Category Archives: art

Vote for Roscoe!

Posted on February 26, 2018 by stewartry

I entered a portrait of my boss’s German Shepherd in a Pet Portrait Challenge! Click here to see it: https://wyng.io/Fy5JtH You can vote once per day per device (so vote on your phone, and on your home computer too!) And you … Continue reading →

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The Mysterious Commission – Michael Innes

Posted on October 8, 2013 by stewartry

I love it when the main character’s an artist. (Except when it hurts a lot, of course; that is the life I wanted. For some reason this didn’t hurt, even though one of my dreams was to paint portraits like … Continue reading →

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Remembering – Darrell K. Sweet, 1934-2011

Posted on December 9, 2011 by stewartry

From the time I first started reading on my own, it has seemed like eighty percent of the books I read had covers by Michael Whelan, Keith Parkinson, a small handful of others – and Darrell K. Sweet.  I counted … Continue reading →

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False Impressions – Thomas Hoving

Posted on July 16, 2011 by stewartry

There is something about the world of crime as it intersects with art that is just fascinating.  The cleverness – sometimes brilliance – applied to creating forgeries, cheek by jowl with sometimes massive stupidities that either reveal them or blind … Continue reading →

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Angel Comics Omnibus – Netgalley eBook

Posted on July 15, 2011 by stewartry

This was a free loaner from Netgalley – thanks to them.  It’s an eBook of an omnibus of the Angel comic book which debuted in 2001 (September 12, I think they said). Unfortunately, I was pretty disappointed in this.  My … Continue reading →

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Making the Mummies Dance

Posted on June 20, 2011 by stewartry

I’ve read this a couple of times, and enjoyed the blazes out of it both times.  Thomas Hoving – the late Thomas Hoving – was the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (one of my favorite places in the … Continue reading →

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Moon Called graphic novel: Volume I

Posted on June 13, 2011 by stewartry

Thanks to NetGalley and Dynamite Entertainment for providing me with this ARC.  I was a little excited about a Mercy Thompson comic series.  I love the medium, at its best, and I love Patricia Briggs and Mercy.  It could have … Continue reading →

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Chevalier’s Lady and the Unicorn (recycled review)

Posted on June 12, 2011 by stewartry

Tracy Chevalier’s Lady and the Unicorn centers around the weaving of the famous Unicorn Tapestries much as Girl with a Pearl Earring centered around Vermeer painting that work.  I like the way Chevalier works; I like the way a work … Continue reading →

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The Return of the Dapper Men: Jim McCann

Posted on June 12, 2011 by stewartry

Return of the Dapper Men – written by Jim McCann, illustrated by Janet Lee – accessed through Netgalley. This is a hard book to review.  First, while it’s obvious that the artwork is beautiful, it was hard to appreciate it … Continue reading →

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You say you want a revolution …

Posted on May 3, 2009 by stewartry

My horse did not win the Kentucky Derby. I wanted General Quarters, for all the sentimental reasons – and I had a strong enough hunch that I would have put money down, if a) I’d had any and b) I’d … Continue reading →

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