Art Reflection – Kandinsky Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was a Russian painter and art theory pioneer. He painted many abstractions like Composition IV joining color and line to share his inner life and moods. This inner life was unique in and of itself because of his neurological condition called synesthesia. Synesthesia is joined perception. Kandinsky saw colors when he heard music and heard …

Art Reflection – Cole Thomas Cole (1801-1848) was born in England and immigrated to America. As an artist and immigrant, he was captivated by the beauty of this country and began painting romantic landscapes like The Oxbow. He is credited with founding the Hudson River School Art Movement as he painted. This revered work is of the long ago Connecticut River …

Art Reflection – Gentileschi Hercules and Omphale is the creation of Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653), an Italian Baroque painter. This artist, influenced by Caravaggio, is considered one of the most accomplished painters of this period, painting professional products by age 15. Her subjects were most often from the Bible and mythology. This painting and artist faced extreme challenges. Artemisia suffered rape at …

Art Reflection – Kershisnik  Brian Kershisnik is a current Utah artist. His gift seems to be his creation of prints that are simple and complex; straightforward, layered and timely. As with all images, we each bring our lives and experiences to overlay what has been born to the artist. As we complete this loop of communication, we just might touch on …

Art Reflection – Braque Georges Braque (1882-1963) was a 20th Century French artist who worked in many mediums. He worked in collage, printmaking and sculpting in addition to painting. He created the Cubism Movement from 1907 to 1914 with Pablo Picasso. Their relationship has been described as a friendship, a rivalry, a two-man excursion into the unknown. They shared a disregard …

Art Reflection – Brodbeck Mary Brodbeck (b. 1958), a Michigan artist, uses an ancient Japanese woodblock technique called Mokuhanga to create around her relationship with nature. She works to portray her values of closeness, welcome and home even as she remains astonished by our place on a planet surrounded by contradictory and potentially lonely vastness.        This piece accomplished by carving a …

Art Reflection – Langley Walter Langley (1852-1922) was an English painter of social realism. He centered his work on the fishing culture of SW Cornwall. He painted en plein air and often in the seaside town of Newlyn, the largest fishing port in the UK. He is credited with founding the Newlyn School with this work. Langley’s work portrays the generations of …

Art Reflection – Monet Let’s celebrate Claude Monet! Claude Monet (1840-1926) is known as the founder of French Impressionism. He was also a gifted gardener. His success as an artist gave him the opportunity to own and cultivate a large and visually extravagant garden in Giverny, France. Though most famous for his water lily pieces, he also painted many other …

Art Reflection – Amit Ofra Amit is an award-winning illustrator living and working in Tel Aviv. She imagines from the imaginations of writers creating for both fiction and non-fiction works. Illustrators have a freedom common to all of us and they most often apply this to the words of another. They take in language and let their hands interpret and …

Art Reflection – Murdoch Dora Louise Murdoch (1857-1933) was an American watercolorist. She was born in New Haven, Connecticut, studied art in France, and had a successful career back in the United States. Her ability to control watercolors is remarkable. If you haven’t tried this art form, you might gain a real appreciation for Murdoch by trying to make these paints …