by Meryl Ann | Feb 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
Creating art can lower stress and enhance your wellbeing. Of course, most creative folks already know this, but it’s always satisfying when science catches up. A 2016 Drexel University study found that making art can significantly reduce stress-related...
by Meryl Ann | Dec 20, 2022 | Uncategorized, Women Artists
Angels Entertaining the Holy Child (1893. Pvt. collection) is a painting by Marianne Stokes (1855–1927), an Austrian-born artist who exhibited at London’s Royal Academy, and was associated with the famous Newlyn School artists colony. Marianne shows an insightful...
by Meryl Ann | Jul 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
American Impressionist Theodore Robinson (1852-1896) divided his time between New York and France, where he lived next door to his friend Claude Monet; they often advised each other. Robinson introduced his friend, artist Theodore Earl Butler (my 6th cousin four...
by Meryl Ann | Jul 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
In the early 1900’s Florence Griswold ran a summer boarding house for artists, mostly ones who came up from NYC to her home in Connecticut. It became the nucleus of the Old Lyme Art Colony and is now in the National Historic Register as the Florence Griswold...
by Meryl Ann | Jul 3, 2022 | Quilts & Fiber Art, Uncategorized
I visited Mark and Angie Setevdemio’s lovely gift shop and gallery in Ashburnham, MA, Creative Connections. The current art show features amazing needle felting by Lyn Slade. Needle felting is labor intensive, but also meditative and relaxing. The special...
by Meryl Ann | Jun 29, 2022 | Berthe Morisot, Berthe Morisot, Edouard Manet, Uncategorized
Comparing artists’ astrology charts can uncover the secrets of their work and lives! If you are interested in French Impressionism, astrology or Paris, (or all three!) or if you just want to be uplifted by over 100 stunning art images, you’ll love this Zoom workshop...
