Contemporary

30 04, 2013

Lightning Strikes Art!

2013-04-30T17:07:22-07:00

Alert!  Alert!  Lightning has struck in the world of art and science!

The question:  Does art enhance science and math…and vice versa?

The answer:  Yes!   There are correlations between a Rembrandt portrait […]

Lightning Strikes Art!2013-04-30T17:07:22-07:00
9 04, 2013

Art is Everywhere, It’s Everywhere!

2013-04-09T18:29:19-07:00

Yes!  We can be surrounded by great design…as we work, travel, practice our religion, and just live.

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ART IN WORK

This astonishing 54-story tower and it’s smaller companion building lean and loom like science-fiction creatures poised to stomp all over […]

Art is Everywhere, It’s Everywhere!2013-04-09T18:29:19-07:00
25 03, 2013

The Most Famous Supper in History

2013-03-25T11:14:18-07:00

Leonardo da Vinci captured the moment in which Jesus makes the staggering announcement that he will be betrayed by one of His disciples. This is the last supper they will share.

He is indeed betrayed by Judas Iscariot […]

The Most Famous Supper in History2013-03-25T11:14:18-07:00
4 02, 2013

3 Famous Outsider Artists

2013-02-04T17:39:20-08:00

Outsider Art:
Naive…visionary…never been in an art school or gallery…disturbing images…
DELIGHTFUL!
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First impression of Clementine Hunter’s paintings: charming, quaint, life on the plantation.
But, look deeper into these child-like paintings of picking cotton, picking pecans, washing clothes, baptisms […]

3 Famous Outsider Artists2013-02-04T17:39:20-08:00
11 01, 2013

BEHOLD, America!

2013-01-11T13:20:18-08:00

American art is evolving!
American art is pushing all the boundaries!

It is almost inconceivable how much the work of American artists has changed in the past 250 years. This mind-boggling evolution is brilliantly presented by three renowned San Diego museums…The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, The San Diego Museum of Art and […]

BEHOLD, America!2013-01-11T13:20:18-08:00
26 11, 2012

Haystacks…thrilling!

2012-11-26T15:44:22-08:00

Why do we get that tingling sensation, that sudden wave of emotion, that thrill when we see the haystack paintings of Bruegel, Van Gogh and Monet?

Who would have thought haystacks would be so enthralling? Do they speak to our yearning for a simpler way of life?

We know from brain research that the color […]

Haystacks…thrilling!2012-11-26T15:44:22-08:00
29 10, 2012

Faces Change…Portraits Change

2012-10-29T16:08:09-07:00

You live in 15th century in Florence.
You are wealthy and powerful.
You want your portrait painted so your memory will not fade.

Piero della Francesca, arguably the finest painter of the Renaissance, painted a double image of […]

Faces Change…Portraits Change2012-10-29T16:08:09-07:00
1 10, 2012

Live from Vienna

2012-10-01T10:37:54-07:00

All of Vienna is throwing a birthday party!  It’s the 150th anniversary of the birth of Gustav Klimt, Austria’s most famous artist.

The walls of Vienna’s world class museums are ablaze with Klimt’s famous shimmering gold-leaf paintings.  […]

Live from Vienna2012-10-01T10:37:54-07:00
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