Edvard Munch: The Sick Child
I never think of Munch as having produced anything other than The Scream. In fact, I never think much of Munch. The Sick Child (Norwegian: Det syke barn) is a group of six paintings…
clay day
After school, when I chose to get off the interstate due to heavy traffic, I would often stop in at Mud Puddle Pottery, in Pegram, about half-way home. In the…
I’m a writer not a potter but . . .
I commuted 50-miles each way from Nashville, mostly interstate. Whenever there was an accident beyond Hwy 192, I would exit I-40 and take a bucolic road home the rest of…
Celebration of Female Artists 10
I know my Celebration posts don't receive many clicks but I love posting images of female artists' paintings: artist unknown Gabriele Munter Germany Gwynn Walker DiPilla US Inessa Morozova Ukraine…
Morisot & Mary
Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt are masters of 19th century female Impressionism. Did you know that they were advocates for women’s equality? “The Bowl of Milk.” 1890. Berthe Morisot Berthe Morisot…
Clarice Cliff, oh my
From my IG post 1/29/24 Clarice Cliff was born January, 1899, in Stoke-on-Trent one of England’s hubs for ceramic production, 50 miles north of Birmingham. Her father, worked at an iron foundry. Her mother…
Sunday date with Rembrandt
Snow turned blackened crust four months old and counting.a magnet yearning for a mate. respite from melancholy Sundays. Kiss Renoir’s Romaine Lacaux.check on Degas’ dancers Van Gogh’s poplars at St. RemisMonet’s garden at…
To ‘Go’ or Not to Go
Some of my latest research has led me, delightfully, through (online) galleries. I have had the pleasure of stumbling into lesser-known paintings of Vincent Van Gogh, at least to me.…
Henri Matisse: Painter & Papercutter
I keep getting FB posts with Matisse art. I thought I would dig deeper: Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse was born on December 31, 1869, in Le Cateau-Cambresis in northern France, near the Belgium border.…