Rossella BLUE Mocerino
Artists and the Image of the Door
What happens when an artist uses the image of the door in their work? That’s when things get complicated and the door is not anymore a door.
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Rossella BLUE Mocerino
- Jun 15
- 3 min
Three studies for the portrait of Isabel Rawsthorne by Francis Bacon
I saw these three Bacon studies of Isabel Rawsthorne at the De’ Visi Mostruosi e Caricature from Leonardo da Vinci to Bacon exhibition...
Rossella BLUE Mocerino
- Oct 27, 2021
- 2 min
Rossella BLUE 'The Triptych +2 +5'
I have been highly influenced by Francis Bacon's use of the triptych as a valid, contemporary artistic expression. One thinks of the...
Rossella BLUE Mocerino
- Nov 3, 2020
- 2 min
Artists and Colors
Artists turn colors into their own color scheme so much so that you recognize an artist’s work by the colors used in their paintings....
Rossella BLUE Mocerino
- Jul 18, 2020
- 3 min
Rossella BLUE 'Where does an artist draw inspiration from?'
Three trips to Europe that inspired me to revisit and reinterpret my 'number paintings'.
Rossella BLUE Mocerino
- Feb 9, 2020
- 3 min
Francis Bacon at Centre Pompidou: What I learned
Why Francis Bacon is one of the greatest Western artists of the 20th century. Centre Pompidou 2020
Rossella BLUE Mocerino
- Oct 2, 2019
- 3 min
Rossella BLUE 'A Staircase to Heaven'
Guided art tour of show A Staircase to Heaven by artist Rossella BLUE Mocerino. St. Agnes Library. September 2019.
Rossella BLUE Mocerino
- Jul 16, 2019
- 4 min
Choose your European travel itinerary by choosing the art you want to see
European capitals are over packed with tourists but instead of following the silly suggestions you read in The Times (like instead of...
Rossella BLUE Mocerino
- Nov 13, 2018
- 8 min
End of Year List: The Artists I Admire
About this time of year, we start to see lists: The best movies, the best novels and so on. I am going to add my own list: The Artists I...
Rossella BLUE Mocerino
- Oct 21, 2018
- 4 min
An Art Journey: Rome & Venice Oct. 2018
Just back from Roma and Venezia. I am going to share with you the amazing shows and places we saw. My advice to you? Next time you travel...
Rossella BLUE Mocerino
- Jul 30, 2018
- 4 min
Abstract Art is Out Depicting the Human Figure is Back
Summer 2018. I have recently come back from a trip to Edinburgh and London and it struck me how all the exhibitions I saw dealt with the...
Rossella BLUE Mocerino
- Jun 29, 2018
- 3 min
A Triptych is as Modern as Francis Bacon
A triptych is a set of three associated artworks intended to be appreciated together. I always thought that you would find triptychs in...
Rossella BLUE Mocerino
- May 8, 2018
- 3 min
Artists and Self-Portraits
I have never been interested in doing portraits or self-portraits although I did a few self-portraits earlier on. Many artists, on the...
Rossella BLUE Mocerino
- May 1, 2018
- 2 min
Artists and Their Studios
We artists are all different. You can see that even by the way our studios look like. Here is Francis Bacon's art studio. Messy, right?...
Rossella BLUE Mocerino
- Apr 1, 2018
- 3 min
Not on View
Are museums becoming cemeteries of art? Museums were started so that art could be seen by the public instead of being in private...
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