When an Artist shares her Thoughts / March 19, 2018 by Jeannine Cook

Reading Anne Truitt's Daybook; The Journal of an Artist underlines the subtle use of lines as a metaphor to depict how our lives evolve and change so imperceptibly. The balance and intervals she uses in her drawings, such as her drawing, Remember No. 6 of 1999, teach us all about the elegant possibilities of spareness in art.

Recurrent Themes in An Artist's Work / March 7, 2018 by Jeannine Cook

Olive trees are an integral part of the Mediterranean landscape, and they have been a recurrent theme in many artists' work. Sacred trees since early Greek times, they are astonishing in inspiration, as well as generous in their fruit and oil. No wonder artists love to celebrate these astonishing and often very ancient trees.

Choices in an Artist's Life / February 10, 2018 by Jeannine Cook

Friend of many of the prominent Impressionist painters, as well of being in Edouard Manet's circle, artist Norbert Goeneutte was a discovery for me when I saw one of his paintings recently at the National Gallery in London. His career choices were interesting.

Of Japan / February 5, 2018 by Jeannine Cook

Scanning a set of Japanese woodcuts inherited from my grandfather led me to reflect on the parallels and differences between traditional images and those captured in photographs, when all were created or re-created after the 1923 Earthquake in Japan.

Farewell, my “Artist’s Husband” / January 1, 2018 by Jeannine Cook

Right to the end of his life, my husband, Rundle, showed me how to face the odds and perfect the art of living elegantly and courageously.

"I'm the Artist's Husband" / December 15, 2017 by Jeannine Cook

If every artist is as lucky as I am to have a wonderfully supportive and generous spouse, life is doubly magical.... some thoughts from a hospital room, sitting beside my husband

Feeling Special as an Artist / December 3, 2017 by Jeannine Cook

Artists have a constant challenge to remain try to their visions and aspirations, a story we constantly hear down the ages. A wonderful text sent to me reaffirmed why I follow this path and why all artists feel impelled to do so.

Art as a Memory Trigger / November 12, 2017 by Jeannine Cook

A silverpoint drawing of a pine tree in the South Carolina mountains or many others drawings done in coastal Georgia brought back so many memories and sensations as I reorganised my framed art after Hurricane Irma's passage. Their images were an astonishingly powerful trigger that collapsed time.

Artists' Roller-Coaster Rides / October 24, 2017 by Jeannine Cook

The highs and lows of an artist's life teach many things, especially about ways to cope with the "slough of despond" that comes after a successful time in an artist's activities and which then allow new beginnings and a rebalancing ofcreative life.

Basel's Paper Museum: an Artist's Delight / September 22, 2017 by Jeannine Cook

Basel's Paper Museum is a small, extremely well-presented museum that takes one from paper-making to the history of writing, printing, book-binding and many other facets of the world of paper. As an artist, I was enthralled and found the paper they Museum still makes most tempting and beautiful.