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This eight-piece ensemble pays homage to the splendors of India and the goddess Lakshmi (pronounced “Lock-shmee”.) The back of the tabard features Lakshmi, the goddess of abundance, love, grace, light and beauty. The goddess' face was drawn with Prismacolor...
This eight-piece wearable art ensemble pays homage to the splendors of India. The back of the cape features a stunning scene of the Taj Mahal, truly one of the “jewels” of India. This is created in my original “Textile Impressionism” technique. The scene looks like a...
I took a great online collage workshop at VAWAA (Vacation with An Artist) with Annette Luycx last week, I have taken her inspiring collage workshops several times-- always relaxing fun! We did some guided imagery and inner work to come up with a theme about our life's...
In 1864, Exeter, New Hampshire native Elizabeth Jane Gardner (1837-1922) arrived in France in search of art training and found “not a studio nor a master who would receive me." So, like artist Rosa Bonheur, she donned boys clothing which “enabled me to study...
Frank W. Benson, (March 24, 1862 – November 15, 1951) was an American Impressionist from Salem, MA. He traveled to Paris to study at the Académie Julien from 1883 to 1884 , where his teacher, Gustave Boulanger, told him: "Young man, your career is in your...
This is a quick lay-in for a painting I am starting. It is based on a photo taken in 1916 by my great-grandfather, Albert Roberts, on the family property, "Dixie Villa", in Kent Cliffs, NY. Pictured is my grandmother, Mohena Belle, and Franklin, likely just...
When the unbearably chauvinistic Edgar Degas quipped, “What do women know about style?”, Mary Cassatt responded with this work, in which beauty is derived from the painter's skill and style, rather than from a conventionally pretty subject. One source...
Monet said that you could only work on an outdoor painting for 20-30 minutes before the sun moved enough to change the placement of shadows as well as to modify the colors. That's why Monet often brought several canvases with him, so he could work on one for 20-30...