Judith Leyster was born on July 28 in 1609. She is one of the few female artists of the seventeenth century to have emerged from obscurity. Among her known works are portraits, genre paintings, and still lifes common in the Dutch Baroque period. She is best known...
“I find nature to be the most beautiful thing in the world. My style is defined by my mood. I can paint flowing clean landscapes, if that is how I interpret it, or, I may paint think, slashed paintings, that have emotion and energy.” – Tim Gagnon Tim...
“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...
“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...
“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...
