COLD
It’s been really cold here recently, relatively speaking for New England. How do you turn something New Englanders consider a negative into a positive? Focus on cool colors in works of art. Colo ...
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African American (Art) History Month
When we usually read about the Rocky Mountain School of painting, we are presented with artists like Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902), Thomas Hill (1892-1908), and Thomas Moran (1837–1926). Th ...
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Happy African American [Art] History Month IV
One of the avenues of expression in the flourishing of African American art since the Harlem Renaissance (ca. 1920s–1940) has been the exploration of subject matter concerning the contemporary B ...
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Happy African American [Art] History Month III
Whenever you’ve got a massive case of the “sads” in winter, it’s always helpful to seek color to give you a lift. What am I saying? Even if you don’t have a case of the s ...
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Happy African American [Art] History Month
I have decided to apply officially to change the name of one of this month’s official designations to include African American Art History Month (although I haven’t really). When ...
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Tree Memories
Meet my new “find”: the awesome painter Rodney Taylor. As a Virgo, I do not routinely paint totally from memory. While a memory can evoke very specific imagery, it is often affected by emo ...
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An Art Ode to Labor Day Week, part 5
I’m pretty certain that all of us have felt like this guy looks at one time or another after a long, hard day at work. What I’d like to show with this artist—through his image of a h ...
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American Artists Appreciation Month II
My blog series about “American Artist Appreciation Month” continues. Here’s some more wonderful art. Dr. Samella Lewis is one of the outstanding activists among African American ...
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American Artists Appreciation Month I
August is “American Artist Appreciation Month,” so I’m rolling out some artists you may never have thought about, or seen for that matter. The breadth of the body of work of Jim ...
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Forty Years Later/African American History Month, part 9
The final post in my series celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the Two Centuries of Black Art exhibit features Margaret Burroughs. Known more as an educator, equality advocate, and prolific write ...
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