Amateur or Amator "The very classification 'amateur' has an apologetic ring but that word, from the Latin amator, 'lov...

Picasso and a pigeon friend. Dogs became part of our extended human family over 15,000 years ago and, in geological time, pigeons are ...

Singer/songwriter John Prine died of the corornavirus a few days ago . I never heard of him until now. His debut album was released a ...

" Today is today, the only day there is, this day, today , so live it and love it"! - Juan Carlos It's been open for...

Ghent alter piece, St. Bavo's Cathedral Ghent Last week, after a three-year restoration, the centerpiece of Jan Van Eyck's e...

Happy new year and first day of the 2020s. One hundred years ago today, the notorious decade known as the Roaring Twenties began. Ten years...

I just added a new poem to AnnaSadhorse , my poetry blog. It's called History Lesson. It was recently published in a bi-lingual (French...

Went to the Louvre today. My favorite pieces were two unfinished sculptures of slaves abandoned by Michelangelo, beautiful work but a grim ...

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music) Dorothea Tanning , 1943, Tate Modern 1 Hour Sufi Music of Turkey | Hakan Mengüç

Venice, Italy Venice - one fish eating another? What can I say that hasn't been said about Venice a million++ times? And, of the...

I didn't intend to but I spent all morning reading and commenting about Trump again. So irritating. It's such a flaming shit show. ...

Seems that flu I had over the weekend is finally winding down. I spent this morning in my studio and did a couple of quick pencil/pastel dra...

Currently I'm sitting in the Fort Lauderdale airport waiting for our flight to Costa Rica. We'll be there for two weeks. We've ...

'Art is the elimination of the unnecessary." - Pablo Picasso

Can you transcend the uncommon ground? Can I jump? Palestinian artist Khaled Jarrar is one of the Culturunners , a group of 10 Middl...

Frieda Kahlo's palm tree is taller now. That's good news. Last time we were here it had been so neglected, I feared it would be dead...

Florence, Italy Florence, Italy Lee describes the historic center of Florence, birthplace of the Renaissance, as a world suspende...

It's snowing this morning and Shelby the hawk stopped by for breakfast. As I've said before, hunting in the Bird Park is not okay. I...

Jean Dubuffet working in his studio in France.* I found a very entertaining compilation of photos at Pinterest titled Artist as Visiona...

Life or art? Who imitates who? Art installation at Tate Modern August 20, 2015 George Monbiot , author and blogger at the UK Gu...