Daily Art Quote

I cannot live without books. (Thomas Jefferson)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze   Student with a Lesson-book  
1757   Oil on canvas, 63 x 49 cm

 

 Carlo Dolci   St Catherine Reading a Book   Oil on canvas

 Sébastien Stoskopff    Books and a Candle   1625   Oil on canvas 

 Gerbrand van den Eekhout   Scholar with his Books  
1671   Oil on canvas, 64,5 x 49 cm

Daily Art Quote

Imagination is the highest kite one can fly. (Lauren Bacall)



 Samuel van Hoogstraten   Still-Life   1666-68  
Oil on canvas, 63 x 79 cm
   Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe



Daily Art Quote

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.' (Theodore Roosevelt)



 Gerrit van Honthorst   Musical Group on a Balcony   1622
   Fresco
   Private collection



Happy First Day of Autumn!

The one red leaf, the last of its clan,
That dances as often as dance it can,
Hanging so light, and hanging so high,
On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky.
~Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Thomas Cole (1801-1848)
Morning Mist Rising, Plymouth, New Hampshire (A View in the United States of America in Autumn)
Oil on canvas
c1830
55.88 x 38.1 cm
(22" x 15")
Private collection

Today is the first day of autumn -

a glorious season here in New Hampshire.

NH Wedding Photography - A Farm Fresh Wedding

I recently had the pleasure of photographing the wedding of Becky and Jason, one of my most favorite couples! They said their vows in a beautiful farm field at Coggeshall Farm Museum in Bristol, RI.
Thank you Becky & Jason for including us in your gorgeous day!

Daily Art Quote

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

Leonardo da Vinci   Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani (Lady with an Ermine)  
1483-90
Oil on wood, 55 x 40 cm

Daily Art Quote

Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet. (Colette)

Juan van der HamenStill Life with Flowers and a Dog
c. 1625-30
Oil on canvas, 228 x 95 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid

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