by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Mar 4, 2017 | Art | Religion | Theory, Art History, General, Painting | plein air
The importance of a strong concept I finally have time to come back to my chronicle How I see Art. During the past two months, Walk the Arts has been involved in various art projects on three continents, the reason for our silence. It is time now to talk about the...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Oct 29, 2016 | Art | Religion | Theory, Art History, Painting | plein air
You the Emitter: intention! Now let’s talk about intention, having already discussed about knowledge on our last post. In art, knowledge and intention walk hand in hand and “serious” artists deal with these two important concepts when confronting their works of art....
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Sep 27, 2016 | Art | Religion | Theory, Inspiration |Thoughts
You the Emitter: knowledge! In Detroit. In a few minutes I will be boarding a plane to Florence to get ready for our upcoming art workshop Studio Italia in Tuscany. I am taking advantage of my quiet waiting spot to review this post. This post follows on ideas,...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jun 14, 2016 | Art | Religion | Theory, General, Inspiration |Thoughts
Ideas, instruments of knowledge (1) In our previous post, we discussed about the notion of cultural territory, the “art-world”. Now, it is time to talk about the ideas inhabiting this territory. An idea is a thing of the mind, born from many minds, product of...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | May 24, 2016 | Art | Religion | Theory, General
Artworld and “art-worlds” In our Western world and for many valid reasons, more and more people are practising the visual arts. Undoubtedly we are inundated with paintings of all sorts, excellent, good, mediocre and simply bad. But what makes a work of art...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jan 30, 2016 | Art | Religion | Theory, Art History, General, Inspiration |Thoughts
We are living a second Renaissance When I was doing my walk the other day, I thought of great artists, both alive and dead, who in spite of their talent and success, managed to remain humble. While we can find this type of people not only in the arts, but also in...