Art Reflection – Degas Edgar Degas was a prominent member of a seminal art community in Paris in the 1870’s that brought us Impressionism though he did not consider himself an impressionist but a realist. He was intrigued by the impact of light and painted scenes from the life around him in novel ways. He sought extremes of movement. Here …

Art Reflection – Lackovic Ivan Lackovic (1932-2004) was an artist of Croatia. He was born into a peasant life and was a worker in the fields and forests after completing his primary education.  He is called a “naïve” artist because he was self-taught. He began painting in 1944.  He painted life in a small village using watercolors and gained international …

Art Reflection – O’Keeffe Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) is one of the most recognizable of American artists. Born in Wisconsin, life took her to New York and then to New Mexico. She painted during many art periods including American Modernism and Precisionism. Many of her works are in the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico and the Georgia O’Keeffe …

Art Reflection – Matkovsky This piece is a work by Ukrainian Canadian artist, Dmitri Matkovsky. He is a working artist of Toronto and the Abstract Expressionist movement. His hope is to connect with viewers on an emotional level and welcome them into a relationship. Pieter Bruegel (1525-1569) who is included in this title was the most significant artist of the …

Art Reflection – Rothko Mark Rothko (1903-1970) was of Latvian Jewish descent. He is known for his color field works like Blue, Green, Brown. These were his focus from 1949 until his death in 1970. He painted in the styles of Minimalism and Abstract Expressionism arranging rectangles of color vertically without a tie to representation. He said he was trying to …

Art Reflection – Miro Joan Miro (1893-1983) was a Spanish artist.  He painted in the Abstract Expressionism and Surrealism styles. This painting is of his family farm. The colors are stunning and this work is a feast for the eyes. It is a painting with two views in one. Here we see the many details of his life on this …

Art Reflection – Dali This piece by Spanish painter, Salvador Dali was completed in 1955. Dali lived from 1904-1989. He often shocked the conscience with his surrealism. He pushed the limits of most accepted norms and painted dream-like scenes of persistence and the future. This painting is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Here …

Art Reflection – Prymachenko Maria Prymachenko lived from 1909-1987. She was a self-taught painter of Ukrainian folk art. In 1966 she was given the highest cultural honor of Ukraine, the Taras Shevchenko National Prize. Picasso was said to have been captivated by her work. This piece is a tender masterpiece of color, balance and cultural identity. Her pieces are included in …

Art Reflection – Crowe This is the final in our series of paintings by Eyre Crowe, a British artist who chronicled the domestic slave trade during his six-month visit to America, 1852-1853. The series has included this visitor’s view before the sale, during, and now after. The horror and objectification of this American history continues in After the Sale. Though the …

Art Reflection – Crowe This is the second piece I share by Eyre Crowe. It pictures an actual auction seen by Crowe on his visit to America as the personal secretary of British novelist, William Makepeace Thackery.  It is said that he sketched and wrote frantically, desperately trying in his six-month stay to capture the commonplace horror of the domestic …