Color fascinated Leonardo da Vinci. His notebooks are filled with notes about his observations of the subtle colors of the world around him. Of particular interest to daVinci was the effect atmosphere had on the color of objects at a distance within a landscape. In the morning light Leonardo observed that distant objects look bluer [...] Read more »
15th Century Color Trend: The Blue of Distance
You may think color trends are a rather recent phenomenon but seeking out the hottest hues may be almost as old as the colors on the walls at Lascaux. Throughout history new colors, techniques and applications were first seen in art rather than the fashion runway or the auto show but they were no less [...] Read more »
City Streets
Blue skies are back – blue, clean, calming, soothing and fresh – blowing away the gray remnants of winter. Walking the city streets, I get the blues… blue appears as a backdrop, as a shadow as a subject a reflection Read more »
Wonderful Wisconsin
I am now in the heart of America…right in the center where rolling green hills, tall silos and leaning red barns compose the landscape of Wisconsin. I discovered Door County this summer on the way to its very tip – beautiful enchanting and wild Rock Island – where my boyfriend and I went kayaking and [...] Read more »
