Posted in Serendipity, Travel, tagged Matisse, Matisse in The Studio, Museum of Fine Art Boston on June 8, 2017| Leave a Comment »
What struck me most as I saw the Matisse in The Studio exhibit is how he used his collection of objects time and time again in his paintings. He had a group of items that were special to him and often put them in his still-life set-ups. In this series today you will see his chocolate pots.
Posted in Serendipity, Travel, tagged Henri Matisse, Matisse, Matisse in The Studio, Museum of Fine Art Boston on June 7, 2017| Leave a Comment »
We are continuing today with more from the “Matisse in the Studio” exhibit at Museum of Fine Art Boston.
As I mentioned yesterday, it was AMAZING! Here you can click to check out more information. From the MFA-Boston website: “Inspiration is everywhere! Henri Matisse—who revolutionized 20th-century art—believed that a treasured group of objects was instrumental to his studio practice. “Matisse in the Studio” is the first major international exhibition to examine the importance of Matisse’s personal collection of objects, offering unprecedented insight into the great artist’s creativity. See these rare pairings of Matisse’s major works with objects of inspiration in “Matisse in the Studio” in its only US venue at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.”
Posted in Little Known Facts, Serendipity, Travel, tagged Matisse, Matisse in The Studio, Museum of Fine Art Boston on June 6, 2017| 3 Comments »
I made a day trip to Boston yesterday (yes, it’s a long way for a day trip) to see the Matisse exhibit. What an amazing display!!! I admit that I am a BIG fan of Matisse. But anyone who appreciates art and creating it would love this exhibit.
The premise of the exhibit is to feature the many objects, fabrics, furniture and more that Matisse collected over the years and how he used them in many of his paintings.
Over the next few days I will attempt to share with you some of the wonderful things I saw.
Enjoy!
Posted in daily painter, Serendipity, Travel, tagged Quilt Show on June 5, 2017| 1 Comment »
We made a quick trip to the Quilt Show in Chantilly yesterday. It was the first time I had been and I was overwhelmed by the beauty of the quilts on display. The amazing work that went into these beautiful creations was too hard to even describe. Here is just a sampling of what I saw.
And speaking of sampling…… I am obsessed with these sampler quilts. I think this is the next big project. And of course, there were wonderful vendors with terrific new projects for us to try. 
I particularly love the things at “Epicurean Boutique”. Patty Vatter had the most glorious patterns for handwork. You need to check her out on Facebook to catch her next show.
Posted in daily painter, Serendipity, Small Town Life, tagged Farmer's Market, kale, radishes, vegetables, veggies on May 31, 2017| Leave a Comment »
One of the best places to get some colorful and interesting reference photos is at Farmer’s Markets. Sunday I rode over to Little Washington with my friend Sandra. We wanted to check out their market and even though it was drizzling rain we found some nice things (bread, baskets, and tea) as well as got a few nice shots for future paintings.
Posted in daily painter, Drawing, Serendipity, tagged chalk drawing on May 29, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Sometimes you find art in the most unusual places. Yesterday morning while walking my boys we saw this down the street at a neighbors house. They have lots of kids so I don’t know which ones did it but I love it!
Posted in Holidays, Serendipity, Small Town Life, Travel on May 15, 2017| Leave a Comment »
My friend Deborah and I took her mom out to the Garden Show at Blandy Experimental Farm yesterday for the Garden Show after a little brunch. It was a fun time. So many beautiful plants were available. But there was also other garden related items …. and animals. We saw these great guys…not sure if they are llamas or alpacas……but they were CUTE! And while I didn’t buy a basket I did get a hat…and it’s cute too. I didn’t ask how much the baby was that was on display with the baskets because I really didn’t need one. LOL!
Posted in daily painter, Serendipity, tagged Shenandoah National Park, Shenandoah Valley, sunset on April 22, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Sometimes a last minute drive up in the Shenandoah National Park produces some terrific painting ideas. This is one from late yesterday afternoon.
Posted in Little Known Facts, Serendipity, tagged Renoir on April 6, 2017| Leave a Comment »
It seems that the only thing we saw on or visit to the Philadelphia Museum of Art was Monet but that’s now true. We saw many other wonderful painters work including Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Here are a couple of them.
Posted in Flowers, Landscape, Serendipity, Travel on April 5, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Nothing is better than discovering a Monet that I haven’t seen before. This “Flowers in a Vase” by Monet is one I can’t remember seeing before. It’s beautiful in it’s simplicity. The Sunset painting was lovely too….from a little earlier period that really shows his impressionistic style.
The Studio 