Due to COVID the annual Art in Bloom at the MIA was cancelled, and the streets of NYC are dark and empty. In “City Night” O’Keeffe captures the stark streets of New York, an image reflected in a stunning bouquet at last year’s flower show.
Category Archives: American
Aloneness – in Art & Life (Hopper’s Nighthawks)
Depression-era social distancing is portrayed in this oil painting. Hopper’s art often presents loneliness, isolation, aloneness, and empty spaces.
Art for Freedom From Fear (Rockwell)
Rockwell’s Four Freedoms inspired a nation during a time of war when we needed comfort, hope and security of home, family and faith
The Pandemic Begins: Strength & Worry – in Art & Life (Lange’s Migrant Mother)
Few images have captured the grief of Depression Era of America like Dorothea Lange’s “Migrant Mother.” Though the image is nearly 100 years, it still connects with humanity on a visceral level.