Sunday, April 14, 2024

Alma Thomas - Eclipse

  Alma Thomas was an African-American Expressionist painter and art educator.   In Washington D.C. where she worked and lived, she would view her colorful garden through the windowpanes.  Her colorful paintings evoke the happiness she felt painting. 

 

Alma Thomas

Artist Alma Thomas was inspired by the 1970 solar eclipse visible from Washington, DC. With its dark blue core and radiating rings of color, “The Eclipse,” 1970, acrylic on canvas.
Alma Thomas painted a picture depicting a solar eclipse. She made art about the feelings she had about things she saw in nature.


Did you watch the eclipse? 


Artists respond to events and make art about them...

"Solar Eclipse" - Limited Edition Art Print by Deborah Velasquez in beautiful frame options and a variety of sizes.
Deborah Velasquez

The Long History of Art Inspired by Solar Eclipses
Angela Lane

The Long History of Art Inspired by Solar Eclipses
Ashley Zelinskie



and so can you!
What did you see yesterday? 
Who were you with? 
How can you make a piece of art about this experience?

Solar Eclipse  2024



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