Posted in daily painter, tagged Hopper, sailboat, sailing on June 16, 2021| Leave a Comment »
We had our Famous Painter session last night and we recreated Edward Hopper’s “Sailing” from 1911. Very nice work from this dedicated group of painters. Beautiful work!!!! The next Famous Painter night will be July 20th at 6 pm and we will recreate a Franz Marc “Dog Laying in the Snow”. Click here to see more and register.
Posted in Little Known Facts, tagged Chop Suey, Edward Hopper, Hopper on November 14, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Edward Hopper’s 1929 painting, Chop Suey, sold for a record $91.9 million yesterday. WOW! Known for his paintings of 20th Century life his previous high went for $40 million. Read about the sale and see more here.
Posted in Serendipity, Travel, tagged Hopper, Johns, Matisse, MOMA, Mondrian, Museum of Modern Art, pollack, Van Gogh on February 12, 2018| Leave a Comment »
I got to spend a few hours at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City yesterday.
I love seeing the size of paintings that we see in books and then realize how large…or small they really are.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, Hopper, impressionism, Virginia Artist, Warhol on August 3, 2012| Leave a Comment »
As we wind down toward the end of “Famous Painters Art Camp” week the young artists completed their Hopper painting yesterday. They did a fantastic job with all the detail work on this one.
And then we started our final painting of the week – Warhol’s Shoes! More tomorrow on those…
The Studio 