Monthly Archives: July 2016

Baby, It’s Hot Outside, 2008. Color monotype.

I’ve seen lots of reproductions of this monotype on paper, The Jet Earring (Profil perdu à la bouche d’oreille) 1876-1877 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Anonymous gift, in memory of Francis Henry Taylor), and have loved it. Last week I saw the original monotype for the first time in Degas: A Strange New Beauty at MoMA in New York City. This […]

Last week I spent a few days in New York City to see Degas: A Strange New Beauty at the Museum of Modern Art. I did see this wonderful exhibit. Twice. On Monday, I soaked up a sweeping view of the exhibit which features more than 100 monotypes as well as charcoal sketches, oils, pastels, […]

Today is a bit overcast and cool here on the Seacoast in contrast to one week ago when the weather was picture perfect: sunny, warm and clear. Last Thursday I simply had to get outdoors, so embarked on an art-filled excursion. I drove the “long way” through Kittery Point, York Harbor, Long Sands Beach, York […]