Still Life: Cottage Garden by Gustav Klimt

Gardens offer a rich tapestry of colors, textures, and natural beauty that can inspire and an artist’s imagination. The changing seasons, interplay of light and shadow, and the ever-evolving landscape of a garden provide a wealth of subject matter for an artist to explore and interpret. Gardens evoke feelings of tranquility, nostalgia, and joy. TheyContinue reading “Still Life: Cottage Garden by Gustav Klimt”

Happy Birthday Gustav Klimt

“Whoever wants to know something about me, they should look attentively at my pictures and there seek to recognise what I am and what I want.” Gustav Klimt Gustav Klimt was forceful, dramatic, unrepentant.  His “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer” is arguably the most well-known thanks to the book and movie,  “The Lady in Gold.” Today,Continue reading “Happy Birthday Gustav Klimt”

Artists in the Garden

“The many great gardens of the world, of literature and poetry, of painting and music, of religion and architecture, all make the point as clear as possible: The soul cannot thrive in the absence of a garden.” Thomas More Yesterday, I walked through one of my favourite gardens and watched as others wandered through theContinue reading “Artists in the Garden”