For all of you who are drop in or first time readers of this BLOG, I would like to recap the nature of my “Lessons from the Low Countries” Project. Alyson actually suggested I do this. She is my career coach and has been instrumental in guiding me through the steps of posting cohesive ideas. The project is actually all summarized in the first … [Read more...] about “Lessons” Recap
Lessons Series
All lessons series where historical pigments are studied.
Rembrandt Exhibit, First Stop
The Shaw Gothic Pavilion at the Dayton Art Institute was a perfect setting for my presentation. Each of the three display paintings were set up on the easels where people could look closely and also ask questions about my Lessons of the Low Countries project. That's me in black with an blue apron talking to a philosophy professor about the Dutch … [Read more...] about Rembrandt Exhibit, First Stop
Choices
The trip to the Dayton Art Institute to do my presentation was splendid and the Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art Exhibit was even more so. The scope of this Dutch collection is mind boggling in that this is the only time these ninety masterpieces have been out of Holland. The directors of the 3 destination museums, Dayton Art Institute, … [Read more...] about Choices
Dutch Treats
Well, the catalogue for the Dutch Exhibit arrived from Dayton yesterday, and it is splendid! There are in total 90 works of art of which only a dozen or so are not paintings. In 1992 I visited the Rijksmuseum, but I must say many pieces shown here are unfamiliar. Too many years have passed since viewing them. There will be many choices for … [Read more...] about Dutch Treats
Discriminating Palette
Several months ago when I first learned about this Dutch exhibit, my first thought was "how splendid that it is coming to the United States"......then, I thought, "3 cities?".......AND Portland is one of them. I will be able to go many times during the 3 months of the exhibit because Portland is where I live. As time went on I began to think about … [Read more...] about Discriminating Palette