by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Feb 28, 2014 | Art History, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Why attending one of our painting workshops in Italy or France? During our painting workshops in Tuscany and Provence, we aim to provoke the creative act by challenging our participants to see and think in new ways. If not, why traveling so far and investing in a...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jan 17, 2014 | General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Our painting workshops, great art summer camp? We have read that more and more travellers from the developed world are looking for meaningful travels. Increasingly, we are aiming for journeys that allow us to learn something new, to deepen our culture, to enhance our...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jan 2, 2014 | Art History, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Becoming better artists according to Alberti 2014, a new year arrives with our usual list of personal and professional goals to be accomplished. On our side, we are getting ready for our annual art trip to New York City and our art workshops in Tuscany, and in...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Dec 1, 2013 | Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
A moose leaving tracks, leaving contexts Art, context and moose They say “One picture is worth a thousand words”. However, you only need a few words to radically change the way an image will be perceived and interpreted by a spectator, the public and even...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Nov 16, 2013 | Art History, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Denotation and connotation As an artist, you have always to remember that a work of art connotes and denotes. Denotation refers to the literal or explicit sense of a word. It is the first definition provided by a dictionary. Connotation refers to the various...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Oct 5, 2013 | Art History, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Utopian Art If a utopian society is the representation of a free, peaceful, fair and happy world for everyone, what would be utopian art? Some might find the question redundant as art is in itself is a utopia because it allows to create new worlds apart from reality....
