I discovered Carl Heinrich Bloch (Copenhagen, Denmark, 1834 – 1890) just a few weeks ago, while searching artworks relative to the visit of the Magi to the Christ… Read more “Angels with amazing Light in some Carl Bloch’s paintings”
Category: Memory
The previous ‘Morning After’, by Alyssa Monks
[This post on contemporary American painting is a direct follow-up of another one on my other blog: A Painting with Soul: ‘Morning After II’ by Alyssa Monks.] The… Read more “The previous ‘Morning After’, by Alyssa Monks”
Never cry wolf if you called it. Let it seize you. (Joyfully contributing to portrait the future)
This pic below is not a selfie, and it is not blurred –or not much–; it is not made in my home, either. It is part of… Read more “Never cry wolf if you called it. Let it seize you. (Joyfully contributing to portrait the future)”
‘Swept Away’ and other recent watercolours by Inslee Fariss
– “Swept away”, by Inslee Fariss (2017) [look below], makes me think a lot of my sister, who was also daring and silly enough to wear a short… Read more “‘Swept Away’ and other recent watercolours by Inslee Fariss”
Morning Starlet, Late Night Ghost – or viceversa
Late night starlet – Early morning toy – Midday and afternoon ghost – Very stressed girl all around the clock.
Life as a Transsexual in Barcelona
–“Barcelona is a liberal city with a vast community of gays, transgenders and transsexuals. It is a colorful microcosm in which it’s easy to lose oneself”, writes Paola… Read more “Life as a Transsexual in Barcelona”
NO TENIM POR! – WE HAVE NO FEAR!
… Només dol i el cor romput! – Only mourning and a broken heart! – ‘Endavant!’ Respira fort, que l’aire és teu i l’aire i tot et poden… Read more “NO TENIM POR! – WE HAVE NO FEAR!”
Un regal imaginari (o potser només tardà) pel meu pare
— Sense que hi calguin gaire paraules ni cap traducció a cap altra llengua, ja que ell ja m’entendrà de primer cop d’ull: – – (Per a… Read more “Un regal imaginari (o potser només tardà) pel meu pare”
A Pictorial Tribute (II) – Delvaux’s “Ari” better explained and illustrated
In a post here, and also in my sister’s blog, from past January 18th: «A Pictorial Tribute – Delvaux’s “Ari”, and a sort of family portrait» , I… Read more “A Pictorial Tribute (II) – Delvaux’s “Ari” better explained and illustrated”
Perro Semihundido – Half-buried Dog – A disquieting work by Francisco de Goya
Half-buried Dog (Perro Semi-hundido, in Spanish) is one of the names usually given to this painting by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes. It shows the head of… Read more “Perro Semihundido – Half-buried Dog – A disquieting work by Francisco de Goya”
Two Paintings with Spirit – Samples of the feminine way in art we all have desperately needed (but banned) for centuries
Two great painters of our time; two women; two beautiful samples of their work: – 1- The Mornig After II – by Alyssa Monks, 2014 (oil on… Read more “Two Paintings with Spirit – Samples of the feminine way in art we all have desperately needed (but banned) for centuries”
Several Magdalenes diversely similar
Selected paintings from the High Renaissance and Baroque featuring a (non-) penitent Mariam of Magdala – My younger sister, Ari, was not a Christian, but a shamanistic animist.… Read more “Several Magdalenes diversely similar”
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