Celebration of Female Artist, Part IV
More than ever, we need beauty in our lives. Enjoy this respite, these lesser known female artists. Slava Ukraini. Donna Ferrato U.S. Daisy Sims Hilditch Britain Dod Proctor Britain Helga…
Vermeer’s Daughter
excerpts from: Maria Vermeer’s Secret Career by Sophia Perring: July 18, 2020 by Yiara Magazine Though Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) is now one of the most popular artists of the Dutch Republic, his work…
Rokeby Venus: The Painting That Shocked a Suffragette*
I use this Velazquez painting, humorously, in the first few pages of my book, However, the painting has had a tumultuous past. Not sure it will stay in my book,…
Van Go? Van Gof? Van Gog? They’re all wrong, Van Gogh experts say
From 7th February 2020 By Emma Reynolds, CNN How do you pronounce “Van Gogh”? Van Go? Van Gof? Van Gog? You're probably saying it wrong, according to creators of the Immersive van…
Celebration of Female Artists, Part III.
Today was the first time since beginning "An Author Blog" last March that I missed a posting. Oral surgery to blame. Back on track now. I am struck by the…
When You See This . . .
. . . please give me two or three words that come to mind when you look at this painting.
Tête-à-trois: Sunday at the Museum 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…
Celebration of Female Artists, part II
While I continue my down-the-stretch editing of Rain Dodging,, enjoy these works of seven lesser known women artists! Fern Isabel Coppedge, American, 1883 – 1951 The Old Canal, oil on…
First Impressions: A Celebration of Female Impressionist Artists in History
Most have heard of women impressionist artists Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt, but there are so many other women impressionists and post-impressionist who deserve to be noticed. Read a bit about…