by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 23, 2012 | Art History, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
The Marvelous in the Arts A Walk the Arts’ friend, the artist Gregg Simpson has been made an official honorary Portuguese Surrealist! His show of the 1970’s Claw series and other Hermetic works opens tomorrow in Estremoz, Portugal. What follows is an excerpt of...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 11, 2012 | Art History, General, Inspiration |Thoughts
To Rome with Love at 6:15 p.m. at the ByTowne Cinema All icscis/walkthearts friends living in the Ottawa region are welcome to join our next icscis night on Sunday July 15th at the ByTowne Cinema (325 Rideau St) to watch To Rome with Love (scheduled for 6:15 p.m.). ...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | May 25, 2012 | Art History, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Barns in the Field (Reflections of the icscis New York Art Tour 2012) by Virginia Dupuis Of all the places one would least expect to see a painting of a barn in the field, it would the leading edge Armory Show in New York City. All year long we Ottawa School of Art...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | May 21, 2012 | Art History, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Painting “sheeps” in Provence “Tomorrow, said Yves, we are going to paint the “sheeps”! But we are not going to paint “gning-gning sheeps”, but the essence of the «sheeps”!» Because there is a plural in French for mouton, Yves...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Apr 11, 2012 | Art History, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
An exhibition of seventy-nine monumental sculptures of the Catalan Surrealist artist Joan Miró (1893-1983) recently opened at the Yorkshire Sculpture Garden in Britain. Miró, one of the most important 20th century artists, was able to convey his deep preoccupation...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Apr 2, 2012 | Art History, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Personal stories as the source of strong art concepts Creativity implies the existence of a basic concept behind the work of art. A concept is simply an idea. As artists, we aim to come up with an innovative idea that fosters our creation. Good art clearly manifests...
