Boat Builder

Waiting for the Stage

Waiting for the Stage is a painting by American artist Richard Caton Woodville, depicting a scene of three men in a tavern commonly used as a waiting room for stagecoaches. In the painting two men appear to be playing cards while the third stands beside the table holding a newspaper. If you didn't know, stagecoaches were a popular mode of transportation in the 18th and 19th centuries, and they were used to transport passengers and mail between cities and towns. They were typically drawn by teams of horses and operated by a driver. Stagecoach travel was slow and uncomfortable, with passengers enduring bumpy roads and cramped conditions. Despite the challenges, stagecoaches played an important role in the growth of transportation and commerce during their time.

Still Life with Monkey, Fruits, and Flowers

This new puzzle has it all - fruits, some beautiful flowers and a cute monkey. The game is base on a the painting with the same name by Jean Baptiste Oudry a French Rococo painter, engraver, and tapestry designer. The oil on canvas painting depicts a cute monkey trying to get a piece a fruit from a large ceramic container placed in the middle of a beautiful garden. Pick your difficulty level, click start and put the monkey, the fruit and the beautiful flowers back together and complete today's challenge. Have fun!

Meadow with Animals

Today's beautiful puzzle is based on an oil on canvas painting by Jan van Ravenswaay - a 19th-century landscape painter from the Northern Netherlands. The painting depicts animals grazing and resting on a grassy meadow. You can see a couple of horses in one corner, a young shepherd boy resting with his goats and cows in the foreground and event some cute ducks swimming in a small pond in the bottom right corner.

New England Headlands

This fun and colorful puzzle is based on an oil on canvas painting by Childe Hassam (an American Impressionist painter). The painting depicts a panoramic view of Gloucester, Massachusetts, one of Hassam's favorite destinations. Put the pieces back together and see how this beautiful destination looked in 1899, when Hassam painted this landscape. Have fun!

Still Life with Fruit, Oysters, and Wine

Today's new puzzle is based on a beautiful still life painting by Everhart Kuhn. It was painted ca. 1865 on oil on canvas and depicts various fruits(grapes, peaches, plums, raspberries, blueberries), oysters, a bottle and glass of wine. Take a few minutes, put it back together and complete today's puzzle. Have fun!

Farmyard Fowls

Today's puzzle is based on a 1827 oil on canvas painting by John James Audubon an American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. The painting depicts two hens and a rooster in a chicken coop. Pick your difficulty, press start and give it a try!

Still Life: Balsam Apple and Vegetables

Today's puzzle is based on a 1820s painting by James Peale. The vegetables in this beautiful still life painting are: okra(ladies' fingers or ochro), blue-green cabbage, crinkly Savoy cabbage, Hubbard squash, eggplant, balsam apple, tomatoes, and purple-red cabbage. Take a few minutes, put the puzzle back together and take in this beautiful piece of art. Have fun!

The Basket of Apples

This new puzzle is based on Paul Cezanne 1893 painting "The Basket of Apples". This painting contains one of Cezanne's signature tilted tables, an impossible rectangle with no right angles. On the table you can see a basket of apples, a bottle of wine, a folded tablecloth and a plate of cookies. The painting is particularly remarkable for its creative composition, which rejected realistic representation in favor of distorting objects to create multiple perspectives.

Amsterdam Street Scene

Today's puzzle is based on a oil on wood painting by Adrianus Eversen (painter) Dutch, 1818 - 1897. The artist is known for portraying the typical 19th century Dutch atmosphere in his work. In this painting he depicted a small street in Amsterdam. Curious to see how a street in Amsterdam looked back then? Click start, put the pieces back together and take a look.

Still Life with Flowers and Fruit

Today's art themed puzzle is based on the 1866 "Still Life with Flowers and Fruit" painting by Henri Fantin-Latour. The painting is one of four still lifes commissioned from the artist by Michael Spartali (a Greek businessman and diplomat). In addition to his realistic paintings, like the one in this puzzle, Fantin-Latour created imaginative lithographs inspired by the music of some of the great classical composers.

Snap the Whip

Today's puzzle is based on Winslow Homer's Snap the Whip 1872 oil painting. The painting depicts a group o playing crack(snap) the whip. If you didn't know, crack the whip is a simple outdoor children's game played in small groups, either on grass or ice, usually grass. Homer spent several summers in New York's Hudson Valley, and is said to have been inspired to paint this scene by local boys playing at the Hurley schoolhouse.

Boats at Rest

Today's puzzle is based on a painting by Arthur Wesley Dow. It depicts two boats at rest on a river bank around around his native Ipswich, Massachusetts. The painting is made in the style of ukiyo-e (Japanese woodblock) prints. So what are you waiting for? Click start and give it a try!