Answering the artist within you
Beads by Laura Turner I have taught enough students who waited until retirement to take up painting that I always joke that when I retire, I’m taking up accounting. In fact, I have several accountant friends who do some kind of art on the side—a forensic accountant who draws, a CPA who writes comics, and …
Here’s to you, Dad
Portrait of Ann Douglas, by John P. Douglas, pastel on paper, c. 1969 Last week I wrote, “My father loved Maine, painting, and sailing wooden boats. Several times this week when I signed my paintings I thought of how amazed and happy he would have been to see his daughter getting paid to stand on …
Seeking beauty in the built environment
Northbound on 10th, 16×22, acrylic, by Patti Mollica A lot of painters focus on either the natural or the man-made environment; I truly love painting both. In the built environment, I see both the best and worst of mankind. In the landscape I see God’s hand-print. I love the intersection of these two elemental forces. …
Desperately seeking the Immaculata (and other things)
Summer Sky, by Marilyn Fairman, oil on linen, 9X12. It’s another entry in Rye Painters on Location’s silent auction, and a darn lovely one, too! If I had more time, I’d see Marilyn more than once a year, right? A few weeks ago I talked with a wonderful New Hampshire-based painter who is busy raising …
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Wine pairings
Manship Toasting the Angels, by Barry Faulkner, 1923. At the Farnsworth. My favorite work in the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockport, ME is Manship Toasting the Angels by Barry Faulkner. This 1923 wall screen shows angels coming down from heaven bearing wine. Two couples (Faulkner, his pal Paul Manship, and their wives) raise their glasses in …