Choices in an Artist's Life / February 10, 2018 by Jeannine Cook

Friend of many of the prominent Impressionist painters, as well of being in Edouard Manet's circle, artist Norbert Goeneutte was a discovery for me when I saw one of his paintings recently at the National Gallery in London. His career choices were interesting.

Of Japan / February 5, 2018 by Jeannine Cook

Scanning a set of Japanese woodcuts inherited from my grandfather led me to reflect on the parallels and differences between traditional images and those captured in photographs, when all were created or re-created after the 1923 Earthquake in Japan.

Farewell, my “Artist’s Husband” / January 1, 2018 by Jeannine Cook

Right to the end of his life, my husband, Rundle, showed me how to face the odds and perfect the art of living elegantly and courageously.

"I'm the Artist's Husband" / December 15, 2017 by Jeannine Cook

If every artist is as lucky as I am to have a wonderfully supportive and generous spouse, life is doubly magical.... some thoughts from a hospital room, sitting beside my husband

Feeling Special as an Artist / December 3, 2017 by Jeannine Cook

Artists have a constant challenge to remain try to their visions and aspirations, a story we constantly hear down the ages. A wonderful text sent to me reaffirmed why I follow this path and why all artists feel impelled to do so.

Art as a Memory Trigger / November 12, 2017 by Jeannine Cook

A silverpoint drawing of a pine tree in the South Carolina mountains or many others drawings done in coastal Georgia brought back so many memories and sensations as I reorganised my framed art after Hurricane Irma's passage. Their images were an astonishingly powerful trigger that collapsed time.

Artists' Roller-Coaster Rides / October 24, 2017 by Jeannine Cook

The highs and lows of an artist's life teach many things, especially about ways to cope with the "slough of despond" that comes after a successful time in an artist's activities and which then allow new beginnings and a rebalancing ofcreative life.

Basel's Paper Museum: an Artist's Delight / September 22, 2017 by Jeannine Cook

Basel's Paper Museum is a small, extremely well-presented museum that takes one from paper-making to the history of writing, printing, book-binding and many other facets of the world of paper. As an artist, I was enthralled and found the paper they Museum still makes most tempting and beautiful.

Paul Cézanne's Drawings / September 16, 2017 by Jeannine Cook

The exhibition, "The Hidden Cézanne; From Sketchbook to Canvas" is still on until September 24th, 2017, at the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland. Cézanne's drawings, kept very private during his lifetime, tell of his questing, learning, thought processes in creating art or just recording for inspiration much later on. It reminds us all that drawing is a pathway to many ways of analysing, understanding and forging an artistic identity that is unique.

Artists' Ambitions / August 16, 2017 by Jeannine Cook

Ramon Casas, an ambitious, innovative artist from Barcelona who straddled the nineteenth and early twentieth century, frequented many notable artists from France and Spain - from Toulouse-Lautrec to Jaoquin Sorolla and Pablo Picasso. Considered a modernist, he excelled in portrait drawings and paintings, as well as graphic art for art nouveau posters. His self-portrait from 1910 is revealing.