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Art thoughts, tips, and articles

  • Matisse: The Red Studio

    A look at the colors and pictorial space in this painting that create an enveloping experience.
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  • Touching Twombly

    “That is the most touched painting in the museum” ~ Security guard at the RISD Art Museum in reference to…
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  • Paul Klee and Musical Polyphony

    Perhaps the biggest decision in Paul Klee’s life was whether to pursue a career as a musician or as a…
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  • Rothko and Michelangelo

    In thinking about a series of paintings he gave to the Tate Gallery in 1968 and 1969, Rothko spoke of…
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  • Lucretia, detail of head and shoulders

    Lucretia

    Background: The story of Lucretia has been painted many times. The story dates back to early Roman times when Lucretia…
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  • Robert Ian Najlis

    Emergent Phenomena

    There will always be something irreplaceable about the silent contemplation of a great painting. However, there is opportunity for that…
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  • Robert Ian Najlis

    Fulbright

    Robert Najlis Receives Fulbright Scholarship I have been awarded a Fulbright scholarship. The Fulbright scholarship, whose goal is to improve…
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  • China, Xi’an 2017

    This past summer I went to China where I assisted in teaching a painting class, and then had a painting…
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  • Chinese Art Influence

    Chinese calligraphy and painting has been an important influence in my art
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  • Proportions and Intervals

    A quick look at the relationship between figure drawing proportions music intervals. In both cases, and understanding of these relationships…
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