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At Home with Cesare Vianello – A Room With A View
“One doesn’t come to Italy for niceness,” was the retort; “one comes for life. Buon giorno! Buon giorno!” E.M. Forster, A Room with a View Cesare Vianello ( Venice , 1862 – Venice , 1953 ) Italian...
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The Galleria dell’Accademia & The Statue of David
Today, in 1584, Michelangelo‘s Statue of David was unveiled in Florence. Florence 2004, the Budd family travelled to Italy. The timing was serendipitous. The Statue of David restoration had just been...
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Blanketing the City
Jane Jacobs wrote, “Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.” That was the thought that came to mind when I first...
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#FridayPainting:Imperial Fritillaries in a Copper Vase by Vincent van Gogh
“I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say ‘he feels deeply, he feels tenderly’.” Vincent Van Gogh “Imperial Fritillaries in a Copper Vase” Vincent van Gogh I begin each day by stopping...
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#FridayPainting: “Louisiana Heron” John James Audubon
“The woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those who sang the best.” John James Audubon “Louisiana Heron” John James Audubon Herons are magnificent creatures. The quote was especially...
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#FridayPainting: Shore House by George Wesley Bellows
“Try everything that can be done. Be deliberate. Be spontaneous. Be thoughtful and painstaking. Be abandoned and impulsive. Learn your own possibilities.”George Bellows Shore House 1911 by George...
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We do not know when we started…
We do not know when we started, we will not know when we will end By Christopher Lacroix Pablo Picasso once said that “Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.” That was the thought that...
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#FridayPainting: “Surprised” by Henri J.F. Rousseau
“When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself, Yes indeed, all that belongs to me!”Henri J.F. Rousseau
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#FridayPainting: “Blue Horse” by Franz Marc
Art is nothing but the expression of our dream; the more we surrender to it the closer we get to the inner truth of things, our dream-life, the true life that scorns questions and does not see them.”...
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#FridayPainting: “The Bridge of Tranquetaille” by Vincent van Gogh
The Bridge of Tranquetaille by Vincent van Gogh (Public Domain) “In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism, skepticism and humbug, and we shall want to live more musically.” Vincent Van Gogh...
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#Friday Reflection: The Bedroom of Elizabeth of Bavaria by Franz Xavier...
The Bedroom of Elizabeth of Bavaria (Schloss Tegernsee) by Franz Xavier Nachtmann (1799 – 1846) There is a serenity within this painting that comes from the soft colours that envelope the young girl...
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#Friday Painting: Joseph Mallory William Turner, “View of Lyons”, 19th Century
“It is only when we are no longer fearful that we begin to create.” J.M.W. Turner “I don’t paint so that people will understand me, I paint to show what a particular scene looks like.” J.M.W. Turner...
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For Love: An Artist’s Wife
Over the past few months of our present “solitude,” I have found ways in which to travel the world virtually to faraway art galleries. With travel curtailed and libraries, museums and art galleries...
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#FridayPainting: Maurice Denis, “The Muses”
“All artists are now free to express their own personality.” Maurice Denis Paintings hold stories that are seen and unseen. Maurice Denis’s “The Muses” brings us a view of Nine Muses, from Greek...
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#FridayPainting: Vincent Van Gogh, “Landscape with House and Ploughman”
“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.” Vincent Van Gogh Vincent...
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#FridayPainting: Fra Angelico “The Presentation in the Temple”
“The Presentation in the Temple” Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro) 1395-1455 We have entered the festive season of December. What better way than to begin the celebration than with Fra Angelico. Last...
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#FridayPainting: Henri J. F. Rousseau “The Railway”
“Why did you paint a couch in the middle of the jungle?” Rousseau: “Because one has the right to paint one’s dreams.” Henri J.F. Rouseau Railroads have always been a source and a symbol of adventures...
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#FridayPainting: George Henry Boughton “The Lady of the Snows”
Merry Christmas. The Lady of the Snows by George Henry Boughton brings out the best of winter with the vibrant reds again the winter landscape. He has created a fashion statement perfect for an outing...
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#FridayPainting: Henri Lucien Doucet “Le Soir au Chateau”
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2021! Le Soir au Chateau, 1890 by Henri Lucien Doucet (Public Domain) Henri Lucien Doucet (1856 – 1895) is the last in the 2020 #FridayPainting series. And what better way...
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#FridayPainting: Giuseppe Arcimboldo “Portrait of a Librarian” 1566
Giuseppe Arcimboldo “Portrait of a Librarian” 1566 Oil on Canvas (Public Domain) The first time I viewed a painting by Giuseppe Arcimboldo, I was certain that the date on the painting was incorrect....
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