Vincent's Yellow

a[n] [auto]biography and a love story.

Basel

I went to Basel, Switzerland for one day. Basel was one of the later additions to my trip; it was a bit out of my way, but they had organized an exhibition of seventy of Vincent’s landscapes. All landscapes! I was thrilled to go, although I must admit I was in that city for less […]

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Mon, November 16 2009 » Popular Culture, Research, Travel » No Comments

Artistic Inspiration, Letters, and Journeys

So firstly, I wanted to share this little darling. I simply love artistic responses to Vincent, but particularly when they are well done. A few days ago I stumbled across a blog of a yarn dyer extraordinaire (all done by hand!), who also made this  – which made me smile quite warmly, I might add: […]

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Thu, October 8 2009 » Artists Inspired by Vincent, Personal, Popular Culture, Research » 1 Comment

Van Gogh Watermelon

A little bit of fun for Friday… At first, I could not figure out WHAT this was made of, but, upon further inspection, I realized this is a watermelon.  The meme I found it on gave no credit to the creator, but after a little internet digging, I found him: Takashi Itoh. (Vincent was infatuated […]

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Fri, October 2 2009 » Popular Culture » No Comments