Category Archives: Paint it Blue
George Thomas Clark Podcast #12 – Vincent van Gogh 2
It’s 1885 and Vincent van Gogh, a young man who’s only been painting a few years, resolves to test himself by painting a group portrait. He practices for months and works three weeks to complete “The Potato Eaters,” a work that most viewers have for generations considered his first masterpiece. My written response to “The […]
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George Thomas Clark Podcast #11 – Vincent van Gogh 1
The brilliant but disturbed painter Vincent Van Gogh continues to fascinate and delight art lovers around the world. In this podcast, the first of several about van Gogh, I read the very short story “She Lives With Vincent” from my collection Paint it Blue. Listen on Spreaker Listen on Spotify, Apple, Google, and other Digital […]
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PAINT IT BLUE
PAINT IT BLUE We wonder what they’re thinking, so we ask Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. And you, Picasso, what are you really like? Vincent van Gogh, please tell us more about your agony and inspiration. We must also learn about distinguished women – Paula Modersohn-Becker, Séraphine Louis, Lee Krasner, Diane Arbus, and others. I […]
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PAINT IT BLUE – On Sale
Creative stories about great artists… Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, William H. Johnson, and many more… Amazon Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo, and Wherever Books Are Sold
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Drink the Giant Orange
I rush into the art museum and within minutes feel thirsty and hot and dizzy. I spot relief in a painting called Giant Orange topped by a tall orange and black sign and staffed by a pretty young lady inside a huge orange ball below. “Whaddya got to drink?” She looks at me as if […]
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Hot Grasshoppers
How insipid you are, joking about our lovemaking. You’re sexual and athletic nonentities. I, in noteworthy contrast, can horizontally leap a distant meter, twenty times my body length. To match that, you’d have to long jump a hundred twenty feet. Imagine. Do you know anyone who in a day can eat his or her body […]
Also posted in Crocker Art Museum, Insects, Painters, Sculptors
She Lives with Vincent van Gogh
This story is part of the collection “Paint it Blue”, which contains pieces about Van Gogh, Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Winslow Homer, Diane Arbus, and dozens of other great artists.
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A Dawn
Packed in a dark city canyon we march with bayonet faces to the Great War. We march for our country and those who say we must fight. We march toward bullets, shells, and trenches. We march to A Dawn many never see. Notes: A Dawn was painted by C.R.W. Nevinson in 1914. A Dawn by […]
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Grady Harp Reviews “Paint it Blue”
Amazon.com Hall of Fame reviewer Grady Harp recently posted this review on Amazon.com and Goodreads.com Paint it Blue by George Thomas Clark 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful 5.0 out of 5 stars Oh to be a fly on the wall…. May 6, 2015 By Grady Harp HALL OF FAME TOP 100 […]
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First Review of Paint it Blue
The first review of “Paint it Blue” has just been posted on Amazon.com, and I’m honored that painter and writer Peter Wood gave the book five stars. Here is the review: Most Helpful Customer Reviews 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful 5.0 out of 5 stars — Painters Exposed As Never Before! […]
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Paint it Blue – Published
Paint it Blue, the long-anticipated collection of stories about painters, has been published and is now available. Introduction – We wonder what they’re thinking, so we ask Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. And you, Picasso, what are you really like? Vincent van Gogh, please tell us more about your agony and inspiration. We must also […]
