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 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...
by taswann | Feb 21, 2017 | Previous Posts, Projects
“I don’t really have studios. I wander around people’s attics, out in fields, in cellars, anyplace I find that invites me. ” -Andrew Wyeth Andrew Wyeth was born on July 12, 1917. As a young child he was home-tutored by his father, the illustrator N.C....
by taswann | Jan 9, 2017 | Previous Posts, Projects
“One curator said he didn’t want my work in his gallery because it was so simple even children understood it. I thought, what a wonderful tribute!” -Ted Harrison Before the Christmas holidays we were invited into the JK/SK classrooms at Runnymede Public...
by taswann | Dec 13, 2016 | Previous Posts, Projects
Doris McCarthy was born on July 7th, 1910 in Calgary and moved to Toronto in 1913. She is a landscape artist best known for her depictions of Arctic icebergs. McCarthy attended the Ontario College of Art from 1926 to 1930. Among her teachers were members of the Group...
