Last week I hosted my final Zoom lecture of 2021 – The Book of Kells. This was the third presentation in my current lecture series The Artist as Alchemist: Spirituality, Science & Magic in Art. This lecture series will conclude in January 2022 with a Zoom presentation of epic proportions, so stay tuned for more […]
Read more "The Book of Kells (Lecture)"The life story of Leonora Carrington is so fascinating that I am dumbfounded as to why it hasn’t been made into a film or multi-episode limited series. As a film it screams “Oscar bait” and as a limited series it would fit perfectly into the current trend of glamorous, yet provocatively emotional prestige television. That […]
Read more "“WandaVision” & Leonora Carrington"Did you know that Salvador Dali collaborated with a variety of fellow artists and creatives including Walt Disney? Together they planned “Destino,” a Fantasia-inspired animated short film without dialogue and set to music. While the project was begun in 1946, it was Roy Disney who finally oversaw the film’s completion in 2003. This short film […]
Read more "“Destino”"Spirals in art have fascinated me for quite a while now and while I’m not exactly sure why, I may have come a bit closer to discovering what draws me to them. Apparently, the Irish have been fascinated by spirals for thousands of years and it keeps showing up in their artwork. I started my […]
Read more "The Book of Kells – Part 3"I have returned from my travels to The Emerald Isle and I have so many wonderful things to share – the first being my visit to Newgrange. Visiting this ancient site was at the very top of my list of things I had to do while in Ireland and I can assure you, it did […]
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The Wandering Art Historian 