Have you seen Google today? It is celebrating Tamara de Lempicka's 120th birthday. Lempicka was an accomplished Art Deco artist who lived between 1898 and 1980. She was very well known for her stylised portraits of the aristocracy as well as painting nudes. She was the mistress to Baron Raoul Kuffner, and after his wife... Continue Reading →
Jacinta – Louis Ginnett
You know when people tell you to "cheer up, it could always be worse"? My usual response is "Yes, I could be on a sinking ship", I was fairly happy with this response until recently, when a friend of mine came out with "You could be a conjoined twin". My initial reaction was to laugh,... Continue Reading →
Green Eyed Horns – Travis Louie
There is an Arab proverb that says "Love sees sharply, hatred sees even more sharp, but Jealousy sees the sharpest for it is love and hate at the same time". When I saw this painting on my travels, it brought this quote to mind. Travis Louie is a painter, who has developed another world which... Continue Reading →