Thursday, January 6, 2011

Georgia O'Keefe













Jonquils, 1936

“So I said to myself – I’ll paint what I see - what the flower is to me but I’ll paint it big and they will be surprised into taking the time to look at it - I will make even busy New Yorkers take time to see what I see of flowers.”

“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way - things I had no words for.”

“Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven’t time - and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.”

- Georgia O’Keefe (1887-1986)

Monday, January 3, 2011

Muted Complementaries

This Istanbul interior, by the American plein air painter Kenny Harris, is both simple and complex. It makes use of the quiet harmony of muted complementaries: a red-green scheme framing a yellow-blue scheme.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Martin Johnson Heade

Monday, November 1, 2010

Thursday, July 22, 2010

William Henriksen - Danish 1880-1964

Interior, 70 x 74 cm

Laura Hills - American

Peonies, Pastel, 23 x 29 inches

Donald Friend - Australian

Charles Conder - Australian

Lucy Cullinton - Australian