ἕν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδέν οἶδα
All I know is that I know nothing
Allegedly said by Socrates
So true, 30 years in Education, and I still feel like a kindergarten student, curious and inquisitive, questioning, interested, prying …

Marigolds

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English, 1828 - 1882Marigolds or Bower Maiden, 1873, Oil on Canvas, 114.3 x 73.66 cm, Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, UK https://useum.org/artist/Dante-Gabriel-Rossetti When Dante Gabriel Rossetti introduced Marigolds (also known as The Bower Maiden) to his patron Frederick Leyland ...

In Poppyland

John Ottis Adams, American Artist, 1851-1927In Poppyland, 1901, Oil on Canvas, 55.9 x 81.3 cm, David Owsley Museum of Art, Ball State University Art Museum, IN, USAhttps://www.bsu.edu/web/museumofart/exhibitions/past#accordion_impressionsoflove John Ottis Adams’s In Poppyland, housed in the David Owsley Museum of A ...

Grand Canal Venice

Thomas Moran, American Artist, 1837 - 1926Grand Canal, Venice, 1903, Oil on Canvas, 35.6x51.4 cm, Private Collection https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2025/art-of-the-americas-featuring-the-american-west/grand-canal-venice Since my arrival I have done nothing but wander about the streets & I have done no ...

The Spinario

Spinario Estense, Roman Republican Art (attributed), 509 BC 509 BC / 27 BC, Marble, Height: 92 cm, Galleria Estense, Modena, Italy Photo Credit: Amalia Spiliakou, April 1, 2025 The Spinario, also known as Boy with Thorn, is a celebrated bronze statue that likely dates to the Hellenistic period (323–31 BC), though t ...

Bastille Day

Alfred-Philippe Roll, French Artist, 1846-1919 Bastille Day, 1880-1882, Oil on Canvas,  175 x  269 cm, Petit Palais, Paris, France https://www.petitpalais.paris.fr/en/oeuvre/bastille-day-1880-inauguration-monument-republic On Quatorze Juillet, Fête Nationale Française, the streets of France come alive with celebrat ...

Bust of a Lady

Bust of a Lady, circa 410 AD, from an Asia Minor workshop, possibly inAphrodisias, circa 410, white Phrygian (Dokimion) Marble, Height: 56 cm, Archaeological Museum of Chania, Greece In the Archaeological Museum of Chania on the island of Crete, the Bust of a Lady offers a rare window into the shifting artistic and ...