Monthly Archives: February 2022

Masters of Heavy-Handedness

Portion of “Preparing for the Soiree” by Adophe Joseph Thomas Monticelli (1870) @ Through Vincent’s Eyes “I paint for thirty years from now,” responded Adolphe Monticelli to critics of his thickly textured brushstrokes and vibrant colors. Of all the various works in the Through Vincent’s Eyes exhibit at the Columbus Museum of Art, from VanContinueContinue reading “Masters of Heavy-Handedness”

Count the Roses, Not the Thorns

Portion of “Roses” by Vincent van Gogh (1890) @ Through Vincent’s Eyes It’s the time you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important…People have forgotten this truth, but you mustn’t forget it. You become responsible forever for what you’ve tamed. You’re responsible for your rose.Antoine de Saint-Exupery, “The Little Prince” It’s timeContinueContinue reading “Count the Roses, Not the Thorns”

All Creatures Great and Small

Portion of “Portrait of Marquess Massimiliano Stampa” by Sofonisba Anguissola (1557) @ By Her Hand (Detroit Institute of Arts) Perhaps it is because this has been the world through my eyes ever since I can remember – a trusted furry friend, curled up at my feet – that my eye is drawn so often toContinueContinue reading “All Creatures Great and Small”

Quill Life

“A Hedgehog in a Landscape” by Giovanna Garzoni (1643-51) @ Detroit Institute of Arts I ran away and hid in the woods,I was an imprudent child, inMy charmed hedgehog skin, I ran awayAnd I was happy in my fairytaleForest, where no one came in, norCould have penetrated my white magic,I was protected from any disturbances.IContinueContinue reading “Quill Life”

The Wayward Wonders of Wormwood

“The Absinthe Drinkers” by Jean-Francois Raffaelli (1881) @ Through Vincent’s Eyes The drunkenness it gives does not resemble any known drunkenness. It makes you lose your footing right away […] You think you are headed towards infinity, like all great dreamers, and you are only headed towards incoherence.Alfred Delvau Having only tasted absinthe (which hasContinueContinue reading “The Wayward Wonders of Wormwood”

Even Thou Art A Little Queer

“Vanishing Point” by Ambera Wellman (2020) @ Columbus Museum of Art The CMOA has a gallery dedicated to queer feminist art, which I thought was a lovely start. Someday it will just be, art. But right now, perhaps it’s a good thing — a very good thing indeed — that we carve out a space,ContinueContinue reading “Even Thou Art A Little Queer”

The Doctor and His Companion

“Portrait of Dr. Gachet (Auvers-sur-Oise)” by Vincent Van Gogh (1890) – Through Vincent’s Eyes Van Gogh was afraid to depict people when he was actively learning the art of drawing (pre-painting). Fortunately, his future self knew better. More on that soon, I promise. But for today – jump forward in time with me, to theContinueContinue reading “The Doctor and His Companion”

Drawings from the Big Chair

“The Empty Chair” from The Graphic: An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper @ Through Vincent’s Eyes One person’s trash is another person’s treasure. A particular work of art, TV show, book, or experience can come across as the greatest of all time to one, and a boring waste of time to another. Hence, I hesitate to indulgeContinueContinue reading “Drawings from the Big Chair”

ExistentiaSketch

“Marsh with Water Lilies, Etten” by Vincent Van Gogh (1881) @ Through Vincent’s Eyes A draw-er doesn’t draw because she loves to draw. She doesn’t draw because she draws well. She draws because once she lost something. And by drawing–she will find it again.Liana Finck, Passing for Human: A Graphic Memoir In 1881, the beginningContinueContinue reading “ExistentiaSketch”