Why We Love Red Red has more primal significance than any other color and more power to affect the mind. Red inspires feelings of strength, passion, dominance. Red is the color of romance inspiring attraction to the opposite sex. Red represents status in men and fertility in women.

February is Black History Month and a great time to honor some of the most notable African American Artists.

Born in 1917, Jacob Lawrence was one of the most well know artists in African American History. When he was only 23 years old, he produced Migration Series, which was one of his most famous works as a series of colorful paintings that were focused on the great exodus of African Americans who moved from the volatile South to the northern states who were more accepting and less segregated. Lawrence was known to produce works that were considered to be part of what many art critics described as Cubism, but he described his methods and style as Dynamic Cubism.

Lois Mailou Jones, born in 1905 and raised in Boston by working class parents, graduated from Boston's School of the Museum of Fine Art. She began earning recognition for the content and technique of her art after a sabbatical year in Paris where Jones introduced African tribal art, a motif enormously popular in Parisian galleries. She was profoundly impacted by Paris and exhilarated by a country where her race seemed irrelevant. Aaron Douglas, one of the most accomplished and influential visual artists of the Harlem Renaissance was born in Topeka, Kansas in 1899. He earned a BA in Fine Arts from the University of Nebraska. Douglas drew upon his study of African art and his understanding of the intersection of cubism and art deco to create a style that became the visual signature of the Harlem Renaissance.

ART AND DECOR Red has always been a popular color for dining rooms and was, at one time, a common color choice for the walls. While red walls have dropped out of favor, red is still a good choice when selecting art for dining areas. Red adds a sense of elegance to a room. The colorful and lively art presented in this dining room inspires an atmosphere conducive to conversation and appetite.

Stunning Local Art Exhibition The Bruce S. Kershner Gallery in Fairfield has a new and exciting exhibition featuring 3 Connecticut artists: Emily Teall, Dionne Pia and Earl Grenville Kileen. For more information visit the gallery webpage. The exihibit is on view until April 2.

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