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 Dean's latest ESSAY:
CERTAINTY AND OPINIONS
Few seem to know the difference between certainty and strongly held opinion. The difference is not one of logic, elegance of proofs, documentation, etc. Applicability of conclusions is a result of certainty. Certainty works. But certainty precedes workability.
Certainty is an ability to confront (be there comfortably with and aware of a great breadth of what is here and now and to be aware, in what is now, of what has been and will be, and to be aware, in what is here, of what is elsewhere. It is an unflinching awareness, broad, but neither dispersed nor fixed.
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Dean's Two
New Poems:
Two Poems About Windows
Naked Old Man Speed-Walks to Get
Kitchen Counter Between Him and Window
On days off I wake up as late as I can
and wander into the kitchen bare-assed naked.
There’s a big round window there,
and outside maybe neighbors
to be scandalized. We had
a tree in front of it. The tree got sick
of seeing me, got removed . . . read the rest of the poem
Looking Out, Looking In
Out the window, half a cloud,
a piece of tree, bits of gray—call it sky—
In the dusk little more dimension than
an old brown academic painting in bad lighting.
Any hint that somewhere half the sun sets
while a ghostly crescent of moon rises—any hint
is fugitive, impossible to distinguish from knowing
these things must be so.
. . . . Read the rest of both poems |
Blank Pages,
Dean's e-book, is now available for reading on
the web or for printing as an e-book
(PDF).
A Doll's Journey
 The Doll's Journey (a blank verse poem and story by Dean Blehert)
is now available as a "print-on-demand"
coloring book (40 Pages from lulu.com) and a colored work-in-progress,
using a Wacom Stylus, is on the web. Drawings through No. 19
(of 32 drawings) are in color.
Now you can listen
to Dean read his own poems — a new dimension!
Dean's Poem-a-day
for 2006 is on the web. (Prior years are also available.)
After 2006, he began
to blog them. (See Deanotations
for short poems and Dear
Reader for longer poems and essays.)
A new addition (more poems) to the collection of poetry on
Mental Health for Dummies
(or How Psychiatry is Destructive Only When Used As Directed)
by Dean Blehert is included on the Lots
of Poetry link.
Words & Pictures now hosts the
Federal Poet Website. The Federal Poets meet monthly,
usually on the 3rd Saturday at 2 pm at the West End Library
in Washington DC.
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Online
Gallery: check out my new artist's website.
Art Students
note:
 Essay on the Third
Dimension
Recommended Paint
Supply Lists
Classesscheduled for Winter-Spring 2012 in Reston and Herndon.
See class specifics
Recent and Coming Events
Pam Coulter Blehert
 January 2012 — Sunflowers #2 is on display in the bin gallery of the Art League at the Torpedo Factory.
 December 2011 — 3 new paintings of Richmond area are now displayed in the Chasen Gallery in Richmond, VA.
 November 2011 — sold new painting of Great Falls Autumn 24 x 36, oil. (just finished).
October 2011— McLean Project for the Arts Artfest:
I was one of 47 artists featured in this one day event.
In spite of the rain, I sold 2 paintings, VA Farm in Winter II, and Tourist in Red Shirt. Thanks to MPA and all the volunteers for their help.
 September 2011: Sunflower Bouquet was accepted in the Art League of Alexandria's monthly juried show and will be on display throughout the month.
August 2011: Five paintings were accepted into the annual Paint and Beyond show at the U.S. Geological Survey, on display during the whole of August. They are: Rock Creek in Winter, Suburban spring, Orange Trees, Great Falls 2006, and Lucketts Antiques.
July 2011: Icon:Lincoln and The Glance sold from the Art League of Alexandria bin gallery. Also, two small drawings done in the Open Drawing group in McLean Project for the Arts were on display in the Ramp Gallery: Nude Stretching and Fat Broad, and both sold!
 June 2011: Juried into the annual artReston show and received a Third Place for "Spring House, Nancy's Place."
 May 2011: Completed Mt Vernon Farm House as commission for a wedding present.
April 2011: On display at the Reston Community Center in Hunters Woods and received an Honorable Mention Award for "Adirondack Waterfall."
April 2011: Participated in "The Founders Show" sponsored by the League of Reston Artists at Lake Anne and received Honerable Mention for "Splash"
February 2011: The Art League of Alexandria holds their annual "Patron's Show" fundraiser. You can buy lottery tickets and have a chance of winning one of my fabulous paintings. Lottery tickets are only $ and my donated paintings are worth quite a bit more than that. You can preview the paintings here:
Deer, San Juan, 30x30 oil
River, West Montana, 24x36, oil
Fruit Bowl without White Pitcher, 14x18, oil
Green Bananas, 16x20, oil
Gravel Road, Fairystone Park, 20x16, oil
 January 2011: New still life "SL_with_Oranges" is accepted in the January Art League show at the Torpedo Factory, juror: Lee Newman.
Child and Nancy's Place, Reflection are accepted into the judged 17th annual ArtReston show and will be on display at the Rose Gallery, Reston Community Center from June 7 to July 6, 2010.
The exhibit was judged by Daniel Wise.
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