"These photos were taken with my IPhone on Thursday, June 28, 2012. The statue (inspired from a Renoir painting) is in front of The Museum of Art and History in Key West FL.
The weather was quite warm but each day was beautiful!"
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
"Large Bouquet" Oil Painting by Artist, NORA KASTEN
"LARGE BOUQUET"
© Nora Kasten, 2012
Oil on canvas (48"x36") June 19, 2012
"This large painting has been on my easel for several weeks now and I'm finally declaring victory, saying "It is done".
In the beginning this canvas was another oil painting that I had completed on March 13, 2010 . . . . 5 months to the day before Karl died. The painting, "Personal Reverie", never pleased me and I don't think Karl liked it either so it seemed fitting to paint over it. I covered the painting with Griffin titanium white alkyd paint and let it dry for a few days before starting this new painting. See the painting "Personal Reverie" below________________
"Personal Reverie" Oil on canvas 36"x48" March 13, 2010 / Destroyed March, 2012
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Motor Trip Highlights & The National Museum Of Art by Artist, NORA KASTEN
(iPhone photo) Renoir at The National Museum of Art, Washington, DC on June 9, 2012
"Today is Saturday, June 16, and my second day to be back home. Both days I was privileged to take my walk on the Naples beach at the edge of the water and as good as the trip was . . . . it is even better to be back home.
It's been over 20 years since I visited The National Museum of Art in DC and the Philadelphia
Museum of Art, along with several other museums in the Eastern states. At the time I had been painting for only 5 or 6 years and I was in complete awe of most of the paintings. My husband, Karl,
would often ask me on those days what it was that I liked about such and such a painting and I couldn't
always tell him. After several days of museum touring, one evening Karl summed up his opinion by saying "I believe if the artist's name was Monet, Degas, Manet, Renoir or any other famous artist's name, the quality of the work was not considered. Good, bad or mediocre . . it was In". I couldn't hear that then but after last week's museum visits, I believe he was right.
It really doesn't matter what I feel or believe about the art of the past but today I am changed and I was quite disappointed with far too much of the artwork exhibited. Contemporary artists today such as
Richard Schmid, Dan Gerhartz, David Leffel, CW Mundy and so many others are producing fabulous and excellent works of art that are a joy to view and behold. My eyes much prefer their works.
The paintings of artists, Barbara Flowers and Joyce Norwood, are also a delight to behold."
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