tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272782452024-10-02T12:42:48.547-05:00Paintings by Gautam RaoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27278245.post-53288558747232901752009-03-01T21:46:00.004-05:002009-03-01T21:50:56.264-05:00I've finally launched a new website and blog: <a href="http://www.gautamrao.net/">http://www.gautamrao.net/</a><br /><br />I'll be posting new work and musings there, rather than on this site.<br /><br />I hope you'll visit the new site!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.gautamrao.net/"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 481px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfl-G3cIDRVj5vV1B18sVHJjHrwKz0sHE6952-TFAfwTeU8r8wxk5SilZ8RhpGwVbb2WizYpIMBGppIqlQ9O8Y9H6Mabps3aDYsrGEZKxKEU8jGzqWT0BIkdBxxwFvoqz46_Kv/s320/Picture+6.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308416509473670738" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27278245.post-30259998780411781212007-06-25T11:59:00.000-05:002007-06-25T12:03:45.166-05:00Another <a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/">Scratch</a> game. I created a puzzle version of my <a href="http://playfulpainter.blogspot.com/2006/11/colbert-painting-7x6-and-time-lapse.html">Stephen Colbert painting</a>. Click the image below to check it out.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/playfulpainter/16629"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwpMleUur0pHyX1dFpHcuf-25kRdg_tdYhsHY2C68fUz9Z9FNK6Xossy1qCYH9nZ5CoO4ESG41f0Oovkqthe-AOnyKJyLQCsOUZv0iGOdEDApsjZslZq93olutPL-Kwe8WbveU/s320/Picture+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080048345370108706" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27278245.post-40658259845497275762007-06-23T23:19:00.000-05:002007-06-23T23:45:52.082-05:00One of my Graphic Design students, Audrey Carie, won the top prize in the <a href="http://daad.org/?p=designs">DAAD Poster Contest</a>. She won an all-expenses paid trip to <a href="http://www.documenta12.de/">Documenta12</a> in Kassel, Germany. Another student, Anne Cauley, had her design chosen as an Honorable Mention. Very exciting!<br /><br />This is Audrey's design:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.daad.org/page/96962/"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 418px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nInXAdc6Ecg/RjrBPqYRUEI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Q9wTXwghRos/s1600/revised%2Bblog.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />and here's Anne's:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.daad.org/page/102838/"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 418px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__kF2rnYSC1k/RhF7pvveZFI/AAAAAAAAAA0/H1KIjmfRsXc/s1600/german-poster-final2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27278245.post-2442193195647330202007-06-19T23:16:00.000-05:002007-06-19T23:24:19.067-05:00Olga Yiparaki has posted some photos of <a href="http://playfulpainter.blogspot.com/2006/07/new-folder-painting-7x6.html">this painting</a> in a tasteful, minimal frame. Her Flickr set is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/syzygy/sets/72157600199276869/">here</a>. I think it looks really nice.<span style="font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/syzygy/sets/72157600199276869/"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmsz-qeVkpjHYcyoLr82HAGKRcNtp8-rMljWAqNmmwzyVPQxtYSNsBlc0E2-Lo54ulNQ0MCXBOJFBYFauxLpcZzyoxhoaH8MzWdUTjo_mU3thVzTKfL38fBV1-1PAOnlIzjsjT/s320/painting+with+frame.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077995982362813202" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27278245.post-62985566824727209022007-06-18T20:57:00.000-05:002007-06-18T21:16:47.669-05:00I created a Painting Matching game using <a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/">Scratch</a>. Click the image below to check it out.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/playfulpainter/14650"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0PXPNJNDRVFxD16gszHuFUoXlym_siwf1C58N6quxsII5kL4H4tv7KjVzwagBTIRCfc6jOPCELOAH67FOlwipT8Ngtr7IK8OswD1lKKIpUEDPCDBY_uaBTwOUr8JhTdGXIi7/s320/Picture+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077592083638297346" border="0" /></a><br /><code><br /></code>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27278245.post-1165965736715527972006-12-12T18:02:00.000-05:002007-10-09T11:17:24.725-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7762/2866/1600/384780/Ze%20Frank%20painting%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7762/2866/1600/384780/Ze%20Frank%20painting%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.jpg" alt="" border="0" width="350" /></a><br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://flash.revver.com/player/1.0/player.swf" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" scale="noScale" salign="TL" bgcolor="#ffffff" flashvars="mediaId=119114&amp;affiliateId=38268" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></embed><br /><a href="http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/">watch "the show with zefrank"</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27278245.post-1162749803160054972006-11-05T12:58:00.000-05:002007-10-09T11:17:52.691-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/1600/log%20off%20outlook%20painting%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 298px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/320/log%20off%20outlook%20painting%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27278245.post-1162455095083823652006-11-02T02:58:00.000-05:002007-10-09T11:18:26.323-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/1600/colbert%20painting%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/1600/colbert%20painting%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.jpg" alt="" border="0" width="350" /></a><br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://flash.revver.com/player/1.0/player.swf" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" scale="noScale" salign="TL" bgcolor="#ffffff" flashvars="mediaId=119492&affiliateId=38268" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></embed>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27278245.post-1157924381398625972006-09-10T16:37:00.000-05:002006-10-31T01:30:17.350-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/1600/angled%20painting%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/1600/angled%20painting%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="350"/></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27278245.post-1155926208379749202006-08-18T13:32:00.000-05:002006-09-07T23:03:03.170-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/1600/Blankness%20painting%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/1600/Blankness%20painting%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="350"/></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27278245.post-1154804476643127552006-08-05T13:59:00.000-05:002006-08-05T14:01:16.643-05:00<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_oX-2sg2mK8"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_oX-2sg2mK8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27278245.post-1154804465223864352006-08-05T12:21:00.000-05:002007-02-25T01:36:38.344-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/1600/travel%20bug%20painting%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.0.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/1600/travel%20bug%20painting%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" width="350" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Sold</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27278245.post-1154292410118133912006-07-30T15:44:00.000-05:002006-12-13T04:41:23.976-05:00<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://flash.revver.com/player/1.0/player.swf" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" scale="noScale" salign="TL" bgcolor="#ffffff" flashvars="mediaId=119559&affiliateId=38268" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></embed>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27278245.post-1154292285128029932006-07-30T15:36:00.000-05:002006-12-08T00:51:01.886-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/1600/still%20life%20with%20Webster%27s%20painting%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/1600/still%20life%20with%20Webster%27s%20painting%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.jpg" alt="" border="0" width="350" /></a><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Sold</span>&nbsp <FONT SIZE=1><span style="color:#808080;"><span style="font-style:italic;">Collection of S. Stormes of Indianapolis, IN.</span></span></FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27278245.post-1154122646020020872006-07-28T16:33:00.000-05:002007-02-18T20:15:05.390-05:00<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://flash.revver.com/player/1.0/player.swf" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" scale="noScale" salign="TL" bgcolor="#ffffff" flashvars="mediaId=121172&affiliateId=38268" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></embed>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27278245.post-1154122625817572382006-07-28T16:32:00.000-05:002007-10-09T11:19:27.702-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/1600/Soap%20painting%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.0.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/1600/Soap%20painting%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="350"/></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27278245.post-1153687265561536052006-07-23T15:36:00.000-05:002006-11-02T03:21:19.456-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/1600/Dora%20with%20Juice%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/1600/Dora%20with%20Juice%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="350"/></a><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Sold</span>&nbsp <FONT SIZE=1><span style="color:#808080;"><span style="font-style:italic;">Collection of Mark Sidell of Chapel Hill, NC.</span></span></FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27278245.post-1153493328723696302006-07-21T09:45:00.000-05:002007-10-09T11:19:59.994-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/1600/CD%20painting%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/1600/CD%20painting%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="350"/></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27278245.post-1153170422716462292006-07-17T16:02:00.000-05:002006-07-20T08:54:22.166-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/1600/incalculable%20painting%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/320/incalculable%20painting%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="350"/></a><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Sold</span>&nbsp <FONT SIZE=1><span style="color:#808080;"><span style="font-style:italic;">Collection of Mark Sidell of Chapel Hill, NC.</span></span></FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27278245.post-1152906818662819852006-07-14T14:48:00.000-05:002006-08-30T23:44:12.846-05:00<img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/1600/Firefox%20painting%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.jpg" alt="" border="0" width="350" /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Sold</span>&nbsp <FONT SIZE=1><span style="color:#808080;"><span style="font-style:italic;">Collection of Daniel Polly of Hebron, KY.</span></span></FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27278245.post-1152645773397179942006-07-11T14:19:00.000-05:002007-10-09T11:21:24.508-05:00Human Error (7"x6")<br /><br /><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/1600/CAPTCHA%20Painting%203%20Human%20Error%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.jpg" alt="" border="0" width="400" /><br /><br /><br />CAPTCHA Painting 1 (7"x6")<br /><br /><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/1600/CAPTCHA%20Painting%201%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.jpg" alt="" border="0" width="400" /><br /><br />CAPTCHA Painting 2 (7"x6")<br /><br /><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/1600/CAPTCHA%20Painting%202%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.jpg" alt="" border="0" width="400" /><br /><br /><br />I started this series after encountering CAPTCHAS on several major sites including Blogger, Yahoo and MSN. These codes are used to prove that the site's users are human, and not a spam bot. The whole thing seems very "Blade Runner." It was fun to take this computerized humanity test and paint them in oils, an all-too human process. To read more about CAPTCHAS <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha" target="_blank">visit the Wikipedia entry</a> and to see a CAPTCHA in action, try entering a comment.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27278245.post-1152644484757711622006-07-11T13:58:00.000-05:002006-08-24T07:48:41.813-05:00<img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/1600/uploading%20painting%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" width=350px/><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Sold</span>&nbsp <FONT SIZE=1><span style="color:#808080;"></FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27278245.post-1152048592985995882006-07-04T16:25:00.000-05:002006-07-18T23:42:56.086-05:00<img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/1600/dock%20painting%202%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" width=400px/><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Sold</span>&nbsp <FONT SIZE=1><span style="color:#808080;"><span style="font-style:italic;">Collection of Jay Brewer of<a href="http://www.blogpire.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#808080;"> Blogpire.com</a></span></span></FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27278245.post-1152048321409908222006-07-04T16:21:00.000-05:002006-07-18T21:45:33.793-05:00<img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/1600/ipod%20painting%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" width=350px/><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Sold</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27278245.post-1152048095433116332006-07-04T16:13:00.000-05:002006-07-18T21:43:29.266-05:00<img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/2866/320/new%20folder%20painting%20Gautam%20Rao%20copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" width=400px/><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Sold</span>&nbsp<FONT SIZE=1><span style="color:#808080;"><span style="font-style:italic;">Collection of Olga Yiparaki of Tucson, AZ.</span></span></FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0