by taswann | Apr 20, 2017 | Previous Posts, Projects
“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” -Henri Matisse Henri Matisse was born on December 31, 1869 in France. He grew up in a small town in Northern France and came from humble origins. His father was a grain merchant and his mother ran a paint shop...
by taswann | Apr 19, 2017 | Previous Posts, Projects
“I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.” – Claude Monet Spring has sprung and we spent a week with the Teddy Kids Leiden Kindergarten students at Runnymede Junior and Senior Public School creating gardens inspired by Claude Monet. We really enjoyed...
by taswann | Apr 12, 2017 | Previous Posts, Projects
“Light is therefore colour.” – J.M.W. Turner Joseph Mallord William Turner was born in England on April 23, 1775. His family lived above his father’s barber shop and young Joseph began to sketch pictures at a young age. By the time he was 13, some of his drawings...
by taswann | Apr 12, 2017 | Previous Posts, Projects
“I wanted to know I could achieve any effect that I could imagine. I wanted complete expressive freedom…” – David Langevin David Langevin currently lives and paints in Kamloops, British Columbia. He was born in the Eastern Townships of Quebec and began drawing...
by taswann | Apr 12, 2017 | Previous Posts, Projects
“Pictures must be miraculous”- Mark Rothko Mark Rothko, was born on September 25, 1903 as Markus Yakovlevich Rotkovich. He was an American painter of Russian Jewish descent. He was born in Russia and could speak Russian, Yiddish, Hebrew and English. Rothko is arguably...
