I delight in autumn. At least when it’s not raining for three days and being totally gloomy. A little rain is good to keep the dust from decaying leaves down on the ground where it can do some good. It’s not nourishing the soil when it is making me sneeze! I appreciate the produce that [...]
Working in downtown Washington, DC, fifty years ago meant that at lunch I occasionally walked to the National Gallery of Art where at the time, the gallery showed films about various artists. One of the films was about Toulouse-Lautrec. I remember only that I liked him and was very surprised by his art. The Shy [...]
Yesterday, August 28, was the Feast of Saint Augustine of Hippo. Lots of people wrote about him but what I loved was the many pictures gracing the articles. The picture where he catches his heart in his hand, and it has caught fire from the Holy Spirit made me laugh. Saint Augustine, oil on canvas [...]
Louvre, Virgin of the Rocks 1483-1486 Leonardo da Vinci Louvre, Paris Wikipedia/public domain London Virgin of the Rocks 1495-1508 Leonardo da Vinci National Gallery London Wikipedia/public domain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_of_the_Rocks A friend of mine and I were discussing the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, possibly because the Catholic Church just celebrated the [...]
I enjoy Diane Tucker’s exquisite art blog, "The Shy Museumgoer". She has a new article up discussing the Belgian painter, René Magritte, (1898 - 1967) and you should just go read it.https://theshymuseumgoer.com/2025/07/15/magritte-surrealist-paintings-analysis/ Tucker does fascinating, carefully researched stories, and uses lots of images to make her points. Included in her discussion are some of Magritte’s [...]
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