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By Jann Alexander on October 27, 2013 • ( 16 Comments )

Looking for a Lost Horizon

Visit a place where the sky meets the horizon in Maine.

By Jann Alexander on October 25, 2013 • ( 6 Comments )

Expressing Yourself Is Always a Work in Progress

It’s often hard for a painter to know when to quit. I’m facing that question today, with the painting I began yesterday. Is it finished? Is there something more to add? […]

By Jann Alexander on October 22, 2013 • ( 6 Comments )

A Restorative Walk in the Woods

“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.“ —JOHN MUIR, 1938 The power of the woods to restore: I found Cedar Creek in Petit Jean State Park, […]

By Jann Alexander on October 16, 2013 • ( 1 Comment )

Close Encounters of the Austin Kind

In 2004, there was architectural eye candy everywhere you looked in Austin.

By Jann Alexander on October 14, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Where the Elite Eat in Waco

What could be tastier on Mondays than 2 for 1 Burgers at The Elite Cafe in Waco, Texas? Serving an elite road food clientele, including Private Elvis Presley, along the Waco Circle since 1941.

By Jann Alexander on October 11, 2013 • ( 8 Comments )

It Was Beautiful That Afternoon

A summer cycling trip through Idaho, approaching the Grand Tetons, led to a beautiful afternoon, and later became inspiration for a painting.

By Jann Alexander on October 11, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

A Retro Transition From Movies to Books into History

When Austin’s Americana Theatre held its gala opening in 1965 with a premiere of The Rounders, starring Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda as aging cowboys, its builder pitched his single-screen theater […]

By Jann Alexander on October 3, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Reflections on Making a Mark

.    .    . There’s a complex explanation in physics for reflection. Reflection is defined as “the change in direction of a wavefront at an interface between two different media so that the wavefront returns […]

By Jann Alexander on September 18, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Singing the Moody Blues for Antone’s

Antone’s, the club whose name is perhaps most synonymous with The Live Music Capital of the World moniker that Austin carries, is up for sale. Though its soul left the club […]

By Jann Alexander on September 17, 2013 • ( 2 Comments )

How Does Art Connect Us?

Oh, the stories we can tell, when we have a connection with our art.

By Jann Alexander on September 13, 2013 • ( 1 Comment )

Overcome by Tall Towers and Big Cranes

We’d honestly like to see more of the Tiniest Bar in Texas. It’s just that these days, cranes and other towering structures are rapidly closing in on it. Makes it kinda […]

By Jann Alexander on September 11, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Walk Back to Weird at Wiggy’s

Walk or Don’t Walk, it’s up to you at Wiggy’s I have long been fascinated by juxtapositions. In fact I’ve tried to build my entire Vanishing Austin photography series around […]

By Jann Alexander on September 11, 2013 • ( 14 Comments )

What’s the Big Deal About Creativity?

Creativity comes with practice–daily. It’s easy to join the club, but it takes effort to stay in the game.

By Jann Alexander on September 6, 2013 • ( 4 Comments )

Weird Is A Typical Austin Day

A woman you meet at a gallery opening has loved a real cowboy, and had a varied career as a founding designer for Texas Monthly, as an LA Times art […]

By Jann Alexander on September 5, 2013 • ( 6 Comments )

Raise a Glass to Pressgram: An App That Plays Nicely With Cava and Creative Control

Thanks to a new iPhone app by John Saddington called Pressgram, creatives are able to publish their own images directly to their blogs and — here’s the big concept — […]

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Pairings are quite common in life: wine and cheese, football and beer, man and woman. Some pairings are less obvious. Pairings is a blog about pairing art with everything else at AustinDetails.me, where art meets tech with pictures and words.

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Aim, frame, click. Read, write, repeat. Always looking at the details. Pondering where art meets tech. Find Photography, Writing, Art, Design and Words here about pairing art with what goes with it (everything).

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