The Art of Restoration

Art museums and galleries face two challenging tasks with the artworks they house and display. First is the area of … More

Let’s Play a Guessing Game

Art historians… here’s a question for you. Have you ever heard of a painting titled “Militia Company of District II … More

Drowning in Pop Art

Because I am doing little — if any — art work worthy of sharing, showing, and discussing, I recently asked … More

Special Needs

My husband and I are grandparents and great-grandparents to two special needs children. In addition, my husband worked with special … More

Monkeying Around

Back when I was doing Inktober several years ago, I shared an imaginary art friend — my cheeky “monkey mind”. … More

Catching the Wind

We’ve had quite a bit of windy weather in recent weeks. Although March has always been known as the month … More

Where the Buffalo Roam

“Oh, give me a home, where the buffalo roam, and the deer and the antelope play. Where seldom is heard, … More

More About Munch

Recently I wrote about “Der Schrei de Natur” — The Scream — by Edvard Munch. For most of us, I’m … More

Not For Me!

In all facets of art — appreciating, studying, doing — we learn how important it is for us to “find … More

Please Stand By – Technical Difficulties

This headline is misleading, no doubt. Fortunately I’m not having any technical difficulties today, although I remember my grandfather teaching … More

It’s Raining, It’s Pouring!

Spring is here. We woke up this morning to thunder, lightning, and pouring rain. A few years ago, that would … More

Favorites – Mary Cassatt

A simple question today. Who is your favorite artist? Oh, wait! That might look like a simple question, but it’s … More

I Still Hate Perspective

Now that I’m spending time in the studio every day, I’m re-visiting a lot of different media, supplies, and methods … More

Inside the Art Studio

Yes, I’m still in the midst of a mess here in my art studio, and most likely I always will … More

Art Quiz: The Answer is 1905

Here is a bit of information taken directly from Wikipedia: The Brücke (Bridge), also Künstlergruppe Brücke or KG Brücke was a group of German expressionist artists formed … More

The Russian Avant-Garde

Today’s post is short and to the point. I’m intrigued by avant-garde art, especially art created by artists such as … More

Art Quiz: The Answer is Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov

I’d never heard of Rayonism before… which is hardly surprising. I don’t have much background in art history, and what … More

Art Quiz: Question 55

I’m going to say this… it seems to me that the longer this “Art Quiz” goes on, the harder the … More

The Zorn Palette

I first heard of the “Zorn” palette through one of our area art clubs. Our HFAA group recently put on … More

Art Quiz: The Answer is Simultaneism

This turned out to be one of the most interesting questions in the quiz, in my opinion. I’d never heard … More