by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Aug 27, 2026 | Art | Religion | Theory, art classes Italy France, Art workshops, Inspiration |Thoughts, Online art classes, Painting | plein air, painting workshops Italy France, Philosophy
(Above, Guido Reni, Hippomenes and Atalanta, Prado, Madrid, Spain.Here an episode of Métamorphoses d’Ovide (Book X, verses 560–707) please Google.) Finding the sublime Warning This text is poorly constructed, somewhat like the treehouse of my childhood. A...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Apr 9, 2026 | Art | Religion | Theory, art classes Italy France, art retreat, Inspiration |Thoughts, Online art classes, Painting | plein air, painting workshops Italy France, Philosophy
Resisting Intermittence Two very important essays structure this post: Atmospheres by the German philosopher Hermann Schmitz (Mimesis 2026), and the second by the French philosopher Yves Michaud, L’art, c’est bien fini: Essai sur l’hyper-esthétique et les atmosphères...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Aug 6, 2025 | art classes Italy France, art retreat, Art workshops, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting, Painting | plein air, painting workshops Italy France
Coming back from Italy from another successful art workshop! About to leave again for Studio Italia, and whenever my students will set their easels before a breathtaking landscape, a recurring question will arise: Should I engage in a personal veni, vidi, vici of this...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Feb 16, 2025 | art classes Italy France, art retreat, Art workshops, Online art classes, Painting, Painting | plein air, painting workshops Italy France, Philosophy
The “catastrophe”, the painting to be done! As you know, I have been teaching painting for 40 years to students worldwide, whether through our painting workshops in Europe or our online courses. As a teacher, I must constantly reinvent myself. That is why...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Oct 12, 2020 | art classes Italy France, art retreat, Painting, Painting | plein air
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. ...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jan 1, 2020 | art classes Italy France, En français, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting | plein air
Above >Two paintings by Wassily Kandinsky showing that every day he tried to achieve a better understanding of the world in which he was participating. Scroll down for French and Spanish translations. Défilez vers le bas pour les traductions en français et en...
