Kimberly Tilley rescues forgotten stories of early twentieth century America from obscurity. Her books, Grievous Deeds (2023); Has it Come to This? (2022), Cold Heart (2020), and The Poisoned Glass (2019) were Amazon category best-sellers in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and India.
Kimberly owns OldSpirituals.com. She's very grateful for the wonderful community and two outstanding contributors to help fulfill the site's mission of rescuing fascinating stories from obscurity.
Kimberly is the cofounder of Pivot Talent Development LLC, headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. PIVOT offers workshops, training, consulting, and coaching to help professionals improve performance, drive business impact, and transcend limitations.
Kimberly owns OldSpirituals.com. She's very grateful for the wonderful community and two outstanding contributors to help fulfill the site's mission of rescuing fascinating stories from obscurity.
Kimberly is the cofounder of Pivot Talent Development LLC, headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. PIVOT offers workshops, training, consulting, and coaching to help professionals improve performance, drive business impact, and transcend limitations.
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Today, I want to share one of my favorite paintings by one of my favorite artists!
Henri Matisse (1869 – 1954), the French Expressionist painter, favored bold palettes and cheerful scenes. He painted “The Dessert: Harmony in Red” in 1908.
Often the use of red in painting is designed to give the viewer a feeling of horror, seediness, or a sinister feeling, particularly when it’s the predominant color. Matisse uses red quite a bit in his art, but there’s no negative feeling here. Instead, it’s a cheerful, bright scene and rather than upset the viewer or make him anxious, the red simply serves to lock in the viewer’s attention.
I just LOVE a good, French impressionist piece of art. This is very early “Matisse” indeed and very joyful I agree. I’m sure an art major could chime in here, but what I see is that the table becomes a tree of life like the trees outside.
Me too! As many times as I’ve looked at the painting, I never really gave a good look to the trees. It’s funny what catches your eye. I always look at the lemons.
Reblogged this on sketchuniverse and commented:
🔴🟥❤️ SO TRUE, BEAUTIES. WE ALSO CAN ENJOY THE CALM OF HOME. THIS BLOGGER DEPICTED IT, AS A “CHEERFUL, BRIGHT SCENE”.