by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Nov 8, 2010 | Art History, Food | Cooking, Inspiration |Thoughts
Painting and eating Two treatises were written in the beginning of the Italian Renaissance. The first one in Florence in 1436 by the great humanist, Leon Battista Alberti, entitled Della Pittura (On Painting), and the second one in Rome around 1460 by the “eminent”...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Nov 3, 2010 | En français, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Thank you and Merci! In October, Yves M. Larocque was appointed honorary president of Colors on the Bay, an art exhibition regrouping more than 30 artists from Québec and Ontario. What follows, is his conclusion key note to everyone who participated in this great...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Oct 28, 2010 | General, Inspiration |Thoughts
The Visual Arts in Ottawa; A time for change? Summary of panel discussion which took place on Friday October 22 at the Enriched Bread Artists studios in Ottawa, Canada. The four panelist were Peter Honeywell (E.D. Council for the Arts in Ottawa), Patrick Mikhail...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Oct 17, 2010 | Food | Cooking
Art and cuisine in Tuscany, of course! How can we leave without underlining the marvellous food we had. “At Studio Italia”, proclaimed Yves in that ebulliently Gallic Yves manner, “we eat very well, but we do not gain weight!” Hmmm. We’ll let our scales be...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Oct 15, 2010 | General
Art is powerful. Just returned from Arezzo where l left the group. It was certainly an intense painting workshop: lots of laughs, tears were shed, many calories ingested, in brief, a very productive workshop. More than 120 paintings were done; some...
