by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 15, 2010 | Food | Cooking, General
Maiale all’Anguissola (pork with capers and sundried tomatoes) A very popular Studio Italia dish since it is delicious and can be prepared quickly. Keep in mind that capers (capperi), that grow wild in Italy, should always be added at the end of cooking to...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 12, 2010 | Food | Cooking, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
An Italian philosopher is certainly needed for our painting workshops—and who better than the Neapolitan Giovanni Battista Vico (1668–1744) with his well-known verum esse ipsum factum (“truth itself is constructed”). As Vico argued through his famous principle first...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 7, 2010 | General, Painting
During the Fall of 2009, Prof. Yves M. Larocque and his students decided to put up a show of the works that would be produced in class (010F Resource) in the course of two semesters. In March 2010, the paintings were finally ready to be shown. This whole experience...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 5, 2010 | General, Painting
First July posting… a short one. Still recuperating from a walkthearts day in Canada’s national region with a delightful painting afternoon in a brucite mine near Wakefield, followed by a gargantuous Italian meal at our walkthearts home office. We surely enjoyed the...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jun 29, 2010 | Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
As all my former students know, art is much more than the mechanics of painting such as basic color principles and fundamental techniques. You can find all this information on the Net and in so many books sold in Barnes and Noble, Chapters, Amazon… in brief the...
