Arts Everyday Living: Dreams and Reflections—Redon’s Tribute to Leonardo
With only a few days left in 2013, why not take an opportunity to dream and reflect……… The mystical Homage to Leonardo by Symbolist painter Odilon Redon (1840-1916) is a tribute to the genius of...
View ArticleArts Everyday Living: Lost Loves in Art—The Narcissistic Kiss?
LOST LOVES IN ART: MY HEART CRIES FOR THE PAST ____________________ ____________________ Belgian painter Fernand Khnopff (1858-1921) is recognized today as having influenced the works of his...
View ArticleArts Everyday Living: Moreau, Matisse’s Teacher & the Haunting of an Emperor
GUSTAVE MOREAU THE HAUNTING OF AN EMPEROR I believe neither in what I touch or what I see. I only believe in what I do not see, and solely in what I feel. Gustave Moreau ____________________...
View ArticleArts Everyday Living: The Journey to Art—Self Revelation and Transformation
Click on the work of art to enlarge and enhance it. THE JOURNEY TO ART REVELATION & TRANSFORMATION But the journey to art requires a transformation that focuses on you. Not on externals,...
View ArticleArts Everyday Living: The Art of Serenity—Autumn Days, Healing Thoughts
THE ART OF SERENITY AUTUMN DAYS, HEALING THOUGHTS ____________________ ……The calm repose of autumn days, Steals quietly o’er the troubled breast, Soothing life’s weary cares to rest.* A...
View ArticleArts Everyday Living: Gustav Klimt–Inside the Viennese World of Fashion
Click on the work of art to enlarge or enhance it. GUSTAV KLIMT INSIDE THE VIENNESE WORLD OF FASHION ____________________ ____________________ Vain trifles as they seem, clothes have, they say,...
View ArticleArts Everyday Living: Another Side of Edvard Munch–His Dog’s Best Friend
Click on the work of art to enlarge or enhance it. EDVARD MUNCH HIS DOG’S BEST FRIEND ____________________ ____________________ Munch bought a pretty house, Nedre Ramme, on its own...
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