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by Janet St. John
Feb 2, 20183 min read
Art & Soul Short #52
Photograph by Kim Manley-Ort Cradle of Life Clara found the hollow place while walking. At the north edge of her family’s eastern...
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by Janet St. John
Jan 26, 20181 min read
Art & Soul Short #51
Pandora There is a woman and a box. She is curious. It is closed. Is it a gift? An honor? A secret? She recognizes temptation when she...
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by Janet St. John
Jan 19, 20181 min read
Art & Soul Short #50
https://history.denverlibrary.org/denver-building-history-tutorial Break It Down Again Nothing was wrong with the house, but he wanted to...
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by Janet St. John
Jan 5, 20181 min read
Art & Soul Short #48
I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold. Charles Demuth (American, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1883–1935 Lancaster, Pennsylvania). 1928. Oil, graphite,...
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by Janet St. John
Dec 29, 20171 min read
Art & Soul Short #47
Emil Orlik (German, 1870 – 1932) Oasis in the Desert. c.1913 Drypoint and roulette printed in light brown on laid cream paper 11.7 × 19.8...
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by Janet St. John
Dec 22, 20173 min read
Art & Soul Short #46
Carlos Anderson (American, born 1905). Published by WPA. 1935–43. Lithograph. 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (29.2 x 39.4 cm) sheet: 14 1/2 x 18 1/2...
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by Janet St. John
Dec 15, 20171 min read
Art & Soul Short #45
Lion Sleeping. Antoine-Louis Barye (French, Paris 1796–1875 Paris). 1810–75. Watercolor on wove paper, lined sheet: 9 3/16 x 11 5/8 in....
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by Janet St. John
Dec 8, 20171 min read
Art & Soul Short #44
Pixabay.com. Public Domain Image. Waiting for Rain White vapor, turns grey, builds over the mountains. Invisible hand stirs the...
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by Janet St. John
Dec 1, 20171 min read
Art & Soul Short #43
The Afternoon Meal (La Merienda). Luis Meléndez (Spanish, Naples 1716–1780 Madrid). ca. 1772. Oil on canvas. 41 1/2 x 60 1/2 in. (105.4 x...
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by Janet St. John
Nov 24, 20174 min read
Art & Soul Short #42
Winter Scene in Moonlight. Henry Farrer (American, London 1844–1903 New York). 1869 Watercolor and gouache on white wove paper. 11 7/8 x...
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by Janet St. John
Nov 17, 20172 min read
Art & Soul Short #41
Utagawa Hiroshige.(1797–1858 Tokyo) Edo period (1615–1868) ca. 1833–34. Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper. 9 15/32 x 14...
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by Janet St. John
Nov 10, 20171 min read
Art & Soul Short #40
Burned Tree, Western Oregon. Ansel Easton Adams (1902–1984). 1960. Black and white instant print. 11.1 x 8.7 cm. Rights and Reproduction:...
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by Janet St. John
Nov 3, 20171 min read
Art & Soul Short #39
Sidewalk. Janet St. John. 2017 I didn’t know what the cracks represented, nor the lines diagonally dividing this space from that, one...
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by Janet St. John
Oct 6, 20172 min read
Art & Soul Short #35
Tree. Arthur Dove (American, Canandaigua, New York 1880–1946 Huntington, New York) 1935. Watercolor, tempera, and ink on paper. 5 x 7 in....
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by Janet St. John
Sep 22, 20171 min read
Art & Soul Short #33
Design for poster and cover of The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe. Édouard Manet (French, Paris 1832–1883 Paris). Written by Edgar Allan Poe...
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by Janet St. John
Sep 15, 20173 min read
Art & Soul Short #32
To read/re-read Part 1 click here! Museum Piece (Part 2) While waiting with Jules during a chemo treatment once, she had asked Lana what...
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by Janet St. John
Sep 8, 20174 min read
Art & Soul Short #31
This Art & Soul Short is being presented in two installments. Please check back on September 15th for Part 2! Museum Piece (Part 1) The...
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by Janet St. John
Aug 18, 20172 min read
Art & Soul Short #30
This image shows the Aug. 1, 2008, solar eclipse at the point of totality, when the moon completely blocks out the body of the sun,...
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by Janet St. John
Aug 11, 20172 min read
Art & Soul Short #29
Lynda Miller. Morning Glories. Colored pencil & ink on paper. 8-7/8" x 5-1/2" http://www.neonrose.net Morning Glories They reminded her...
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by Janet St. John
Jun 23, 20172 min read
Art & Soul Short #22
William Freer. “Outside the Window.” Original, powder coated steel, 48” x 24” atop an 18” boulder. In paper, eight layers of Arches #140...
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