Rosy Fingered Dawn at Louse Point by Willem de Kooning
What does Willem de Kooning evoke in the painting Rosy Fingered Dawn at Louse Point?
• Homeric phrases and Long Island
• De Kooning’s gestural impact
• Landscape ladies
Arctic Tern by John James Audubon
What’s so special about Arctic Tern, the Audubon bird painting?
• Audubon – hunter turned lover
• Blue moves the Arctic Tern
• Feet make the bird
Nighthawks by Edward Hopper
You know it. You might even love it. But why is Nighthawks by Edward Hopper so cool?
• Isolated details
• Smoking as distraction in Nighthawks
• Light patches create composition
• Lonely, anonymous birds