Colour Dominates Form – Henri Matisse
La cruche bleue (Still Life with blue jug) by Henri Matisse 1900 – 1903 A pair of blue jugs, a plate of fruits and a…
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Mary Cassatt, domesticity, intimacy and love.
MARY CASSATT, ‘Mother’s Kiss’, 1890-1891. Drypoint and aquatint on laid paper. Colour print, 9×13.75 inches (without frame). Two figures, a mother and child, dominate the…
Art Snobbery?
This painting has the look and feel of a cheap, lowbrow book cover. This could be construed as, snobbery but I love her self-confident, sassy,…
Art is a Journey Through Life
Art Appreciation is the undertaking in which people with an interest in looking at art can begin to process, understand and eventually express in writing…
Depression is Somewhat of an Occupational Hazard
The strange thing about depression is that it can be both a force for destruction or creation weaving between the two. As an artist, I…
Love and Devotion
Jan van Eyck, Lucca Madonna, 1436. Oil on panel, 65.7 x 49.6 cm. Stadelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, Germany. Stunning Madonna and Child by the Early Netherlandish…
Innocents, Soft Porn or Murder? Katia Bourdarel, Le Printemps (The Spring)
Katia Bourdarel, Le Printemps (The Spring) (2021), Oil on Canvas. Katia Bourdarel, born in 1970 in Marseille, is a French visual artist, painter, sculptor and…
Joyful Exuberance and Camaraderie, Paris on a Sunday afternoon by Pierre Auguste Renoir
Bal du moulin de la Galette by Pierre Auguste Renoir, 1876 Impressionism, oil on canvas, 131 cm x 175 cm Working-class and student Parisians at…
Love Art, Love Life. Talking Art with Paul Woods
“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” – Albert Einstein Do you love looking at paintings?…
Tension Between Cat and Ball by Gertrude Abercrombie
“Siamese Cat with Blue Ball”, 1956 – Gertrude Abercrombie, American (1909 – 1977) A nice enough, quite charming and calming painting. A cat sits passively,…