This painting hangs in the Minneapolis Institute of Art. It looks so real; you may think you could touch one of the rocks and it would move. Or you could feel its smoothness with your fingertips. Perhaps you believe you can dust some of the dirt off the soft wings of the dead tree swallow. […]
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May
27
A Work in Progress
posted by laurieetta
This is another painting I discovered on my recent visit to the Minneapolis Institute of Art in Minneapolis. It is a work in progress painted by American artist Charles Loring Elliott in 1850 of fellow artist and writer, Henry J. Brent. Elliott was considered the best portrait artist of his day and is said to […]
May
01
Man of Sorrows
posted by laurieetta
Come, sit with me awhile. This painting feels to me like Christ is inviting me into an intimate conversation about what surrounds him. Or maybe Jesus would rather be alone. Is he pondering what must take place in order to fulfill his Father’s will? Perhaps solitude would be more desirable. It’s hard to tell. This […]
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