Black and White World

April 6, 2018

Isn’t she grand? She’s on offer elsewhere; I came across her while narrwing down a date for a very different …

Cakes and Honey

March 3, 2018

Watercolor cakes: first invented by William Reeves in 1766 and sold in an improved form in 1780, watercolor cakes made …

February 22, 2018

Once again, I’m looking into artists’ materials and techniques, though instead of trying to kit myself out for the early …

December 18, 2017

Details. It’s all in the details, right? I see this print multiple times every day, and contemplate the little stories …

November 7, 2017

We all love things, don’t we? Things in the literal, corporeal, piled-in-a-heap sense: plates, shoes, books, chairs, necklaces, models. But …

October 7, 2017

I love this image, and the original on which it is based. I love it so much that we’ve recreated …

September 22, 2017

Or scarlet, as the case may be. I’m reading Jane Kamensky’s “A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton …

September 15, 2016

Gentle Reader: Remember the post on semiotics? We need to go back to that once more. Just what are we …