Here are some other photos I took yesterday during my visit to the MOMA, including some of the architecture and some of the paintings I appreciated.
Art by Others
“Scanner Photography” by Ellen HoverKamp
These exceptional photos (yes, done by a high resolution scanner!) are also available in the New Pond Farm Photography Show that I posted about yesterday.
Artist Paul Signac
I’ve been studying up on the artist Paul Signac, who is new to me and I find his work inspiring. A contemporary of and friends with Monet, Van Gogh, and…
Emil Nolde’s Female Faces
In anticipation of Mother’s Day, I read a book about Emil Nolde, who was a favorite artist of my mother’s. She loved his intuitive spontaneity and sense of…
Baltimore Art Museums
Yesterday we visited The Walters Art Museum and The Baltimore Museum of Art. Here are some of the highlights…
Lovely Pastels
I enjoyed seeing these lovely pastels in a gallery in Litchfield. It is interesting to note we share a teacher in Alain Picard. Enjoy!
Images & Object Lessons from my Desktop
On my Mac I’ve collected all sorts of images in my Internet wanderings and it’s time to clear my slate. Many of these I do not recall where I found them but…
Book Review: Strokes of Genius
This is the first book in the Strokes of Genius: the Best of Drawing series. I came across it when hunting in my library for
Helen Frankenthaler
Two days after Christmas Helen Frankenthaler passed on. Until then I didn’t realize she lived in Connecticut not far from where I’ve lived for twenty years.
4,242 Rubik’s Cubes and Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King was a great man and I honor his legacy. I wanted to share an extraordinary portrait of him made solely with 4,242 Rubik’s cubes.
Art from Beach Plastic
I was inspired today by Judith and Richard Lang who regularly comb the same section of beach for literally tons of plastic and make art out of it. The video below is fascinating both environmentally and artistically. After seeing the video, you may want to peruse their website at www.beachplastic.com to see more of their … Read more
Contemporary Wing at the Boston MFA
Last year when I visited the new American Wing in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Contemporary Wing was not open. So this year I returned to see it. Here are some of the best bits with a few close-ups. It is interesting to contemplate that all art was at one time contemporary… … Read more
Degas and the Nude
While my kids were in classes at MIT I saw this show at the Boston Museum of Fine Art. 19572
De Kooning Exhibit at the MOMA
Today I had a great time going to the De Kooning exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Shown on this post are some of my favorite paintings in the show, although they look better in person. 19335