Affordable art...affordable good art, is usually beyond our grasp. One way to have the 'real' thing is to find a print by an artist that you love. Even these can be beyond your budget, but every once in a while...(Fleur, wistfully thinking). Here is a sampling of some of my very favortite prints...

See if you can recognize these masterpieces of western painting from the hands of Ju Duoqi! The Raft of the Lotus Roots The Kiss of the Radishes Cabbage Monroe Napoleon on Potatoes Mona Tofu The Scream of the Sweet Potatoes Van Gogh Made of Leek "In the summer of '06, I bought several kilograms...

BAM! There you go--right in your face--100 cans of Beef Noodle soup courtesy of Andy Warhol (1928-1987). Some consider Andy to be the most famous American artist of all time. He certainly created his share of controversy and made us look at our world in an entirely new way! "If you want to know...

I'm sure you are all familiar with the following picture-- American Gothic by Grant Wood (1891-1942). Wood was one of a group of midwestern artists called Regionalists. He stated, "This painting is not about farms, not about a married couple, and not a satire." Hmmm...I will leave it to...

New Swan Stone is the English translation for Neuschwanstein, probably the most famous castle in the world. Perched atop a peak in the Bavarian Alps, Neuschwanstein is mysterious, haunting, and fantastically beautiful. Ironically, this structure, built to be a private refuge, 'sacred and out of reach'...

Mont St. Michel-- the Pearl of the West, mysterious, ethereal, heavenly battleground, spiritual inspiration, mighty fortress. All of these phrases describe the first of several posts I will be doing on Architectural Wonders . Mont St. Michel is a beautiful, mystical abbey built at the top of a rocky...

Wow! This was really a hard list for me to narrow down. Beautiful structures, like beautiful art, have their own stories, time periods, and cultures that make them unique. These are my favorites...I look at them with admiration for the drive and purpose of their creators. My favorite is the Taj Mahal...

On January 16, 2009, at the age of 91, one of America's premier artists died--Andrew Wyeth. As a tribute to him, I would like to showcase his most well-known painting Christina's World. Christina's World is a painting of a woman Andrew knew. He was visiting the Olson house (located in Cushing...

Yes, that is 3 1/2 million marks, the number of small dots and slashes Georges Seurat used to complete his master work Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte , one of my top ten favorite paintings. Degas called him "The Notary". Gauguin referred to his technique as "petit point"...

Hold on to your hats, I have a load of beautiful paintings to show you! A few weeks back, I did a quick post on my favorite artist, Claude Monet (1840-1926). His painting Impression: Sunrise gave the Impressionist movement it's name and took painting in an entirely different direction. Monet and...