“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”
Tag Archives: Van Gogh
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”
Prelude to an Artist
“The Three Trees” by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1643) @ Through Vincent’s Eyes I’ve heard it said that Prince is the guitarist’s guitarist, Tom Waits is the songwriter’s songwriter, and Bowie is the rock star’s rock star. Oh, and Vonnegut is the writer’s writer — that much I can personally affirm. It should come asContinueContinue reading “Prelude to an Artist”
Nothing Sure, Yet Much Unhappily
“Ophelia (The Suicide)” by Constantin Meunier (1860-70) @ Through Vincent’s Eyes exhibit “It’s bound to end up with me jumping in the water.” Prophetic words from Clasina Maria “Sien” Hoornik, a prostitute, seamstress, model and mistress of Vincent van Gogh’s — and the only woman to move in with him (along with her 5 year-oldContinueContinue reading “Nothing Sure, Yet Much Unhappily”
Dread of West, Love of East
“Sudden Evening Shower at Ohashi Bridge” by Ando Hiroshige (1857) @ Through Vincent’s Eyes exhibit Among the many, many, many things to love about the Through Vincent’s Eyes exhibit in Columbus, arguably nothing was as striking as how the galleries were organized. Cue groans and rolling eyes from the oft overlooked curators out there. ToContinueContinue reading “Dread of West, Love of East”
Gogh East, Young Man
“Great Wave Off Kanagawa” by Katsushika Hokusai (1823-31) @ Through Vincent’s Eyes exhibit I’ll admit, I had a printed tapestry of this piece hanging on a wall in my first apartment with my then-husband, about twenty years ago — but it was only very recently that I noticed the boats. Not so for Van GoghContinueContinue reading “Gogh East, Young Man”
The Game of Gogh
A portion of “Les Vessenots in Auvers” – Vincent Van Gogh (1890) @ Columbus Museum of Art It seems like everybody who’s anybody is trying to find a way to help the modern populace get a little bit closer to understanding the work of Vincent Van Gogh. Which makes writing about him here all theContinueContinue reading “The Game of Gogh”
Muttering Retreats 