The National Gallery of Art in London will open what looks to be an incredible show celebrating one of the greatest Italian Baroque painters of all time. Artemisia opens at the NGA on April 4th of this year and will showcase 30 works by Artemisia Gentileschi including works on loan from private collections. This was […]
Read more "Artemisia at the NGA"A painting depicting the Biblical story of David and Goliath was recently cleaned and during the conservation process, an artist’s signature was revealed. This painting was previously attributed to Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri, but with the signature reveal and more identifying details now visible after cleaning, the painting is being recognized as a work by Artemisia […]
Read more "David & Goliath"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah had contemporary artist Kehinde Wiley on as a guest last week and it was not only entertaining, but wildly informative. Wiley is very comfortable discussing art in a setting that is not always conducive to it – a late night chat show – and with people whose knowledge of […]
Read more "Kehinde Wiley"I stopped by SoBo Gallery in Winter Garden, FL this weekend to check out the current art exhibition, “Word Play.” With a theme focusing on words in art, there are the expected paintings of inspirational phrases and photographs of vintage and antique signs. That said, I was surprised and pleased by the variety of media […]
Read more "“Word Play” at SoBo Gallery"I am so pleased to once again be invited to participate in this annual show at The Barefoot Spa. It is the most colorful, most exuberant and most joyful art show of the year and it opens this Saturday! I will have five paintings in this show inspired by my love of pop culture. Art […]
Read more "Art That Makes Me Smile!"THANK YOU to all those who joined me in the pumpkin patch at St. Luke’s UMC last week for a painting party. I love seeing what happens when you make art supplies available to children… and adults! Each pumpkin that left the patch that night was a true masterpiece. THANK YOU to everyone who attended […]
Read more "THANK YOU!"We all know how much Vincent loved color – that goes without saying. Lately, I have noticed that when I set out to study one of his works, I tend to lean into the color even more than Vincent does. With the sunflowers, I worked hard to get as close as possible to matching Vincent’s […]
Read more "Daubigny’s Garden"To be perfectly honest, I can’t remember ever carving a pumpkin for Halloween. My parents made us stop celebrating Halloween when I was in the 2nd or 3rd grade, so it wasn’t until I was an adult that I was able to return to the best holiday of the year. Knives and gourds make me […]
Read more "Painted Pumpkins"“I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.” -Vincent van Gogh. As an academic, I love studying Van Gogh because he gave us quite a gift – not just 800+ paintings, but hundred and hundreds of letters. Shout out to his sister-in-law, Jo, who had the foresight […]
Read more "Starry Night"I had a lot of fun painting this iris. Vincent is known for his many sunflower paintings, but when he moved to Saint-Remy to check himself into the asylum, we begin to see more irises and cypresses in his work. Of course, there could be a number of reasons for this: perhaps, irises and cypress […]
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