Category Archives: VanGogh

From Vincent, via The Quote Box

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Mary Beth Frezon

I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say, ‘He feels deeply, he feels tenderly.’ — Vincent van Gogh Continue reading →

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Thursday, Happy Birthday Vincent

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Mary Beth Frezon

Last night brought a return of the cold that knocked me down not so long ago… Not even the Quils seemed to touch it. This morning – no voice at all for awhile. What can you do other than be … Continue reading →

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Just Make That First Mark

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Mary Beth Frezon

Just dash something down if you see a blank canvas staring at you with a certain imbecility. You do not know how paralyzing it is, that staring of a blank canvas which says to the painter: you don’t know anything. … Continue reading →

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From Vincent

Posted on September 24, 2016 by Mary Beth Frezon

When using colors to recreate a general harmony of tones in nature, one loses it by painfully exact imitation. One keeps it by recreating in an equivalent color range, and that may not be exactly, or far from exactly, like … Continue reading →

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From the Quote Box, Van Gogh folder

Posted on July 24, 2016 by Mary Beth Frezon

It isn’t an easy job to paint oneself – at any rate if it is to be different from a photograph. And you see – this, in my opinion, is the advantage that impressionism possesses over all the other things; … Continue reading →

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