I Erase A Lot ... Art & Creative Musings by Barb Toland Art
When creativity is looking for a dance partner & you're it! 😎💃🎩👠
Barb Toland
So we've talked about fear before, and how it can get in the way of our creative dreams & goals. Today I'm going to chat some more about it, using this quote by the English landscape painter, J.M.W. Turner as a jumping off point ...
Rodin's The Thinker -- Things are not always as they appear
Barb Toland
While doing research for my blog post on Auguste Rodin earlier this month, I became more curious about how his sculptures were actually made, particularly the bronze ones...
Let's "think" on it ... all about the sculptor Auguste Rodin
Barb Toland
Auguste Rodin was born in a working class neighborhood of Paris in 1840. His father was a clerk at the police department, and his mother was what we would call a housewife, for lack of a better term. He had an older sister Maria, who was born 2 years before him...
A new painting! ...Picasso's Palette
Barb Toland
So this is all about a chair that lives in a plexiglass case in the Musée Picasso in Paris. It's not just any chair, it's the one Picasso used to hold various pots & containers of paint when he was working in his studio. I was totally floored when I saw it, knowing it was actually THE palette Picasso used...
Inspiration Corner: Rodin says ... stop & smell the roses :-)
Barb Toland
We're shifting our attention to a new artist beginning with this week, and I thought I'd shine the spotlight on an artist who was not a painter as we normally talk about, but a sculptor. We'll be looking into the life & work of one of the top sculptors for all time, Auguste Rodin. First up is one of his quotes...