San Francisco

Years ago, I had the opportunity to study music with Maestro Coradetti in San Francisco. This petite collection of favorite discoveries was created in honor of Maestro Golfredo Corradetti, a conductor who studied with Toscanini, Schoenberg and Strauss.   

http://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/25/obituaries/golfredo-corradetti-a-conductor-74.html

'Painted Ladies Over Lombard St.', 'Afternoon at the Wharf', 'Joy Luck Chinatown', 'Literati Landmark', 'Steps Ahead' and 'Pagoda in Tea Garden'.

Available as Fine Art travel photography prints, Gallery canvas wraps, paper products and wood photo blocks (home decor or office cubicle art). 

2011 © SERANTONI Designs. All rights reserved.

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In Memory of Thomas Kinkade

Of Kinkade’s passing, Lance Klass, Porterfield’s Fine Art Licensing says: "His work affected millions of lives, he is to be applauded and remembered for the way he brought light, beauty, safety and serenity, into so many lives. What a gift.”

Renowned and heavily licensed Thomas Kinkade, 'Painter of Light' passes unexpectedly on April 6, 2012. One of the most licensed and highly-collected artists of all time, with annual sales around the US$425 million mark. 


'Garden of Calla Lilies", photo credit: SERANTONI Designs ©/2012

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Featured on the Julie Marie Blog

April 2012 ~

"Hang one of Mary Serantoni's photographs in your home and you will be whisked away to another part of the world.  Mary captures the amazing beauty, colors, and details of each destination.  Her work can be found at Serantoni Designs http://www.etsy.com/shop/SerantoniDesigns.  I especially love this one because of the vibrant spring colors."  - http://www.juliemarieshop.blogspot.com/p/tuesdays-treasures.html

http://www.etsy.com/listing/72661893/its-a-beautiful-day-chicago-fine-art?ref=tre-2397099710-1

The Julie Marie Blog featured 'It's a Beautiful Day' from SERANTONI Designs in her Tuesday's Treasures section (Tuesday, April 10, 2012). We were honored to receive her note and post, but I was touched by her personal mission. This North Carolina designer has an Etsy Shop with a focus on creating a charity to assist women and families at the poverty level by empowering those with small business aspirations. Visit Julie's lovely dream to make the world a better place at http://www.etsy.com/shop/juliemarieshop?ref=pr_shop_more.

"Creating Art Strengthens the Immune System"

I was thrilled to hear fave cartoonist/author/educator Lynda Barry state in a recent interview, "Creating Art strengthens the immune system." As a former Art Therapy Volunteer at Chicago Rehabilitation Center and Music Therapy Volunteer at Banner Desert Medical Center (Pediatrics and Oncology), I immediately sent her an imaginary bouquet of 100 roses. Art can be the vehicle that allows us to witness little miracles in children to seniors.

A worthy mention for creatives and the open-minded can be discovered in Ivan Brunetti's 'Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice', a gem of a book praised by Barry:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0300170998/ref=rdr_ext_tmb.

Thanks to a share by artist Kate Harper, you can check out Barry's sparkling little interview with The Progressive:  http://progressive.org/lynda_barry_interview_audio.html. As a native Chicagoan, I followed Barry's work for years in The Reader. Her quirky rants, pathetic childhood musings, and observational humor can delight, annoy, and resonate at various symphonic levels. As a gifted cartoonist, writer, painter, illustrator. playwright, editor, commentator and educator -- Lynda Barry is not to be ignored.

Perfect Morning Wave
Available:
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'Sweet Home Chicago' earns 2012 Merit Award of Excellence, AZPPA - Professional Photographers of America

**** 2012 Merit Award of Excellence, AZPPA - Professional Photographers of America ****

"You don't take a photograph, you make it." 
- Ansel Adams 

Signed original Gallery Canvas Wrap of Sweet Home Chicago I. ~ City Novellas Collection. The vibrant, eclectic energy off Chicago's State Street. Create a stunning Chicago Story Wall with a trio of three canvas'. © SERANTONI Designs 2011


Available as Gallery Canvas Wrap, Fine Art print, and Wood Block at
http://www.SerantoniDesigns.etsy.com 

Buon Natale & Merry Christmas!

With Love,
from Venice ~
'Fresco at St. Mark's Basilica'

http://www.etsy.com/listing/74965258/fresco-at-st-marks-basilica-venice-italy
© SERANTONI Designs/2011

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Great Inspirations

"Art is the only way to run away without leaving home." 
-- Twyla Tharp

This is such a profound quote for anyone who has experienced great escapism through an art form. Music, writing, drawing and painting, eventually stepped aside for Photography, a synthesis of genres. Whenever I miss the people, the arts, and the energy of Chicago, I spend time creating 'City Novellas' ©. Enjoy!

'Time Standing Still' ©

'Sweet Home Chicago I.' ©

'Sweet Home Chicago II' ©

'Sweet Home Chicago III' ©

Available as Fine Art travel photography prints, Gallery canvas wraps, paper products and wood photo blocks (home decor or office cubicle art). City Novellas Collection, 2011 © SERANTONI Designs. All rights reserved.

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and
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