by houstonwine | Apr 5, 2017 | Nature, Paintings
Here is the latest large scale oil painting from Mary’s Four Seasons series of Venetian-style paintings. Share...
by houstonwine | Jun 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
Chemist Mas Subramanian and his team of assistants at Oregon State University stumbled upon a new vivid share of blue pigment that is resistant to fading. The pigment is being marketed to artists by Shepherd Color Company. The pigment is composed primarily...
by houstonwine | Jun 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
Thomas Hoving, former Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, wrote a book titled False Impressions: The Hunt for Big Time Art Fakes (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996). In the very first chapter Hoving states that during his decade and a half at the museum, he...
by houstonwine | May 30, 2016 | Drawings
Mary spent much of the past four months sitting in a hospital room with her husband, Richard LaGarde, who was being treated for acute myeloid leukemia. While waiting for Richard to recover, she sketched him in charcoal and pencil using hot pressed watercolor paper....
by houstonwine | May 28, 2016 | Drawings
Mary’s husband, Richard, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in February of 2016. Mary has been with him through three hospitalizations, three rounds of chemotherapy, and a stem cell transplant. Mary used her time in the hospital to sketch...
