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This listing is not rated yet.   Rate it!  |  Report it! HealthCare Fine Art http://www.healthcarefineart.com How to best use art in hospitals and clinics. What is the “state of the art”, what are problems to be avoided, what is the most cost effective way to get the job done? What is all this talk about “evidence-based design”? Category: Blog Directory » Arts Blogs » Design » Interior Hits: 2 Date added: 2007-11-27 00:33:25 Alexa traffic rank: 4,861,001

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Butterfly Scales
Tiger Swallowtail Wing - Detail showing the Scales On my walk this morning I saw a dead butterfly along our gravel road. I carefully picked it up and carried it to our dining room table to photograph it. For decades I have been trying to photograph the tiny iridescent scales that cover the... Read more...
Published 23 hours ago

Oregon Hospital Spends $1.5 Million on Art
Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Oregon American Art Resources helped with the art selection for a new 1.2 million-square-foot, eight-story medical center in Oregon. The hospital, which is a Pebble Project, was designed by Anshen + Allen. It just opened to the public this week. The... Read more...
Published 2 days ago

Poll: Is Abstract Art Ever Appropriate?
One of the more controversial issues in selecting art for healthcare is the issue of selecting Abstract Art. This was covered in a previous post. But I want to know what you think. Please take a second to complete this poll. Opinion Polls & Market Research Read more...
Published 3 days ago

American Art Resources Tour
Front  Entrance - American Art Resources This week I was lucky enough to tour American Art Resources in Houston. They are the largest company providing art for HealthCare in North America. Key impression: This is a powerful way to deliver Art for Healthcare. Observations: They are a... Read more...
Published 3 days ago

Wrong Way to Build a Medical Complex
Aerial Shot of the Texas Medical Center The Texas Medical Center: An Experiment that did not work. Yesterday I had a chance to experience the most dense concentration HealthCare services in the world; the Texas Medical Center. The experience was NOT good; sort of a futuristic dystopia. The... Read more...
Published 4 days ago

Why So Many Glass Walls?
Interior Glass Wall by Skyline Design In the May 2008 issue of Contract magazine I was surprised to see that each of their 8-featured Design Projects had interior glass walls. To find out more I contacted Charlie Rizzo, the owner of Skyine Design. Is it true that there is an increasing trend... Read more...
Published 5 days ago

Why show Video Art if no one looks at it?
The Crossing by Bill Viola, Video-Sound Installation, 1996To see the video, click here. I was exploring the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston yesterday and observed that no one was looking at the video installations. If they popped their head inside the darkened viewing room they rarely stayed... Read more...
Published 6 days ago

French Landscapes - Paintings and Photographs from the 19th Century
Flock of Sheep at the Edge of the Field by Charles Émile Jacque, 1856, Oil on canvas I'm spending a few days in Houston this week. My first stop was at the Museum of Fine Arts to see "In the Forest of Fontainebleau: Painters and Photographers from Corot to Monet". The show just opened today and... Read more...
Published 7 days ago

Baby Wood Ducks!
Male Wood Duck. Photograph by E.J. Peiker An explosion of wings startled me as I crossed the spillway of our lake this morning. Baby Wood Ducks! They must have just fledged this morning. This is the first time in my life that I have seen this. They moved so fast I couldn't count them, but I... Read more...
Published a week ago

Nature favors Disorder
Forester Jamie Coe at work Living in the middle of a square-mile of wilderness frequently gives me reminders that nature favors messiness.  We try to impose a certain amount of order, but nature resists. For example, we have several miles of trails here at the Prairie Garden Trust.  The... Read more...
Published a week ago