{"id":1217,"date":"2004-10-11T00:05:25","date_gmt":"2004-10-11T04:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/marla_olmsteads"},"modified":"2004-10-11T00:05:25","modified_gmt":"2004-10-11T04:05:25","slug":"marla_olmsteads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=1217","title":{"rendered":"Marla Olmstead&#8217;s art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=432,height=415,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/triptonic.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"360\" height=\"345\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/ripples\/images\/triptonic.jpg\" title=\"Triptonic\" alt=\"Triptonic\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: left;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Her work evokes an emotional response in almost everyone who views it.&nbsp; When I first saw one of her paintings it stopped me cold. It was breathtaking.\n<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people have been viewing Marla&#8217;s paintings at Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts, one of Central New York&#8217;s premier galleries. Her paintings have a depth and power that has been compared to Kandinsky and Pollock.<\/p>\n<p>I wish I could afford to buy one of her paintings, but they already command thousands of dollars, even though she has been painting for only three years. To get a better perspective on what she is capable of you should know that this picture measures 60&quot;x60&quot; and is much taller than the artist. <\/p>\n<p>She works on these paintings for hours and may take several sessions to execute one. Except for this tremendous creative ability, Marla is very much a normal four year old girl. <\/p>\n<p>Her parents seem to quite protective of her. I hope she is able to continue her development as an artist. She is a treasure as well as a phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>See more of her work <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marlaolmstead.com\/\">here<\/a> and read articles about her <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/entertainment\/3701484.stm\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marlaolmstead.com\/pr.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: See Marla&#8217;s new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marlaolmstead.com\/gallery.html\">gallery<\/a> with many more wonderful paintings.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/gcruse.typepad.com\/\">Gary Cruse<\/a> for the original link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=432,height=415,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/triptonic.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"360\" height=\"345\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/ripples\/images\/triptonic.jpg\" title=\"Triptonic\" alt=\"Triptonic\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: left;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Her work evokes an emotional response in almost everyone who views it.&nbsp; When I first saw one of her paintings it stopped me cold. It was breathtaking.\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=1217\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1810],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3R4iK-jD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}