A tonic after two days of Dead Baby Art October 31, 2013 Carol L. Douglas The Lord Is My Shepherd, Eastman Johnson, 1863 Yesterday Jane Bartlett sent thisto serve as a tonic for the two days… Continue Reading →
Personal performance art, revisited October 30, 2013 Carol L. Douglas Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross (The Gross Clinic), 1875, Thomas Eakins. Who knew Eakins was such a visionary? Yesterday,… Continue Reading →
I don’t object because it cheapens sex, but because it cheapens art. October 29, 2013 Carol L. Douglas William Blake’s The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with Sun (1805). This is what conceptual art used to be about.… Continue Reading →
The Witty City October 28, 2013 Carol L. Douglas The restored Hotel Lafayette. My home town of Buffalo, NY is certainly one of the most beautiful cities in America.… Continue Reading →
Two books I keep recommending that people buy, over and over… October 25, 2013 Carol L. Douglas Trouble is, I never remember their titles when I’m asked. The first is Kevin Macpherson’s Landscape Painting Inside & Out,… Continue Reading →
That mysterious synergy between artists October 24, 2013 Carol L. Douglas Pokeweed and ferns set off those florist flowers. When the creative process is working well between two people, there’s what… Continue Reading →
It was a gorgeous summer in Rochester, too… October 23, 2013 Carol L. Douglas Clouds over Barben Farm in Honeoye Falls. This week, I’m taking a look back at my summer, both in Maine… Continue Reading →
And the things that we ate! October 22, 2013 Carol L. Douglas My personal favorite will always be codfish, here served with polenta with kale. But it’s equally likely to be grassfed… Continue Reading →
Oh, the places we went! October 21, 2013 Carol L. Douglas Rocks off Port Clyde. “It’s opener, out there, in the wide, open air.”(Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss)… Continue Reading →
Seven days of wood smoke and crackling leaves—Little Ol’ Me October 20, 2013 Carol L. Douglas New York Catskill Farm, pastel. I decided to shun-pike from New York City to Rochester after Rye Painters on Location… Continue Reading →