I missed “At Eternity’s Gate” when it was in theaters last fall, but it was just released on Blu-ray and I am completely in awe. It is a work of art. It is a film by a painter (Julian Schnabel), about a painter (Vincent van Gogh) and it is unbelievable to me that it has […]
Read more "At Eternity’s Gate"I recently partnered with the Tildenville Marketplace in Oakland, FL for a workshop titled Rediscovering the Masters: Van Gogh’s Sunflowers. The hope was to create a unique take on the popular “paint-and-sip” events and allow our guest the freedom to create their own work of art inspired by a “master artist” from art history. For […]
Read more "Van Gogh’s Sunflowers"I am pleased to share my most recent article for ArtScene Press! The Cornell Fine Arts Museum on the campus of Rollins College has a number of art exhibits concurrently on view in different galleries throughout the museum. I chose to focus on a small, but powerful exhibition – Body Snatchers: Death in Culture – […]
Read more "Body Snatchers"A recent scientific discovery proves that some Medieval manuscript illuminators were women. Last month, a German woman’s body dated ca. 1100 AD was exhumed and inspected. Blue particles were found in the mouth of the corpse and those particles were determined to be lapis lazuli. Lapis lazuli came from what is now Afghanistan which was […]
Read more "Women Manuscript Illuminators"Two weeks ago I attended the opening of “Guerrilla Girls: Rattling Cages Since 1985” at the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery on the campus of Florida Southwestern State College in Ft. Myers, FL. I had to see this exhibition with my own eyes because I could not believe a radical and progressive art activist group like the […]
Read more "Guerrilla Girls: Rattling Cages Since 1985"I hope you will join me for this incredible event! Together we will paint Van Gogh’s sunflowers and learn a bit about Vincent’s lifelong love of nature. We will also talk about his creative journey from the dark earth tones of the great Dutch Baroque masters to his signature vibrant use of color. Rediscovering the […]
Read more "Rediscovering the Masters: Vincent van Gogh"Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper by Harriet Scott Chessman offers the reader a new and somewhat surprising look at the life of Impressionist Mary Cassatt. Told from the perspective of her dear sister, Lydia, and inspired by five paintings for which Lydia posed, Chessman provides an intriguing look at Paris on the cusp of […]
Read more "Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper"I may be the only person in the world that still uses paper calendars, but who cares?! Because I plan events so far in advance and don’t want to forget anything (and have a twinge of OCD), I need multiple places to document all my activities and shenanigans. I actually work in triplicate – paper […]
Read more "For the Love of Frida"I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino is a young adult novel about the artist Diego Velazquez (of “Las Meninas” fame) told from the point of view of his assistant, Juan de Pareja. Honestly, the book is more Juan’s story than it is Velazquez’ story because it provides an intimate look at slavery […]
Read more "I, Juan de Pareja"The class schedule is up for the Spring 2019 semester of the Rollins Center for Lifelong Learning and registration is live. This spring I am offering five classes and it will be your last opportunity to take some of them. That’s right – after this semester some of my classes will be retired into The […]
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