by houstonwine | May 19, 2018 | Drawings
Mary drew this pencil-on-paper portrait of a dancer she saw in magazine. She calls it “Tiny Dancer”. Share...
by houstonwine | Feb 21, 2018 | Art News
Mary LaGarde was chosen as a Finalist by jurors in the 13th Annual ARC International Salon. Mary was honored for her painting of a massive Aspen tree. The oil-on-canvas painting is five feet tall and was painted using the Venetian method of painting. ...
by houstonwine | Dec 28, 2017 | Art News
Have you saved a life lately? It’s easier than you think. When I heard today that MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston was short of blood donations over the holiday season, I went to the donation center and gave a pint. MD Anderson needs 300 units of blood a...
by houstonwine | Nov 26, 2017 | Art News, Uncategorized
The Daily Beast reports that two researchers have linked a painting of “The Last Supper” in Belgium to Leonardo’s workshop and believe that Jesus and one of the other figures were actually painted by DaVinci. I would love to see it in person. Are...
by houstonwine | Nov 16, 2017 | Art News
After five minutes of dueling bids at Chris Christie’s auction house in New Jersey, Mary Ellis LaGarde’s digital painting “Ricardo’s Mundi” sold for $451.3 million with fees, shattering the high for any work of art sold at auction. ...