art is born of the observation and investigation of nature

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Quiet moments of observation. Finding the poetry in everyday objects to reminds us of the beauty already there.

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Wandering through the woods or strolling along the beach. Experiences waiting to be captured.

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Gustave Dore #art #painting #oilpainting #figures #portraits #arthistory #instaart

Today is my birthday, so I had an idea to put together a post of my top five favorite paintings. However, I quickly realized that whittling down all of my favorites to five is darn near impossible. So today you get this little gem from Jules Bastien-Lepage which is on the home screen of my phone. It is absolutely brilliant and I'm constantly trying to glean bits of its wisdom for my own work. #art #painting #oilpainting #figure #portrait #arthistory #instaart

Gaston La Touche After an amazing vacation seeing inspiring paintings in Chicago and some of the raw, jaw dropping beauty of nature in Iceland I'm refreshed and ready to get back to the studio. Here's some terrible pictures of my favorite painting in the Art Institute. It was an absolute pleasure seeing it in person. #art #painting #oilpainting #figures #artinstituteofchicago #chicago #arthistory #instaart

Rembrandt van Rijn Just a terrible picture of this painting. But I feel like any picture of any Rembrandt is inevitably going to be awful compared to the real thing. #art #painting #oilpainting #portrait #chicago #artinstituteofchicago #instaart #arthistory

Arnold Bocklin I wasn't too keen on this piece at first, but the more I studied it the more I liked it. #art #painting #oilpainting #figures #seascape #chicago #artinstituteofchicago #arthistory #instaart

Gustave Corbet Just a beautiful little study with an interesting execution- white chalk over lithographic crayon on partially engraved woodblocks. A really fun piece to study. #art #drawing #chalkdrawing #portraits #chicago #artinstituteofchicago #instaart #arthistory

Antonio Mancini Mancini tends to stop me in my tracks, and this piece was no exception. The paint is so scrumptiously laid on the canvas, I just wanted to eat it. Nom nom nom. #art #painting #oilpainting #figure #portrait #chicago #artinstituteofchicago #arthistory #instaart

Jules- Adolphe Breton Particularly bad picture of this one. But that's what you get when you're still on the iPhone 5c. #art #painting #oilpainting #figure #landscape #chicago #artinstituteofchicago #arthistory #instaart

I'm in Chicago! So for the next couple of days you get to see some terrible phone pics of some of my favorites at the Art Institute of Chicago. You lucky people, you. Henry Raeburn #art #painting #oilpainting #portrait #arthistory #arteducation

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Focusing on the little things while envisioning the big, Katie loves nature and experiencing life through paint.

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