Degas: The Private Impressionist

A few weeks ago I visited the Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland, FL to view the exhibition Degas: The Private Impressionist. I then wrote about it for ArtScene Press. Here is a brief excerpt of that article… The preliminary sketches and studies in this exhibit exemplify Degas’ masterful draftsmanship, and some drawings could stand as […]

Purvis Young & Mary Proctor

Sometimes you can find art in the most unusual places. While on vacation in Chicago a couple weeks ago, my husband and decided to stop by the House of Blues for a night cap. We had spent all day out-and-about and we weren’t quite ready to head back to our hotel. Plus, since we have […]

Kusama Dots Red

It has been quite a while since I posted artwork to the blog and I am so happy to share some new pieces over the coming weeks. After an artistic dry spell that lasted a few months, inspiration came all at once and I couldn’t paint fast enough! The painting on the far right of […]

The Goldfinch

A few months ago I went in search of books that could potentially be included in my summer series, the Art Lovers Books Club, at the Winter Garden Art Association. I asked people who attended my events and I requested recommendations on social media. Thankfully, I received a ton of suggestions and Donna Tartt’s The […]

Enrico David at the MCA

The Wandering Art Historian has returned! If you haven’t seen any blog posts as of late, know that I spent a bit of time away from the blog, wandering around the Windy City. This was my second visit in less than a year and I can assure you… Chicago is a city FULL of ART! […]

“Forbidden Literature” by Rene Magritte

Please visit the ArtScene Press blog to read my article on the Magritte & Dali exhibit currently on view at The Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, FL! Here is a brief excerpt… Theatrically curated, the artwork is hung on red walls, with each of the galleries delineated by lush red velvet curtains. Except for a […]

Magritte & Dali

In preparation for my upcoming lecture on Rene Magritte, I visited The Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, FL to view their current exhibition Magritte & Dali. I won’t go into too much detail here on the blog about what this exhibition entails for two reasons: 1. I will be writing an article about the exhibition […]

At Eternity’s Gate

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 […]

Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

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 […]

Body Snatchers

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 – […]