Happy Thanksgiving, my American pumpkinheads! I am full of thanks for this – my all time favorite Jamie Wyeth painting! You are positively right. This painting is a bit more Halloween than Thanksgiving. But isn’t it fun? I don’t recall which museum I was visiting, mumble-mumble years ago, when this masterpiece first caught my attention. …
Vincent van Gogh created art so far ahead of its time, that we still haven’t caught up. On a recent trip to Pennsylvania, I had the good fortune of seeing two of van Gogh’s Sunflower paintings. The first, an original, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Two days later, I viewed a 3D-printed reproduction of a similar, …
If you’re familiar with Vincent van Gogh’s story, then you’re already aware of the fierce brotherly bond between the world renown artist and his younger brother Theo. What strikes me is how well they documented their relationship.
Framespotting is a made up term that describes a robust interest in observing picture frames. It has also been made up and used in a few other cases. I use the hashtag #framespotting on Instagram when I post photos of groovy frames I find in situ. There are other Instagramers using it to show movie …
For those thinking this is a guest post by Rocky Balboa, sorry. Although the resemblance is uncanny, it’s me, your Framing Godmother! And, like Rocky, I did some framespotting at the Philadelphia Museum of Art!