Author Archives: artstudio

View from the Top

We just had a birthday, our 32nd, on Dec. 12. I always consider it a minor miracle that we survived and a lot of other people are scratching their heads about it, too. Be that as it may, The Art Studio is here to serve the artists and the community, and will do so for

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Sensuous Saints and Naughty Gods

Erotic Visions of a 17th-Century Dutch Artist Non gloria sed memoria (Not glory but remembrance.) — The motto inscribed on Wtewael’s self-portrait. They greet us as we walk into the gallery — the artist, Joachim Wtewael (pronounced “oo-te-val”), and his wife, Christina. They look like a typical Dutch couple one may see in the portraits

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Review: Botanical Beasts

Stark’s ‘Wicked Plants’ not the average exhibit Entering the latest exhibition at the Stark Museum of Art is like stepping out of the 21st century and into a Victorian curiosity cabinet. Plants such as mandrake, nightshade and hemlock are familiar to fans of Harry Potter, or murder mysteries — “nightshade” is mostly preceded by “deadly” —

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