Everything I know about stretching canvases I learned in 4H December 31, 2013 Carol L. Douglas Start, as you always do, by squaring off the stretchers. Use a mallet to get them true and check all… Continue Reading →
Who’s crazy now? December 30, 2013 Carol L. Douglas The Prisoners, 1908, Käthe Kollwitz, from A Weaver’s Revolt. Yesterday, a reader sent me this, after commenting that Käthe Kollwitz’… Continue Reading →
That’s insane. December 29, 2013 Carol L. Douglas Woman with Dead Child, 1903, Kathe Kollwitz. The majority of 20th century artists presented madness and grief as a terrifying… Continue Reading →
Culture of Excess December 27, 2013 Carol L. Douglas Butcher’s Stall with the Flight into Egypt, 1551,Pieter Aertsen My friend Dan Gowing was writing his Sunday school lesson this week… Continue Reading →
Crazy artists December 26, 2013 Carol L. Douglas Pietà, (1498-99) Michelangelo. There’s been speculation that Michelangelo was somewhere on the autism spectrum. His hygiene was abysmal, he didn’t… Continue Reading →
America’s favorite folk art form December 24, 2013 Carol L. Douglas Nativity crèche at St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church in Rochester, NY. This follows the German custom of not placing the Christ… Continue Reading →
It is what it is… December 23, 2013 Carol L. Douglas Cartoon for an oil painting of Dr. Bernard Plansky removing my surgical staples. By the time you read this, I… Continue Reading →
Six Days of Advent: The Magi December 22, 2013 Carol L. Douglas The Adoration of the Magi (tapestry), 1904, by Edward Burne-Jones. Note the angel leading the magi with the Star of Bethlehem… Continue Reading →
Six Days of Advent: The Shepherds December 20, 2013 Carol L. Douglas The Annunciation to the Shepherds, Chinese. 20th century, Unknown Artist (and that’s a pity, because it’s a wonderful painting). And there… Continue Reading →
Six Days of Advent: The Mystical Nativity December 19, 2013 Carol L. Douglas The Nativity, 1912, Sir Stanley Spencer. Joseph is off to the right, doing something to the chestnut tree. There is… Continue Reading →