We’re thrilled to share a third installment of guest posts by our favorite cold weather friend, Tracey Smith. You can read her first guest post here and the second here. As you may know, Tracey is lucky enough to reside in the great snowy state of Colorado, which is where she finds inspiration for today’s [...]

Filed under: Art, Events, Exhibits, Inspiration, Nature, Travel on February 11th, 2010 | No Comments »

Artaissance artist April Richardson’s paintings are currently being featured in 3 different shows in the Seattle area. She is inspired by the beauty of nature around her. Her painting, Hydrangea 1 is shown below, Prints of this image are available from Artaissance. 

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Filed under: Art, Artaissance, Artists, Exhibits, Inspiration on December 4th, 2009 | No Comments »

Artaissance artist Kay Carlson is a Wisconsin native who moved to the San Francisco area in 1971. Her paintings feature the vineyards in Napa Valley and boats in Marin County.
Kay will be having an open house at her studio in the Industrial Center Building on Friday night, December 4th from 7 to 9. This is [...]

Filed under: Art, Artaissance, Artists, Events, Exhibits on December 2nd, 2009 | No Comments »

                                                THEN: When I was a kid my Mom bought me Paint by Number kits to keep me occupied when I was sick enough to stay home from school. If we went to the drug store to get cough syrup or whatever else I needed, I recall stopping in the toy aisle to choose which [...]

Filed under: Art, Before & After, Exhibits, Framing, Museums on November 12th, 2009 | No Comments »

I have long been fascinated with Claes Oldenburg’s art. In his sculptures, mundane objects become iconic - perhaps even glamorous. Recently, I read this quote by Oldenburg:
“I am for an art that is political - erotical - mystical, that does something other than sit on its ass in a museum.”
I had to laugh, because Oldenburg’s works [...]

Filed under: Art, Artists, Exhibits, Installations, Quotes on September 9th, 2009 | 6 Comments »

I admit it. I’m a Lifetime-made-for-tv-movie watcher. Especially on a rainy Sunday…This is where I learned that “Georgia O’Keeffe - Her Life Was a Work of Art” will premiere on Saturday, September 19th at 9 PM ET/PT.

Starring Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons, this Lifetime Original Movie chronicles O’Keeffe’s life, complete, I’m certain, with the emotional trials and [...]

Filed under: Art, Artists, Exhibits, Inspiration, Museums, Nature, Quotes, TV on September 1st, 2009 | No Comments »

It’s coming….again. The anniversary. The anniversary of one of the most tragic days in America’s history - September 11, 2001 - a day that will always be remembered with a heavy heart.
Three years ago, on the 5th anniversary of 9/11, I was on a morning flight from Atlanta to NYC. At the airport, I could feel the tension in [...]

Filed under: Art, Events, Exhibits, Inspiration, Museums on August 26th, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Tony Foster’s subjects can’t really get much bigger. 

His most recent exhibition highlights his documention of the Grand Canyon and Mount Everest - two of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World (depending on whom you might ask). Tony Foster: Searching for a Bigger Subject, opened on July 11th at the Phoenix Art Museum and is on view [...]

Filed under: Art, Artaissance, Artists, Exhibits, Museums, Nature, Quotes on July 13th, 2009 | No Comments »

As the Rodin Museum undergoes a facelift this summer, one of Auguste Rodin’s best-known sculptures, The Thinker, will be temporarily displayed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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While the limestone facade of the Rodin Museum is being restored, The Thinker can be found in the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Great Stair Hall until it can be safely returned [...]

Filed under: Exhibits, Inspiration, Masters, Museums, Photography on July 9th, 2009 | No Comments »

On the heels of Independence Day, as I think of patriotism, family, communities and American art, Norman Rockwell and his iconic images have to fit in somewhere.

Rockwell (1894-1978) created over 4,000 original works, 322 of which appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post. He was an illustrator; a storyteller during what some might consider America’s [...]

Filed under: Art, Artists, Exhibits, Holiday, Museums, Quotes on July 6th, 2009 | No Comments »