On Renoir

At the end of September, Tom & I drove to Les Collettes, the estate where Pierre-Auguste Renoir lived for the last dozen or so years of his life.  A 3-hour drive from our rented apartment in Arles, it is located up a narrow, winding road in the town of...

On Not Making Art

I once read a quote attributed to Pierre-Auguste Renoir that said something like, “I have painted every day of my life.”  I remember feeling tremendously impressed by this statement but also vaguely disconcerted for it simply sets the creativity bar, the passion...