Mary Cassatt’s The Child’s Bath is an oil painting on canvas. It portrays a mother taking care of her child’s health; they are both looking in the same direction towards the child’s feet as the mother gently cleans them. Although Cassatt used bold brush strokes, her attention to light and use of bright colors are ...
In the United States, September 27th is known as “Family Day,” one day a year where families make a commitment to spend quality time with the ones they love. But “Family Day” doesn’t only have to be celebrated on the 27th; it can be celebrated at anytime and anywhere. For families looking for activities that ...
If someone was to ask you to paint your soul, what would it look like? How would you begin? Is there any painting out there that reminds you of everything you want to say, be or feel? There is for me. It is the wonderful 1950 abstract expressionist painting of Jackson Pollack. Abstract expressionism was ...
In “Degas’s Laundresses,” Eavan Boland brings to life in words an oil painting by artist Edgar Degas. Although in the title of the poem Boland does not specify which of Degas’s several paintings of laundresses she intends the reader to reference, it can only be “Laundresses Carrying Linen in Town.” The proof lies in the ...
