Art & Soul Short #38
Clouds at Dawn. James Hamilton Shegogue (American, 1806 – 1872). Watercolor over graphite. 6.3 × 12.5 cm (2 1/2 × 4 15/16 in.). National...
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by Janet St. John
Oct 20, 20171 min read
Art & Soul Short #37
Houghton Cranford Smith (American, Arlington, New Jersey 1887–1983 New York, New York). ca. 1920. Oil on canvas. H. 8, W. 10 inches (20.3...
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by Janet St. John
Oct 13, 20172 min read
Art & Soul Short #36
Joan of Arc. Jules Bastien-Lepage (French, 1848–1884). 1879. Oil on canvas. 100 x 110 in. (254 x 279.4 cm) Courtesy of the Metropolitan...
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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 29, 20171 min read
Art & Soul Short #34
The Harvesters. Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, Breda (?) ca. 1525–1569 Brussels). 1565. Oil on wood. Overall, including added...
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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 24, 20171 min read
Art & Soul Shorts on Short Hiatus
Thank you to all who have read and/or commented on my Art & Soul Short pieces, posted on this blog. After writing 30 consecutive Art &...
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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
Aug 4, 20171 min read
Art & Soul Short #28
South of Moab, Utah. July 2017. There is a hole in the stone where the sky leaks through. Forward window. Vista chance. How the rock wall...
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by Janet St. John
Jul 28, 20171 min read
Art & Soul Short #27
Portland Japanese Garden, 2017. In the garden, hands have clipped, wired branches, run a wide-toothed wood rake through gravel in rings...
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by Janet St. John
Jul 21, 20171 min read
Art & Soul Short #26
Two Young Men. Unknown (American) artist. ca. 1850. Daguerreotype. 10.8 x 8.3 cm. Courtesty of The Metropolitan Museum of Art They step...
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by Janet St. John
Jul 14, 20172 min read
Art & Soul Short #25
Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses.Paul Cézanne (French, Aix-en-Provence 1839–1906 Aix-en-Provence) ca. 1890. Oil on canvas....
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by Janet St. John
Jul 7, 20171 min read
Art & Soul Short #24
Image ID: con00006, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) Collection Location: New Mexico, Socorro area Photo Date: 2014 September 24...
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by Janet St. John
Jun 30, 20173 min read
Art & Soul Short #23
Vern Edwards. Black and white photograph. “Solstice.” Sun Shower The women got wise in the sweltering weeks since school let out. Their...
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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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by Janet St. John
Jun 16, 20172 min read
Art & Soul Short #21
Mary Martin. Oil on canvas tablet. http://www.marymartinartist.com Composition, in Process He steps out of the shadows in near-dawn...
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by Janet St. John
Jun 9, 20172 min read
Art & Soul Short #20
Tracee Vetting Wolf. Boy & Bird. 2. 5" x 3.5" Mixed media (collage, acrylic, watercolor, pencil). www.traceevettingwolf.com Bluebird, My...
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