Exuberant postcard for Chinese New Year, featuring a gold pig radiating energy.

Graphic Design
Comic book-style illustration of caped superhero delivering a punch.

Illustrations
Abstract illustration inspired by a flower.

Icons and Patterns
A hand-painted sign uses a 1950s-style diner marquee and illustration of a burger to sell classic burger ingredients.

Hand-Painted Signs
Screenshot of home page with DeNoma Literary Services heading and navigation, a hero image of colorful books of various sizes, and descriptive paragraph.

DeNoma Literary Services
A black rabbit is placed among collaged papers, with a golden ball hanging from a wire, cradled by a piece of wood.

Reclaiming Butterscotch

McGurk Web Design Portfolio
Hot air balloon in clear sky, with colorful logo and saying about cooperation..

Collaborative Divorce Tacoma
Young students linking arms as they sit on a pier and look at the view, incorporated with company logo and tag line.

Culture Shocks
Friendly advice laid out in three columns, bookended by a greeting and closing from the web designer.

Advice for Newbies
Split homepage, with a different color, image, and instruction on each half; a greeting from the web designer spans both sides.

Art and Design Portfolio
Homepage with thought-bubble introducing a web designer.

Web Design Portfolio
Homepage for thinkspace, featuring people working at shared tabletop with laptops and coffee mugs.

thinkspace
Invitation to Reclaiming Butterscotch art exhibition in Seattle, April 2019.

You’re Invited!
Silhouette of pig, energy waves emanating from it, and caption of 2019 in gold

Happy Year of the Pig!
Small collages with paper and painted canvas, scattered in a pile on table.

Behind the Scenes: Phalanges
Wheeled industrial cart packed with art supplies.

Behind the Scenes with Coco Montoya
Man walking along Venice canal in winter with some mist and suggestion of dread.

Don’t Look Now (or, Watching Horror Movies About Venice, While in Venice)
Interior of San Marco cathedral, focusing on shining gold mosaics decorating archways and domed areas of ceiling.

Midnight Mass, San Marco style
Title card for Loving Vincent movie, with Van Gogh portraits arranged on Van Gogh landscape of wheatfield

Loving Vincent
Framed abstract artwork hanging on wall of home with grand piano, Christmas tree and additional artwork in distance.

Home Sweet Home
Man drilling tall, thin wooden crate with shipping labels.

Arrival!
Whimsical sparrow looking over its shoulder

Real Art in Real Places: The Bye & Bye, Portland
Smiling women with protest signs, posing with man in suit and giant papier-mache head that is caricature of shouting Donald Trump.

Power of Art, Part 3 (Puppets!)
Eight handmade wooden signs at roadside, advertising Painting Goats as well as various farm and craft goods.

Painting Goats?!
Large wooden crate with markings such as measurements, shipping instructions and labels in warehouse.

In Transit!
Warehouse interior with palettes, dumpster, unknown structures

Goodbye, Old Friend!
Humorous sign hanging above artist's table with palettes and papers

Power of Art, Part 2
Movie still, small figure in palatial room with canopy bed and colonnaded balcony.

Ginevra
Fragment of wallpapered drywall, with hole in the center that reveals curlicued strips of colored paper inside.

Cut Up Cut Out
Hard-edged stripes, graphic text, road reflector and red plastic in bright colors contrasted with lace that matches background.

Power of Art
Expressive painting of watchful woman, seated in cozy, wallpapered interior, holding thin, braided rope

Met Faves – Van Gogh and *Real* Art History
Gertrude Stein sits purposefully, leaning forward, hands in lap, and looks outward as though she is listening intently.

Met Faves That Wouldn’t Let Go

Met Faves – Paintings
Sheets billowing on clothesline.

The Answer is Blowin’ in the Wind
Small, squat sculpture that appears something like a friendly, cartoon guitar.

Met Faves Part 2
Ancient Greek vases decorated with silhouetted men and women in togas.

Met Faves
Wall-mounted ceramic sculpture seems to shed disorganized, geometric quills that connect to even more jumbled vessel below.

Invisible Cities by Terri Saulin-Frock
Book cover for McGurk Mysteries, with 70s style cover art.

McGurk Mysteries
Glittering subway wall mosaic of two serious-looking bearded men holding hands while looking at viewer.

Public Art – 2nd Avenue Subway
Dozens of phallus-shaped, polka-dotted sculptures on ground, reflected in multiple mirrors and repeated again and again.

Accumulations, Courtesy of Yayoi Kusama
Simple triangles, lines and round shapes against a simple background.

The Homely Protestant
Terra cotta general, with emblematic hat and uniform, looks proudly into distance.

Terra Cotta Warriors
Facade of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

Physicians, Heal Thyselves – with Art!

The Oak and the Cypress: Roadblock

Just wanted to share

Dore Ashton, In Memoriam
Handmade greeting card, with collaged papers sewn by machine.

Wishes for the New Year

The Oak and the Cypress: Tangier Overture
Book cover depicting shadow of NYC water tower cast onto white wall.

Roof Life
Paper with bullseyes and spiky, abstract designs.

Discovery
Abstract shapes that look like long teeth or icicles growing up stand side-by-side, along with Italian text.

The Oak and the Cypress
Close-up of Lorraine Hansberry smiling and looking playful.

Pride Paintings

Digital Collages
Abstract, geometric collage in a warm, layered style, with paint and antique paper.

Paper Collages
Collaged digital photographs of floor tiles from mosque in Abu Dhabi.

The Sketchbook Project
Two disembodies legs vulnerably meet at the knees, amid background of dripping and/or geometric shapes.

The Lavender Menace Series

The Italy Paintings

More Abstractions
Visitors studying paintings at art show.

Artist Donates 10% of Sales to OneOrlando Fund
Young Kiyoshi looks kindly at the viewer.

12 Paintings in Exhibition to Honor Orlando
Smiling Jordan, in matching earrings and business suit.

Pride Project #30 – Barbara Jordan
Handsome, young Kopay, in football jersey, gazes directly at viewer.

Pride Project #29 – Dave Kopay
Close-up of Lorraine Hansberry smiling and looking playful.

Pride Project #28 – Lorraine Hansberry
Geri Jewell smiling, portrayed on polka-dotted background.

Pride Project #27 – Geri Jewell
Confident Matlovich, in decorated military uniform and trim mustache, gazes at viewer.

Pride Project #26 – Leonard Matlovich
Sylvia, with large gold locket, coyly looks at viewer from underneath her bangs.

Pride Project #25 – Sylvia Rivera
Sor Juana, in 17th-century nun's habit, wears rosary beads and large scapular around neck, depicting the Virgin Mary.

Pride Project #24 – Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
In stained glass style and colors, St. Brigid looks toward the sky.

Pride Project #23 – St. Brigid
Kind-looking young Barry, in 18th-century shirt and coat, looks confidently out from gold frame.

Pride Project #22 – Dr. James Barry
Young Kiyoshi looks kindly at the viewer.

Pride Project #21 – Kiyoshi Kuromiya
Two women pirates stand together; one points a gun, the other holds a sword.

Pride Project #20 – Lesbian Pirates
1950s-style pink martini i cocktail glass.

Pride Project #19 – “Gay Bar” Is Published
Stylized drawing of Gladys Bentley in white top hat, topcoat and tails, jauntily holding a cane.

Pride Project #18 – Gladys Bentley
Seated Black woman in disco attire gazes at camera, with 70s patterns and text in background.

Pride Project #17 – Jewel’s Catch One
Reproduction of magazine cover, saying "I am glad I am homosexual."

Pride Project #16 – First Supreme Court Victory
Stylized drawing of Wilde in tuxedo, with quote.

Pride Project #15 – Oscar Wilde
Abstract collage with flowers and patterns arranged to suggest female genitalia.

Pride Project #14 – Tee Corrine
Minimal black-and-white drawing of men in suits being served by bartender.

Pride Project #13 – Sip-in at Julius, 1966
Gonil, in royal tunic and hat, throws arms wide open.

Pride Project #12 – Prince Manvendra Singh Gonil
Cather, in flowered jacket, looks seriously into distance; the names "William" and "Willa" entwined over her shoulder.

Pride Project #11 – Willa Cather
Stylized drawing of confident woman looking off to side, drawn over book text.

Pride Project #10 – Patricia Highsmith
Two women embrace in 1950s-style living room, in style of pulp fiction book cover.

Pride Project #9 – Loraine Barr
Girl sits cross-legged while wearing glasses and writing in notebook.

Pride Project #8 – Louise Fitzhugh, Creator of Harriet the Spy
Seated Lewis, wrapped in shawl and 19th century clothes.

Pride Project #7 – Edmonia Wildfire Lewis
Bayard Rustin, in shirt and tie, stands in front of NYC apartment building hung with protest sign, and looks purposefully skyward.

Pride Project #6 – Bayard Rustin
Billie Jean King concentrates while swinging tennis racket.

Pride Project #5 – Billie Jean King
Long-haired gentleman wearing wealthy 16th-century hat and robes, gesturing to swans in an outdoor setting.

Pride Project #4 – Il Sodoma
Young, grinning Tipton, with wavy hair, tuxedo jacket and bow tie.

Pride Project #3 – Billy Tipton
Seated Sappho in toga with poetry quote displayed.

Pride Project #2: Sappho
Smiling Pauli Murray, with short hair and glasses, patterned jersey and banner encircling head, with birth name and nickname of "Oliver".

Pride Project #1: Pauli Murray
Artwork divided into four sections, each based on cartoon or advertisement.

Real Art in the Real World
Cheerful collage of various decorative papers.

Hearing Your Work Matters: Priceless

Behind the Scenes, Part 2
Unknown woman in striped skirt and sandals standing amid fragments of brick architecture and soft abstract shapes.

City of Federal Way Awards Solo Show to Local Artist Maura McGurk
A smiling Maura McGurk holds certificate in front of blue ribbon-winning painting.

Maura McGurk Wins People’s Choice Award at City Hall Exhibition
Side-by-side images of Van Gogh painting and real-life hospital that inspired it.

Road Trip: Van Gogh’s Arles, Part 2
Side-by-side images of Van Gogh painting and real-life cafe that inspired it.

Road Trip: Van Gogh’s Arles
The painter, hanging artwork, is artistically reflected in mirror over a restaurant bar.

Art Opening at Pimienta Bistro & Bar

Published!

365 Days of Art: December 31 – Brunelleschi Wins Competition to Top Duomo with Lantern

365 Days of Art: December 30 – Mob Destroys Michelangelo’s Statue
Dwight Eisenhower examining paintings in bunker in World War II.

365 Days of Art: December 29 – Eisenhower Orders Soldiers to Take Responsibility for Protecting World’s Art
Man in robes hangs from noose, with arms behind his back; his face looks like a skull.

365 Days of Art: December 28 – Leonardo Sketches Hanged Corpse

365 Days of Art: December 27 – NYC Mayor Doesn’t Understand Gorky’s Work
Diego Rivera poses next to small artwork.

365 Days of Art: December 26 – Diego Conquers NY

365 Days of Art: December 25 – Cornell Prefers His Exhibitions to Fall on Christmas

365 Days of Art: December 24 – Las Meninas Saved from Fire; Over 500 Other Works Burned
Somber Van Gogh, in winter hat and coat with bandage that covers ear and reaches under chin.

365 Days of Art: December 23 – Vincent Cuts Off Ear

365 Days of Art: December 22 – Basquiat is Born

365 Days of Art: December 21 – Donors Raise $68M to Keep Painting in Philly

365 Days of Art: December 20 – Frida and Diego Leave the US
Somber woman in knee-high stockings, heels, and fur coat with large collar looks down and off to the side.

365 Days of Art: December 19 – Nathan Oliveira is Born

365 Days of Art: December 18 – Leonardo Draws Fire Set by Swiss
Abstract seated man, mainly recognizable due to top hat and limbs.

365 Days of Art: December 17 – Man Buys Raffle Ticket; Wins a Picasso!

365 Days of Art: December 16 – Agnes Martin Dies

365 Days of Art: December 15 – Leaning Tower of Pisa Reopens
Artist with furrowed brow seated at easel, looking indirectly at viewer while studying self in mirror.

365 Days of Art: December 14 – Roger Fry is Born
Woman in large bonnet and fashionable outfit walks on elevated pathway of wooden planks as she heads to work at the mill.

365 Days of Art: December 13 – Winslow Homer is Published
Two women bundled in winter clothes carry picket signs and march on sidewalk.

365 Days of Art: December 12 – Artists Protest Whitney to Demand More Female Inclusion, Cornell Hosts a Party

365 Days of Art: December 11 – Stolen Mona Lisa Recovered in Hotel Room, Séraphine Dies

365 Days of Art: December 10 – Art Thief Tries to Negotiate Return of Mona Lisa
Abstract painting, executed with quick brushstrokes, implies threshold.

365 Days of Art: December 9 – De Kooning Gets in Barfight
Smiling Diego and Frida sign paperwork in front of witness.

365 Days of Art: December 8 – Frida and Diego Try Marriage Again
Technical drawing of various gears and machinery shown from different angles.

365 Days of Art: December 7 – Judges Consider Brunelleschi’s Proposal for Duomo
Sorrowful group of women, dressed similarly, standing close together; some hold hands.

365 Days of Art: December 6 – Gestapo Arrest Poster Artist Helen Ernst
Sausage-shaped "meat" cut in two pieces, hanging from string, with label in German.

365 Days of Art: December 5 – Dieter Roth Receives Award for Artist Books
Caribbean woman standing in sun with fruit and palm tree.

365 Days of Art: December 4 – Homer Travels to Nassau with Father

365 Days of Art: December 3 – MoMA Rehangs Matisse, Right-Side-Up

365 Days of Art: December 2 – MoMA Writes Back to Cornell
AIDS ribbon.

365 Days of Art: December 1 – Day Without Art

365 Days of Art: November 30 – National Portrait Gallery Censors AIDS Film

365 Days of Art: November 29 – Mona Lisa Thief Contacts Antiques Dealer
Earnest young Renoir dressed in a suit, seated on chair, with his feet drawn up and elbows resting on knees.

November 28 – Bazille Killed on Battlefield
Two archaeologists peer into Egyptian tomb, just before entering.

365 Days of Art: November 27 – Archaeologist Enters Tut’s Tomb
Fireworks appear as dots of light and haze in dark, smoky background.

365 Days of Art: November 26 – Whistler v. Ruskin Libel Trial Concludes

365 Days of Art: November 25 – Namuth Films Pollock; Pollock Spirals Downward

365 Days of Art: November 24 – Vincent Moves to Antwerp
Campbell's soup can, realistically reproduced as graphic art.

365 Days of Art: November 23 – Andy Warhol Pays $50 for a Big Idea

365 Days of Art: November 22 – Benton Writes About His Work; Bernstein Continues to Protest NEA

365 Days of Art: November 21 – Magritte is Born, Monet’s Aunt Buys Him Out of the Army
Framed artworks, human figures, animal heads and other worrisome imagery cluster together figures in a desert landscape.

365 Days of Art: November 20 – Dalí Has First Solo Show
A shepherd and farm animals gather amidst trees and lake while sturdy structures and mountains are seen in the distance.

365 Days of Art: November 19 – Poussin Dies, Lloyd Wright Marries
Whitney Museum's front door, flanked by columns and topped by frieze of eagle.

365 Days of Art: November 18 – The Whitney Opens
Pencil sketch of abstract shapes, some of which resemble limbs, claws or heads.

365 Days of Art: November 17 – Duke of Milan Ships Out Leonardo’s Bronze, Gorky Writes Optimistic Note About Prolific Summer of Drawing
NYC landscape and architecture depicted from different viewpoints, including absurdist details like a large toilet on top of a column, with female figure, body parts in trash can and a dress on a hanger.

365 Days of Art: November 16 – Frida Writes a Letter from US, AIDS Exhibition Opens (Under Duress) After Grant Partially Restored
Black cliffs flank white sandy beaches with blue surf.

365 Days of Art: November 15 – Homer is Published, O’Keeffe is Born, Bernstein Protests NEA, Vandal is Sentenced

365 Days of Art: November 14 – Monet is Born
Stained glass window depicts flowering trees and irises on waterfront, with mountains behind and sky behind.

365 Days of Art: November 13 – Tiffany Trademarks Term for His Glass, Frida Writes a Letter
Three similar paintings depict a man nearly enclosed by a transparent structure, which is situated within a larger empty room.

365 Days of Art: November 12 – Art Forger Convicted, Replica of David Installed on Roof as Originally Intended, Bacon Sets Auction Record
A three-story tall, brightly painted metal mobile, with arms that swing, sits in a city plaza.

365 Days of Art: November 11 – Calder Dies, Vietnam Vet Shoots Avedon Photo
Organically abstract geometric shapes, some of which appear to have eyes, seem to cavort with more geometric shapes and lines.

365 Days of Art: November 10 – Frida and Diego Arrive in SF, NY Times Reports on Nazi Looting, Gorky Exhibits at the Whitney, Hockney Faxes an Artwork
Framed by abstract sculpture, Peggy Guggenheim and Jackson Pollock stand in front of one of his paintings.

365 Days of Art: November 9 – Pollock’s First Solo Show Opens, John Meets Yoko at Gallery, Emma Thompson’s Journey Opens in NYC

365 Days of Art: November 8 – Surrealists Expel Another Member, Out of Loyalty to Gorky
Large paintings in elaborate, carved frames hang in a row on gallery wall.

365 Days of Art: November 7 – MoMA Opens

365 Days of Art: November 6 – NEA Withdraws Grant for AIDS Exhibition
Pollock stands on a large canvas unrolled in a field, among paint cans, crouching and concentrating, holding a paintbrush.

365 Days of Art: November 5 – Pollock Moves to Long Island, Obama Portrait Joins NYC Exhibition After Presidential Election
Colored head of King Tut gazes into distance.

365 Days of Art: November 4 – King Tut’s Tomb is Discovered, Florence Flood Damages Millions of Artworks
Glass-fronted box contains cockatoo and watches on display.

365 Days of Art: November 3 – Joseph Cornell Writes a Polite Letter, Matisse Dies, 100 Trucks Full of Confiscated Artwork Head to Germany
Simple but beautiful tabletop in an old-fashioned kitchen with apples, chestnuts, mixing bowl and spoon and pewter vase.

365 Days of Art: November 2 – Chardin is Born

365 Days of Art: November 1 – Eakins Writes a Catty Letter

365 Days of Art: October 31 – Completed Sistine Ceiling Unveiled, Egon Schiele Dies

365 Days of Art: October 30 – Hide/Seek Opens
Two women restrain a man, while one beheads him.

365 Days of Art: October 29 – Tortured Witness Testifies Against Artemesia, George Luks Dies After Bar Fight, Art Forger Goes on Trial
19th century woman in elegant dress sits comfortably on couch while young man reads to her.

365 Days of Art: October 28 – Manet Marries Childhood Piano Teacher (and Baby Mama)
A free and minimal line drawing of a tired-looking woman with her head in her hand.

365 Days of Art: October 27 – Egon Schiele Completes Last Artworks, Lichtenstein is Born, Pinacoteca Vaticana Opens
A nude woman looks at the sky, which is painted in impossible colors, while a dog sits on a hill and also gazes upwards.

365 Days of Art: October 26 – Joan Brown Killed While Installing Sculpture
Beautiful woman in toga-like dress sits and gazes calmly.

365 Days of Art: October 25 – Picasso is Born, Krasner and Pollock Marry, Breton Excommunicates Matta for Affair with Gorky’s Wife
Smiling Diego and Frida sign paperwork in front of witness.

365 Days of Art: October 24 – Frida Writes a Letter About Diego’s Affair, Bacon’s Love Commits Suicide
Bearded Vincent at easel, lovingly painting sunflowers outside.

365 Days of Art: October 23 – Gauguin Moves in with Vincent; Art Exhibition Takes on Chicago Mayor’s Brutality
Trees, flowers, and decorative architectural details are reflected in formal, man-made pool.

365 Days of Art: October 22 – Cezanne Dies
Stark shadows delineate the curving architecture of the Guggenheim Museum in NYC, against a crisp sky.

365 Days of Art: October 21 – Delacroix Writes to Brother About Patriotism, Guggenheim Museum Opens, Warhol Invites Self to Party at Leather Bar
Confident Peggy Guggenheim reclines on modern rocking chair in sleek-looking art gallery with paintings on wall behind her.

365 Days of Art: October 20 – Peggy Guggenheim Opens Art of This Century Gallery
Man in toga, surrounded by lions, sits on stone slab in a patch of sunlight in a large room with no other sign of comfort.

365 Days of Art: October 19 – Henry Ossawa Tanner Wins French Art Award

365 Days of Art: October 18 – Canaletto is Born

365 Days of Art: October 17 – MoMA Hangs a Matisse Upside-Down!

365 Days of Art: October 16 – Vincent Describes a Painting He Hasn’t Painted Yet

365 Days of Art: October 15 – Fascist Propaganda Discusses Artworks, Lee Krasner Has First Solo Show

365 Days of Art: October 14 – Marshall Telegram to Eisenhower Shows Concern for Artworks
Casually dressed, young bearded man relaxes in chair and looks at viewer.

365 Days of Art: October 13 – Alice Neel Dies

365 Days of Art: October 12 – Gunpowder Blast Kills Carel Fabritius

365 Days of Art: October 11 – AIDS Quilt is Displayed for First Time

365 Days of Art: October 10 – Leonardo Shows Three Paintings to Possible Patron, Watts Towers Kill Stress Test

365 Days of Art: October 9 – Nicholas Roerich is Born

365 Days of Art: October 8 – Serial Art Vandal Arrested After Attacking Rembrandts
Expressive presentation of overlapping symbols such as flags, checkerboards, military ribbons, numbers and initials.

365 Days of Art: October 7 – Lover’s Death Inspires Hartley Portrait, Rothko Painting Vandalized

365 Days of Art: October 6 – Archers Destroy Leonardo’s Clay Model, Velázquez Becomes Royal Painter

365 Days of Art: October 5 – Jury Acquits Arts Center of Obscenity Charges

365 Days of Art: October 4 – Following Extended Break, Michelangelo Resumes Work on Sistine Chapel
Diego Rivera poses next to small artwork.

365 Days of Art: October 3 – Communist Party Expels Diego Rivera

365 Days of Art: October 2 – Leonardo Appointed Engineer by Duke of Milan

365 Days of Art: October 1 – Nazi Radio Vilifies Monuments Men

365 Days of Art: September 30 – Nazis Set Fire to Villa, Destroying Paintings, Glass Collection, and Documents

365 Days of Art: September 29 – Caravaggio is Born; Pollock Enrolls in Benton’s Class

365 Days of Art: September 28 – Monks Pay Leonardo Final Payment for Unfinished Commission

365 Days of Art: September 27 – Munch Museum Celebrates Return of Damaged Paintings

365 Days of Art: September 26 – Eakins Writes an Earnestly Insulting Letter

365 Days of Art: September 25 – Mark Rothko is Born

365 Days of Art: September 24 – Barnes Foundation Announces Plans to Move
Gertrude Stein sits purposefully, leaning forward, hands in lap, and looks outward as though she is listening intently.

365 Days of Art: September 23 – Picasso Moves into New Apartment

365 Days of Art: September 22 – Leonardo Studies Birds, Michelangelo Seeks Payment, Artists Reject Pop Art Newcomer, Search Leads to Nazi Loot

365 Days of Art: September 21 – Pollock Painting Sells for $2M

365 Days of Art: September 20 – Magazine Publishes Snap the Whip, by Winslow Homer

365 Days of Art: September 19 – Masuo Ikeda Exhibition Closes at MoMA

365 Days of Art: September 18 – Picasso Writes to Gertrude Stein
Frida Kahlo self portrait with back brace and architectural column as spine.

365 Days of Art: September 17 – Frida Kahlo Severely Injured in Bus Accident

365 Days of Art: September 16 – Van Gogh Moves into the Yellow House

365 Days of Art: September 15 – Gorky Marries; David Struck by Hammer

365 Days of Art: September 14 – Hitler Issues Orders to Commandeer the Vatican’s Artworks; Vandal Slashes a Rembrandt

365 Days of Art: September 13 – Michelangelo Begins Carving, Childe Hassam Travels to Gloucester, Art Vandal Prepares to Attack, Boston MFA Exhibits Stolen Painting

365 Days of Art: September 12 – Dog and Teens Discover Lascaux Cave Paintings; Nan Goldin is Born

365 Days of Art: September 11 – Vincent Leaves Girlfriend and Moves to Drenthe

365 Days of Art: September 10 – Picasso’s Guernica Returns to Spain After 42-year Exile

365 Days of Art: September 9 – Director John Waters Discusses Art Collecting

365 Days of Art: September 8 – Ana Mendieta Falls to Her Death; Husband Carl Andre Arrested for Murder

365 Days of Art: September 7 – Apollinaire is Arrested for Theft of Mona Lisa

365 Days of Art: September 6 – Elizabeth Murray is Born

365 Days of Art: September 5 – Monet Paints Wife on Deathbed, Oldenburg Protests Police Brutality

365 Days of Art: September 4 – Thieves Steal 13 Paintings in Montreal

365 Days of Art: September 3 – Barnett Newman Protests Police Brutality

365 Days of Art: September 2 – Romare Bearden is Born

365 Days of Art: September 1 – Amy Cutler Show Opens in Sweden

365 Days of Art: August 31 – Stolen Munch Paintings Recovered

365 Days of Art: August 30 – Last Stone is Placed on the Duomo

365 Days of Art: August 29 – The Federal Art Project of the WPA is Created

365 Days of Art: August 28 – Edward Burne-Jones is Born

365 Days of Art: August 27 – Michelangelo Takes 1st Commission, Krakatoa Colors Sky for The Scream, and Guernica is Displayed for 1st Time in US

365 Days of Art: August 26 – Renoir Is Drafted Into the Army

365 Days of Art: August 25 – Georgia O’Keeffe is Inspired by Arthur Dove

365 Days of Art: August 24 – Serial Art Attacker Strikes Rubens Portrait with Acid

365 Days of Art: August 23 – The Little Mermaid is Unveiled
Two masked thieves carrying paintings to getaway car in front of Munch Museum.

365 Days of Art: August 22 – The Scream is Stolen by Masked Men
Woman seated in front of misty landscape with mysterious smile and folded hands.

365 Days of Art: August 21 – Mona Lisa is Stolen, but Theft Goes Unnoticed

365 Days of Art: August 20 – Richard Avedon Photographs Andy Warhol’s Gunshot Wounds
Aerial view of Duomo in Florence, Italy

365 Days of Art: August 19 – Art Competition to Design Duomo is Announced

365 Days of Art: August 18 – Pope Falls Ill; Michelangelo Fears Sistine Ceiling Won’t Be Finished

365 Days of Art: August 17 – Larry Rivers is Born

365 Days of Art: August 16 – Michelangelo Signs Contract to Work on David

365 Days of Art: August 15 – The Picasso is Dedicated in Chicago

365 Days of Art: August 15 – Employee Commits Mass Murder at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Estate

365 Days of Art: August 14 – Construction Begins on the Not-Yet-Leaning Tower of Pisa

365 Days of Art: August 13 – George Luks is Born

365 Days of Art: August 12 – Jean Michel Basquiat Dies
Pollock stands on a large canvas unrolled in a field, among paint cans, crouching and concentrating, holding a paintbrush.

365 Days of Art: August 11 – Jackson Pollock Dies

365 Days of Art: August 10 – Keith Haring Discusses AIDS Diagnosis

365 Days of Art: August 9 – Felix Nussbaum Murdered in Auschwitz

365 Days of Art: August 8 – Life Magazine Asks If Jackson Pollock is the Greatest Living Painter in the US

365 Days of Art: August 7 – Stephen Berens Takes a Photo

365 Days of Art: August 6 – Sister-in-Law Calls Mary Cassatt Disagreeable

365 Days of Art: August 5 – Matisse Painting Attacked

365 Days of Art: August 4 – O’Keeffe Fusses Over Stieglitz

365 Days of Art: August 3 – Two Dramatic Deaths

365 Days of Art: August 2 – John Sloan is Born

365 Days of Art: August 1 – Leonardo Writes on Motion and Weights

365 Days of Art: July 31 – Vincent’s Sister-in-Law Wishes She’d Been Kinder to Him

365 Days of Art: July 30 – Vincent Becomes Youngest Art Dealer in Firm, and Vincent is Laid to Rest

365 Days of Art: July 29 – Vincent Dies
Graphic and shadowy portrait of Andy Warhol with hand to mouth

365 Days of Art: July 28 – Andy Warhol is Released from Hospital Following Murder Attempt

365 Days of Art: July 27 – Vincent Shoots Himself

365 Days of Art: July 26 – Three Events About Women in the Art World: a Suicide, a Congressional Debate, and a Job Interview

365 Days of Art: July 25 – Nazis Send Telegram About “Rescue” of Two Paintings Admired by Hitler

365 Days of Art: July 24 – Vincent Sends His Last Letter
An unfeeling man stands over a woman's bloody corpse on a bed; blood spatter is everywhere

365 Days of Art: July 23 – Frida Writes Letter to Diego After His Affair with Her Sister

365 Days of Art: July 22 – A New Servant Joins Leonardo’s Household

365 Days of Art: July 21 – Fun, Bonus Post – Jerusalem Rejects a Gift From Florence

365 Days of Art: July 21 – Arshile Gorky Commits Suicide

365 Days of Art: July 20 – Robert Smithson Dies While Surveying Sites for Environmental Artwork

365 Days of Art: July 19 – Hitler Kicks Off Degenerate Art Fair, Gorky Returns Home to Connecticut

365 Days of Art: July 18 – Caravaggio Dies, and Gorky’s Wife Writes About Gorky’s Mental State

365 Days of Art: July 17 – Distraught Gorky Roams NYC Streets

365 Days of Art: July 16 – Gorky Physically Confronts Matta, and His Wife Leaves Him

365 Days of Art: July 15 – Gorky and His Wife Fight About Her Affair with Matta

365 Days of Art: July 14 – Gustav Klimt is Born

365 Days of Art: July 13 – Peggy Guggenheim Arrives in US with Plans to Open Art Gallery

365 Days of Art: July 12 – Amadeo Modigliani is Born

365 Days of Art: July 11 – James Abbott McNeill Whistler is Born

365 Days of Art: July 10 – Van Gogh Writes Sad Letter to Theo

365 Days of Art: July 9 – Portrait Subject Describes Sitting for Gilbert Stuart

365 Days of Art: July 8 – Eakins Praises Bostonians

365 Days of Art: July 7 – Vincent Writes a Letter But Doesn’t Send It

365 Days of Art: July 6 – Pope Decrees Swiss Guard to be Honored in Fresco

365 Days of Art: July 5 – Gorky is Released from the Hospital; Fears for Painting Career

365 Days of Art: July 4 – American Negro Exposition Opens with Juried Art Show

365 Days of Art: July 3 – Tracey Emin is Born

365 Days of Art: July 2 – Van Gogh Visits Girlfriend in Hospital After Birth of Her Baby

365 Days of Art: July 1 – De Kooning Begins Teaching, Lennon’s 1st Exhibition Opens, and A Crowd Protests Mapplethorpe’s Cancellation

365 Days of Art: June 30 – Hitler Authorizes Degenerate Art Exhibition; Commission Created to Confiscate More Artwork

365 Days of Art: June 29 – Richard Diebenkorn Describes Struggling with Watercolor

365 Days of Art: June 27 – 15th Anniversary Exhibition Closes at Yokohama Museum of Art

365 Days of Art: June 28 – Warhol’s Shooter Indicted for Attempted Murder

365 Days of Art: June 26 – Gorky Seriously Injured in Car Accident

365 Days of Art: June 25 – Serial Art Attacker Ignites Painting

365 Days of Art: June 24 – Spacecraft Brings 154 Artworks into Space

365 Days of Art: June 23 – Van Gogh Writes a Self-Critical Letter About Zouave Painting

365 Days of Art: June 22 – Monet Writes Nasty Letter to His Eye Surgeon

365 Days of Art: June 21 – Kiki Smith Exhibition Closes at Hirshhorn

365 Days of Art: June 20 – John Henry Twachtman Writes a Letter About His Studio

365 Days of Art: June 19 – Young Eakins Writes Regretful Letter

365 Days of Art: June 18 – Chicago Tribune Reveals Nevelson Estate in Turmoil

365 Days of Art: June 17 – Gorky’s Wife Has an Affair

365 Days of Art: June 16 – NY Herald Reviews Edward Curtis’ Native American Project

365 Days of Art: June 15 – Sculpture Exhibition Closes at Storm King
Graphic and shadowy portrait of Andy Warhol with hand to mouth

365 Days of Art: June 14 – Time Magazine Blames Warhol for RFK Assassination

365 Days of Art: June 13 – Rubens Painting Destroyed by Arson

365 Days of Art: June 12 – Pollock Committed to Rehab

365 Days of Art: June 11 – Dieter Roth Exhibition Receives Humorous Review

365 Days of Art: June 10 – Howard Finster Artwork Featured on Album Cover

365 Days of Art: June 9 – Gorky’s Newark Airport Murals Unveiled; Said to Look Like Atlantic City Hangover!

365 Days of Art: June 8 – Augusta Savage Opens Gallery

365 Days of Art: June 7 – Leonardo is Anonymously Accused of Sodomy

365 Days of Art: June 6 – NYT Reviews Edward Curtis’ Photographic Book of Native American Research

365 Days of Art: June 5 – Felix Partz Dies of AIDS; Is Memorialized in Photo

365 Days of Art: June 4 – Hospital Says Andy Warhol May Not Survive Shooting

365 Days of Art: June 3 – Nazis Legalize Art Theft, Peggy Guggenheim Visits Brancusi During WWII Bombing, and Andy Warhol is Shot

365 Days of Art: June 2 – Gauguin Painting Sells for 76 Francs

365 Days of Art: June 1 – Society of American Artists Forms

365 Days of Art: May 31 – Art of This Century Closes After Five Influential Years

365 Days of Art: May 30 – Three Exhibitions Close at MoMA

365 Days of Art: May 28 – Caravaggio Kills a Man

365 Days of Art: May 29 – Mona Hatoum Exhibition Closes

365 Days of Art: May 27 – Augusta Savage Reviewed in ArtNews

365 Days of Art: May 26 – Aaron Douglas is Born

365 Days of Art: May 25 – Henry Ossawa Tanner Describes Racism

365 Days of Art: May 24 – Construction on the Brooklyn Bridge is Completed

365 Days of Art: May 23 – David Smith Dies

365 Days of Art: May 22 – Whitney Holds Memorial Service for Mapplethorpe

365 Days of Art: May 21 – Man Attacks Michelangelo’s Pietà

365 Days of Art: May 20 – NY World Publishes Article About Augusta Savage’s Rejection Due to Racial Bias

365 Days of Art: May 19 – Vincent Writes to Theo, Sends Lithograph

365 Days of Art: May 18 – Egon Schiele Calls Himself “Shattered” Over Trial

365 Days of Art: May 17 – The Guerrilla Girls Are Born!

365 Days of Art: May 16 – Van Gogh Discharged from Asylum

365 Days of Art: May 15 – The Salon des Refusés Opens to the Public

365 Days of Art: May 14 – Artemisia Ghentileschi Testifies at the Trial of Her Rapist

365 Days of Art: May 13 – Franz Kline Dies

365 Days of Art: May 12 – Diego Fired from Second Commission in a Week

365 Days of Art: May 11 – Guggenheim Las Vegas Closes

365 Days of Art: May 10 – Michelangelo Begins Work on Sistine Chapel Ceiling

365 Days of Art: May 9 – Nelson Rockefeller Fires Diego Rivera

365 Days of Art: May 8 – Monet Complains of “Spoiling” Paintings Due to Failing Eyesight

365 Days of Art: May 7 – Munch’s The Scream is Recovered

365 Days of Art: May 6 – NEA Director Says Institution Is “Going Down the Tubes”

365 Days of Art: May 5 – Winslow Homer Sketches Civil War Battle

365 Days of Art: May 4 – Vincent Writes About His Mental Illness, Asks to Leave Asylum

365 Days of Art: May 3 – Doctor Requests Draft Deferment for Pollock Based on Alcoholism

365 Days of Art: May 2 – Egon Schiele’s Friends Correspond While He Is in Jail

365 Days of Art: May 2 – Leonardo Dies

365 Days of Art: May 1 – Vincent van Gogh Rents Rooms in the Yellow House in Arles

365 Days of Art: April 30 – Chinese Pilgrim Describes Now-Destroyed Bamiyan Buddhas

365 Days of Art: April 29 – Rothko’s Friend Writes a Letter; Recalls Visit

365 Days of Art: April 28 – Napoleon Issues Press Release About Planned Art Exhibition

365 Days of Art: April 27 – Arbiters to Leonardo: After 23 Years, Finish the Painting!

365 Days of Art: April 26 – Helen Frankenthaler Exhibition Opens at Andre Emmerich Gallery

365 Days of Art: April 25 – Leonardo Accepts a Commission
Diego Rivera poses next to small artwork.

365 Days of Art: April 24 – Art and Politics Collide for Diego Rivera and Little Mermaid

365 Days of Art: April 23 – Leonardo Writes His Will

365 Days of Art: April 22 – Scientists Announce Discovery of World’s Oldest Oil Paintings

365 Days of Art: April 21 – Serial Art Vandal Throws Acid at Five Dürer Paintings

365 Days of Art: April 20 – Rothko Suffers Aneurysm

365 Days of Art: April 19 – Mike Wallace Interviews Salvador Dali

365 Days of Art: April 18 – Exhibition of Spanish Civil War Drawings Closes at MoMA

365 Days of Art: April 17 – Pope Julius Refuses to Meet with Michelangelo Regarding Tomb Commission, Stiffs Him on Money, and Causes Him to Flee Rome in Despair

365 Days of Art: April 16 – Apollinaire Compares the Studio Habits of Picasso and Matisse

365 Days of Art: April 15 – Brunelleschi Dies, Da Vinci is Born, Nike of Samothrace is Unearthed, Impressionists Exhibit Together, and Thomas Hart Benton Reveals Himself to Be a Fool (Again)
Black cliffs flank white sandy beaches with blue surf.

365 Days of Art: Bonus Birthday Post: April 14 – Georgia O’Keeffe Leaves Hawaii

365 Days of Art: April 14 – Mary Cassatt’s Dad Writes About Her Painting

365 Days of Art: April 13 – Ordered on Bed Rest, Frida Attends Her Solo Exhibition in Four Poster Bed

365 Days of Art: April 12 – Thomas Hart Benton Gives a Pompous, Sexist Interview

365 Days of Art: April 11 – Lee Krasner Gives Interview, Recalls Mondrian

365 Days of Art: April 10 – Frank Lloyd Wright Secretly Purchases Property Under His Mother’s Name

365 Days of Art: April 9 – Peggy Guggenheim Buys Art as Hitler Invades

365 Days of Art: April 8 – Monet’s Father Advises Him to Abandon Pregnant Girlfriend

365 Days of Art: April 7 – Mapplethorpe Exhibition Opens, Leading to Obscenity Charges

365 Days of Art: April 6 – Raphael Dies; Cracks Appear in Vatican Walls

365 Days of Art: April 5 – Lightning Strikes Duomo; Portends Medici Death

365 Days of Art: April 4 – Van Gogh Writes a Letter About Ramsgate

365 Days of Art: April 3 – Frank Lloyd Wright Tells a Lie

365 Days of Art: April 2 – Leonardo Da Vinci Sketches Skulls

365 Days of Art: April 1 – “Evil” Gauguin Painting is Attacked

365 Days of Art: March 31 – Goya is Born

365 Days of Art: March 30 – Van Gogh is Born

365 Days of Art: March 29 – Serial Art Vandal Strikes for First Time

365 Days of Art: March 28 – Rothko Exhibits Multiform Paintings

365 Days of Art: March 27 – Dada-Inspired Exhibition Opens at MoMA

365 Days of Art: March 26 – Eakins Recovers from Dysentery or Food Poisoning
Aerial view of Duomo in Florence, Italy

365 Days of Art: March 25 – Brunelleschi’s Duomo is Consecrated by Pope

365 Days of Art: March 24 – Hockney’s Crush Dances Cha-Cha; Inspires Painting

365 Days of Art: March 23 – Undercover Sting Locates Stolen Art

365 Days of Art: March 22 – René Magritte Explains It All

365 Days of Art: March 21 – Vandalism of Newman Painting Leads to Botched Conservation and Lawsuits

365 Days of Art: March 20 – Nazis Destroy Approximately 5,000 Artworks in Bonfire

365 Days of Art: March 19 – Gorky Receives Fellowship

365 Days of Art: March 18 – Thieves Steal 13 Works in Biggest Art Theft EVER

365 Days of Art: March 17 – Hide/Seek Opens at Tacoma Art Museum

365 Days of Art: March 16 – National Gallery of Art Opens

365 Days of Art: March 15 – The Helga Pictures Are Revealed

365 Days of Art: March 14 – Velázquez is Licensed by the Guild as Master Painter

365 Days of Art: March 13 – Elgin Marbles and Their Poor Conservation Are Subject of Letter

365 Days of Art: March 12 – Bequest of Art Collection Sets Foundation for MoMA

365 Days of Art: March 11 – Carrington Commits Suicide

365 Days of Art: March 10 – Suffragette Slashes Velázquez Painting as Political Statement

365 Days of Art: March 9 – David Smith Is Born

365 Days of Art: March 8 – Little Mermaid Is Vandalized in Connection with International Women’s Day

365 Days of Art: March 7 – Arts Groups Meet to Strategize, Combat Censorship

365 Days of Art: March 6 – Gallery Forgets to Mail Invites So Almost No One Attends Gorky’s Opening

365 Days of Art: March 5 – Pissarro Complains to Manet, and Gorky Undergoes a Colostomy

365 Days of Art: March 4 – Halftone Engraving Used to Print Photographs in Newspaper

365 Days of Art: March 3 – Reconstruction of Dynamited Buddhas Is Discussed

365 Days of Art: March 2 – Taliban Dynamites Historic Buddha Statues

365 Days of Art: March 1 – Plane Crashes; Arshile Gorky Artwork Destroyed

365 Days of Art: Leap Year Bonus, February 29 – Augusta Savage Born

365 Days of Art: February 28 – Picasso Painting Vandalized in Vietnam War Protest

365 Days of Art: February 27 – Italy Requests Aid for Leaning Tower of Pisa

365 Days of Art: February 26 – Joseph Cornell Feeds the Birds, and Writes a Letter

365 Days of Art: February 25 – Paper Reports Donation of Toulouse-Lautrec Collection

365 Days of Art: February 24 – Exhibition of Independent Artists Opens at Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

365 Days of Art: February 23 – Italian Priest Recommends Rubens for a Job
Graphic and shadowy portrait of Andy Warhol with hand to mouth

365 Days of Art: February 22 – Andy Warhol Dies Suddenly

365 Days of Art: February 21 – Connecticut Detectives Solve Case of 9 Slashed Paintings

365 Days of Art: February 20 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art Opens

365 Days of Art: February 19 – Pope Julius II Commissions Tomb from Michelangelo

365 Days of Art: February 18 – Art Collector Buys Six Odilon Redon Works

365 Days of Art: February 17 – King Tut’s Burial Chamber is Opened

365 Days of Art: February 16 – Edward Hopper Poses for Raphael Soyer, Disses Abstract Art

365 Days of Art: February 15 – Whitney Biennial Features Agnes Martin (Who? Read On; She’s Great)

365 Days of Art: February 14 – Gottlieb Retrospective Opens at Two Museums

365 Days of Art: February 13 – Thomas Eakins Forced to Resign Teaching Position Due to Scandal

365 Days of Art: February 12 – Art Theft Mars Opening Day of Olympics

365 Days of Art: February 11 – Joseph Cornell Holds Children’s Only Art Exhibition

365 Days of Art: February 10 – Basquiat Appears on Cover of New York Times Magazine

365 Days of Art: February 9 – Arshile Gorky Flees Ethnic Cleansing; Emigrates to US

365 Days of Art: February 8 – Georgia O’Keeffe Arrives in Hawaii to Create Pineapple Ads

365 Days of Art: February 7 – Delacroix Painting Vandalized by 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist

365 Days of Art: February 6 – Metropolitan Museum of Art Trustees Formulate Plan for Construction of First Building

365 Days of Art: February 5 – Ice Age Art (No Artifacts!) Exhibited at British Museum

365 Days of Art: February 4 – Etching Commemorates the “Frost Fair” Held on the Frozen River Thames

365 Days of Art: February 3 – Norman Rockwell Born

365 Days of Art: February 2 – Dada Diary Announces Formation of Cafe Voltaire

365 Days of Art: February 1 – MoMA’s Tenth Exhibition Opens

365 Days of Art: January 31 – Mike Kelley Commits Suicide

365 Days of Art: January 30 – Special Five-Day Photo Exhibition Closes to Keep Works from Fading

365 Days of Art: January 29 – Walt Disney Begins First Job as Artist

365 Days of Art: January 28 – Michelangelo Drawing Sells at Auction for $7.4 Million

365 Days of Art: January 27 – The Renwick Gallery Opens in Washington DC

365 Days of Art: January 26 – Modigliani’s Pregnant Girlfriend Commits Suicide After His Death

365 Days of Art: January 25 – Leonardo and Botticelli Are Consulted as to Location for Michelangelo’s David

365 Days of Art: January 24 – J. Pierpont Morgan Agrees to Fund Photographic Documentation of All Native American Tribes
Framed by abstract sculpture, Peggy Guggenheim and Jackson Pollock stand in front of one of his paintings.

365 Days of Art: January 23 – Peggy Guggenheim Visits Pollock’s Studio for the First Time

365 Days of Art: January 22 – Museum Visitor Accidentally Damages a Picasso. Oops!

365 Days of Art: January 21 – First Georgia O’Keeffe Retrospective Opens at the Art Institute of Chicago

365 Days of Art: January 20 – Julia Morgan Born

365 Days of Art: January 19 – Cindy Sherman Born

365 Days of Art: January 18 – Van Gogh Shows Six Paintings in Vingtistes Art Exhibition
Large, vertical mural is the backdrop for a stairwell; the mural features figures, especially a large woman in the center.

365 Days of Art: January 17 – Diego Rivera Begins Work on His First Mural in US

365 Days of Art: January 16 – Arshile Gorky Leaves the WPA to Work on Mural For World’s Fair

365 Days of Art – January 15: The British Museum Opens

365 Days of Art – January 14: Origin of Vatican Museums

365 Days of Art – January 13: Rembrandt Painting Attacked with Knife

365 Days of Art – January 12: First US Museum Opens

365 Days of Art – January 11: Birth and Death of Domenico Ghirlandaio

365 Days of Art – January 10: Presidential Medal of Freedom Awarded to Three Visual Artists

365 Days of Art – January 9: Daguerreotype Photographic Process Announced

365 Days of Art – January 8: Mona Lisa, on Loan, Unveiled in US

365 Days of Art – January 7: Tower of Pisa Closed After Leaning Too Far

365 Days of Art – January 6: Little Mermaid Decapitated

365 Days of Art – January 5: First Photograph of Aurora Borealis

365 Days of Art – January 4: Malevich Painting Vandalized

365 Days of Art – January 3: Leonardo da Vinci Unsuccessfully Tests a Flying Machine

365 Days of Art – January 2: De Young Museum Opens to the Public

365 Days of Art – January 1: Tay Son Bronzes Melted into Cannons

Clean Slate Metaphor/Happy New Year!

McGurk’s Suicide Hall

View from the Studio

Art + Celebrity Gossip = My Favorite Thing

My First Conservation

Portrait of the Building as a Young Building

Holiday Cheer at the Parking Garage

George Luks, Ya Big Galoot

Inspired by Italian Wall Posters

Nelson Mandela Has Departed: In Memoriam

Brian Murphy: Invisible Self-Portrait

Day With(out) Art

The Backyard Studio

Six Degrees of Ivan Albright

JFK and the Power of Art

The First Thing to Know About Robert Henri Is How to Pronounce His Name

Transcendental Landscapes

Collaborations and Caterpillar Ladies

Express a Little of Yourself

Upcoming Tacoma Art Museum Workshop!

Election Day/Election Gloves

The Four Justices

More Digital Collages on Display at Wallingford Art Walk!

Music and the Muse

Digital Collages

2nd Gallery Reception During Seafair Parade!

Successful Seattle Debut!

Re•Place Art Exhibition: Artist Statement

Famous Homers in Baseball, and Art History

Sneak Peek at Re•Place: Collages by Maura McGurk at Majestic ARTS Presents

Preview of Re•Place: Collages by Maura McGurk at Majestic ARTS Presents

Re•Place, Collages by Maura McGurk at Majestic ARTS Presents

Published in The Lavender Review

Exquisite Corpse: Precursor to Mad Libs

The Two Mona Lisas

So, Which One of You Is the Man in the Relationship?

Road Trip: Tacoma Art Museum

A Big Week

Maura McGurk Named Artist of the Week by theStudio4Art

55 Galleries in One Day!

Hurricane Sandy: Art and Recovery

Another New Digital Collage

New Digital Collage

The Abe Lincoln Debacle: Ethics Commission Rules It Was, In Fact, a “Debacle”

I Saw You, Sor Juana

Living. In a Digital World

She’s a Nice Girl

You, Me, Us: Artwork in Response to Bullying

You’re Cordially Invited

The Pop-Up Museum of Queer History

Electronic Arts Festival, Governor’s Island

Road Trip: Sedona and Abstract Expressionism

Governor’s Island, New Art Destination

Road Trip: Sedona, New Color Palette
Red translucent sculpture of a woman sits atop a pedestal in NYC.

Public Art: Fashion District

Road Trip: Sedona, Pictographs and Petroglyphs

Public Art: The Andy Monument

The Museum of Motherhood

More Abstractions

First Day of School
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial–What Went Wrong?

Patron Saint of Painters

Photographers Extraordinaire

Wore Out Art Supplies

New Artwork: New Bedford Waterfront

Road Trip: Harvest Gallery Wine (and Art) Bar, Dennis MA

Artist Donates 10% of Exhibition Proceeds to It Gets Better

Maura McGurk Featured in “At the Edge” Magazine

Alexander McQueen and the Spectacular Spectacular

The Abe Lincoln Situation: Formal Ethics Investigation Begins

The Puzzle Pieces Were a Hit!

Lavender Menace Opening
Teen in silhouette stands in front of painting on gallery wall while lost in thought

Lavender Menace art exhibition covered in Norwich Bulletin

Broadway Sings for Pride

Lavender Menace: Paintings by Maura McGurk in Response to Gay Bullying

The Florence Griswold Museum

The Abraham Lincoln Situation: Karma Edition. The End?

The Abraham Lincoln Situation: Goodbye Abe, We’ll Miss You

Maura McGurk’s Art Blog Featured on CTMuseumQuest.com
Smiling artist sits in front of colorful and striking painting

July is for Patriotism, and for Giving Back, Says Artist

It Gets Better Project to Support Maura McGurk’s Solo Art Exhibition

The Abraham Lincoln Saga: Closing Reception

I Saw Someone Who Jumped Off a Bridge This Morning

Trading Cards: They Work for Ballplayers AND for Artists

A Hard Day’s Work

The Abraham Lincoln Saga: Abe Resurfaces in Norwich at Opening Receptions!

Maura McGurk Interviewed by The Norwich Bulletin
A line of artists march down a city sidewalk, each while carrying their large portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Maura McGurk Blog Featured in The New London Day

Orphaned and Enabled Lincoln Exhibitions: Reception May 6, 2011

The Abe Lincoln Debacle: Procession of the Orphans

More Unethical News from Slater Museum

Museum Reneges on Promise to Exhibit All Lincoln Portraits–What Would Honest Abe Say?

Sedona: Michael Chesley Johnson

Why Painting Matters

The Abraham Lincoln Caper: Silly Headlines

The Abraham Lincoln Caper: A Tale of Two Lincolns

The Abraham Lincoln Caper: True Crime

The Abraham Lincoln Caper: Art Heists and Civic Pride

ArtWeLove and Sarah Trigg

Thank You, Mr. President

With a lot of help from my friends…
Smiling woman sits in front of colorful and striking painting

Maura McGurk, International Women Artists’ Salon Member Spotlight

Maura McGurk’s First Solo Show: Pride and Prejudice, An Exhibition on Gay Bullying

The Abraham Lincoln Caper

Pride and Prejudice

The Only Art Worth Doing Is the Art That Makes Things Better: An Interview with Maura McGurk

The Artist-Collector: Alison Wells

The Noyes Museum of Art

A Long Overdue Thank You Letter to Sue Coe

Day Job at The Drawing Center

Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock?

An Evening with Cleve Jones

Vermont Studio Center: Return

Vermont Studio Center: A Last Look Around

Vermont Studio Center: Starry Nights and Cloudy Skies

Vermont Studio Center: The Fleeting Image

Vermont Studio Center: Montreal

Vermont Studio Center: England Brothers

Vermont Studio Center: Nature Walk

Vermont Studio Center: Weather

Vermont Studio Center: Appetite

Vermont Studio Center: Sitting by the window, watching the snow

Vermont Studio Center: The Edda Jakab Studio

Vermont Studio Center: The Bread and Puppet Museum

Vermont Studio Center: Pax Cultura

Vermont Studio Center: Some History

Vermont Studio Center: Meditation House

Vermont Studio Center: the Village of Johnson

Vermont Studio Center: Home and Studio

Vermont Studio Center: Arrival Day

Vermont Studio Center: Things That Are Waiting for Me There

Vermont Studio Center: What to Pack
Rotunda with chandelier and skylight ringed with scenes of historical judges on thrones, interpreting laws for crowds.

Chaos and Classicism at the Guggenheim

Garden Party to Support New Bedford Art Museum
Cheerful, abstract watercolor of organic shapes and lines.

The Sketchbook Project Covered in Chicago Art Magazine

The Sketchbook Project in Time Out Magazine
Exhibition invitation is designed to look like an old-fashioned library card.

Check It Out at The Sketchbook Library!
Collage from sketchbook, with watercolor, Islamic arches and oclumns.

Maura McGurk’s Sketchbook to Tour U.S.

Maura McGurk Again Chosen as Featured Artist at climate/gallery

Maura McGurk Selected as climate/gallery Featured Artist
Abstract collage made from paper, Italian wall poster fragments, and acrylic paint.

Marion Exhibit Conveys Profound Sense of Place

“Amunnini” Featured as Cover Art in Poetry Journal

Maura McGurk interviewed by SouthCoastToday.com

Séraphine

Destination: Vermont!

Paradise Gardens

Vermont Studio Center

Artist’s Grant and Vermont Studio Center Residency

The Sketchbook Project

Anatomy of an Artwork, Epilogue

Anatomy of an Artwork, Part Two

Anatomy of an Artwork