I am going to be away for most of March so I am going to be reposting a number of blogs that first appeared in previous years. When I return, […]
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Arts Everyday Living: Happy Birthday Winslow Homer! Escape to the Sea & Sky of the Bahamas
Title: Nassau, 1899 Artist: Winslow Homer (1836-1910) Few artists can rival American Winslow Homer’s watercolors especially his works done in the Caribbean. Homer was already in his sixties when he […]
Arts Everyday Living: Happy Birthday to the Artist of Dessert–Food, Glorious Food in Art
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RAPHAELLE PEALE—BORN FEBRUARY 17, 1774 Raphaelle Peale (1774-1825) may not have the name recognition of other figures in American art like Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt, or […]
Arts Everyday Living: Through a Child’s Eyes–Portrait of an Irish Lass, Her Spirit Immortalized
Title: Catharine, 1913 Artist: Robert Henri (1865-1929) How could we ever forget Catharine who is portrayed above? For how can we resist those penetrating brown-black eyes that can touch our heart […]
Arts Everyday Living: Discovering Another Woman Artist–Alice Pike Barney & Her Family
Have you heard of Alice Pike Barney (1857-1931)? Like many accomplished women artists, her extensive body of work has not received the recognition it deserves. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, […]
Arts Everyday Living: Escape to the Bahamas–Sail Away with Winslow Homer to the Caribbean
Title: Sloop, Nassau, 1899 Artist: Winslow Homer (1836-1910) We are heading across the waters of the Bahamas in a fine sloop, its sails swirling gracefully against the lowering clouds. A […]
Arts Everyday Living: Escape the Winter Cold with Art–Winslow Homer’s Caribbean Getaway
Title: Natural Bridge, Bermuda, c. 1901 Artist: Winslow Homer (1836-1910) Natural Bridge, Bermuda was composed when American master Winslow Homer was in his early sixties. Although he resided mainly in […]
Arts Everyday Living: Happy Thanksgiving in Art—A Long Ag Scene of Winter in the Country
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! George Henry Durrie (1820-1863) was a 19th century American artist who created memorable landscapes of his native rural Connecticut. His subjects were often of winter scenes like the […]
Arts Everyday Living: An Artist for All Seasons—From Summer to Autumn, Winter to Spring
AN ARTIST FOR ALL SEASONS American master George Inness (1825-1894) is one of the country’s great landscape artists, taking us on a journey through the changing cycle of […]
Arts Everyday Living: Have You Heard Of…..Gari Melchers, Sunday Morning in France & Holland
Title: The Sermon, 1886 Artist: Gari Melchers (1860-1932) It’s Sunday morning and the local villagers are assembled dutifully in church. Their attention is directed toward the front of the room […]
