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 […]
The Founder of Realism and the Original Artist-Activist Somewhere just outside the border of the Impressionist Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, hangs an idyllic seascape by Gustave Courbet. The painting is aptly titled The Calm Sea as it depicts waves gently rolling upon a pristine beach. Two empty fishing boats sit in the […]
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 […]
Here are some photos from my archive. They all have water in them. I guess I like taking pictures of water.
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 […]
