Art
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Johannes Vermeer—Provocateur
Risk and Courage in Dissent by Neil Thomas Proto
The 17th century. Delft. Working within the mythic “Dutch Golden Age,” Johannes Vermeer mastered light, color, and intimate settings. Award-winning author Neil Thomas Proto throws off that limiting mask, weaving the documented strands of terror,...
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The Chakras in Stained Glass
Learn About, Visualize, and Balance your Chakras by Evelyn Wolff
Enjoy the remarkable artwork in Evelyn Wolff’s Chakras in Stained Glass; they are some of her finest. Reading her personal story about working with her chakras to channel these glowing images will teach you their meaning, and how to visualize,...
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A Medieval Architect
William the Englishman by Elisabeta Paul
This book asks a single question. The question is, after completing his work at Canterbury Cathedral, where did William the Englishman go and what did he subsequently build. As you are holding this book you are invited to come along on this...
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Mindful Landscape Painting
My Watercolour Journeys by Hiroshi Shimazaki
Can landscape painting be an avenue for examining current and historic world views, understandings, and perspectives on human nature? Can it be an avenue for philosophical exploration? Hiroshi Shimazaki’s answer is a resounding, “yes,” and he...
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Success Every Time in Acrylics
Paint your way to a great Acrylic painting with confidence by Karin Richter
SUCCESS EVERY TIME – Paint Your Way to a great Acrylic Painting with Confidence By naming the book “Success Every Time”, the author makes a lot of promises! It covers first of all the basics like materials, color theory and composition and...
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Richmond 380
As Seen Through the Eyes of an Artist, bilingual edition 英/汉 by Gary Towne
This souvenir art book, the first in a series, depicts past and present scenes from Richmond, British Columbia, featuring the original works of renowned Vancouver artist Raymond Chow. Laid out in a virtual tour format, Richmond 380° as Seen...
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Mindful Landscape Sketching
by Hiroshi Shimazaki
“Visit the old and learn anew without preconceived ideas”—the meaning of the seal on many of Hiroshi Shimazaki’s paintings encapsulates his creative and contemplative approach to landscape sketching. In Mindful Landscape Sketching, with language...
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The Art of Being Irish in Hell's Kitchen
A Memoir of the Organizing of the Irish Arts Center in New York City 1972-78 by James F. Olwell
Amid the turmoil of the 1960s and 1970s—an era that included the Black Civil Rights movement, the war in Vietnam, and the Troubles in Northern Ireland—young Irish Americans in New York began to question what it meant to be Irish in America. Led...
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One Cell, The World
Climate Action Art & Research Catalogue by Pauline Sameshima
Around the world, individuals and groups are rallying to draw attention to the climate emergency. Lakehead University culminated a Year Of Climate Action (YOCA) in a showcase of events at their 2022 Research and Innovation Week. One Cell, The...
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Art Attitude - The Random Thoughts of RFM McInnis
A Sort of Autobiography by RFM McInnis
The fact that I paint what is perceived as subject matter is beside the point. For me, subject matter is only an excuse to observe abstract organic shapes and patterns where they exist in nature and push their shape-space relationships to the...
