My trip to Japan in 2016 was life-changing. The moment I left that magical country, I vowed to return. My trip for 2020 was cancelled due to COVID-19, like so…
Alma Thomas created the painting, Red Sunset, Old Pond Concerto in 1972, when she was 81 years of age. Thomas’ painting career bloomed after her retirement as an art teacher…
The life and work of American artist Tyrus Wong is portrayed in the film, “Tyrus” on the American Masters series from PBS. https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/tyrus-full-film/9317/Wong’s story is complex: poverty, racism, artistic mastery,…
On the Washington coast of the US, we often have dark and cloudy winters. The beauty of the sunset on some of these days comes just at the last few…
I started a new painting on canvas the other day. Because I wanted rich colors for an abstract landscape, I chose to tone the canvas with orange. A mixture of…