Plein air paintings capture pre-flood Ellicott City

Aug 5, 2016

Plein air paintings capture pre-flood Ellicott City

Steve Earley 0 Comment Maryland, The Baltimore Sun art, ellicott city, flooding, floods, Maryland, natural disasters, painting, paintings, plein air

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Three weeks before flood waters raged through the streets of historic Ellicott City, artists perched on its sidewalks and hillsides to paint what they saw, sights, it turned out, that in many cases may never look quite the same again.

Forming a unique composite of how the area appeared right before the disaster, the dozens of works created during the Howard County Arts Council‘s annual plein air paint out are also providing a means to help artists recover from it.

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London Harvest Festival Show, S.C. flooding, two-story car, robot smartphone | Oct. 6

Oct 6, 2015

London Harvest Festival Show, S.C. flooding, two-story car, robot smartphone | Oct. 6

Steve Earley 0 Comment Daily Brief, World automobiles, boats, cars, China, disasters, England, fishing, flooding, floods, food, India, Japan, Lebanon, London, Malaysia, Nobel Prize, rainbow, robots, Rugby, South Carolina, sports, Sweden, technology, vegetables, vietnman, water

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Fashion Week, turning waste water into drinking water, Indonesian horse racing tradition | Sept. 15

Sep 15, 2015

Fashion Week, turning waste water into drinking water, Indonesian horse racing tradition | Sept. 15

Steve Earley 0 Comment Daily Brief, World Animals, Arizona, Britain, California, disasters, fashion, Fashion Week, fish, flooding, floods, horses, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, lighthouses, migrants, religion, Switzerland, water, wildfires

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India floods, El Salvador Fireball Festival, Van Gogh museum sunflower labyrinth | Sept. 1

Sep 1, 2015

India floods, El Salvador Fireball Festival, Van Gogh museum sunflower labyrinth | Sept. 1

Steve Earley 0 Comment Daily Brief, World amesterdam, art, Battle of Waterloo, disasters, El Salvador, England, festivals, fire, fish, fishing, floods, flowers, France, Hungary, India, Japan, Lebanon, London, migrants, military, murals, Netherlands, Olympics, Russia, sunflowers, Swaziland, Tokyo, Turkey, Ukraine, van gogh, Vladimir Putin, water

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Tam Kung birthday parade, Georgia Independence Day, Mozart’s hair | May 26

May 26, 2015

Tam Kung birthday parade, Georgia Independence Day, Mozart’s hair | May 26

Steve Earley 0 Comment Daily Brief, World agriculture, American Pharoah, auctions, beaches, bees, belmont stakes, Czech Republic, disasters, farming, flooding, floods, flowers, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, horse racing, India, Jamaica, military, mozart, music, NATO, Philippines, religon, Romania, Russia, sports, tack and field, tennis, Texas, weather, wildlife

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Fuji Shibazakura Festival, Star Wars wax figures, Macau Tower ‘sky walk’ | May 12

May 12, 2015

Fuji Shibazakura Festival, Star Wars wax figures, Macau Tower ‘sky walk’ | May 12

Steve Earley 0 Comment Daily Brief, World art, Australia, Austria, Berlin, Canada, China, disasters, earthquakes, floods, flowers, Hockey, India, Japan, Los Angeles, Nepal, Prague, public art, rainbow, rainbows, Star Wars, Vienna

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August 20 Photo Brief: Sunny at the White House, a shark-within-a-shark, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial

Aug 20, 2013

August 20 Photo Brief: Sunny at the White House, a shark-within-a-shark, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial

Stokely Baksh 0 Comment Daily Brief D.C., fishing, floods, Germany, Gibraltar, Japan, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, mayflies, pandas, Spain, suicide, Sunny, Syria, White House pet

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A new puppy at the White House named Sunny, a shark-within-a-shark caught, tourists visit Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial ahead of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom anniversary and more in today’s daily brief.

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April 18 Photo Brief: A white lion cub hangs out, hairdressing art in the Ukraine and spring flooding in Illinois

Apr 18, 2013

April 18 Photo Brief: A white lion cub hangs out, hairdressing art in the Ukraine and spring flooding in Illinois

Robert Hamilton 0 Comment Daily Brief, The Baltimore Sun art, Austria, Bangladesh, floods, France, Ganges, Gaza City, Germany, gymnastics, Hindu, Mexico, Monte Carlo, President Obama, rhino, Romania, Ukraine

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A white lion cub makes his debut in France, an international hairdressing art show in Kiev, spring rains cause flooding in areas around Chicago and more in today’s daily brief.

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Venice hit by floods following heavy rains and strong winds

Nov 13, 2012

Venice hit by floods following heavy rains and strong winds

Michael Gold 2 Comments World flooding, floods, Italy, Venice, water, weather

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The high tide mark in Venice reached its sixth-highest level since 1872 on Sunday, after heavy rains and intense winds caused flooding in the Italian city.

While some flooding is typical in Venice during this time of year — including some instances earlier in November — news reports have estimated that 70 percent of the city was inundated by water this week.

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