Snow and ice has been the main protagonists of January’s weather. So I thought my painting of the month could be representative of the conditions. Few artists have utilised winter themes because of the limited palette and, simply, the difficulties in painting. Peter Bruegel the Elder famously painted Hunters in the Snow in 1565 representing both the…
Category: Painting of the Month
Camille Pissarro, My January Painting of the Month
Snow and ice has been the main protagonists of January’s weather. So I thought my painting of the month could be representative of the conditions. Few artists have utilised winter themes because of the limited palette and, simply, the difficulties in painting. Peter Bruegel the Elder famously painted Hunters in the Snow in 1565 representing both the…
Happy Christmas from The White Box
Happy Christmas everyone. My choice this year again evokes the Italian Renaissance. Sandro Botticelli painted The Mystical Nativity around 1500. As well as being a superb piece of art it is also very interesting, telling a somewhat subversive story, for its day, and maybe contributing to the down slide in the artist’s fortunes. When the…
Vincent Van Gogh at St Remy (2)
A Wheatfields with Cypresses is my new header. This is another painting which Van Gogh repeated several times in St Remy de Provence, while being treated in the asylum there. It can be seen in the National Gallery in London. We visited the former monastery of St Paul de Mausole, while in St Remy recently….
Vincent Van Gogh and My September painting of the month.
Vincent Van Gogh was a fascinating character and while we think we know him there is always another level to understand. We recently visited St Remy de Provence, where the artist was a virtual prisoner as he was treated for all his problems. My September painting is The Starry Night, an image known to all….
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