13 Creepy Paintings for Friday the 13th
Happy Friday the 13th! Whether you think it’s unlucky or not, we got a Friday the 13th in October this year and that makes my favorite month even more special! To celebrate, I picked out 13 dark and creepy paintings. From explorations of the taboo to dealing with trauma, these artists created masterpieces that will…
Back to School! 4 Artists I Remember From School
We’re going back to school – high school that is. The art room was my sanctuary in those days. My art teacher was such a huge influence on so many kids and she was the main reason I ever thought I was any good at art. With art classes came art history lessons. As a…
Jean-Michel Basquiat: 10 Things You Should Know
“I’m not a real person. I’m a legend.” — JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT 1. Basquiat learned anatomy because of an accident At age 7 Basquiat was hit by a car and his injuries were serious enough that he spent a considerable amount of time in the hospital. His mom brought him a copy of Gray’s Anatomy so…
How to Use Your Araneariums
Last time we built our five araneariums and now it’s time to learn how to use an aranearium. Here we reference Secret #16 – The Secret of the Retrospective Utilization of Araneariums. Things are going to get more intense and the process doesn’t get any easier. If you feel like quitting, just keep going! It…
Dalí Teaches Us About the Aranearium
Salvador Dalí was a super weird wildly eccentric person. Ten seconds of Google will net you dozens of articles outlining the better-than-fiction details of his life. He thought he was the reincarnation of his dead brother. He paid for his restaurant bills with doodles on the backs of checks, knowing that the doodle was worth…
Marie Laurencin vs. Otto van Waëtjen – Which Artist Did It Better?
Happy Birthday, Marie Laurencin! Remember that husband of hers that thought he was the better artist? If you Google his name you get results for her work. Try it – his name was Otto van Waëtjen. We’ve already looked at their work side by side, but what if Marie actually painted one of his compositions?…
Marie Laurencin’s Ethereal Women
When I first saw the work of Marie Laurencin I wanted to melt into each painting and become part of the ethereal intimacy she created with every composition. Was that a lot? Because this is another artist that was a lot, but in a more subtle way than artists like Tamara de Lempicka. Marie grew…
October Artist of the Month: Marie Laurencin
Can you believe it’s October already?? Our tenth Artist of the Month this year is French artist Marie Laurencin. One of the few female Cubist painters (though she didn’t like to be seen as such), she spent most of her life in Paris at the forefront of the avant-garde movement. She used a limited palette…
A Collage of Experience – The Work of Romare Bearden
Romare Bearden was born on September 2, 1911 to (Richard) Howard and Bessye Bearden in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1914, they moved north to Harlem, New York, joining millions of other African Americans in the Great Migration, looking for greater racial equality and more financial and educational opportunities. They lived there as the Harlem Renaissance…
September Artist of the Month – Romare Beardon
Romare Beardon was an artist that could do anything. He drew cartoons, painted, collaged, designed costumes, wrote songs, and authored books. Beardon used his art to challenge the idea that black artists should only create art rooted in their own culture. He explored ways to depict the daily lives of African Americans in the rural…
