Medicine on Canvas

Interesting collection of paintings concerning medicine, including Rembrandt's brilliant "Anatomy Lecture of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp," 1632, and Eakins's two Clinic pictures.

Future posts

Future topics will include: vanity galleries, vanity art publishers, bad curators who match works as though they were accessories, why art matters, too many dumb artists, visual cliches and how to avoid them, why using color in painting is not like choosing color for a wardrobe or a room, the art instinct, art scams to watch out for, why to skip art competitions by commercial galleries that charge submission fees, why "submittal" is a stupid word, why an artist cannot see his/her work as others see it, why students should study work they don't like, why art exists -- stuff like that.  Animation