When I visited the National Gallery, many years ago, this painting by Joseph Wright of Derby stopped me in my tracks. I‘ve never forgotten it. It‘s disturbing but fascinating at the same time.
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pickThere's an elusiveness in Wyeth's art, a feeling of being suspended and detached - not quite present in any physical sense. I've been drawn to Andrew Wyeth's work since visiting Brandywine Museum of Art years ago and enjoyed reading more about Wyeth and his art.
“Christina loves animals - kitten are her whole world -and to watch her hold that little thing in that hand of hers - it was phenomenal. She to me is the essence of New England witchcraft. She has such knowledge of hardship and her being is so strong - to me she rules like a queen, absolutely.“ -Andrew Wyeth speaking of Christina Olsen; image is one of his paintings of her, Miss Olsen
#5JoysFriday
1. Finished some Christmas Glass Paintings of candles and bottle.
2. My Peas and spinach is coming up in the garden
3 . I have a House Wren nesting in my birdhouse.
4. I gave Oakley a bath at Pet Value today. 1st time there. My knees thank me lol
5. My irises are blooming. I think I'll thin them out in the fall. They are from my mom and are at least 40 year old bulbs.
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I wasn‘t expecting the miniature version of 100 Flowers to be quite this miniature, but ever since I discovered miniature versions of coffee table art books I‘ve been looking for (used if possible) ones to look at in bed when I‘m too sick to read or watch TV, so maybe a truly tiny one is actually just what I needed. I can keep it by my bed right within reach. #theuniversealwaysknowsbest
pickThis was an incredible book, but a total sausage fest.
It gets ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for being an inspiring, colourful, accessible, engaging volume, and for giving me a grounding in art knowledge that I didn't think possible from one book.
Art is discussed from a Eurocentric position, only ONE female artist is featured and some of the language is culturally insensitive to the modern ear, but this remains an outstanding work.
Thirsty for more now!
Educating ourselves on the history of art.
Pickles says that whilst appreciating the vitality of Rubens' work, she finds it a bit grainy and aesthetically prefers the softness in the portraiture of Raphael...
Just kidding. She's a philistine.
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