Happy Easter Monday!!! I thought about doing a blog all about paintings of rabbits and eggs. Well, not really. As it’s Easter, what I did do was collect a few beautiful paintings of the resurrection of Christ. Let’s have a look at how each artist represented the scene. So let’s get started.
As promised in my last blog, here’s one sharing a few paintings with Springtime as their theme. I googled ‘paintings of Springtime’ and came up with a few surprises. I then dug around to get the facts (size, date, location etc i.e. more than just an artist’s name and title of the painting) and
What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day, the day of reminding us what love is all about, than to share images of the kiss in art? I know there are many creations out there showing the kiss in art and I’d love to hear about your favourites. In the meantime, here are a few to
The other day I came across a painting by Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) and was reminded of how much I like his work. There is something about the way he painted fabric and his use of a particular red that I react to emotionally. As well, he painted such interesting expressions on characters that
For days I’ve been pondering and wondering what to write about for my New Year’s blog. And then, I thought of the celebrating we do on New Year’s Eve to say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new. Which led me to fireworks. Which led me to Whistler’s painting, Nocturne in
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