The Chicken Sisters: Anatomy of a Painting
The Chicken SIsters
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.…
Celebration of Female Artists X
This series doesn't seem to be popular but it is important to me so I'll keep doing it;) Laura Knight Njdeka Akunyll Zhanna Martin Marjan Abedian Luo Li Rong Michell…
It was “the way men visitors gaped at it all day long.”
I use this Velazquez painting, humorously, in the first few pages of my book, However, the painting has had a tumultuous past. What is it about this Velazquez nude that made it…
Got Color?
Have you spent time considering color combinations for your Instagram page? In marketing, color and mood Intersect. Marketers know that color is a strategy. While “color psychology” has been around…
Celebration of Female Artists IX
Erika OllerU.S. Luo Li RongChina Anastasia KororezUkraine Annan ArcherDenmark Camille Claudel France Janet FishU.S. Jessica Lisse France June Valentine-RuppeU.S. Melissa Graves BrownU.S. Rebecca HoltonEngland Susan RyderEngland Suzanne Siegal U.S. Veronique…