Wednesday, 31 August 2016

THIS WEEK




After Georges Seurat
2016/08/26 - acrylic on paper - 60 x 80 cm

Celebrated Belgian jazz musician Toots Thielemans dies aged 94.
Georges Seurat (1859 - 1891), French painter


Monday, 29 August 2016

THIS WEEK

FANCY DIVING WITH HEADSCARF

After Leni Riefenstahl
2016/08/12 - acrylic on paper - 50 x 60 cm

Headscarves find their way into the Olympic Games.
Leni Riefenstahl (1902 - 2003), German film director and photographer.

Saturday, 13 August 2016

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 42


NO MORE NUDES IN PLAYBOY
... WILL THE LOUVRE FOLLOW SUIT ?

After Renoir, Ingres and Alexandros of Antioch
2015/10/15 - acrylic on paper - 60 x 80 cm

Playboy will no longer feature nude women in its print edition.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir ( 1841 - 1919), French painter
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres ( 1780 - 1867 ), French Painter
Alexandros of Antioch (ca 130 BC), Greek sculptor

Thursday, 11 August 2016

THIS WEEK

PORTRAIT OF ERDOGAN IN SACRED COSTUME

After Hyacinthe Rigaud
2016/08/05 - acrylic on paper - 50 x 60 cm

Hyacinthe Rigaud ( 1659 - 1743 ), French painter.

Monday, 8 August 2016

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 41

SCREAMING CORNFIELD WITH CROWS

After Edvard Munch and Vincent Van Gogh
2015/10/09 - acrylic on paper - 60 x 80 cm

Exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Munch : Van Gogh.
Edvard Munch ( 1863 - 1944 ), Norwegian painter.
Vincent Van Gogh ( 1853 - 1890 ), Dutch painter.

Friday, 5 August 2016

THIS WEEK

THE LAST SACRAMENTS

After René Magritte
2016/07/29 - acrylic on paper - 60 x 45 cm

France in shock again after Isis murder of priest in Normandy.
René Magritte (1898 - 1967), Belgian painter.