{"id":5479,"date":"2020-05-07T01:08:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T01:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davealber.com\/?p=5479"},"modified":"2020-06-15T01:36:19","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T01:36:19","slug":"vr-painting-resilient-americana-hard-work-jg-ranch-farm-brooksville-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/davealber.com\/wp\/2020\/05\/07\/vr-painting-resilient-americana-hard-work-jg-ranch-farm-brooksville-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"VR Painting: Resilient Americana: Hard Work: Cows and Crops at JG Ranch Farm, Brooksville, Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='fullscreen_slider_1'  class='avia-fullscreen-slider main_color   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><div   data-size='extra_large'  data-lightbox_size='large'  data-animation='slide'  data-conditional_play=''  data-ids='5444'  data-video_counter='0'  data-autoplay='false'  data-bg_slider='true'  data-slide_height='100'  data-handle='av_fullscreen'  data-interval='5'  data-class=' '  data-el_id=''  data-css_id='fullscreen_slider_1'  data-scroll_down=''  data-control_layout='av-control-default'  data-custom_markup=''  data-perma_caption=''  data-autoplay_stopper=''  data-image_attachment=''  data-min_height='0px'  data-stretch=''  data-default-height='100'  class='avia-slideshow avia-slideshow-1  av-control-default av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-extra_large av_fullscreen   avia-slide-slider '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 50%;' ><li style='background-position:center center;' data-img-url='http:\/\/davealber.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Resilient-Americana-Hard-Work-VR-Painting-Dave-Alber-1170.jpg' class=' av-single-slide slide-1 ' ><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling avia-bg-style-scroll  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_fullscreen  el_before_av_section   container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-5479'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h2><strong><em>Resilient Americana: Hard Work:\u00a0Cows and Crops at JG Ranch Farm, Brooksville, Florida\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">is a Hybrid VR Painting\u2122 by Dave Alber.<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>acrylic on Canson paper and panoramic VR technology<br \/>\n22 x 10.75 in (56 x 27 cm)<br \/>\n2020<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h4><em><strong>Hard Work:\u00a0Cows and Crops at JG Ranch Farm, Brooksville, Florida\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><strong>explores the American virtue of hard work in small town America.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>With the convenience of supermarkets, it\u2019s easy to take for granted the hard work of the farmers who grow and harvest our vegetables. Amongst sturdy farmers, in a life lived by the sweat of the brow, a connection to the soil and each season\u2019s subtleties is a necessity. Rain, wind, heat, cold, and humidity all inform the senses of a farmer trained since childhood to read these subtle messages from nature.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on farming in American history, whether we think of Native American agriculture, Jefferson\u2019s ideas of an agrarian republic, or the farming of the Great Plains after the Homestead Act of 1862, the cultivation of the land has been a fundamental American experience. In 18<sup>th<\/sup> century Florida, both Seminole and Spanish farmers cultivated a variety of rich crops. From then to now, sweet and sour citrus fruits have been a favorite Florida crop.<\/p>\n<p>Nature has its own rhythm and pace, Jeff Casey told me in my visit to JG Ranch Farm in Brooksville. Farming requires the self-reliance to live off the land, the mental strength to handle repetitive tasks requiring long stretches of isolation, and a special intuitive judgment of attuning yourself to nature\u2019s timeline. \u201cIt\u2019s not what you want from your farm,\u201d Casey told me, \u201cIt\u2019s what nature is willing to give.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling avia-bg-style-scroll  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section   container_wrap sidebar_right' style='background-color: #333333;  '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-5479'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='color:#ffffff; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2><strong>Click on the image below to experience this <a href=\"http:\/\/davealber.com\/hybrid-vr-paintings\/\">Hybrid VR Painting\u2122<\/a> in virtual reality.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_3'  class='avia-section main_color avia-section-small avia-no-border-styling avia-bg-style-scroll  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_textblock   container_wrap sidebar_right' style='background-color: #c05f5f;  '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-5479'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; color:#ffffff;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h2 custom-color-heading   avia-builder-el-9  el_before_av_image  avia-builder-el-first  av-linked-heading '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  ><a href=\"https:\/\/fineartamerica.com\/featured\/faith-baptist-church-brooksville-dave-alber.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ORDER FINE ART PRINTS<\/a><\/h2><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' style='border-color:#ffffff'><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_heading  avia-builder-el-last  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><a href='https:\/\/fineartamerica.com\/featured\/resilient-americana-hard-work-cows-and-crops-at-jg-ranch-farm-brooksville-florida-dave-alber.html' class='avia_image' target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class='avia_image ' src='http:\/\/davealber.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Resilient-Americana-Hard-Work-VR-Painting-Dave-Alber-p-1170-1024x622.jpg' alt='' title='Resilient-Americana-Hard-Work-VR-Painting-Dave-Alber-p-1170'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_3'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-5479'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>This painting is part of the exhibition\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/davealber.com\/2020\/03\/27\/virtual-reality-art-exhibition-resilient-americana\/\">RESILIENT AMERICANA: A Renewal of American Virtues In Tempering Times<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Resilient Americana <\/strong>explores the hardiness of American virtues in small towns all across the country. The commitment of Americans to abide in the virtue body of cultural memory and the American character will sustain America through any rough patch of road.<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p>\n<div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><a href='http:\/\/davealber.com\/wp\/2020\/03\/26\/virtual-reality-art-exhibition-resilient-americana\/' class='avia_image'  ><img class='avia_image ' src='http:\/\/davealber.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Resiliant-Americana-poster-vr-paintings-exhibition-dave-alber-v04-747x1024.jpg' alt='' title='Dave Alber; vr paintings; vr art; vr; virtual reality paintings; virtual reality art; wonder; travel artist; gallery; exhibit; illustrations; illustration; illustrator; travel illustrations; travel paintings; traveler; travel'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Dave Alber&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/davealber.com\/hybrid-vr-paintings\/\"><strong>Hybrid VR Paintings\u2122<\/strong><\/a> were exhibited in the exhibition\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/davealber.com\/2019\/12\/10\/virtual-reality-art-exhibition-old-world-new-world\/\"><strong>Old World New World<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='avia-image-container avia_animated_image avia_animate_when_almost_visible fade-in av-styling-    avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><a href='http:\/\/davealber.com\/wp\/2019\/12\/10\/virtual-reality-art-exhibition-old-world-new-world\/' class='avia_image'  ><img class='avia_image ' src='http:\/\/davealber.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/old-world-new-world-Dave-Alber-vr-paintings-943x1024.jpg' alt='' title='old-world-new-world-Dave-Alber-vr-paintings'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Hybrid VR Paintings\u2122<\/strong> were also featured in the books <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Travel-Art-Writing-Curious-Wanderlust\/dp\/1086903560\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&#038;qid=&#038;sr=\">A Curious Heart&#8217;s Wanderlust in China<\/a>\u00a0(ISBN-10: 1086903560) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1689274565\/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2\">Travel Art: Ravages of Time &#038; Permanence of Wonder<\/a>\u00a0(ISBN-10: 1689274565).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_one_half  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><div  class='avia-image-container avia_animated_image avia_animate_when_almost_visible fade-in av-styling-    avia-builder-el-17  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><a href='https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Travel-Art-Writing-Curious-Wanderlust\/dp\/1086903560\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=' class='avia_image' target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class='avia_image ' src='http:\/\/davealber.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dave-alber-curious-heart-book-vr-paintings.jpg' alt='' title='dave-alber-curious-heart-book-vr-paintings'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-18  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_testimonials  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><div  class='avia-image-container avia_animated_image avia_animate_when_almost_visible fade-in av-styling-    avia-builder-el-19  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><a href='https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1689274565\/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2' class='avia_image' target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class='avia_image ' src='http:\/\/davealber.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dave-alber-ravages-book-vr-paintings.jpg' alt='' title='dave-alber-ravages-book-vr-paintings'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div   data-autoplay='1'  data-interval='5'  data-animation='fade'  data-hoverpause='1'  class='avia-testimonial-wrapper avia-grid-testimonials avia-grid-2-testimonials avia_animate_when_almost_visible   '>\n<section class ='avia-testimonial-row'><div class='avia-testimonial av_one_half flex_column no_margin avia-testimonial-row-1 avia-first-testimonial'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><div class='avia-testimonial_inner'><div class='avia-testimonial-content '    itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><p>\u201c<strong>Fascinating idea to combine travel art into a book and a website community! <\/strong><em>Intimations<\/em> is a short, very colorful e-book that introduces readers both to Dave Alber&#8217;s artwork, writing, and travel journeys (He&#8217;s been on the road around the world for years.) and to his Travel Art Adventurer&#8217;s Club. Alber&#8217;s paintings and drawings, along with the sometimes accompanying text, help readers connect with the cultures in which Alber has chosen to immerse himself. Seeing these slices of life in full color renderings make the scenes come alive. Alber captures expressions beautifully, such as the example of child in the cart on page 28.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><div class='avia-testimonial-meta'><div class='avia-testimonial-arrow-wrap'><div class='avia-arrow'><\/div><\/div><div class='avia-testimonial-meta-mini'><strong  class='avia-testimonial-name'    itemprop=\"name\" >Jill L. Ferguson<\/strong><span  class='avia-testimonial-subtitle '    itemprop=\"jobTitle\" >Author, entrepreneur and founder of Creating The Freelance Career <\/span><span class='hidden avia-testimonial-markup-link'   itemprop=\"url\" >http:\/\/www.jillferguson.com <\/span> &ndash; <a class='aviablank avia-testimonial-link' href='http:\/\/www.jillferguson.com ' >http:\/\/www.jillferguson.com <\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='avia-testimonial av_one_half flex_column no_margin avia-testimonial-row-1 avia-last-testimonial'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><div class='avia-testimonial_inner'><div class='avia-testimonial-content '    itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><p>\u201c<strong>Creative expression from travel impressions married to art.<\/strong> I travel and I oil paint. So I was really suprised, so pleasantly surprised when Inmet Dave and discovered his concept of travel art. I mean it was like plunking down in a bus seat after a weary day and turning to see a long lost friend right beside you. I just never thought of travel ideas and art together. And so I recognized paintings of his that captured places he had been which often require a quickness of wit, humor and reflection as not to be lost by the time we are somewhere else. A snapshot of a magic moment or impression. Surprised pleasantly by the concept of travel art and I shall integrate that into my paintings as well. Thank you David!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><div class='avia-testimonial-meta'><div class='avia-testimonial-arrow-wrap'><div class='avia-arrow'><\/div><\/div><div class='avia-testimonial-meta-mini'><strong  class='avia-testimonial-name'    itemprop=\"name\" >Matthew McDaniel<\/strong><span  class='avia-testimonial-subtitle '    itemprop=\"jobTitle\" >Founder of the Akha Heritage Foundation<\/span><span class='hidden avia-testimonial-markup-link'   itemprop=\"url\" >http:\/\/www.akha.org<\/span> &ndash; <a class='aviablank avia-testimonial-link' href='http:\/\/www.akha.org' >http:\/\/www.akha.org<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class ='avia-testimonial-row'><div class='avia-testimonial av_one_half flex_column no_margin avia-testimonial-row-2 avia-first-testimonial'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><div class='avia-testimonial_inner'><div class='avia-testimonial-content '    itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><p>\u201c<b>Visual Storytelling Par Excellence!<\/b> Travel artist, Dave Alber&#8217;s &#8220;Ravages Of Time &#038; Permanence Of Wonder&#8221; is visual storytelling par excellence! Dave&#8217;s work marries his images in traveling through both high and low aesthetics in Modern Contemporary Art using a diversity of artistic mediums. I am struck by the sheer joy I experience that is expressed in this visual narrative. In my encounter with this book I marvel as if a spirit that wanders alone through the world also leads one to a threshold transforming spirit to wonder, that witness who shares with others in simple happiness what there is that is eternally possible to share through art.\u201dStephanie Pope<\/p>\n<\/div><div class='avia-testimonial-meta'><div class='avia-testimonial-arrow-wrap'><div class='avia-arrow'><\/div><\/div><div class='avia-testimonial-meta-mini'><strong  class='avia-testimonial-name'    itemprop=\"name\" >Stephanie Pope<\/strong><span class='hidden avia-testimonial-markup-link'   itemprop=\"url\" >http:\/\/mythopoetry.com<\/span><a class='aviablank avia-testimonial-link' href='http:\/\/mythopoetry.com' >http:\/\/mythopoetry.com<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_4'  class='avia-section main_color avia-section-small avia-no-border-styling avia-bg-style-scroll  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src='http:\/\/davealber.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dave-Alber-artist-presentation-cover-05-233x300.jpg' alt='' title='Dave-Alber-artist-presentation-cover-05'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_two_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-24  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>Hybrid VR paintings\u2122 appear in the art book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/2020-Year-Hybrid-VR-Paintings\/dp\/B085RRZLHW\/\"><strong>2020 Is the Year of Hybrid VR Paintings\u2122<\/strong><\/a>.<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-26  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  avia-align-left '  itemprop=\"image\" 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