Butler
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Stephie Butler
United Kingdom
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Alexander Butler
United States
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Adam Butler
Australia
242 creative works found
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Shannon from THE JOHN BUTLER TRIO www.funkeldink.com
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Smedley Darlington Butler (1881-1940) is a personal hero and inspiration of mine and hope become yours during these dark times. He was a man of contradictions. A Quaker and a high school dropout he became a First Lieutenant in the Marine Corps before his 18th birthday. Seeing combat in the Banana Wars fought in support of US Dollar Diplomacy in Latin America and Asia between 1898-1927 he also served in World War I ultimately rising and retiring with the rank of 4-star general. He embodied a word which had been dumbed down in today’s press Hero: holding every medal for bravery issued including two Congressional Medals of Honor; technically he should have three CMOH but in 1900 when his first above and beyond the call of duty act of bravery was recorded the medal was not authorized for officers and so received a promotion to captain instead. He was also recommended for the British equivalent of the CMOH the Victoria Cross for rescuing a British soldier during the Boxer Rebellion but in those days American officers were not allowed to receive and wear foreign decorations as they are today. However he did not hold to the reasons why he had to earn these medals. He had intense dislike of seeing the Marine Corps used as muscle for Big Business which would lead him in 1931 to make his famous and very frank “War is a Racket” speech. Made while on active duty before the American Legion Butler’s speech may have been what President Eisenhower was thinking of 30 years later in warning of the Military-Industrial Complex during his own farewell speech to the nation. He was the enlisted man’s general. Fighting in front of them and alongside them never behind them. He knew the value of collecting credible intelligence before committing a nations military to war. Rather than sending someone below him to do the dirty work he went on undercover missions by himself using disguises and getting arrested and bluffing his way out several times prior to one intervention just to deliver accurate information. During the Great Depression he advocated on behalf of WWI veterans seeking early payment of the bonus promised them in 20 years time. An act that would draw him into a plot by Big Business upset with Roosevelt New Deal and decision to abandon the Gold Standard to consider overthrow FDR administration with the help of a paramilitary army of disgruntled and unemployed veterans (as those used in Italy, France and Germany) and replace it with a fascist government with Butler himself in charge. Putting liberty and democracy ahead of dictatorship Butler played amateur detective to gain the confidence of the bankers and industrialist involved and exposed them in 1934 and their front organization the American Liberty League (whose high profile membership list counted among itself the very rich and very anti-semitic) before the bipartisan McCormick-Dickstein Commission looking at Fascist groups in America. This Congressional commission verified Butlers supoenaed testimony and certified a plot to overthrow democracy did indeed exist but that Butler stopped it before it could put its plan into action. Congress in usual fashion did not take any action against the plotters since the issue was now moot.. Played down by the media Butlers allegations were supported by recognized veterans groups at the time. Subsequently the Maguire Affair as it came to be known remains the only instance in recorded American history when America came close to losing its freedom. Butler did not let this story die, and went on radio to criticize both democrats and republicans for failing to bring the plotters to justice. When he died in 1940 he and the story lived on. Aspects of which serving as the character devlopment and storyline for such films as Meet John Doe with Gary Cooper and Seven Days in May with Kirk Douglas. Two films involved using a man on a white horse to convince the common man that in a time of national emergency a dictatorships is what America needs. And since this took place in the 1930s for you Star Wars fans, Butler must be the inspiration for Jedi Knight General Obi-Wan Kenobi and the corporate plot against FDR as the same corporate plot behind the Clone Wars=Banana Wars since this sci-fi serial is based on the 1930s weekly radio and movie serials. If liberty is to survive and experience a rebirth in the USA we must awaken the Butler inside us all.
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Taken at RHS Wisley. Winner of Photobox Spring Competition.
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Pure Watercolour on Arches paper. W/N Paints
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Pure Watercolour on Arches 140lb…. I try to paint all my flowers from life, No pre drawing, just wetting the paper, dropping in some pale washes of pigment and see where it takes me.. It allows so much more freedom…..
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Pure Watercolour on Arches 140lb , W/N paints. “Bearded Collie” was painted in my studio from one of my of my own photographs. I was very happy with the likeness I achieved. At first I wasn’t sure how to approach it, being a lot of white, and not wanting to get bogged down with every hair. So I tackled it by painting the darks I saw between the main fur.
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Pure watercolour on Arches 140lb Paper. I often wander round the garden and find I am imediately inspired by the beauty of the flowers I see. ..... I try not to use any references or pre drawing, and try to capture the beauty and freshness of the flower I still have in my mind…..
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My son & his son…..
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Taken at Howletts wildlife park…..
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Layering again in PhotoShop. Sort of the same but i put the guest & his finance further out & found a photo of an old time butler
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Taken at Howletts Wildlife Park…. 1386 Views / 04 Nov 09
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Pure Watercolour on Fabriano Paper, Holbien Paints…. Special thanks to photographer Melodi for allowing me the use of the photo…....
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Come away O human child! / To the waters and the wild / With a faery hand in hand, / For the world’s more full of weeping / than you can understand… (William Butler Yeats)
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Alexander taught me the technique so it’s only fitting that my very first piece of work using the technique is dediacted.
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Pure Watercolour / Arches 140lb / W/N Artist Grade paints / 1/4 Sheet I try to wherever possible, use my own images for painting. But sometimes you see a photograph that is just so inspiring you just have to paint it. This was one of those photos. I owe the composition of this with my special thanks to Crissy Watkins (www.dolcevita-images.com) for allowing me to use her wonderful photograph as a reference.
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Pure Watercolour / Arches 140lb / W/N Paints / 14×10in I recently renamed this painting Innocence… I captured this photo of my grandson Isi, picking buttercups in the garden, He stood studying it for ages, he was in his own little world… Children have such Innocent minds..It made me stop and think about what might lie ahead of him in his life to come, and that also worried me too. How wonderful this age is to be so innocent of worry and all that is happening in the world around us.
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Tread softly because you tread on my dreams….... Words by William Butler Yeats This painting is for my god daughter who celebrates her 14th Birthday today…. Many Happy Returns Sophie from us all! May all your dreams come true! Especially For You Sophie – Happy Birthday Painting using wax and oil pastel / 102×42 cm on paper July 18th 2009
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Pure Watercolour on Arches 140lb This was a painting done on my recent trip to France. I picked a couple of white roses picked from the garden of the Gite where we stayed. Put them in a glass. Starting from the centre of one rose I worked outwards developing each petal as I went, adding foliage along the way. By turning the roses I could get different views. I prefer to work this way with flowers rather than draw them first, they have a different kind of freedom with a more natural look. They were actually white roses, but I decided to add colour to them, after all, white isn’t always white. 513 Views / 07th Nov ‘09
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should be seen in larger :) form , it is a 4064×2704 pixel Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths, / Enwrought with golden and silver light, / The blue and the dim and the dark cloths / Of night and light and the half light, Wishes for the clothes of heaven by William Butler Yeats I took quite a few of my sunset photos and merged and played. oh how I love to look at the sky and think of what a beauty there. what lies beyond.. all captures of Florida UsA sun and sky ..we have had some incredibly interesting and loud and lovely weather.. lately.
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There is but one history and that is the Soul’s. Words by Butler Yeats Painting using acrylics / 28×21cm on paper September, 22nd 2009
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This was taken at the Paradise Wildlife Park. One of 2 White Lion Cubs that were born there in April of this year. I just love the size of their paws at that age, so cute. Had a hard time dragging myself away from watching them play, but they were waiting to shut the park. :D…
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Thabo is father too the 2 White Lion cubs born at PWP in April this year. He seemed to be looking down on his cubs playing, just hoping they would soon settle down and let him sleep in peace :)... Photo taken at Paradise Wildlife Park / Nikon D300 / 70-300 Lens
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The ‘Phantom of the Opera’ is one of my favorite musicals. This painting is a captured impression from the movie [ my wife’s favorite, she just about has worn out the DVD ]. She’s a big Gerard Butler fan. Below is a clip of one of my favorite songs. Music of the Night For that bright flash of color or as a conversation piece in your decor use a small ‘Mounted Print’ on a plate easel, chic. Framed Print
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