Tag Archives: Paintings

I consult original English sources to get to the bottom of the meaning and history of Japan’s ai ai gasa (“love umbrella”).

I say what the reports left implicit about the fact that two fraudsters created 25 convincing Basquiat forgeries with nothing more than cardboard and a few minutes of painting.

A boat sculpture inspired by a classic painting on the rocks of Brooklyn Bridge Park.

The July 4 death and extraordinary life of James Monroe, the 5th President of the United States.

“Forget not to blossom always when the springtime comes.”

A (less) famous portrait of George Washington as President in Masonic regalia.

“And each broken reed of song / Grows into a flute.”

“For be it autumn, or be it spring, / Some flowers will bloom, and some birds will sing”

August becomes the first month with two month in review articles – one for 2020 and now a second for 2021.

〜Discovering a children’s poem by a well-known American painter〜

〜Hot is a state of mind. Cold is a state of mind. The basement is a state of mind?〜

Studying a marine painting by the great British marine painter, Norman Wilkinson.