Mar 9, 2020 | Tabloid art history
By the 18th century, the picturesque movement had taken hold in England and Germany as people grew weary of the more rational ideas associated with the enlightenment. Picturesque inspired paintings, sculpture, and landscape design featured asymmetrical compositions,...
Feb 27, 2020 | Tabloid art history
Claude Lorrain (1641). Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula. Oil On canvas, National Gallery, London. St. Ursula, a British princess (in yellow), who refuses to marry a pagan king, holds the flag with her emblem. She is returning to...
Dec 27, 2019 | News from the studio
I was thrilled to find out my artwork and subsequent career trajectory have been added to the Women’s Studio Workshop web site. What is my connection to this group, let me explain . . . In the Spring of 1983, I was a junior in college at SUNY Oswego majoring in...
Aug 1, 2019 | New Artwork, News from the studio
Thrilled to see my latest painting, Autumn, River Road II, installed in the home of the private collector. Thank you to the The Art of Framing for the beautiful presentation of this painting. #megblackstudios
Jun 21, 2019 | Tabloid art history
Claude Monet is famous for painting many subjects, water lilies, cathedral facades, footbridges, and of course, hay stacks. It is his hay stack painting, Meules, that captured a huge sum of money at auction recently 110 million dollars to be exact. What makes these...
