Happy Thanksgiving, friends. Thank you for listening to my thoughts. Without you I’d just be muttering to myself. Cheers, Ruthie
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At the Table
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Diebenkorn’s Figures
How Diebenkorn Abstracts the Figure Watch the diagonals: how they form shapes, intersect with each other, form pathways across and divide the canvas. See how he crops in close, balancing …
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The Sound of the Wind
“Winter solitude- in a world of one color the sound of the wind.” ― Bashō Matsuo From yesterday’s post: As a child, I collected the little cards with Japanese prints that came in …
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Hiroshige’s Rainy Moments
From Wikipedia: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese: 歌川 広重), also Andō Hiroshige (Japanese: 安藤 広重; 1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition. …
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Rainy Moments in Art
Rainy Moments in Art Edited from http://blog.orangecarton.com/famous-rain-moments-in-art-painting/ Rain has been one of the most popular subjects of art painting. Artists like Monet, Van Gogh, and many others found rain as perfect …
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Wind Storms
A High Wind Warning is in effect this weekend for the Seattle area. Batten the hatches, and be safe. Below: a small collection of wind storm paintings. If you see something that …
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100 Paintings of Water
Painting above by Fredericka Foster. More by Foster at the end of this post. What makes painted water look like water? Is it the tone of blue, or by the reflective color …
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