Hydrangeas in Bavarian Bowl Every writer understands that we write our best about those places and things we love. Novelist Willa Cather was steeped in the regional history of her Nebraska roots, and wrote poignant novels of pioneer life on the Great Plains—O PIONEERS and MY ANTONIA, among others. Hamlin Garland, born on a farm in the hills of Southwestern [...]
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Those places and things we love . . .
Posted in Art Therapy, Books can be the greatest art teachers!, Movements in Art, Paint what you love!, Southwestern Art, The American West, The joy of making art, The Wild Things, YUPO paper, tagged Art Therapy, Constable, Creative Living in a Condo, Hamlin Garland, Matisse, Monet, Painting those places and things we love, Regional Literature, Robert Service, Turner, Watercolor painting, Willa Cather, YUPO paper on October 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »
A kid could do that!
Posted in Art Therapy, Battling Closed Minds and Limited Imaginations, Don't forget to play!, Funk and Funky, Movements in Art, The joy of making art, YUPO paper, tagged Art Therapy, Battling Unimaginative Minds, Fun and Funky, The beauty of crafts, Watercolor painting, YUPO paper on October 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I frequently hear negative comments about “modern art”, meaning abstract or semi-abstract art—which, understandably enough, doesn’t appeal to everyone. The comments crack me up because abstraction is anything but modern. It came into being from the late 1800s to early 1900s and peaked in the famous 1960s. If there is such a thing as “modern”, it is representational art—judging by what I [...]
Art and the raging “isms” . . .
Posted in Art Therapy, Battling Closed Minds and Limited Imaginations, Collections, Creative Living in a Condo, Don't forget to play!, Fauvism, Funk and Funky, Impressionism, Movements in Art, Southwestern Art, The Beauty of "Hand Made", The Fun of Being Unconventional!, The joy of experimenting with art, The joy of making a mess!, The joy of making art, Way out Creativity, YUPO paper, tagged Art Therapy, Battling Unimaginative Minds, Creative Living in a Condo, Digitally enhanced art, Fauvism, Fun and Funky, Georgia O'Keeffe, Hand Made, Matisse, Monet, New Mexico, Paul Durand-Ruel, Santa Fe, Southwestern Art, Taos, The French Impressionists, The joy of art making, The Louvre, Van Gogh on August 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
One of the many delightful adventures involved in finding a new life passion, is researching its history. Since I’ve been steeped and schooled in literature and the English language from little on, I’m no stranger to the craft of writing. But art history provides a whole new world for me to explore. Especially fascinating to me are the various [...]
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