by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Sep 26, 2012 | Art History, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Ottawa’s first all-night celebration of contemporary art on the streets held last Saturday September 22nd was a success beyond all expectations. As part of the organizing team, we are very grateful to Ottawa’s people for their massive support to Nuit Blanche and its...
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.) | Jun 1, 2012 | Food | Cooking, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
The bliss of cooking has been depicted not only in movies but also in the culinary art produced by visual artists contemporary to Alberti and Maestro Martini. As told by Giorgio Vasari, there was a group of twelve artists and poets who formed La compagnia del Paiuolo,...
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...
