by Gary | Feb 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Nikki McClure, “Start Over Time.” Paper cut. Olympia, Washington. A squirrel drey in a tree high above (where it belongs, not in my window AC where the fluffy little pea brains have been packing sticks and leaves). Like all of Nikki’s work, this...
by Gary | Feb 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
Katherine Stone, “Icarus III.” A fallen Ruby Crowned Kinglet, its wing feathers mirrored by the pages of an open book. This one touched my heart. A lifeless but miraculous creature to behold. I’m fond of these wee birds, the little wren, the...
by Gary | Feb 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi), The Deposition, c.1603. Also called “The Entombment of Christ,” but that’s not what is depicted. John and Nicodemus are laying the body of Jesus on the stone to be bathed and anointed before burial. We see grieving...
by Gary | Feb 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
Anders Zorn (Swedish), Portrait of Mrs. Walter Rathbone Bacon (Virginia Purdy Barker), 1897. This artist is most famous among painters for what is known as the “Zorn Palette.” Our best guesses at the modern equivalents of his pigments are titanium white,...
by Gary | Jan 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
Philip Guston, American, “This Be Not I,” 1945. This painting is special to me. As WWII comes to an end, young city boys play outside with whatever they can find to engage their imaginations. The kind of “pretend” play we enjoyed before...
