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Berthe Morisot & Edouard Manet: Artists & Astrology, Patterns in Creativity

Berthe Morisot & Edouard Manet: Artists & Astrology, Patterns in Creativity

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...
Magical Moments: Lisa and the Labyrinth

Magical Moments: Lisa and the Labyrinth

by Meryl Ann | Jun 24, 2022 | Healing Arts & Etc, Uncategorized

Some days there is so much magic that it requires two blog posts! Yesterday, after my museum visit I got to meet my friend Lisa at her fabulous dance studio – she and I met online when we attended Americans for the Arts Action Fund Executive Director, Nina...
Copying from the Masters: Michelangelo’s Delphic Sibyl & Frank Reilly’s Palette

Copying from the Masters: Michelangelo’s Delphic Sibyl & Frank Reilly’s Palette

by Meryl Ann | Jun 18, 2022 | Frank Reilly, Michelangelo, Oil Painting, Uncategorized

Copying works of Old Masters is a time-honored tradition, in fact, the reason for creating art museums in the first place was to provide the work of the masters for art students to copy. American art students went to Europe in the mid-1800s and early 1900s...
Ancestral Adventures in Synchronicity

Ancestral Adventures in Synchronicity

by Meryl Ann | Jun 17, 2022 | Art Projects, Meryl Ann Butler, Uncategorized

I posted recently about a painting I am working on of my grandmother Mohena Belle Roberts (born in 1894) and my grandfather, Franklin Harris (born in 1886), on the family property in 1916. I had the photo for many decades, planning to paint it some day…and I...
Jewels of India, Part 2: The Lakshmi Tabard (Quilted Wearable Art)

Jewels of India, Part 2: The Lakshmi Tabard (Quilted Wearable Art)

by Meryl Ann | Jun 16, 2022 | Uncategorized

  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...
Jewels of India, Part 1: The Taj Mahal Cape (Quilted Wearable Art)

Jewels of India, Part 1: The Taj Mahal Cape (Quilted Wearable Art)

by Meryl Ann | Jun 15, 2022 | Uncategorized

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...
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