You all know how much I love animated films, so this week I’m choosing to highlight a very special movie that looks absolutely incredible and has a strong art historical theme. Combining both stop-motion and 2D animation, The Inventor tells the story of Leonardo da Vinci as he tests out his more ambitious inventions in […]
Read more "“The Inventor”"You may recall that I began my most recent lecture series – The Artist as Alchemist: Spirituality, Science & Magic in Art – way back in September 2021. This lecture series consists of four lectures with the epic conclusion coming this month. Before I announce the final lecture in the series, let’s do a quick […]
Read more "Wild & Witchy Women (In Art & Pop Culture)"Last week I gave the second presentation of my current lecture series – The Artist as Alchemist: Spirituality, Science & Magic in Art – via Zoom to yet another group of delightfully curious participants. In fact, they seemed to be really intrigued by this artist’s unexpected artwork. This did not surprise me one bit because […]
Read more "The Secret & The Sacred: The Art of Hilma af Klint"Last week I debuted the first lecture in my new series – The Artist as Alchemist: Spirituality, Science & Magic in Art – to a wonderfully engaging collection of Zoom participants. The first lecture in this series – Spirals & The Sun: The Art & Science of Newgrange – was devoted to learning more about […]
Read more "Spirals & The Sun: The Art & Science of Newgrange"This year I noticed something very interesting regarding my personal research trends. In reevaluating the topics and people I spent the last two years researching, there seem to be quite a few connections to spirituality, science, mathematics and magic all swirled together in a sort of art historical stew. So, as we art historians tend […]
Read more "The Artist as Alchemist"While in Chicago a couple weeks ago, I visited the Museum of Science and Industry. It was a spectacular place that could not be experienced in a single day – repeat visits are definitely encouraged and required if you want to experience everything. Multiple floors of science-based and technology-infused exhibitions (their website claims 400,000 square […]
Read more "Numbers in Nature: Museum of Science & Industry"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"I was asked to write about the artwork of Lillian Verkins for the June issue of Artborne Magazine. After spending time with Lillian in her home studio, I quickly realized that no ordinary article would be sufficient to express how I felt about her work. As I am finding out so frequently this year, “art […]
Read more "The Answer: The Artwork of Lillian Verkins"As I may have mentioned in a previous post… I LOVE The Muppets. I was fortunate enough to have four of my Muppet paintings included in a puppet-themed art show a few years ago here in Orlando, FL. This one features my favorite Muppet (aside from Kermit, of course) – Beaker – and is titled […]
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The Wandering Art Historian 