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All Photos: Lorie Klahn Looks like another big snow year, and that's sayin ' something. Last year we were up to the gills in the wh...

This year's books review might be smaller than the previous two. On the good side, I did read two double-volume sets with @ 1,000 page...

Virgin and Child From The Book of Kells In Western art, the illuminated manuscript image shown above is the oldest extant depiction of the n...

Casey Klahn - What Did I Do? This meme is going around the art blogs, and it is much fun . It gets you thinking, especially at this ti...

In the spirit of "top ten" lists, I hereby name the Top Ten Art Blog Posts of the year 2008. Posts that made this list were memor...

Nature's Nature Blogging friend and pastor, William Lehman, has given a lengthy response to my ten theses on a theology of art . Not c...

Looking at the House from my Studio Snow North Click On to Enlarge Image Knowing how my readership loves the snow photos , I offer today...

Photo: Lorie Klahn Extreme navel-gazing alert! Occasionally I go "out-of-niche" and try to make my blog world bigger. Art bloggin...

Casey Klahn Some favorite art bloggers of mine have recently posted good photos of themselves, and it adds a dimension that makes the author...

Since the snow is flying here at Colorist-land, I suggest you pour a cup of Joe and see what we've been reading and writing lately. Tw...

Mademoiselle Romaine Lascaux Pierre Auguste Renoir Mary Adam, of Trinidad & Tobago, blogs at Drawing, Etc . She has posted a concise a...

Abstract Reds Over Blues 20" x 12" Original Pastel Casey Klahn Private Collection This is a re-post of a favorite essay. ...

I am making a fine recovery from my operation on Tuesday. It will be a while before I am 100%, as my medical professional wife and I agree,...

Starry Night Over the Rhone 1888 Vincent van Gogh Since I will be out of action for the next few days (or possibly even a month) I have put ...

News Curator Jessica Morgan, of the Tate Modern, writes about the big ideas driving art now, and I have to say I concur with her. I, mysel...

News Flash! THE FINE ART DEPARTMENT FOR ALL YOUR AFFORDABLE ART NEEDS The latest "FAD" is the new blog idea: The Fine Art Dep...

The faithful readership of The Colorist are responding with some well thought-out Artist's Traits. These are responses to my Artist...

Keeping in mind the copyright laws, go have a look at the new Life magazine archives that are now up at Google. ArtNewsBlog makes us aware...