeling guilty. But it can make me late to the art thread. Fortunately, that first cup of coffee tastes just as good at ten AM as at seven.

Posted by: JTB at June 11, 2026 10:25 AM (yTvNw)

130
The thing that people want to walk around is that the murder Lil' Stabby committed was one hundred percent about race.

The trial was about a murder, with no racial component not brought by Lil' Stacy's fellow racists. It was about justice for a murder victim.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 11, 2026 10:25 AM (iJfKG)

131 With all due respect to Mr. Metcalf, I would have no sympathy at all for that POS feral kid. That monster deserves death.

Posted by: Bulg at June 11, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

132 39 speaking of boats on the water...
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youtube.com/watch?v=1PxIKAg9Vt8

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 11, 2026 10:26 AM (EQ+Vz)

133 This makes me want to learn how the colors are chosen to create the effect desired. I assume it's not just trial and error.
Posted by: JTB

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I would have thought that the artist would vary the spacing of the dots to create the shapes and depth of the objects, but the dots are actually fairly evenly spaced (to my eye at least) and the varying colors and light/dark contrast are used for defining the shapes.

Posted by: muldoon at June 11, 2026 10:26 AM (qgHp7)

134 He mailed this one in
No details

Posted by: Skip at June 11, 2026 10:27 AM (L32bK)

135 Nice colors. I find two small details terribly distracting; one are the antenna things coming out of the boat. I’m sure they have a name. The other is the metal mooring handle on a foreground rock (it must also have a special name). They just don’t seem to gel with the rest of the scenery.

Posted by: H at June 11, 2026 10:28 AM (w8ire)

136 Karmelo "Candy Bar" Anthony's various supporters are now going around and accosting random white people "on his behalf."

Not 'just' in TX. It's spreading.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 11, 2026 10:28 AM (jehhT)

137 Texas is at least a thousand miles away from the 2nd biggest communist poo pile in the country.

Posted by: naturalfake

Is Obama #1?

Posted by: Confused Moron at June 11, 2026 10:29 AM (JCZqz)

138 Very enjoyable. This one kind of glows warmly. The patience to get those reflections right is hard to imagine.

Posted by: t-bird at June 11, 2026 10:30 AM (AhCY4)

139 My favorite fishing boats painting is Van Gogh's Fishing Boats on the Beach.

Posted by: polynikes at June 11, 2026 10:36 AM (GseMx)

140 Uh-oh, he said "those people" and "boy."

Posted by: one hour sober at June 11, 2026 10:20 AM (J4Dwc)
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Yes, progs have normalized the shiny object form of critical reading.

Posted by: Axeman at June 11, 2026 10:37 AM (Fi81e)

141 The one thing I marvel at in those Waffle House fight videos is how many people are not putting hands on other people.

Because that's their cultural standard.

Posted by: Axeman at June 11, 2026 10:39 AM (Fi81e)

142 polynikes, the boats you have done are my favorites

Posted by: Ben Had at June 11, 2026 10:39 AM (5P5DO)

143 I learned that Pointillism is usually done with oil paints, at least the ones in museums. But the choice of the colors, often a bit richer than realism, makes me think of the intensity of soft pastels which are so vibrant.

I'm intrigued by the technique. Paul Signac's Wiki page includes a self portrait done in ink using the Pointillist technique. It is so subtle and detailed it looks like it could be a photo that has been pixilated, if that's the term, in Photoshop.

Posted by: JTB at June 11, 2026 10:40 AM (yTvNw)

144 Of course all those Carmelo thugs ignore the crime news reported everyday that show almost every murder being committed by a black person. It's been out of hand for awhile now.

Posted by: polynikes at June 11, 2026 10:41 AM (GseMx)

145 Gonna be a scorcher today - upper 80s. Ughly

Posted by: Dark L at June 11, 2026 10:42 AM (W5mpo)

146 Of course all those Carmelo thugs ignore the crime news reported everyday that show almost every murder being committed by a black person. It's been out of hand for awhile now.

Posted by: polynikes at June 11, 2026 10:41 AM (GseMx)
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Killing other people can be done without putting your hands on people. If you keep your hands on your weapon.

Posted by: Axeman at June 11, 2026 10:44 AM (Fi81e)

147 Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 11, 2026 10:28

So far nobody has done that to me, thank God. The only black person I saw yesterday except at the supermarket was someone arriving at about 6:00 for work at the care center of the adult community. I was taking a walk there . I think by her accent she was probably from Ghana or nearby . Since I thanked her for her work with people and told her that I hope she had a good day she was probably not going to accost me on behalf of Carmelo.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 11, 2026 10:44 AM (rZCVI)

148 Pentagon lockdown has been expanded. Half the building is fully locked down, every floor. The courtyard has also been secured.

Still haven't heard or felt anything.

One crazy person or one shooter would lock down one particular place. There are only so many things that can lock down half of the Pentagon from the grass to the sky.

X shows a ton of emergency vehicles here as well.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 11, 2026 10:44 AM (Kdi1r)

149 >>Karmelo "Candy Bar" Anthony's various supporters are now going around and accosting random white people "on his behalf."

Not 'just' in TX. It's spreading.

What's news?
Will there no be 2 people shoved onto the NYC subway tracks a day now, instead of one?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 11, 2026 10:45 AM (X8xt3)

150 polynikes, the boats you have done are my favorites
Posted by: Ben Had at June 11, 2026 10:39 AM (

Thanks 😊

Posted by: polynikes at June 11, 2026 10:46 AM (GseMx)

151 Washington Nearsider, thank you for the updates.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 11, 2026 10:46 AM (5P5DO)

152 Nice calm painting.
Would hang.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 11, 2026 10:48 AM (6V12Q)

153 I watched the movie “Caught Stealing” last night. Two thumbs up.Reminded me of Elmore Leonard fiction.

Posted by: Pudinhead at June 11, 2026 10:50 AM (fiBGB)

154 I said yesterday that I expected copycats of Karmelo. Yutes are now hitting white folks. As if it wasn't bad enough already

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 11, 2026 10:50 AM (6V12Q)

155 I said yesterday that I expected copycats of Karmelo. Yutes are now hitting white folks. As if it wasn't bad enough already

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 11, 2026 10:50 AM (6V12Q)

I'd suggest Karmelo is an extention of the knockout game. They've been doing that for YEARS.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 11, 2026 10:51 AM (Kdi1r)

156
He said 'slow down, I see spots
The boats in the picture look just like dots'

Posted by: Don Black at June 11, 2026 10:51 AM (ZxPkt)

157 48 Pentagon lockdown has been expanded. Half the building is fully locked down, every floor. The courtyard has also been secured.

Still haven't heard or felt anything.

One crazy person or one shooter would lock down one particular place. There are only so many things that can lock down half of the Pentagon from the grass to the sky.

X shows a ton of emergency vehicles here as well.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 11, 2026 10:44 AM (Kdi1r)

Rumor is there was a shooting or shooter at or near the facility...but that's from a really sketchy source online. None of the local news folks have picked the story up yet...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 11, 2026 10:51 AM (tOcjL)

158 They choose the weakest of the herd to attack. Don't be weak.

Posted by: polynikes at June 11, 2026 10:52 AM (GseMx)

159 This works.

Could use a mermaid up on the rocks.

But it works.

🙂

Posted by: mindful webworker - or a girl in a bikini at June 11, 2026 10:53 AM (dn9xm)

160 My situational awareness is at 100% at all times.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 11, 2026 10:53 AM (5P5DO)

161 X shows a ton of emergency vehicles here as well.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider:
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Link?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 11, 2026 10:53 AM (EQ+Vz)

162 Kharg Island: Trump's real target or diversion?

Posted by: WisRich at June 11, 2026 10:53 AM (G0vdT)

163 161 X shows a ton of emergency vehicles here as well.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider:
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Link?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 11, 2026 10:53 AM (EQ+Vz)

I looked and so far I can't find any mention of it....

Posted by: It's me donna at June 11, 2026 10:54 AM (FtULh)

164 Rumor is there was a shooting or shooter at or near the facility...but that's from a really sketchy source online. None of the local news folks have picked the story up yet...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 11, 2026 10:51 AM (tOcjL)

Here in the building, we're starting to hear chem/bio. Multiple people have said anthrax, but it's all rumor.

I don't actually KNOW anything yet.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 11, 2026 10:55 AM (Kdi1r)

165 Arlington VA Fire and EMS says HASMAT incident at Pentagon.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 11, 2026 10:56 AM (jehhT)

166 datatimes today had what little news there is. No specifics

Posted by: Ben Had at June 11, 2026 10:56 AM (5P5DO)

167 >>Karmelo "Candy Bar" Anthony's various supporters are now going around and accosting random white people "on his behalf."

Not 'just' in TX. It's spreading.

What's news?
Will there no be 2 people shoved onto the NYC subway tracks a day now, instead of one?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 11, 2026 10:45 AM (X8xt3)

On chuck Norris's behalf I say we hunt them with automatic weapons.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 11, 2026 10:56 AM (snZF9)

168 I looked and so far I can't find any mention of it....
Posted by: It's me donna
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I can't either.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 11, 2026 10:57 AM (EQ+Vz)

169 X shows a ton of emergency vehicles here as well.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider:
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Link?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 11, 2026 10:53 AM (EQ+Vz)

I don't have one - My boss's fiancee passed it to her. I'm just passing what I'm hearing.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 11, 2026 10:57 AM (Kdi1r)

170 Kharg Island: Trump's real target or diversion?
Posted by: WisRich at June 11, 2026 10:53 AM (G0vdT)

Yeah he said we're going to take it over. Don't know if you highlight your plans to the enemy but since he has me confused I'm sure Iran also doesn't have a clue .

Posted by: polynikes at June 11, 2026 10:58 AM (GseMx)

171 Tom Homan@HomanNews - 1h

Trump just made a MAJOR move — and it could change everything.

He’s adding the SAVE AMERICA ACT into a massive $350 BILLION Pentagon reconciliation package.

Reconciliation.

Which means?
Only a SIMPLE MAJORITY needed to pass. 🔥
“No games. No delays. No weak compromises.”
That’s the message.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 11, 2026 10:58 AM (EQ+Vz)

172 Maybe Arlington PD's twitter?

But I don't know.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 11, 2026 10:58 AM (Kdi1r)

173 Arlington Fire & EMS
ACFD units, including our Hazardous Materials Team, are currently operating at the Pentagon in support of PFPA’s Hazmat Team during a hazardous materials incident

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 11, 2026 10:58 AM (gDlxJ)

174 Arlington VA Fire and EMS says HASMAT incident at Pentagon.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 11, 2026 10:56 AM (jehhT)

I farted during a visit.

Posted by: Sittypants McNader at June 11, 2026 10:59 AM (5xuJ/)

175 Pentagon HAZMAT news

https://tinyurl.com/3a5av4yy

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 11, 2026 10:59 AM (jehhT)

176 Posted by: Lizzy at June 11, 2026 10:45 AM (X8xt3)

LOL Lizzy

Posted by: ... at June 11, 2026 10:59 AM (5QtDN)

177 Which means?
Only a SIMPLE MAJORITY needed to pass. 🔥
“No games. No delays. No weak compromises.”
That’s the message.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 11, 2026 10:58 AM (EQ+Vz)

Murkowski, Collins, McConnell and Tillis will be no's maybe even Paul

Posted by: It's me donna at June 11, 2026 10:59 AM (FtULh)

178 ACFD units, including our Hazardous Materials Team, are currently operating at the Pentagon in support of PFPA’s Hazmat Team during a hazardous materials incident
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 11, 2026 10:58 AM (gDlxJ)

I'd say Biden shit his pants again, but.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2026 10:59 AM (Zz0t1)

179 Carrying over a conversation from the ONT, it occurs to me ask for a reality check. Regarding Jasmine Crockett referring to Dr. Avelda King as 'child', I told Fen that it's not quite as bad as 'boy' but still clear-cut vicious condescension.

But I'm not actually in their culture. My understanding is that ADOS (as opposed to African immigrants) are hyper-sensitive to diminutives, addressing an adult like a child, because they associate it with slavery culture. But for all I know they go around calling each other 'child' all the time. They certainly have a double standard with the n-word, so it wouldn't be unprecedented.

What do you think?

Posted by: SciVo at June 11, 2026 10:59 AM (Sy6m/)

180 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 11, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)

181 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 11, 2026 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)

182 Pentagon lockdown has been expanded. Half the building is fully locked down, every floor. The courtyard has also been secured.
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Just a distraction from Epstein

Posted by: ... at June 11, 2026 11:01 AM (5QtDN)

183 I have a big old Canada Goose out in my yard, just standing there, looking around.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 11, 2026 11:01 AM (1z8ji)

184 Facebook
CBS Mornings
2h
“My son didn’t intend to hurt anyone”: The parents of Karmelo Anthony, the Texas teenager who was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the murder of a fellow high school athlete, Austin Metcalf, spoke about their son and the trial in an exclusive interview with CBS News. Anthony's attorneys have filed an intent to appeal.
Metcalf’s father called the sentencing bittersweet: “Austin will never walk through that door again.”
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So, seeking the 'Restorative Justice'?

Despite its national reputation for a strict, punitive "tough on crime" approach, Texas was actually one of the earliest states to implement state-backed restorative practices, driven largely by conservative efforts to lower recidivism, cut taxpayer costs, and support victims.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 11, 2026 11:01 AM (NFX2v)

185 171 Tom Homan@HomanNews - 1h

Trump just made a MAJOR move — and it could change everything.

He’s adding the SAVE AMERICA ACT into a massive $350 BILLION Pentagon reconciliation package.

Reconciliation.

Which means?
Only a SIMPLE MAJORITY needed to pass. 🔥
“No games. No delays. No weak compromises.”
That’s the message.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 11, 2026 10:58 AM (EQ+Vz)
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Parliamentarian: "Overruled!"

Thune: "Oh darn."

Posted by: WisRich at June 11, 2026 11:06 AM (G0vdT)

186 135 guessing the whip arms are for trailing a net or at the very least trolling some bait.
some modifier of mooring orcleat i'm sure is correct.

Posted by: cmeat at June 11, 2026 11:09 AM (R11M+)

187 108 I guess they didn't ever expect to get caught. And please don't start with "nothing will happen". Things ARE happening.

ActBlue just PLED THE 5TH and REFUSED to answer about getting foreign donations infiltrating US politics on behalf of Democrats

She wouldn't even refute getting RUSSIAN money!

https://tinyurl.com/4k8ysr46
Posted by: Archimedes

Magic mortgages injecting millions of dark money is one route they used. Remortgage an average property with millions wired in from whereever to the property owner who works for ActBlue, dispense all those millions to numerous individual accounts. Hans Wyss, the Wyoming Swiss citizen leftist sugar daddy is also up to his neck in shoveling millions to his ActBlue smurfing accounts. Declare his ass as persona non grata and kick him back to Switzerland with a permanent bar on reentry to the US.

Posted by: whig at June 11, 2026 11:19 AM (E4rtv)

188 Which means?
Only a SIMPLE MAJORITY needed to pass. 🔥
“No games. No delays. No weak compromises.”
That’s the message.
Posted by: Braenyard

Too many people underestimate Trump's tenacity here including House and Senate members. Remember the whole border wall issue in his first term, McConnell and Ryan just weren't going to close the border. Now, the wall is nearing completion, we have net population decrease due to illegals/etc. leaving, funding for kicking out a bunch more through 2029 regardless of who controls Congress, etc.

Iran would do well to remember this as well. Trump is willing to wheel and deal to get chunks of what he wants while giving some often temporary concessions but he will always come back to grab some more if he really wants something done. Same with renovating DC, he goes around, below, above, etc. obstacles.

Posted by: whig at June 11, 2026 11:23 AM (E4rtv)

189 179 american dark of skin?
jizbomb crotchitch called her elder a child. majority of cultures would consider that rude.

Posted by: cmeat at June 11, 2026 11:25 AM (R11M+)

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