by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jan 11, 2015 | Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Be an artist of the Second Enlightment! 2014 was certainly a year that will be well remembered by history. So many wars, so many illegitimate occupations, so much barbarism; so many tears, so much pain; such deep obscurantism. What can I write in this post? I do not...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Dec 9, 2014 | Art History, Inspiration |Thoughts
Jack Bush and Walk the Arts’ classes In Canada’s capital, Ottawa, there is a fantastic exhibit on Jack Bush (1909-1977), undoubtedly the most important English Canadian painter— Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923-2002) being the most important one in French Canada. Dr....
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Nov 18, 2014 | Art History, Painting
Madame Cézanne at the Met show during New York Art Trip 2015 (March 12-15) In 1869, Cézanne started to live with Hortense Fiquet, a bookbinder 11 years younger than him, whom he had met as a model in Paris when he was studying painting. For eight years, Cézanne kept...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Nov 11, 2014 | Painting | plein air
How to paint an Italian landscape in Tuscany. In our last post, we wrote that if you search in YouTube « How to paint an Italian landscape », you will get about 5470 results. In the vicinity of painting “B” (below), all paintings look alike. It is a painting that...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Aug 25, 2014 | Painting | plein air
What recent participants of Walk the Arts painting worshops in Tuscany and Provence say Testimonials from participants of our last two last painting workshops in Italy and France prove our philosophy of offering above all the experience of art, one close to Arthur...
