Archive for December 2016

Abiquiu, New Mexico What inspires artists? Georgia O’Keeffe found inspiration in the landscape around Abiquiu. In turn, her work has inspired others.     Leon Dillard This summer I came across a new artist inspired by O’Keeffe. Leon Dillard, 5, sat on the floor of the O’Keeffe Museum here in Santa Fe drawing pad in…

Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois Paris by Claude Monet [[PD-US]] When I visited the Kimbell Museum in Fort Worth to see the Monet Early Years exhibit, I noted that Claude Monet’s painting of the Saint-Germain l’Auxerrois in Paris bore a striking resemblance to another church I see often: The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi. Basilica of Saint…