Category Archives: artist

The hand of a working artist

Posted on July 27, 2016 by jyourist
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Trapped in front of the Mona Lisa

Posted on April 15, 2016 by jyourist

Today is Leonardo Da Vinci’s birthday, 564 years ago. And pictured above, of course, is his very famous Mona Lisa. He worked on this painting for the last 15 years of his life. Though his name has become synonymous with … Continue reading →

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El Greco and the Tension of Tangents

Posted on March 7, 2016 by jyourist

Domenikos Theotokopoulos (1541-1614), known as El Greco, was a man out of time. He learned to paint Byzantine icons in his home on Crete, studied with Titian and others in Italy, and made a successful art career for himself in … Continue reading →

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Reverspective

Posted on February 22, 2016 by jyourist

Patrick Hughes, born 1939 in Birmingham UK, is a painter who has created reverspective or reverse perspective which is the optical illusion where the parts of the picture which are the closest are actually furthest from view. Hughes says, “Reverspectives … Continue reading →

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“A Subtlety” by Kara Walker

Posted on November 28, 2015 by jyourist

A year and a half ago, Kara Walker was asked to create a piece in the old Domino Sugar Factory that was due for demolition in Brooklyn in New York. She created a piece called “Subtlety or the Marvelous Sugar … Continue reading →

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Nidaa Badwan

Posted on June 22, 2015 by jyourist

Nidaa Badwan is a Palestinian artist from Gaza. In November 2013, she was harassed by some Hamas officers when she was working with some youth in an arts program and was questioned about why she was hanging out with males and why she … Continue reading →

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365 Paintings for Ants

Posted on September 23, 2014 by jyourist

Lorraine Loots, artist from South Africa, creating one miniature each day. An impressively disciplined and wonderful project. (Another link from Michael –Thank you, yet again.)

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Los Intocables

Posted on September 21, 2014 by jyourist

Erik Ravelo, a Cuban artist, has created a series of works called Les Intocables, The Untouchables, pieces that speak to the insecurity and lack of well-being of children in our society and to the right that all children need to be … Continue reading →

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Vivian Maier’s Chicago

Posted on August 22, 2014 by jyourist

I finally made it to the Vivian Maier Exhibition at the Chicago History Museum. Vivian Maier (1926-2009) was a nanny in the northern suburbs of Chicago, who took photographs on her days off. Born in New York, she grew up … Continue reading →

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Chobunsai Eishi’s 19th century thought balloon

Posted on August 11, 2014 by jyourist

This image of a courtesan who has fallen asleep while reading the Ise Stories (Ise Monogatari), shows her dreaming specifically of episode 12, where lovers are hiding in grasses from the guards of the provincial governor of Musashi Moor. The … Continue reading →

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