Louise's ARTiculations
Studying Botticelli: Florentine artist Renaissance Master Alessandro Botticelli is regarded as the best Florentine school artist of his time (1445-1510). An intelligent boy, Botticelli had a quick wit and was bored at school. As a result, he did not … Read More
“You start as a phony and become real.” – Glenn O’Brien, American writer and critic also known as the “Style Guy”. (glennobrien.com) This post was first published in 2016, a few months after I had been blogging. Since then, … Read More
“Cuba is like going to a whole other planet.” —Henry Louis Gates, American historian, film maker, Harvard University professor. Part 2 in a three part series. With people heading south to escape our Canadian winter, I am reminded of a … Read More
Featuring guest artist, Sally Burke This week, I have a new feature on my blog. Just as I love to promote the work of other artists on my Facebook artist page, I would also like to do the same on … Read More
Studying a Renaissance Master: Leonardo da Vinci Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci, is best known for his enigmatic Mona Lisa. However, Da Vinci’s detailed notebooks show an inquiring mind with keen observations and hypotheses in science and technology, in invention … Read More
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. ~H. … Read More
Your Cause is Mine… “Sisters in battle, I am shield and blade to you. As I breathe, your enemies will know no sanctuary. While I live, your cause is mine.” ~ Leigh Bardugo, Wonder Woman” Warbringer. “Your Cause is Mine”, … Read More
Who knows what lurks beneath a snowy blanket? “I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape– the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn’t show.” … Read More
Studying a Renaissance Master: Piero della Francesca My first major project for 2018 involves getting to know a fairly obscure Renaissance master, Piero della Francesca. “Mary Magdalene” is my version of Piero della Francesca’s style. I put my own spin … Read More
This year… I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing … Read More
