Bonnard Painting and what I like in terms of Quality and Value

This Pierre Bonnard painting that I chose to evaluate is called "The Breakfast Room" that was painted in 1930-31. What I really find interesting in this painting is the color contrast between the outside and the inside. On the outside, it looks to be bright, hopeful, and filled with wonder. On the inside, however, it's dark, a little dreary and just plain sad. In the corner there stands Bonnard's wife, inspiration and muse, Marthe de Méligny. In the book The Accidental Masterpiece, it describes her as being paranoid, sick all the time, not very into the outside (she would take an umbrella whenever she went out to hide herself), and domineering over Bonnard because she didn't want him having any life/affairs with anyone but her. I believe that this painting is very symbolical for that description because it shows Marthe turned away from the outside and is against the dark corners looking depressed. The book also described Bonnard's affairs with two other women and how he would always go about the house (or world that he created for him and his wife), writing or sketching ideas or what he observes and stuffs it in his coat jacket. So, I could infer the painting adds that significance and symbolism in play by showing Bonnard's longing for the outside. To be free. To experience what he thought he never could accomplish. But he is confined to a villa on the southeastern side of France by his muse/crazy ass wife who was afraid people were going to steal his ideas. The painting overall is very tender as most of Bonnard's works are, very conceptualizing in ideas like house arrest, ongoing pain, and the desire of breaking free. Magnificent work.

USDAN Summer Camp and What's Been Going On

Hello all!!! I know that it has been forever since I have posted a blog. I was given some advice to help me cope with the situation so I want to start off my last quarter of freshman year with positive effort. So last week, I went with my mother to a wonderful place called USDAN which is a Creative and Performing Arts Center. It's the kind of place that takes you on a journey through the main art criteria depending on what art form that you want to explore. Their slogan is "Lose Yourself for a Summer. Find yourself for a lifetime." The first line means you don't have to have any outside experience to take the class that you want to take. I can agree with this system because when kids and early teenagers try something new, some can be hard on themselves and get frustrated easily to try and get something done, but that should not be the case. It should be just asking for help and having those "Oh my freakin god!!!! Maybe I could flip this around somehow!!" because you want to make what your creating whether it be an oil painting or a decorative sculpture (they have a wide variety of activities like chess, writing, music, theater, and if your not interested, there's always recreation but I think you would have to take that as a minor like college) your own thought process. The only major problem with that is your imagination is just different shades of your memory (pretty interesting concept to wrap yourself around).

Also, I'm really sorry that for the non-frequent posts in awhile. I'm just so busy with my freshmen year (or I was, because I looked at this and decided to begin getting back in the habit of posting) and a lot of new experiences were creeping up on me. I got to go to DisneyWorld! What a blast that was! And I'm kicking off my sophomore year with 4 school auditions next week! 2 for the musical (3 if I get into callbacks) and the last one for blue jazz band. I hope everybody understands where I'm coming from and I will talk about my USDAN experience in a later blog post. Gonna break me some legs at my auditions!!!