I know it’s been awhile since I last wrote: Cam and I have just returned from a week in Chicago (mostly for a growing-your-business summit) and while there, I just didn’t get to writing. Right before we left, I uploaded a new pastel painting demo to YouTube but ran out of time to write a
A couple of weeks ago, I went to visit my Mum and Dad on Salt Spring. It had been a while since I’d spent some time with them and although I have good friends on SSI and always want to visit everyone, I decided to spend the time wholly with my parents. We planned to
So here I am finally with another blog on John Henry Twachtman (1853-1902). (To read the first part, click here.) So where were we? We got as far as 1889 when his work was about to change again. At this point, he only had 12 more years to live and there was some amazing work
A few months ago, I saw a couple of blow-me-away paintings posted on Facebook by one of my arty friends. They were by John Twachtman, an artist I’d vaguely heard of, knew he was classed as one of the American Impressionists but that was it and even that I wasn’t sure about. So, curious, I
Do you remember a while back I wrote a blog on the work of Joan Mitchell, a new discovery for me at the time? If you missed it or want to reread it, just click here. Once I had discovered her work, there was no going back. And so, at the time, I started a
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