Hear my song, Violetta, Hear my song beneath the Moon. Recorded by Josef Locke. Violet, the color at the end of the visible spectrum of light, has long been associated with royalty, spirituality and majesty. Violets (Viola) are a genus of spring flowering...
The whole thing – lit up – first in one place – then in another with flashes of lightning … I sat on the fence for a long time – just looking at the lightning. Georgia O’Keeffe Powerful impressions often arise from nature and as Georgia O’Keeffe describes in...
Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Lord Byron The blue color of the ocean (despite the clear color of pure water) and the blue color of the sky, are the results of white light from the sun entering both the ocean and the sky. The ocean appears to be blue because...
Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun. Pablo Picasso I have an affinity for yellow and I relish using its varying shades from light to bright to metallic in my paintings. For me, yellow is a cheerful...
The Purple Cow I NEVER saw a Purple Cow; I never hope to See One; But I can Tell you, Anyhow, I’d rather See than Be One. Gelett Burgess (1866 – 1951) If I decide to paint a purple cow, or a purple hippo or elephant, I might hesitate for just a few moments to...
Say “red”… and there are fifty people listening, it can be expected that there will be fifty reds in their minds, And one can be sure that all these reds will be different. Josef Albers Red is a primary color. If you combine it with yellow, you get orange, with...
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