An exhibition at the Maryhill Museum of Art took us behind the wheel for a hundred-mile drive along the Columbia Gorge. “The Columbia River: Wallula to the Sea” is as ambitious in its scope as it is probing in its depth. It offers a great appreciation of both the land and its people. They may … Continue reading Man and Nature – Painting the Last 300 Miles of the Columbia River Over 150 Years
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Not Just Another Flower Painting
In the history of still life paintings, the genre has always been more than the sum of its parts. In the golden age of Dutch paintings, earthly pleasure is in full bloom, but only ephemeral. Cezanne would direct us into the sensation of his objects rather than to the objects themselves. Even in America, the … Continue reading Not Just Another Flower Painting