Somehow, the painter Joan Mitchell (1926-1992) has come to my attention. I now have a book of her work, The Paintings of Joan Mitchell, that was published concurrently with an exhibition of the same name at the Whitney Museum in New York in 2002. I leaf through the pages, drawn more and more deeply into
I’m a bit behind schedule owing to a wonderful weekend on Salt Spring where I ate, socialized, danced and led dances at the Salt Spring Island Scottish Country Dance Club‘s 20th annual Robbie Burn‘s evening. Thinking about Robbie Burns got me wondering about Scottish artists. I could only come up with two off the
Okay, I can’t stand it any longer, I just have to share Joseph Plaskett’s remarkable floral oil paintings. Luckily there is a continuing theme from previous blogs and that is, as in many of his pastels, Plaskett sometimes leaves part of the support, in this case canvas, bare. You’ll be able to see this
Since my post on Whistler’s pastels, I have become more alert to pastels that really utilize the colour of the paper as part of the overall look of the piece. Yesterday, I was flipping through my catalogues of work by Joseph Plaskett and had to hit my forehead because here, in front of me,
Back in November, I was introduced to Whistler’s pastels in the form of The Beadstringers. I wasn’t aware of Whistler’s pastels and was blown away by how expressive and beautiful they are. We’re all familiar with some of James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s well-known works like this iconic beauty: and this gorgeous painting
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