A friend sent me a YouTube video for an art exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, devoted to the artist Raphael. It is one of the largest exhibitions of his work ever put on. It is exquisite. Watch the video. https://youtu.be/y5vnCnB4JcE?si=M3snocb7Aeo2wJY5 Lots of paintings are on view but also, lots of drawings and [...]
I’m having a bit of a struggle with my writing. I invented a setting where I think about choices that people make, and how they work out what they are willing to do to make their choices real. Written like that it sounds like any long novel, but in fact I’m writing short stories about [...]
These peach blossoms are from the beginning of May, seen on a random tree that sprouted where peaches fell off a truck. These pale blue iris showed up a few years ago. They had been planted two or three years before that, and took a while to make an appearance. They are being choked out [...]
The Shy Museumgoer has a new article about painting the night. In this case she comments on the difficulties of portraying the night time without new (1500's) oil paint and techniques. https://theshymuseumgoer.com/2026/04/28/nocturne-painting-origins/ I love to go look for other artwork that shares the theme or artist that the Shy Museumgoer is writing about. The National [...]
... so naturally I forgot to finish my post this morning. Have a nice picture.
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