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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…

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…

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.…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Who remembersThe Dinner Party? I remember how excited women were--myself included-- when it emerged. Five years in the making (1974-1979), Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party is a testament to the power of feminist…

k-i-s-s-i-n-g. As usual I was going down the rabbit hole and . . . There were pigeons all over us and I was wincing a bit with fright. But the…