James Warhola remembers his Uncle Andy in his uncle’s first New York apartment, sketching high-heeled shoes for an advertisement in the New York Times. He would ink the drawing and blot it, a technique he would use later in his artwork. When his uncle first painted a Campbell’s soup can, […]
Read articleCrescendo ensemble sets Norman Rockwell paintings in Song
Blues and Middle Eastern scales blend into children’s voices holding a line as simple as a Shaker tune, with low notes below. A man and a woman stand by their sleeping son and daughter, holding a newspaper with a headline from the blitz. American music of all kinds embraces well-known […]
Read articleAmerican artists re-interpret Norman Rockwell in the 21st-century
Roberta Dews and Eric Williams appear as a father and mother standing by a bed where two children sleep. She stands close to the boy and the girl, who lie quietly, and he looks out the window at the night. Dews and Williams are local models setting a scene as […]
Read articleSeeing Norman Rockwell’s artwork through a journalist’s eyes — BTW column
Imagine what it would be like if newspapers today commissioned paintings to run on their color pages? This weekend, I became a tourist. My parents came up to see me. In between crossword puzzles at my kitchen table and Malaysian fried rice at Flavors Restaurant, we took some time to do some things […]
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