SHAPE & SHADOW” I tried the Second Friday “Drawing in the Galleries.” I chose a spot in the current “Precious” show and repeatedly sketched the interesy shape and shadows of a three dimensional wall mounted piece. #lobstartstudios @tom.brudzinski #portlandmuseumofart #drawinginthegalleries #precious
Lauren Kaufmann on "Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention" at the #PortlandMuseumofArt. The exhibit highlights the interplay between Abstract Expressionist painter Grace Hartigan and the modern poets who became her friends, supporters, and in some cases, patrons.
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The interest in Pope Leo's maternal heritage from New Orleans reminds me of a #painting in #PortlandMuseumofArt in #Maine. It is called "The Drop Sinister - What Shall We Do With It?" by Harry Willson #Watrous c1913.
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The final painting in Colombia’s four-part, life-size series called Winter represents the mature stage of womanhood: the wealth of wisdom cultivated through time. Choosing a quiet and rich palette of brown and green, the portrait breaks with classic stereotypes to focus not on the external climate, but rather, the warmth and security it heeds. Most notably, Winter is a portrait of Colomba’s mother. With a Caribbean headdress and positioned beside a painting by Winslow Homer titled, A Garden in Nassau, the figure is surrounded by references to her Caribbean origins. She wears a dress inspired by one from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and while her fur stole alludes to the cold climate of the season it draws focus instead to warmth. The figure holds a book in her hand, recalling a bedtime story one is read by the fire, as well as the parallel gesture of sharing stories collected from experience and passing on wisdom to the next generation. Closing the series with wisdom, the Winter portrait nevertheless includes a shadow to the nature of time, with the cane serving as an indication of the body’s wear, the cane is equally an elegant supportive device, its top gilded and enhancing the regal poise of the figure. A crab lies beneath the figure’s cane, which she nonchalantly pierces as she stands tall, her gaze lifted. A symbol of both resilience and a journey, the crab is also a direct reference to cancer, a disease which Colomba’s mother battled three times. Victorious in the first two, she sadly succumbed to the third during the painting’s completion. With a bouquet of lilies on the mantle attributed simultaneously to motherhood, as with Hera and the Virgin Mary, rebirth, and mourning, Winter is also a personal homage to Colomba’s mother.
Winter by Elizabeth Colomba (French) - Oil on canvas from the Four Seasons series (2012–2018) - Portland Museum of Art (Maine) #womeninart #womanartist #elizabethcolomba #winter #portlandmuseumofart #fineart #oilpainting #fourseasons #art #portrait #womensart #artwork #poc #frenchartist #artoftheday
A woman sits on the edge of yellow couch covered in yellow pillows, a yellow blanket, a purple blanket, and spilled white basket of yellow balls in front of a yellow wall partially covered by a yellow and purple curtain. Her legs are casually crossed in anticipation of standing quickly while she hold a closed orange sun umbrella with very long straight wooden handle. She wears a light white summer dress with yellow cloth belt plus flowers around the hem of the skirt and along each shoulder of the top. Covering her short brown hair is a light green hat with light blue band and flowers.
An Afternoon Call by Jane Peterson (American) - Oil on canvas / c. 1914 - Portland (Maine) Museum of Art #womeninart #womanartist #painting #artwork #fineart #janepeterson #americanartist #womanpainter #art #portlandmuseumofart #peterson #bskyart #artoftheday #bsky.art #impressionism #womanart
