Happy Easter - 2019

The Descent from the Cross c. 1435. Oil on oak panel, 220cm × 262 cm. Museo del Prado, Madrid.
Flemish artist Rogier van der Weyden.

Crown of Thorns

Christ with Crown of Thorns (1450~)
55×39 cm / Tempera on Wood.
Fra Angelico (@1395-1455)
Location: the dome in Leghorn, It.

Christmas Nativity

The Adoration of the Kings, 1564

43.7" x 32.68"

Oil on Board

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

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Boy Drummer

OOO

Contemporary Christmas Chorale

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We stood on the hills, Lady,

Our day’s work done,

Watching the frosted meadows

That winter had won.

The evening was calm, Lady, 

The air so still, 

Silence more lovely than music 

Folded the hill.

There was a star, Lady,

Shone in the night,

Larger than Venus it was

And bright, so bright.

Oh, a voice from the sky, Lady,

It seemed to us then

Telling of God being born

In the world of men.

And so we have come, Lady,

Our day’s work done,

Our love, our hopes, ourselves,

We give to your Son.

Bob Chilcott.

Good Friday - 2013

The Last Supper

1495-98

Fresco

Milan, Italy

Leonardo da Vinci

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Phil Keaggy

Shades of Green

Phil Keaggy

County Down

Make It New

OOO

Miserere mei, Deus

An itty-bitty pastel trims the tree.

Follows is a heartfelt prayer and carol as only the high church can perform.  I don't belong to the high church, and am a middle to low church kind of guy.  But, there is no replacing the beauty of the seasonal carols sung by a proper choir.

Psalm 50.

Easter Weekend Notes

Self Portrait as The Man of Sorrows

Graphite, 1522

408 x 290 mm

Albrecht Durer

Happy Easter!  


Easter week has been a contemplative time here in my studio.  The Matisse series has been, for me, a great exercise in writing and critique, and my essay on The Conversation will be published here at The Colorist after the holiday.  


As if I needed more things to take my mind off of the highest Christian holiday, and off of my painting, life rolls in and washes my time away.  Doctors appointments, turkey season, spring yard work, and my new iPhone, which Lorie gave me last night.  Still, in all, I did make time for two plein air pieces, which I hope to post here or at Pastel in the next couple of days.  


It was fun to find a new store, yesterday, in Spokane Valley named the Hobby Lobby.  It is like a cavernous Michaels, only cheaper.  I bought a few General pencils, a drawing board of Chinese make (I need drawing boards loaded with current projects and more of them than you'd think) and the best things were small Birch wood boxes and trays.  I currently keep my smallest pastel outdoor set in a cigar box that is tiny, but now have an even smaller one than that.  It makes me want to make some of my own boxes, but that urge will pass, I'm sure.


I am very happy to see Diane Mize posting at COMPOSE again.  Harry Bell has been blogging for 7 years.  Yes, you read that right: seven years.  His cityscapes are a lesson in composition in themselves.

More Notes:

Lots of big images by Durer - very nice collection.