Claude Monet and many other artists, consciously or unconsciously, seek balance in their lives by creating art when the world around them seems in turmoil . I too realise that drawing has helped me at a time of roiled events in the United States.
Read MoreAdversity, Birthplace of Creativity /
A violinist continuing to produce beautiful museum despite broken strings, artists creating astonishing work in the face of many forms of adversity - all examples that give us hope an encouragement for these strange times in which we are living in 2020;
Read MoreCreativity with Threads and Needle /
Well over two years of patient embroidering, stitch by stitch, to create a wonderful needlework panel about medieval pilgrims crossing the south of France on their way to Santiago de Compostela: that is Alain Dodier’s recent achievement. A true work of art, it is well worth enjoying on YouTube.
Read MoreCelebrating Ikat, Mallorcan Style /
A quest for face masks led me to a wonderful family fabric maker of Mallorcan ikat or Llengües materials. It because a visual feast and fascination.
Read MoreThoughts about art: Joan Bennassar /
Remarks by a Mallorcan artist, Joan Bennassar, about art, its role in society and the need for artists to be ethical and respectful of themselves got me thinking about our role as artists, particularly in a pandemic-afflicted world.
Read MoreReturning to Old Loves /
Attending a live music concert again in Bellver Castle after our long covid confinement allowed me to experience the deep emotions that i remember when I saw paintings in real life that I only knew from reproductions. A wonderful return to old loves.
Read MoreArtists and the Coronavirus today /
The coronavirus pandemic has hit everyone very hard, but artists seem to be low on the totem pole of governmental help. A simple, direct drive to purchase art and in turn, that artist purchases other artist’s work is one venture recently launched on Instagram to help. Generous and a way to celebrate art.
Read MoreConfinement and the Artist /
Corvid-19 confinement is a time of great ironies, it seems. Enormous stress and tragedy contrast with astonishing abundance of ways to occupy one’s hours of isolation. For me as an artist, I am beginning to feel that some of the contrasts are a little overwhelming.
Read MoreCoronavirus Confinement - the Art of Living /
During these strange, coronavirus-dominated times, perhaps the art of living needs to refined so that we can avoid some of the negative aspects over which we have no control and dwell on the positive, the amusing, the beautiful, the interesting - even small details, but which can make life pass better which we all remain in confinement.
Read MoreCoronavirus Confinement and Art /
Confinement or quarantine is a novel experience - the coronavirus is taking us all into a life where perhaps the art of life has to be freshly defined. The Spanish, as other nations, are setting out to do just that, in frequently creative and often amusing ways. Art is all its manifestations threads itself through our lives.
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