Monet – The Green Wave

When Monet’s early seascape, “The Green Wave,” debuted at the 1879 Impressionist exhibition, a critic called out Monet for being "directly influenced by Manet." He had a point. Eduard Manet pioneered the same flattening of [...]

By |2024-09-13T15:36:43-04:00September 13th, 2024|

Twilight on the Marsh

Nineteenth-century American painter Martin Johnson Heade achieved popular success with paintings of the flat salt marsh regions along the East Coast. His humble landscape subjects set him apart from those contemporaries who pursued more dramatic [...]

By |2024-09-12T12:52:03-04:00September 12th, 2024|

Ripeness is All

“Ripeness is all” is a line in Shakespeare's King Lear:  "Men must endure their going hence, even as their coming hither: Ripeness is all." It’s a timeless insight: the biological facts of birth and death are [...]

By |2024-09-11T11:51:11-04:00September 11th, 2024|

Cosmic Visions

“The sole purpose of your life from birth to death is to become a part of that endless and timeless cosmic creativity.” –David Anderson Among artists, JMW Turner (British, (1775–1851) is especially revered for his [...]

By |2024-09-09T15:56:58-04:00September 9th, 2024|

Make More Pots

One of the touchstones of inspiration and creative activity in general that I see dedicated and professional artists affirming again and again is this: If you want make good art, make lots of art. There’s [...]

By |2024-09-05T19:04:38-04:00September 5th, 2024|
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