June 2022 - Liz Hager Liz Hager

The Painted I: Albrecht Dürer’s Last Self-Portrait

Why has God given me such magnificent talent? It is a curse as well as a great blessing.
-Albrecht Dürer

Albrecht Dürer, Self Portrait, 1500

In 1500 Albrecht Dürer, aged 28, painted the last of his self portraits, a stunning vision of the painter as distinctly Christ-like and mimicking the Salvator Mundi gesture. The inscription to…

Seeing Red: Part 2

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a color must speak volumes.

Seeing Red: Part 1

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a color must speak volumes.

Birthday Observances: Diego Velázquez

Diego Velázquez, The Surrender of Breda, 1634-5

Happy Birthday to Diego Velázquez, who was baptized this day in 1599. Much has already been said about the painter. This morning I pay my own humble respects to him for providing me with lessons that inform my own painting practice.