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Plein Air
Where the Eagles Soar (date unknown) by Franz Johnston, Art Gallery of Ontario. Also known as “Frank” Johnston, he was a member of The Group of Seven but loosely associated after he moved to…
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Northern Neighbors
The Birch Grove, 1915-16 by Tom Thomson. A unofficial member of the Group of Seven artists but only because he passed away before the group was established. He was an avid outdoors man whose…
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Bountiful
Fruits and Vegetables, 1938 by Grant Wood. Another publication from Associated American Artists. Wood hired his sister Nan and her husband to hand-tint the flower and fruits watercolors.
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Foresight
Wild Flowers, 1938 by Grant Wood, Assorted collections. During the Depression many artists were not able to make a living so two New York Art Dealers commissioned working artists such as Wood to do…
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Crater Art
Roden Crater by James Turrell, under construction. Kanye West has brought a lot of attention to light and space artist James Turrell whom he worked with and filmed Jesus is King at Turrell’s Roden…
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Paolo Soleri in Arizona
Artist/architect Paolo Soleri studied at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West and with the famous architect himself, although Soleri’s designs took on a more amorphic and almost insect-like look about them. The photos were taken…
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The Frame is Also Art
In Preparation, She Cached A Guidebook Near the River of Oblivion, 2008 by Holly Lane, Forum Gallery, Inc. A working artist whose fantastic artwork is fit into her intricate hand-made frames. Her frame style…
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Once Again
Thanksgiving, 1935 by Doris Lee, Art Institute of Chicago. The hardest part is getting it all hot and on the table at the same time. Looking forward to celebrating with family today.
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Honoring Traditions
Thanksgiving by John Currin, 2003, The Tate Collection, London. John Currin’s artwork brings to mind the naturally lit rooms of Vermeer and the realistic, beautiful, yet often grotesque figures of Odd Nerdrum. What I…
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