I don’t know a great deal about Max Frost, but I heard this song one day when I was having a particularly rough start. While the tune is catchy and fun to dance around to, it’s the lyrics that speak the most to me. We’ve all been up AND down, but each day is a …
This week’s Art Master is taking us back to Italy in the 1500s. Titian is known as one of the founders of the Italian Renaissance painting, particularly the Venetian School. Born into a family of stature, he was quite successful throughout his career and known for a variety of styles – portraits, landscapes, religious subjects, …
This week’s song speaks to a different type of love – the kind we all need to embrace – love and caring for our fellow man! Take that kind of message and mix it with the absolute pinnacle in soul, funk, sexy, and rock and roll, and you get Lenny Kravitz. If you know, you …
Jackson Pollock is most well known for his drip style, or splatter, paintings which makes him one of the most well known Abstract Impressionists. During this phase, he would attach canvases to his studio floor and use sticks, trowels, and/or knives to splatter and throw the paint – sometimes he would even pour it directly …
Time for another Rock and Roll love song!! And it’s from one of the best in the land – it’s Social D’s Highway 101!! The lyrics (below) and the song really speak for themselves, but you’ll find that there isn’t a lot of room for mushy, traditional love songs (outside of some Elvis and an …
While not as strange and different as some of the Surrealists I’ve admired, one of my top favorites is Vincent Van Gogh. Several of his works are iconic and instantly recognized, but it’s some of the the lesser known ones that top my personal list. I am magically drawn to his use of bold strokes …
For our new series (and since it’s February!), I’m starting with the most beautiful love songs ever written by one of the very best rock bands of all time. Led Zeppelin’s “Thank You” is delicate and amazing. Although it does not fully showcase the talents of the GOAT drummer, John Bonham, it absolutely shines on …
Another one of my early favorites, also introduced to me in high school, is the Surrealist, Salvador Dali. His work is often considered ‘strange’, but it is masterful in detail and technique. It speaks to major influences in his life, as well as the world, at the time. “The Persistence of Memory” with his famous …
