Saturday, November 14, 2009

John William Waterhouse

Circe Invidiosa, Circe Poisoning the Sea




















Nymphs finding the Head of Orpheus


















St Cecilia

Friday, November 6, 2009

Jeffrey T Larson

24 x 24 inches

Women doing domestic work might seem a bit sexist, but this painter does portray women doing other things too. The backlit sheets are an interesting subject.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Monday, October 19, 2009

John Longstaff - Australian


the artist's wife,
60 x 47 cm

Hands



Pietro da Cortona, St Cecilia, my detail.












Female Figure Resting on a Sword, National Gallery, London, my detail.

Pietro da Cortona


St Cecilia
detail

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Friday, June 26, 2009

Henry O Tanner


Virgin Mary in Meditation, c.1905, 12 x 9 inches

Don Hatfield- American


Treasure Found, 24 x 36 inches

Kristin Vestgard


60 x 60 cm

Kristin is a Norwegian artist who has exhibited in the UK. Her work is characterised by day-dreamy figures in muted tones and washes of diluted oil paint.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Nigel Cox - UK


24 x 24 inches, Oil on Linen


The Seer

There is a tendency in contemporary figurative art towards sole figures lost in white or grey voids. This lends a mood of reverie, but could also be a reflection of the autism of the modern world. A vector to a corner is traditionally seen as a defect of composition, but the shadow in the square work is an example of how breaking the rules can produce a refreshingly edgy image.

M Collier


Painting of a statue of an ideal female head, Getty Museum,
6 x 6 inches

Gustav Stevens


Adele et la Cariatide, 65.5 x 98 cm

Byam Shaw


Arthur Lemon


The Wooing of Daphnis