{"id":116,"date":"2017-02-02T20:34:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T20:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2026-05-18T11:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:17:13","slug":"arts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: initial;\">including photography, video, and the fine arts<\/span><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3819\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3819\" style=\"width: 184px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Moses-156x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Moses-156x300.jpg 156w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Moses-600x1157.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Moses-531x1024.jpg 531w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Moses-768x1481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Moses-796x1536.jpg 796w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Moses-1062x2048.jpg 1062w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Moses.jpg 1291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Moses working on a passage in Deuteronomy. Art by SAAR<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 6pt;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Detail of art for Chapter VI. US Population Evolution: Fertility, Mortality and Migration, in <em>Physical Demography<\/em>, by Charles Dermer. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/arts\/crole-river-album-art\/\">Crole River Album Art<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_144\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-144\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-144 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG000011-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crole River at daybreak, Galina and Igor Stepanov<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Crole River (2016) album cover art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Photography<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">A selection of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/arts\/photography\/\">photos<\/a> of mine taken since leaving government.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_973\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-973\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-973 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_5667-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Mardi Gras 2016, New Orleans, photo taken by Charles Dermer\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_5667-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_5667-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_5667-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_5667-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-973\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mardi Gras 2016, New Orleans (link is gone). Below: photo of &#8220;Buena Vista Social Club&#8221; show at the Schoenfeld Theatre, NYC, 5\/15\/2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4399 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5367_1-300x148.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5367_1-300x148.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5367_1-1024x505.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5367_1-768x379.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5367_1-1536x757.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5367_1-2048x1010.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">My Instagram accounts detailing my travels (left) and music (right)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1319\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1319\" style=\"width: 265px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/charlesdermer\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1319\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_7789-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_7789-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_7789-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_7789-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_7789-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saint Basil&#8217;s Cathedral; trip to Russia in August, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1357\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1357\" style=\"width: 317px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dermermusic\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-02-at-17.56.48-300x170.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"317\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-02-at-17.56.48-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-02-at-17.56.48-600x339.png 600w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-02-at-17.56.48-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-02-at-17.56.48-1024x579.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chuck and Joy making a recording of the Dark Lord.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/music\/orchids-in-sunlight\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Orchids in Sunlight<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1264\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1264\" style=\"width: 279px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1264\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/18920442_10211969729574022_8000924029604801701_n-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/18920442_10211969729574022_8000924029604801701_n-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/18920442_10211969729574022_8000924029604801701_n-600x852.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/18920442_10211969729574022_8000924029604801701_n.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orchids, Bloom, <a href=\"http:\/\/olenav.com\/\">Olena Vasylevska<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1281\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1281\" style=\"width: 285px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Orchid_Bloom_OVasylevskarev1-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"Olena Vasylevska, Orchid, Charles Dermer\" width=\"285\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Orchid_Bloom_OVasylevskarev1-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Orchid_Bloom_OVasylevskarev1-600x824.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Orchid_Bloom_OVasylevskarev1-768x1055.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Orchid_Bloom_OVasylevskarev1-746x1024.jpg 746w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Orchid_Bloom_OVasylevskarev1-scaled.jpg 1864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orchids, Bloom, painting by Olena Vasylevska<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/KarlDennison\">Video<\/a> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Here is an example of video-editing that I did with clips I took of the Insane Clown Posse (free) concert at the Lincoln memorial, September 16, 2017.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Insane Clown Posse, 16 Sept 2017, Washington, DC\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v79n1AtxGNE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Here is some video-editing I did on a Crole River music video from New Orleans 2016 Mardi Gras:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Crole River: Goin&#039; to the Mardi Gras\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3vVPFaVgq1o?start=2&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/arts\/kitsch\/\">Kitsch<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/arts\/kitsch\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-948 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_7275-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_7275-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_7275-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_7275-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_7275-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In our exploration of life, a meaningful place must be\u00a0reserved for kitsch art.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>including photography, video, and the fine arts . 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