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- May 18: defining the subject
- May 4: a favorite: the ingenious Hokusai
- April 27: nothing: it’s a concept
- April 20: boldness (Matisse again)
- April 13: Rembrandt’s narrative attitude
- April 6: a favorite: Ensor’s “Expulsion”
- March 30: Matisse & those old-time devices
- March 23: Matisse scores
- March 16: Matisse bungles one?
- March 9: Loran on Cezanne’s compositions
- March 2: a painting in progress: “dancers rehearsing”
- February 23: the odd face of the Rokeby Venus
- February 16: Twombly & Rembrandt, like/unlike
- February 9 : learning from not so good
- January 5, 2013: a favorite: Mrs. Richard Yates
- December 15 Cezanne’s audacity
- December 8 a favorite: Seurat’s Pierrot
- November 30 Rothko’s touch
- November 28 levels of calculation
- November 3 portraiture in armor
- October 20 distance
- October 13 a favorite: Barbari’s plan of Venice
- October 6 perfect art
- September 29 Maria Sibylla Merian
- September 22 Vermeer the decisive
- September 15 Elisofon and Motherwell
- September 8 painting a grader
- September 1 Harnett and Peto
- August 25 A favorite: “Burning a Heretic” by Sassetta
- August 18 Rockwell’s craft
- August 11 Monet
- June 9 on vacation
- May 26 newer and older
- May 12 abstract and not
- May 5 a favorite: “Old Woman” by Memling
- April 28 Kensett early and late
- April 21 copying the Mona Lisa, sort of
- April 14 Rosso scores
- April 7 the oddness of Titian
- March 31 battle
- March 24 what’s around us
- March 17 Seurat: where to stop
- March 10 Arcimboldo
- March 3 Gail Chadell Nanao
- February 25 nudes and nudes
- February 18 pairing
- February 11 who can think of it?
- February 4 “Girl With Gloves”
- January 28 those English!
- January 21 glorious decoration
- Jan 13 non-cuddly rulers
- January 7, 2012: at sea
- December 31 Magritte’s elegance
- December 24 Tang rider
- December 17 Simonetta
- December 10 Dunstan
- December 3: processions
- November 26 St. Jerome in his study
- November 19 Warhol’s Mao
- November 12 Cezanne & de Kooning
- November 5 Bacon, Eisenstein, & Tonks
- October 29 the Great Wall
- October 22 Arthur Devis
- October 15 Caravaggio v. Gentileschi
- October 8 Claude
- October 1 self-portraits
- September 24 Kenjilo Nanao
- September 15 tacky, tacky
- September 3 Audubon & Kline
- August 27 cats
- August 20 Brace’s Cove
- August 13 art & life
- August 6 portraits
- July 30 my best work
