"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

24 February 2019

Happy Birthday, Homer.

Homer, Campfire, Adirondacks, 1892


Winslow Homer was born on this day in 1836.

What they call talent is nothing but the capacity for doing continuous work in the right way.

Winslow Homer

Sitting in on John Wilmerding's ("Ol' Wilmerding") talk, "Winslow Homer in His Art," at the The College of the Atlantic ...


Marc Simpson's lecture, "Yankee Urchins and Pie-Nurtured Maidens: Winslow Homer's Paintings of 1870s America" ...

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