As an angel he lives in my heart; he lives in my imagination.Hold my hand, my brother; your dreams are no longer frozen.Now you will live forever, known to the world.I represent your life and aspirations.You occupy my space and live in my reality.Although Colbert Skeete’s life lasted only eighteen months, his short time on Earth had a lasting impact on his older brother, Colin.In a debut collection of poems penned during the global pandemic, Coli...

In today's fast-paced world, creative people are as eager as ever to pursue their artistic passions, but many of them simply don't have enough time. Catering to this modern dilemma, we've concocted the perfect remedy for over-burdened artists.The Daily Book of Art includes a year's worth of brief daily readings and lessons about the visual arts that entertain as they inform. Ten exciting categories of discussion rotate throughout the course of a year, givi...

For skeptics, art lovers, and the millions of us who visit art galleries every year—and are confused—What Are You Looking At? by former director of London’s Tate Gallery Will Gompertz is a wonderfully lively, accessible narrative history of Modern Art, from Impressionism to the present day.What is modern art? Who started it? Why do we either love it or loathe it? And why is it such big money? Join BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz on a dazzling tour that will ...

The End of Suffering is about the shared human experience and our universal desire to be free of the burden of suffering. It is about healing. Even though the causes of our pain are different, the nature of what we share is identical. All of us at one time hurt and we all carry events which sometimes break us. But we are not alone, we can feel better, and there is a way forward. The End of Sufferi ng contains everything a person needs to find their way through whatever they are going throu...

A visit to an art gallery can be a baffling experience - a bewildering parade of paintings, sculptures, artists and movements with little perspective on how they all fit together. 50 Art Ideas you Really Need to Know is here to help. For all those who don't know their Degas from Dali or their Monet from their Mondrian, this informative and insightful guide discusses 50 of the most important and influential concepts in art from the Ancient Greeks to the present.Taking in the definin...

From Holbein to Hockney, from Norman Rockwell to Pablo Picasso, from sixteenth-century Rome to 1980s SoHo, Robert Hughes looks with love, loathing, warmth, wit and authority at a wide range of art and artists, good, bad, past and present.As art critic for Time magazine, internationally acclaimed for his study of modern art, The Shock of the New, he is perhaps America’s most widely read and admired writer on art. In this book: nearly a hundred of his finest essays o...

7 Steps to More Money is perfect for everyone who is familiar with the Laws of Attraction, and is wanting to attract more abundance into their life. Do you want to change your Life? Would you like more Money? This guide provides practical steps to allow the reader to successfully and realistically reach their goals. These steps aren't easy but the results are amazing, I wish you all the best on your Journey!!

Want to paint more like Manet and less like Jackson Pollock?Students of art hailed Classical Drawing Atelier, Juliette Aristides’s first book, as a dynamic return to the atelier educational model. Ateliers, popular in the nineteenth century, teach emerging artists by pairing them with a master artist over a period of years. The educational process begins as students copy masterworks, then gradually progress to painting as their skills develop. The many artists at every lev...

A quick read that leads to a long look at our human nature, this little question-raiser starts us in the direction of discovering more about ourselves and our fellow travelers on the planet earth.Often we are swept along in the swamps of 21st century existence and before we know it, we lose our focus, our identity, and sometimes even our personal spirit.Periodically on this life journey we need to stop in our tracks, clear our vision, look again at our purpose, renew our determination, and...

An introduction to the rich and diverse history of contemporary art over the past 60 years—from Modernism and minimalism to artists like Andy Warhol and Marina Abramović.Featuring lavish illustrations, this is the perfect gift for art history fans and anyone looking for a more inclusive perspective on ‘the old boys’ club.’Encountering a work of contemporary art, a viewer might ask, "What does it mean?" "Is it really art?" and "Why does it c...

There have been many who believed the world would erupt into another major war ever since World War Two ended. First, the consensus was that since both the United States and Russia had nuclear weapons that they would eventually destroy themselves and everything on the planet.This almost came to fruition in 1962 during the Cuban missile crisis when Russia tried to place missile silos in Cuba. Fortunately Russia stood down at the last minute and removed them before further damage was...

The Forgiveness Fairy is a modern Fairytale about the act of forgiveness. It gently leads the reader through the journey of forgiving. Sharing how to forgive the self, then those that have been harmed by our actions, and finally forgiveness of others that have harmed us. Through the eyes of the Fairy, wisdom is shared by Masters of Peace whom all have the same message to open the heart, release anger, pain and doubt, to forgive and thereby know peace. The Fairys recipe is Understand your a...