"Oranges"
Dan McCaw

 

“Objects don't give you an emotion; you already contain that emotion.   An object just brings the emotion out. Art is the same way. It provides a reason for that thought, that mood, that feeling that exists within you to surface. It connects and awakens what part of us that we already possess."

 ~ Dan McCaw

Groundhog Day

Andrew Wyeth

1959

"That February day the sun’s rays caught the corner of the table that was set for dinner, awaiting the return of Mr. Keurner from a farm sale in Lancaster.”

~Andrew Wyeth

On the Terrasse

Auguste Renoir

1881, American Institute of Art

Chicago, IL

 

“To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them.”

~ Auguste Renoir

Christina's Bedroom
Andrew Wyeth
1947