Brooke Chilvers
Renaissance Robotic Art – A Mechanical Galleon and Clock
It’s likely my fascination with “automata,” or automatons, dates back to a New York City…
David Shepherd: And There Were Also Trains
Artist David Shepherd (1931–2017) once said that he was attracted to all things “jumbo,” from…
David Shepherd: Before Elephants, There Were Aircraft
David Shepherd’s is a well-rehearsed life in its telling. The same tales oft repeated and…
Barye Bronzes to Visit the NSL&M in Middleburg, Virginia
by Brooke Chilvers I wish I could say the larger-than-life lions in front of Manhattan’s…
Mayan Jaguar Kings – divided we fall…
With all I’ve learned in life, it seems I never knew that by the time…
William Secord and Dogs in Art
Finally, it’s happening. We are getting out of town in winter to go birdwatching in…
Abaco Colors, Abaco Light
So when my childhood pal, Myron, said his favorite place in Paradise was a three-mile-long…
Stubbs & Gilpin – This Time, on Dogs
Thank goodness so many 18th century portraits of beloved thoroughbreds and hunting dogs are adequately…
Sawrey Gilpin
It’s likely you have a greater inkling of British equine horse artist George Stubbs (1724–1806)…
In Love Again, with Kuhnert
Each time we return to Tanzania – from 1994, when we were tasked with building…
Terrines, Tureens, and Strasbourg
Over the years, I accumulated an indecent number of game-themed lidded earthenware pots, also called…
Niagara Falls to the Andes, With Frederic Church
American songwriter Marc Cohn, of “Walking in Memphis” fame, is likely the only singer/songwriter ever…Gray's Sporting Properties
