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Short Meditation on Color
“Oh yes! He loved yellow, did good Vincent…When the two of us were together in Arles, both of us insane, and constantly at war over...
jderoulet
Jun 30, 20142 min read


The Calling
"The Calling of St. Matthew" by Caravaggio, painted in 1600 AD for an Italian church named for the Saint is one of my favorite paintings....
jderoulet
Jun 23, 20145 min read


Accessing the Inner Eye
"Everything has two aspects: the current aspect which we see nearly always and which ordinary men see, and the ghostly and metaphysical...
jderoulet
Jun 16, 20144 min read


A Description of an Elusive Subject
“Beauty is no material thing. Beauty cannot be copied. Beauty is the sensation of pleasure on the mind of the seer. No thing is...
jderoulet
Jun 9, 20144 min read


The Problem with Photography and Painting
"Still - in a way - nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small - we haven't time - and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes...
jderoulet
Jun 2, 20145 min read


The Funeral and the Thirsty Fish
In October of last year, I came across a quote while meandering on reddit. It stopped my browsing in its tracks and I had to pause to...
jderoulet
May 19, 20144 min read


Contemporary Painting
“Although the art world reveres the unconventional, it is rife with conformity. Artists make work that "looks like art" and behave in...
jderoulet
May 12, 20144 min read


Lautrec and La Rouge
"I paint things as they are. I don't comment. I record." -Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec The painting above is one of my absolute favorites....
jderoulet
May 5, 20143 min read


Collecting Art
"I had a large collection of various artists, but there were no Picassos. Friends told me that I ought to buy at least one of his works,...
jderoulet
Apr 20, 20146 min read


Chicago and the Art Institute
At the end of March, I took a trip to Chicago. It was my first time planning and taking a trip on my own and I hope to make a habit of...
jderoulet
Apr 14, 20143 min read
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