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How Wonderful To Be Alive!

by Darren on December 26, 2011 · 0 Comments · in Rabbit Trails

December 26, 2011 – 50° – Sunny and no snow – 4 to 6 inches of ice

No, that’s not me. It’s a speed skater checking the quality of the ice. Ultimately he decided that it was good enough to make it the 5 miles across Lake Minnetonka from Excelsior to Wayzata. The photo is a composite of 9 images, shot handheld, and blended together in Photoshop.

Below are some other shots of the day.

*The title of this post paraphrases Boris Pasternak (from Doctor Zhivago).

Darren R. Rousar studied privately with Richard Lack and attended Atelier LeSueur, both in Minnesota, as well as Studio Cecil-Graves in Florence, Italy. He was the assistant director and an instructor at Charles Cecil Studios in Florence, after which he became vice president of The Minnesota River School of Fine Art in Burnsville. He has been a professional artist for more than 20 years, focusing mainly on Christian themes. Darren is currently an art teacher, technology coordinator and the eLearning coordinator at Providence Academy in Plymouth, MN. He is the author of two books, Cast Drawing Using the Sight-Size Approach and Cast Painting Using the Sight-Size Approach. He also produced a companion DVD, Sight-Size and the Art of Seeing.

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The Day The Ball Fell

by Darren on January 27, 2011 · 0 Comments · in Rabbit Trails

On the top of Brunelleschi’s dome in Florence sits a lantern and on the very top of that rests an 8 foot diameter bronze ball. As Ross King quotes in his book, Brunelleschi’s Dome, “the commission for this bronze ball went to the sculptor Andrea del Verrocchio, in whose workshop there was at this time [...]

Lions Clubs Sight Programs

by Darren on November 15, 2010 · 0 Comments · in Rabbit Trails, Sight

It has been estimated that in America alone roughly 75% of adults need some form of vision correction. As we get past the age of 40 our close up vision begins to deteriorate, even for those who are near-sighted like myself. By the age of 80, more than half of us will develop cataracts. Monet [...]