Jul 2, 2015 | Tabloid art history
(Left) Raphael, (1509-1511) Plato and Aristotle, (detail), The School of Athens, Vatican. (Right) Meg Black (2015) Energy Wall Relief, maquette for Call for Proposals. As an artist and art historian, I find inspiration in...
Jun 22, 2015 | Tabloid art history
On May 29, 1606, in Rome, during a brawl over a disputed score in a game of tennis, Caravaggio killed his opponent, Ranuccio Tomassoni. He then fled to Malta to avoid probable execution for his crime, but sent his painting of David holding the head of Goliath to the...
Jun 17, 2015 | Tabloid art history
(Left) Artemisia Gentileschi Judith and her maidservant with the head of Holofernes (1625) Oil on canvas, 6’ x 4’ 7” Detroit Institute of Art. (Right) Caravaggio, Judith Beheading Holofernes. 1598. Oil on canvas, 5’ 9” x 7’ 7”. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica,...
Jun 16, 2015 | Upcoming events
I spent the day Saturday demonstrating my pulp painting methods at Essex Greenbelt’s Art in the Barn. Most of my “customers” were kids, and there were a lot of them at the event! Thank you to Essex Greenbelt for giving me the opportunity to share...
Apr 21, 2015 | Tabloid art history
Here are some of the paintings I was inspired by as I worked on a commissioned painting Parker River, Newbury, MA. 1. David Hockney, (1997). Oil on canvas, 12 x 9.2. Inspired by a drive to visit a dying friend: The Road Across the Wolds. Tate Gallery, London. ...
Mar 12, 2015 | News from the studio
This article appears in the April Newsletter of Hand Papermaking Magazine Number 110, April 2015 Dear Hand Papermaking, I was recently awarded a one-percent commission by the State of New Hampshire to complete six large-scale handmade paper paintings (90 x 40 inches)...
