Art of the outside world. Anthony Butera is 3 January 2024 for Workman’s Art Page-A-Day Gallery Calendar 2024. “The subjects he paints are primarily in architecture and nature … His style is representational and sometimes his work has an impressionistic quality.” AB: About. I chose this calendar because I know diddly squat about art. Could have gone with cats or words but decided to try something new. Look at pretty pictures. Maybe absorb some knowledge. I have already learned that Van Gogh did multiple Sunflower paintings. I had no idea. In other news, I’ve had the calendar since November. Yet it took me three days into the new year to connect A) a year’s worth of images with B) my chronic need for art links on Sunday. Right hand meet left hand.
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Maroon. Continuing to match the color to the letter. Hex #80000, per Internet search. I think it came out closer to crimson, although it varies slightly from one program to another.
“Crimson is a bright, deep red color that has a slightly purplish hue. Maroon, on the other hand, is a dark red color that has a brownish tint to it.” The Content Authority: Crimson vs Maroon: Deciding Between Similar Terms.
Also, How Things Compare: Maroon vs Burgundy vs Crimson – What Are The Differences, Emily, 2022.
Both of these give other hex values for maroon.
Wiki: Web colors agrees with my initial search, scroll down to the color chart under Basic colors.
Onwards!
Katherine
Virtual Brush Box 
I’m having fun with the calendar.
In Vermeer’s “Lady Writing a letter with Her Maid” (1.5), is she writing to the butcher or her lover?
I vote lover. I don’t think butchers got written lists then. Besides, the cook would be ordering.
YMMV.
Mom
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In case that is too small, a calendar emoji. July 17th is World Emoji Day.
Archived from elsewhere, “Ooh, it comes out looking like a very decorative folding gate.”