Category: Art

J. M. W. Turner’s The Slave Ship

When the Romantic and Eccentric Artist Used His Platform to Make a Statement Against Slavery J. M. W. Turner, or Will as he was know, is probably my favorite painter of all time. While his works are some of the most celebrated pieces in the history of British art, I appreciate him as much for […]

A Softer World

Existentialism in Comic Form A Softer World was a webcomic that Emily Horn and Joey Comeau created in 2003. It began humorously – sometimes dark, sometimes silly, and sometimes both – and went on to explore all the intricacies of existentialism. The format of placing blocks of type over photographs was beautifully simple. But the […]

A Picture of Home

Master Bedroom by Andrew Wyeth, more so than any other singular image, reminds me of my childhood home. This feeling comes primarily from the fact that a framed print of this mid-century American classic hung in my home growing up. However, when I self-analytically dig a little deeper, the reasoning goes far beyond familiarity with […]

Winslow Homer

Winslow Homer cannot officially be considered an Impressionist because he was from Massachusetts and not France but that geographic disconnection became a defining factor of Homer’s brilliance. While his technique was greatly influenced by his Parisian colleagues, his subject matter was distinctly New England. Just like Monet, his greatest muse was the Atlantic Ocean but […]