Vincent's Yellow

a[n] [auto]biography and a love story.

Shapes Emerging

Dearest Reader, I have been working hard on my book these past months and have finally begun to put it together! By that I mean, I have a stack of 88 pages of my first draft! I’ve dreamed my whole life of writing a book, and now it is becoming real between my fingers. Right [...]

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Thu, June 7 2012 » Personal, Research, Writing the Book » No Comments

Phases of the Artist

Dear Reader, It has been too long. I wanted this entry to tell you that I have scans of all my writing about Vincent in my hands, that the truly creative work has begun. Unfortunately, my patience has been tested these past two months in the scanning of hundreds of documents, the resizing and cropping, [...]

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Fri, November 11 2011 » Personal, Popular Culture, Research, Writing the Book » No Comments

Jo

Johanna van Gogh-Bonger Today I’d like to take a moment to honor one of the most important and most forgotten figures in Vincent’s work and life: Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Lovely, lovely Jo. Jo married Theo van Gogh, Vincent’s brother, on May 2nd, 1889. Since Vincent died July 29th, 1890, Jo only met Vincent on a [...]

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Tue, February 16 2010 » Research » 3 Comments