Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Feuerbach neck




Interesting detail from a painting by Feuerbach

Sir John Everett Millais


Ophelia


Portrait of a Girl (Sophie Gray), 12 x 19 inches

Victorian painters have been criticised for depicting the feminine as ineffectual, passive and swooning.
The first of these works may have added to this perception. The girl in the portrait; however, is depicted without idealism. There's a certain defiance in the jutting chin; perhaps impatience from sitting for the portrait.

Karl Pavlovich Briullov


Mikhail Vrubel - Russian



Sandra Flood - American


Self-Portrait, 24 x 36 inches


Blue Maia, 36 x 30 inches




Ali with Russian Hat, 20 x 20 inches

Monday, April 13, 2009

Leonardo?


13 x 9.4 inches
This work has recently been attributed, by some, to Leonardo Da Vinci.


"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." - da Vinci 

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Priscilla Treacy - American


9 x 14 inches
Cropping out the superfluous concentrates the attention on what's important.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Kristin Vestgard - Norwegian


In the Midst of it All, 60 cm


Forest

Drippy turpsy paint on the clothes