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...
May 31, 2019 | Tabloid art history
Early morning, River Road, Topsfield. The light in this photo has a dramatic quality that reminds me of one of my favorite artists, Caravaggio. Caravaggio placed light colors against dark to create a dramatic effect in his work, known as chiaroscuro in Latin. The...
Apr 14, 2019 | Upcoming events
Piero della Francesca, The Resurrection, c. 1463-5, fresco, 225 x 200 cm (Museo Civico, Sansepolcro, Italy). Public art has been a source of civic pride, government marketing, and economic renewal since the Roman Emperor Diocletian built the great baths of Rome filled...
Apr 5, 2019 | New Artwork, News from the studio
Seafoam, 128 x 36 inches. Mixed media wall sculpture. Corporate collection. Seafoam II, 72 x 24 inches. Mixed media wall sculpture. Corporate collection.
Mar 9, 2019 | News from the studio
Every so often I get a lovely email from a patron who reaches out to tell me how much they appreciate their Meg Black painting. The other day I received such a message from Lisa, a vice president at Decor Furnishings. Here is what she had to say: Hi Meg, it’s Lisa T!...
