Category: Thoughts on Art

I’m not 100% sure of this, but I think it’s a safe bet to assert that nearly every child in America has used Crayola Crayons at some point, and that includes all of you adults out there too, especially all of you artists. My last post regarding my visual interpretation of Rachmaninoff might have thrown… Continue reading Being an Artist is Hard, But it Shouldn’t Be

In the later 1800s, a movement formed in France, in opposition to the dominance and authority of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. These artists essentially rejected the previously accepted “rules” of what was considered art, and what was not. And, attempted to establish a new freedom in artistic expression. Now, I’m not attempting to provide some… Continue reading Why Impressionism Vanished into Plein Air