Thursday, December 31, 2015

Caniglia-Happy New Year


Hard to believe another year has passed so fast. 2015 was a year that was filled with many moments of happiness and sorrows in each one of our lives. The world experienced triumphs and tragedies in the midst of terrorism, wars, cancers, disease, racism, and poverty. Humanity weathered the storm again and our adversity was tested.

The strength of the human will and the human condition is our saving grace and gives us hope to persevere and pick up the pieces. With quite a lot of enthusiasm, hopes and resolutions, people around the world are set to welcome a fresh, New Year. I wish you all the best in the New Year.

As the novelist CS Lewis said, “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”

As promised this is the first of many new art pieces that will be coming from my drawings and paintings that I created for the Easton Press O.Henry short story edition coming out in 2016.


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Saturday, December 5, 2015

Caniglia and Gerald Dickens

I had the honor to celebrate the Holidays with Gerald Dickens on Thursday evening at the Nebraska Douglas County Historical Society. Gerald is the Great-Great-Grandson of Charles Dickens. I presented him with one of the preliminary drawings I did for the Easton Press limited edition of “A Christmas Carol”.

For those of you who might not know Gerald Dickens the actor and literary performer I have attached a link below to his website. His energetic readings of Charles Dickens work are incredible and his insight into the genius and subtle nuances of Charle's characters are mesmerizing. The New York Times described his performance as “A once in a lifetime brush with literary history” and it truly was.

Gerald Charles Dickens became fascinated by his late ancestor’s life works. Inspired by Charles’ own energetic readings of the 1860s, Gerald has created one-man shows of these famous works that he performs around the world. Highly sought after, Gerald regularly performs in major theaters and arts centers throughout the United States, United Kingdom and Europe.

The evening felt like we were transported back in time with a wonderful dinner, heartwarming performance, and toast to Charles Dickens and Gerald who has kept the spirit of Christmas and his great-great-grandfather alive for more generations to enjoy.

http://www.geralddickens.com/

I have another Easton Press project that I just finished up and will be showing some of the 27 drawings and paintings that I created for it soon. Once again I want to say thank you to all of you who support my art.


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CANIGLIA ISU AWARD 2015



I wanted to give a shout out to the President of Iowa State University Steven Leath, the Dean of the College of Design Luis Rico-Gutierrez and Alumni President Jeffery Johnson for their hospitality, wonderful tour, and amazing staff that put on this years Honors and Awards ceremony.

I was honored and humbled to come back to Iowa State University and receive the Design Achievement Award by the College of Design. The award was established in 1988 to recognize outstanding creative and professional achievements of alumni in all of the college’s disciplines. The list of awardees was incredible and it was great to meet so many talented professionals and advocates who are making a difference in our world on so many levels.

Here are a few pictures that I took on my visit. I also had a chance to visit with ISU art students and look at their work in the classroom and painting studios. I was so impressed with the quality and professionalism that these young artist, and designers possess. It was great to see my Alma Mater on the cutting edge of innovation and design.



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