If there was a little bundle of energy in our Atelier Provence group, Hyacinth (from Dayton, Ohio) was certainly. Kind, talented, persistent, with a yearning to learn, she even spent a whole night painting… below, is a “quick” appreciation of her painting workshop in...
We had to reblog the story of Shirleyann Brough, an artist of Studio Italia. Undoubtedly, Refus Global or Total Refusal is one of the most important texts written in Canada. This anti-establishment and anti-religious manifesto, written by Paul-Émile Borduas and...
Approach your painting with your senses Many years ago, during a trip to Florence, I discovered the luminous paintings by the Macchiaioli at the Gallery of Modern Art in the Palazzo Pitti and immediately felt connected to their painting approach. Since then, I always...
Mónica Márquez presenting Sevy Euqcoral from her series The Lives of Others Opening/vernissage Thursday September 16, 2021 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Ottawa Art Gallery d’Art d’Ottawa Mónica Márquez, Colombian-Canadian digital artist, photographer, and...
2021: Time for novelty, surprise, harmony, parsimony, and empathy. Is it possible to link neuroscience and art? This is the question that French neurobiologist Jean-Pierre Changeux addresses in his beautiful book La Beauté dans le Cerveau (Odile Jacob, 2016); The...
Our painting workshops; a time for reevaluation in Europe? We now have this urge to travel. More travelers are looking for meaningful travels. Increasingly, we are aiming for journeys that allow us to learn something new, to deepen our culture, to enhance our lives. ...
