2004 Arts and Sciences Calendars Reviews

Another very artistic offering from BrownTrout is this wall calendar with a Mexican theme. Each month is a photograph of a bright painting. The themes are about designs and colors that are found in Mexico in even small corners, on walls, or wherever your look may stray during your busy day. The months and days are in Spanish. A bright and colorful change here.

UNSEEN VOGUE is a new and unique decoration for the walls of 2004. The calendar is subtitled "The Secret History Of Fashion Photography." The calendar is big (12" X 12"), and gives you a brief look through some of the beautiful pictures that didn't make the magazine simply because space in the magazine is always a problem. So now you get to enjoy the year with some of the photographs from the unused files of this most elegant and stylish magazine. Fashion photography is among the most fascinating ways to look at the past year with a monthly piece of art. The name Cecil Beaton is almost instantly recognizable. It is Beaton's work that appears on the covers of many of those eye-catching Vogue issues.

BrownTrout gives us an unusual collection of artwork shows off twelve beautiful paintings of "Snow Globes" that are a collector's delight. These oil paintings are by Catherine Richards. They are quite lovely. The decorative water-filled globes come from all over the world and look as though they have just been shaken to make their scenes come alive.

BrownTrout presents us with a wall calendar that is titled NEIGHBORS. This one features folk artist Lisa D. Cann and her painting that show the people and the place where she grew up. It's the simple life of church and family scenes. It shows where they shopped and where they worked. Each month is an artistic rendering in simple form of idealized life in the old south.

"Space Shuttle" is a deluxe calendar from BrownTrout. Perhaps now that China is moving into space we will appreciate our own space program again. There are 12 views of various space shuttles in flight and or taking off. Awesome photography will follow you all year long. The publishers selected the best and most breath taking pictures of past space shuttles like The Columbia and The Endeavor.

BON APPETIT is the newest collection of old advertising posters. The subject is food during the times this style of art was popular. Each month is a bright colored poster that dates back to the mid 1900's. They are French posters that promise good food along with attractive people.

Ronnie Sellers Productions have produced a gorgeous wall calendar that shows big pictures from "The Golden Age of Fashion." The days and months are printed in both French and English. The pictures are stunning and show a collection of color prints that were seen in French publications. See what the well- dressed female was wearing in the early 1900's. Anything to look elegant even if they were not comfortable.

"Flavia - Heavenly Touch" displays the artwork of Flavia is full of lightly touched rainbows and fairies. She brings warmth to your wall calendar with a pastel year of delightful paintings in her own delicate fashion. This is always a popular calendar to own.

The AMCAL people always bring us fine art calendars. One of the most attractive artists whose work they publish for us is the annual THOMAS KINKADE collection. It's slightly oversized at 12-1/2" X 21" and comes in an attractive cardboard cover.

This exciting calendar is filled with pictures from the collection of this unique artist who played with ways to fool the eyes and attract them at the same time. Its spiral bound and has a clear plastic cover for protection, making it both handsome and useful.

"Bad Taste-Kitsch" is the quirky subject of this anti-minimalist style 2004 calendar. Pronouncing that "clutter is better!" with a series of months that show someone else's cluttered rooms and garages. If you collect junk around you this is for you. You will recognize some of the amazing collection of just plain stuff. How about a doghouse and a Dalmatian both painted in spots? Kitsch is the word for this grouping of months.

Avalanche once again gives us older fans a whole year on your wall of "Rock Posters." This is a unique and very stylized type of artwork that blossomed in the 1960's. Today these original posters are collectors' dreams. You can have a year of colorful posters on a wall size calendar. They are almost all-perfect reproductions of the originals, and there are no rips or tears in these images, unlike the ones I have on my walls.