Artwork of the Week

This month we celebrate the birthday of artist Dorothy Weir Young.

While the monumentality of Lesaka Waken feels impossibly vast, anchored to both land and the highest of stratospheres, it also connects to the optics of relatively small.

Jesus, whilst confronted with a murderous horde prepared to execute a woman “taken in the very act of adultery,” chose to not respond to the mob’s shouted confrontations and demands for capital punishment. Instead, the Lord remained thoughtful, somber, and ultimately articulate as he subtly and silently communicated to the venomous bystanders by inscribing His commentary/invocation in the sand.

First, consider the act of climbing a tree—a dauntless act for a big kid. So naturally, it is the eldest and tallest, a confident Mahonri has buccaneered his way above the groundlings.

Consider the gorgeous spring green, one such as you’ve never experienced in nature. The foreground is a verdigris pea-soup sprinkled with meadow blooms conforming to the color scheme of the other flowers.

As we approach the May-Day activities from the lower left, three young boys are full of vigor and exuberance.

This week’s art selection was chosen to celebrate the long-awaited arrival of Spring. Edward Redfield was one of the most prominent American Impressionists associated with an art colony located in New Hope, Pennsylvania.

Dixon’s poetry reveals his complicated feelings about living in the city – he was a resident of San Francisco for most of his life, but his heart longed for grand vistas and open space.

Dagnan-Bouveret portrays the Virgin and Child resting quietly in a simple carpenter’s shop. The Infant’s divine glow penetrates Mary’s veil and emphasizes His divinity. Jesus’ placement, nestled against her chest, suggests the notion that Mary kept her sacred, maternal insights about His identity in her heart, private but profoundly felt because of their intimate kinship.

Based on the style of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, this poster image was created as part of an exhibition titled Images of Survival, organized by the Shoshin Society in Washington, DC.

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Rather than focus on glittery winter trees, or the warm glow emanating from a snow-covered home (both of which appear in this painting), Julian Joseph emphasizes a buried street, no doubt an impressionistic influence...

Edna Andrade, like many Op Artists of the 1970s, sought to remove herself from the artwork she created...

Romare Bearden’s screenprint celebrates the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whom we honor today. Bearden created this artwork in the same year Dr. King was murdered, but rather than focusing on the violence of the assassination, instead memorializes King’s career and influence...

Born an American expatriate, John Singer Sargent is known for his portraits of upper-class patrons, a class of which he was a part. With simple yet bold brushstrokes, he captures the delicate lace in Mrs. Edward Goetz’s shawl, the gentle curl in her hair, and the warm look on her face...