Art Reflection – Caillebotte The Floor Scrapers  |  Gustave Caillebotte, 1875 The Floor Scrapers is a masterwork by the French Impressionist, Gustave Caillebotte. It hangs in the Musee d’Orsay in Paris. This beautiful, monochromatic work of light and detail rests on the backs of the essential workers of the day. Try to imagine first, the force needed to scrape layers of …

Art Reflection – Monet The Star | Edgar Degas, 1876 This work by French painter, Edgar Degas, hangs in the Musee d’Orsay in Paris. Degas, an Impressionist, was fascinated by movement and painted many scenes with dancers in preparation and performance using his brush to focus our attention on the athletic and artistic effort made to look easy by his …

Art Reflection – Monet Waterlily Pond: Green Harmony  |  Claude Monet, 1899 Claude Monet, a French Impressionist, lived in Giverny and filled his canvases with his garden. This bridge scene is a study of light and reflection within the subtle play of color and texture that surrounded his life. This is a bridge connecting beauty to beauty, inviting walks of …

Art Reflection – Salvador Dali Persistence of Memory, 1931 | Salvador Dali Does this look familiar? Persistence of Memory is one of the many quizzical works by Spanish artist, Salvador Dali.  Dali was an artist of the Surrealism Movement.  He painted dreams and the unconscious.  His works have prompted debates and countless narratives through the years.  Dawn Ades, a British art …

Art Reflection – Picasso – The Tragedy The Tragedy was painted by Pablo Picasso during his Blue Period from 1901-1904.  This period reflects Picasso’s unbearable, seismic sadness after the suicide of his friend, Carlos Casagemas. This monochromatic composition captures the drained, caved-in feeling of deep grief. The loss these subjects have experienced and we cannot know is written on and in …

Art Reflection – George Floyd Mural Cadex Herrera, Greta McLain, Niko Alexander, Pablo Hernandez, Xena Goldman, Maria Javier, Rachel Breen, Anjel Carpenter Minneapolis, 2020 Murals have made statements throughout history. The paintings on the walls of caves seem to have been the first efforts to memorialize events and values of the community. Murals help tell the story of the times …

Art Reflection – Titus Kaphar Titus Kaphar is a young and prominent African American painter.  He hopes to change the narrative of  American history with his art.  With a brush, unique material, and original methods, he creates to expose the truth of slavery and its continuing legacy. I will share more of his paintings someday but now I want to …