Category Archives: Being an Artist

Sharing snapshots from my imagination

Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Brian H. Gill

Showing this picture to a few online groups, I learned that Halloween, our version, is a somewhat “American” holiday. Today is also the feast day of St. Wolfgang of Regensberg, AKA The Almoner. He had a good reason for throwing … Continue reading →

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Art, Truth, and Reflecting

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Brian H. Gill

(“Not All Times” – posters, art prints, greeting cards, and postcards available on DeviantArt.com.) “l’art pour l’art,” “Art for art’s sake,” popped up in the early 19th century. The idea is that “the only ‘true’ art, is divorced from any … Continue reading →

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One Saturday Afternoon in Minnesota

Posted on July 2, 2016 by Brian H. Gill

(“Vastness” – posters, art prints, greeting cards, and postcards available on DeviantArt.com.) I’m getting perilously close to writing the first post for A Catholic Citizen in America’s re-launch. I’d come down with ‘nothing serious’ when the folks who run my … Continue reading →

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