by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Feb 17, 2011 | General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
SETTING UP MY EASEL! Studio Italia’s catalogue As you all know, Studio Italia’s participants from two hemispheres will be showing in Canada’s national capital, Ottawa (see post February 5th). Here is an excerpt from the catalogue that you may get at blurb.com written...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Dec 16, 2010 | Art History, Food | Cooking, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
The Art of Cooking! In the latter part of the 15th Century, the great chef, Maestro Martino de Rossi, who worked for both the Princes of the State and the Church, wrote what seems to be the first truly cooking manuscript in Italy. Following the humoral theory of the...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Nov 3, 2010 | En français, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Thank you and Merci! In October, Yves M. Larocque was appointed honorary president of Colors on the Bay, an art exhibition regrouping more than 30 artists from Québec and Ontario. What follows, is his conclusion key note to everyone who participated in this great...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Oct 14, 2010 | Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
A Vanishing Point Before Tuscany, I was on a horizon line in search of a vanishing point. This painting journey has brought questions forward. How to express the essential with a few colours, lines and contrast? This is not a text… Avant la...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Oct 11, 2010 | Art History, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
My favorite artist? Here we are once again in Firenze (Florence) and I had to stop once more at Santa Felicita Church, just across the Ponte Vecchio to see my favorite painting done by one of my favorite artists: Pontormo. I do not know why I love this artist. I...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Oct 10, 2010 | General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Surrendering and Art! For the last few days, I have (as Liseanne here) trying to reflect what I see and experience onto the canvas before me. I am discovering that the capacity to respond to what I truly see demands a willingness to trust, surrender and “jump”. It...
