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Painting “Bluejay” - Part I - Video

Wendy Stolyarov

Issue CCXXXIII - January 24, 2010

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Description by the artist: “If you look at my gallery on DeviantArt, you’ll quickly notice that animals are some of my favorite subject material. I’m currently working on this painting of a bluejay, inspired by a small ceramic statue that my husband purchased at a garage sale years ago. This is therefore both a nature painting and a still life!”

“Painted in Photoshop from scratch, about 40 minutes so far. I hope you enjoy it!”

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Wendy D. Stolyarov is an accomplished writer, thinker, artist, and graphic designer, who brings her immense talent and capacity for innovation to The Rational Argumentator and the wider movement for the advancement of Reason, Rights, and Progress. Mrs. Stolyarov uses computer technology masterfully to produce precise, realistic, life-affirming art. She has also contributed multiple essays to TRA and designed many of the magazine’s newer logos, including its banner and the New Renaissance top hat. Mrs. Stolyarov is married to G. Stolyarov II, the Editor-in-Chief of The Rational Argumentator and The Progress of Liberty.

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Young Judoka

Wendy D. Stolyarov

Issue CCXXXI - January 15, 2010

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The Rational Argumentator is pleased to feature another work from Wendy Stolyarov, whose art works exhibit a remarkable originality, skill, and stylistic variety.

Comments by the artist: “For a long time in my teens, I practiced judo, eventually reaching a brown belt before I had to move. This painting is inspired by the stories I heard there about young children becoming master practitioners (judoka) before even reaching puberty. I hope you enjoy it!

“Thanks to ~caminopalmero for the wonderful paper texture.”

Painting Process - Part I

Painting Process - Part II

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Wendy D. Stolyarov is an accomplished writer, thinker, artist, and graphic designer, who brings her immense talent and capacity for innovation to The Rational Argumentator and the wider movement for the advancement of Reason, Rights, and Progress. Mrs. Stolyarov uses computer technology masterfully to produce precise, realistic, life-affirming art. She has also contributed multiple essays to TRA and designed many of the magazine’s newer logos, including its banner and the New Renaissance top hat. Mrs. Stolyarov is married to G. Stolyarov II, the Editor-in-Chief of The Rational Argumentator and The Progress of Liberty.

E-mail Mrs. Stolyarov to order prints of her art.

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Painting “Young Judoka” - Part II - Video

Wendy Stolyarov

Issue CCXXXI - January 14, 2010

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Comments by the artist: “I continue painting the Young Judoka. I hope you enjoy it.”

See Part I of this video series here.

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Wendy D. Stolyarov is an accomplished writer, thinker, artist, and graphic designer, who brings her immense talent and capacity for innovation to The Rational Argumentator and the wider movement for the advancement of Reason, Rights, and Progress. Mrs. Stolyarov uses computer technology masterfully to produce precise, realistic, life-affirming art. She has also contributed multiple essays to TRA and designed many of the magazine’s newer logos, including its banner and the New Renaissance top hat. Mrs. Stolyarov is married to G. Stolyarov II, the Editor-in-Chief of The Rational Argumentator and The Progress of Liberty.

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Painting “Young Judoka” - Part I - Video

Wendy Stolyarov

Issue CCXXX - January 8, 2010

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Comments by the artist: “For a long time in my teens, I practiced judo, eventually reaching a brown belt before I had to move. This painting is inspired by the stories I heard there about young children becoming master practitioners (judoka) before even reaching puberty.

“This video is about thirty minutes of painting, compressed. I hope you enjoy it!”

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Wendy D. Stolyarov is an accomplished writer, thinker, artist, and graphic designer, who brings her immense talent and capacity for innovation to The Rational Argumentator and the wider movement for the advancement of Reason, Rights, and Progress. Mrs. Stolyarov uses computer technology masterfully to produce precise, realistic, life-affirming art. She has also contributed multiple essays to TRA and designed many of the magazine’s newer logos, including its banner and the New Renaissance top hat. Mrs. Stolyarov is married to G. Stolyarov II, the Editor-in-Chief of The Rational Argumentator and The Progress of Liberty.

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Kima

Wendy D. Stolyarov

Issue CCXXVIII - January 4, 2010

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The Rational Argumentator is pleased to feature another work from Wendy Stolyarov, whose art works exhibit a remarkable originality, skill, and stylistic variety.

This is a painting of Kima, a fictional character developed by Mrs. Stolyarov’s friend, Temiel.

Mrs. Stolyarov has published three videos detailing the process by which she created this painting:

Part I
Part II
Part III

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Wendy D. Stolyarov is an accomplished writer, thinker, artist, and graphic designer, who brings her immense talent and capacity for innovation to The Rational Argumentator and the wider movement for the advancement of Reason, Rights, and Progress. Mrs. Stolyarov uses computer technology masterfully to produce precise, realistic, life-affirming art. She has also contributed multiple essays to TRA and designed many of the magazine’s newer logos, including its banner and the New Renaissance top hat. Mrs. Stolyarov is married to G. Stolyarov II, the Editor-in-Chief of The Rational Argumentator and The Progress of Liberty.

E-mail Mrs. Stolyarov to order prints of her art.

See the main page featuring Wendy D. Stolyarov’s art works.

See Wendy D. Stolyarov’s art portfolio.

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Painting “Kima” - Part III - Video

Wendy Stolyarov

Issue CCXXVIII - January 4, 2010

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Artist’s description:

“In this video, I finish painting Kima, my friend Temiel’s character. I hope you enjoy it!”

You can see the finished painting here.

See the prior installments in this video series:
Part I
Part II

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Wendy D. Stolyarov is an accomplished writer, thinker, artist, and graphic designer, who brings her immense talent and capacity for innovation to The Rational Argumentator and the wider movement for the advancement of Reason, Rights, and Progress. Mrs. Stolyarov uses computer technology masterfully to produce precise, realistic, life-affirming art. She has also contributed multiple essays to TRA and designed many of the magazine’s newer logos, including its banner and the New Renaissance top hat. Mrs. Stolyarov is married to G. Stolyarov II, the Editor-in-Chief of The Rational Argumentator and The Progress of Liberty.

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Against YouTube’s Policy of Censorship - Video

G. Stolyarov II

Issue CCXXVIII - January 3, 2010

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Freedom of peaceful expression is one of the most fundamental values of a civilized society — and one of the basic rights of human beings. YouTube’s automatic bannings and restrictions on users who violate no laws, initiate no force, and whose speech would be inoffensive to reasonable audiences, are intolerable. The mere accusation of wrongdoing, however maliciously motivated and grounded in falsehood, can currently lead to videos being removed and accounts being suspended. There is no adequate due process, no presumption of innocence until proven guilty, and no opportunity for users who have been penalized to present their case to YouTube. This cannot be allowed to continue.

Go to Censortube.

There, you can sign a petition, join a Facebook group, and help communicate widespread disapproval of current practices to YouTube.

The musical composition accompanying this video is Mr. Stolyarov’s own: Theme and Variations #1, Op. 61.

You can find all of Mr. Stolyarov’s musical compositions available for free download, distribution, and use here.

Please mirror this video!

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G. Stolyarov II is an actuary, science fiction novelist, independent philosophical essayist, poet, amateur mathematician, composer, contributor to Enter Stage Right, Le Quebecois Libre, Rebirth of Reason, and the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Senior Writer for The Liberal Institute, former weekly columnist for GrasstopsUSA.com, and Editor-in-Chief of The Rational Argumentator, a magazine championing the principles of reason, rights, and progress. Mr. Stolyarov’s new blog, The Progress of Liberty, offers a combination of commentary, multimedia presentations, educational materials, and suggestions for effective activism in favor of individual freedom. Mr. Stolyarov also publishes his articles on Helium.com and Associated Content to assist the spread of rational ideas. He holds the highest Clout Level (10) possible on Associated Content. Mr. Stolyarov has also written a science fiction novel, Eden against the Colossus, a non-fiction treatise, A Rational Cosmology, and a play, Implied Consent. You can watch his YouTube Videos. Mr. Stolyarov can be contacted at gennadystolyarovii@yahoo.com.

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Saira

Wendy D. Stolyarov

Issue CCXXVIII - January 3, 2010

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The Rational Argumentator is pleased to feature another work from Wendy Stolyarov, whose art works exhibit a remarkable originality, skill, and stylistic variety.

Comments by the artist: “Fan art for Saira, Nifflas’s wonderful new game; this is the title character. If you haven’t played it yet, I highly recommend it — it’s one of the most atmospheric games I’ve ever played.”

Mrs. Stolyarov has released two videos demonstrating her painting process on this work:
Part I
Part II

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Wendy D. Stolyarov is an accomplished writer, thinker, artist, and graphic designer, who brings her immense talent and capacity for innovation to The Rational Argumentator and the wider movement for the advancement of Reason, Rights, and Progress. Mrs. Stolyarov uses computer technology masterfully to produce precise, realistic, life-affirming art. She has also contributed multiple essays to TRA and designed many of the magazine’s newer logos, including its banner and the New Renaissance top hat. Mrs. Stolyarov is married to G. Stolyarov II, the Editor-in-Chief of The Rational Argumentator and The Progress of Liberty.

E-mail Mrs. Stolyarov to order prints of her art.

See the main page featuring Wendy D. Stolyarov’s art works.

See Wendy D. Stolyarov’s art portfolio.

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Painting “Saira” - Part II - Video

Wendy Stolyarov

Issue CCXXVIII - January 3, 2010

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Comments by the artist:

“In this video, I finish painting Saira, the title character from Nifflas’s new game.

“You can see the first video here.

“And here’s the finished painting.

“The music this time is from the wonderful solo piano 7 collection by Torley, under an Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 CC license. You can download the entire beautiful collection for free here.

“Note: I’m not sure how this happened, but the first and last music tracks don’t appear to be included in the video. Pretty music starts at around 2 minutes and ends at around 8:45. “

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Wendy D. Stolyarov is an accomplished writer, thinker, artist, and graphic designer, who brings her immense talent and capacity for innovation to The Rational Argumentator and the wider movement for the advancement of Reason, Rights, and Progress. Mrs. Stolyarov uses computer technology masterfully to produce precise, realistic, life-affirming art. She has also contributed multiple essays to TRA and designed many of the magazine’s newer logos, including its banner and the New Renaissance top hat. Mrs. Stolyarov is married to G. Stolyarov II, the Editor-in-Chief of The Rational Argumentator and The Progress of Liberty.

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Panel Series I: Purple

Wendy D. Stolyarov

Issue CCXXVII - January 1, 2010

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The Rational Argumentator is pleased to feature another work from Wendy Stolyarov, whose art works exhibit a remarkable originality, skill, and stylistic variety.

Comments by the artist: “The second piece of my first Panel Series, 6″ x 12″, acrylic on canvas panel, approx. 2 hours total. What color should I do next?”

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Wendy D. Stolyarov is an accomplished writer, thinker, artist, and graphic designer, who brings her immense talent and capacity for innovation to The Rational Argumentator and the wider movement for the advancement of Reason, Rights, and Progress. Mrs. Stolyarov uses computer technology masterfully to produce precise, realistic, life-affirming art. She has also contributed multiple essays to TRA and designed many of the magazine’s newer logos, including its banner and the New Renaissance top hat. Mrs. Stolyarov is married to G. Stolyarov II, the Editor-in-Chief of The Rational Argumentator and The Progress of Liberty.

E-mail Mrs. Stolyarov to order prints of her art.

See the main page featuring Wendy D. Stolyarov’s art works.

See Wendy D. Stolyarov’s art portfolio.

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