by MG | Nov 23, 2011 | All Articles, Peace In The Valley
Even though the painting has intentional symbolic representations varying in degrees of disclosure, one was quite unintentional – at least by the artist. Being unsatisfied with the way Willie‘s shirt looked in the area shown in the enlarged box (left), MacDonald...
by MG | Nov 19, 2011 | All Articles, Flowers
This is one of my favorite paintings. I painted it in about 10 minutes. I have paintings that I have spent days, even weeks or more on, then absolutely hated them….
by MG | Nov 19, 2011 | All Articles, Claude Monet
I had only visited the UK once before I painted this painting after Monet. I found the paintings of the Palace of Westminster (British Parliament) very intriguing because after seeing the actual painting noted that the pictures never really looked like...
by MG | Nov 18, 2011 | All Articles, Voyage Van Gogh
I painted this painting after Van Gogh’s Wheatfield with Crows, in Auvers-sur-Oise, the town where he died and is buried. It was one of his last paintings. On my final day there, I wanted to get a symbolic picture of my painting on his grave. The day was very dreary,...
by MG | Oct 25, 2011 | All Articles, Art Museums
La Joconde (Mona Lisa). Painted in Florence by Leonardo da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance. There is always a crowd in Musee Du Louvre. Everywhere there are signs that say “No Flash!” And there are guards on both sides of the painting, and yet there are flashes...
