What do cosmetics have to do with the cosmos?   They share a Greek root, but took very different paths into modern English.   The ...

         I’m not finished with the Yoshida family yet.  Today I’m focusing on Hiroshi and Fujio’s daughter-in-law, wife of their younger son...

          Today I’m back to the Yoshida family of artists to share some work by Hodaka Yoshida (Japan, 1926-1995).   As the second son, Hoda...

          My last post was about the artist Fujio Yoshida, who was married to the artist Hiroshi Yoshida.   Today’s post will be about thei...

          Fujio Yoshida (Japan, 1887-1987) came from a family of artists, but was the first woman in the family to work as an artist.   I sa...

          I’ve had a recent spate of videos released, which I can now share with you for your edutainment - assuming you would consider your...

          Robert Gibbings (Ireland, 1889-1958) was very influential in reviving wood engraving as an artistic medium in the twentieth centur...

          Have you ever used an ATM machine, drunk chai tea, or visited the River Avon?   Congratulations; you have benefitted from pleonasm...

          It’s time for some seasonal block prints, and this time I’m sharing some pieces in which artists have tried to capture the summer ...