About Jeanne-Claude from Wikipedia Christo Vladimirov Javacheff and Jeanne-Claude were a married couple who created environmental works of art. Christo and Jeanne-Claude were born on the same day, June 13, 1935; Christo in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, and Jeanne-Claude in Morocco. They first met in Paris in October 1958. Their works include the wrapping of the Reichstag […]
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This video is from the Women Beyond Borders Project. Nashville and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts were one of the locations invited to participate. Even though the video was created in 2003, my comments are valid today. In the clip I describe some of the elements that informed the creation of Present. The same unmasking of
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The 2017 Total Solar Eclipse is over.Hope you experienced it!If you missed it, the next solar eclipse is in 2024. See you then.
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The Great Eclipse is coming, August 21, 2017 On August 21, 2017, the biggest celestial event of my lifetime is predicted to happen. Of course I am referring to the Total Eclipse. Forecasters believe that its path will make broad arc over the entire United States. My town, Nashville, Tennessee, is one of the few
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August is a fiery month. The colors red and orange are indications of danger or even of power. Warming and threatening at the same time. Exit Answers was painted in late summer, 1992, before I headed to Santa Fe Art Institute for a one-month residency with Nathan Oliveira. I was excited and terrified all at
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Summer time is here, and it is HOT. Many years ago in the heat of July, I painted this work on paper. It was first exhibited in a show entitled Hotter Than July. Zola was our first Standard poodle. Here she is wearing a collar with her name on it. Her leash dangles beside her. Along
Model of the Casa Mila, a private residence, designed by Antoni Gaudi. Curving facades, ironwork like vines, mosaic surfaces. It’s the opposite of the straight lines of contemporary architecture. Model of Casa Mila Antoni Gaudi Barcelona, Spain Casa Mila atrium Antoni Gaudi Barcelona Spain Rooftop Chimneys Casa Mila
On a recent trip to Barcelona, I visited Antoni Gaudi‘s La Sagrada Familia. It has been under construction for decades. Part of the interior is finished enough to open for a mass this summer. Gaudi’s church is on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, along with many of his other projects. The basilica itself is a breathtaking