Stormy Weather
The recent storms here in Southern California have been dramatic—because we’re simply not accustomed to them. We’ve seen scary seas in...
Brrrr... Winter Landscapes
The good ones make you feel warm Pieter the Elder Bruegel - Hunters in the Snow 1565 Pieter’s painting is regarded as the first true...
The Three Wise Men
Regardless of your religion, you’re probably familiar with the image, three solitary men on camels trudging across a vast desert,...
Shadows
Morning Sun, Edward Hopper, l962 Painting shadows and tones is akin to writing lyrical music or mayhap a haunting poem. The dark shape...
Man’s Best Friend (Woman’s too)
Women have long loved their dogs. This Bronzino portrait of a Lady in Red in 1533 depicts an elegantly attired woman with a dog on her...
Picnics
"A loaf of bread, a jug of wine and thou,” wrote Omar Khayyam in the 12th century. Picnics are a long human tradition. Ever since we left...
Sunflowers
Sunflowers symbolize the essence of summer. Their brilliant yellow is the strongest color, psychologically. It lifts our spirits,...
Spring Is For The Birds
Keep a green tree in your heart, and perhaps a singing bird will come. Spring is synonymous with the twitter and trills of birds,...
Is The New Black A New Art Tool?
Vantablack is a recently invented substance which is blacker than black. It is manufactured in a lab. It is the blackest black on earth....
Green Is The Color We Crave In The Winter
GREEN is the color we crave in the winter, our senses deprived of the color of Spring, of renewal and rebirth. Green is the predominant...
