We dive deep into the details of this portrait by artist Laura Anning Bell. Located in Tate Britain, it’s believed to be a depiction of Annie Horniman, a pioneer of the repertory theatre.
Gail shows you the difference between seeing an Edgar Degas painting online and seeing it in person!
Gail Sibley takes a close look at Mary Cassatt’s portrait of Mabel S. Simpkins. There’s much to learn about how Cassatt worked and what it can teach us as we work on our own portraits
I’ve been down a deep rabbit hole since 8 June, the date that artist Paula Rego died at age 87. I was saddened to hear about her death, particularly as it struck me that I’d been meaning to do a blog post on this incredibly courageous magnificent artist but that it had now taken her death
Louise Abbéma (30 October 1853 – 10 July 1927) was a French artist. She isn’t an artist I’d heard of prior to discovering this pastel painting by her in the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington DC. We’ll have a close look at it and I know this examination will be helpful
I’m just home from Salt Lake City, Utah. Cam, my sweetie was taking a workshop there and I went along for the ride having never been there. One of my favourite things to do when visiting a new city is to check out the local art galleries, particularly the public institutions. I’m always inspired and
I had decided it was time for another ‘Close Look” blog. A number of possibilities came to mind but as I began preparing, I realized it was almost Remembrance Day. So it made sense to choose work related in some way to war. I began to recall pastel portraits I’d seen somewhere along the way,
While researching another project, I came across two paintings by Edgar Degas – one in oil, one in pastel – on the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s website. I was so taken by these pieces that I had to bring them to you! They have slightly different titles but are basically the same painting of a
Sometimes you come across a painting that keeps you looking beyond a cursory – oh-that’s-wonderful thought. I especially love when the deeper looking involves a painting (and artist) previously unknown to me. This is true of today’s close look blog post. Check out Les Confidences by Edmond-Francois Aman-Jean (b. 13 January 1858, Chevry-Cossigny, France – d.
It’s time for my monthly round-up of pastels but I decided to do something a little bit different this time. I was looking through a little book I have called Women Artists put out by the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Funnily enough, on the same day this book came to my attention
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