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  The Seven Sacraments Rogier van der Weyden,  Seven Sacraments Altarpiece , 1445–50, oil on panel, 200 cm × 223 cm ( Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp )      There are so many beautiful pieces of art from the Renaissance that it was hard to choose a piece to discuss. As I clicked on image after image, I stopped clicking when the Seven Sacraments appeared on my screen. What first drew my attention was the depth and texture of the picture. It almost looked as though it was part painting and part sculpture. In the middle panel hung the Crucification of Christ in a cathedral-like setting. The room stretched back behind him, giving such depth it made me wonder if it was somehow 3D when viewing it in person. I began researching the piece and discovered more details in the painting the longer I looked. I was hooked. Here was a painting that mesmerized one instantly. It is not a painting to glimpse at and move on, but to take time to get lost in the details, viewing the emotions and activ

  Rebirth Georgia O'Keeffe's Ram's Head and White Hollyhock 1934 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/georgia-okeeffe-3-things-to-know-1925403 Georgia O'Keeffe's Ram's Head and White Hollyhock evoked immediate emotion before I could even consider the piece of art. The words that first came to mind were strength, desolation, beauty, and turmoil. The simplicity of this piece brings up very complex emotions and thoughts.   Her thick, continuous lines of the horns draw our eyes immediately to the upper corner, where we follow them down to the base, the skull. These horns also create an inverted triangle. The skull, the shape of the triangle, and the thick lines make us feel a steady and strong sense of death, possibly the wariness of the inevitable end of all life. Couple that with the varying shades of gray and white ellipses, it's as if the clouds were gathering, a storm brewing.    We follow the skull down to the jagged edges, where once the animal could nourish

  Goofy  family selfie Hello! My name is Sommer Proden. I am enjoying life in Valdez, AK, with my family. They keep my life interesting with all the activities and interests they enjoy. I have a 15-year-old daughter and a 12-year-old son. We lived in Fairbanks, where I homeschooled them on our beautiful hobby farm in the Goldstream Valley. In 2021, we moved to Valdez, where we have been enjoying the outdoors, fishing, hiking, biking, and cross-country skiing in the winter. I still homeschool my daughter, who has always been an artist and out-of-the-box thinker. My son decided to attend public school last year with his new friends and has been enjoying school immensely. I grew up in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, and met my husband on a ski lift in Montana. From there we married in Hawaii and moved to Alaska, adventuring in life every step of the way. Stroll in an Autumn Rainy Park  Palette knife oil Painting by Leonid Afremov available at  https://afremov.com/stroll-in-an-aut