2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 12

ZOUAVES MAKE PREPARATIONS TO DEFEND THE VATICAN

After Vincent Van Gogh

2015/03/15 - acrylic on paper - 40 x 50 cm


After the terrorist attacks in Tunis, some Mediterranean countries felt now threatened by Jihadism. They kept their armies in a high state of alert...the Vatican army certainly was prepared for a holy war!
Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Dutch painter.

THIS WEEK

HAVING TEA WITH PUTIN

...SOME MORE MILK, SUGAR, POLONIUM ?

after George Dunlop Leslie
2016/01/22 - acrylic on paper - 58 x75 cm


Litvinenko probably murdered on personal orders of Putin.
George Dunlop Leslie (1835 - 1921), British painter.

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTING - WEEK 11

JEREMY CLARKSON WALKING HOME

after Gustave Courbet
2015/03/13 - acrylic on paper - 50 x 60 cm

Jeremy Clarkson suspended by BBC over 'fracas' with Top Gear producer.
Gustave Courbet ( 1819 - 1877), French painter.

                    

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 10

UKRAINE UP AND UNDER

After Ferdinand Hodler
2015/03/04 - acrylic on paper - 40 x 50 cm


Dozens feared dead after Donetsk mine explosion.
Ferdinand Hodler ( 1853 - 1918 ), Swiss painter.

THIS WEEK

COKE, THEY'LL LOVE IT !
David Bowie, 1947 - 2016

After Pierre - Auguste Renoir

2016/1/15 - acrylic on paper - 50 x 60 cm


David Bowie dies on January the 10th, 2016.

Pierre - Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919), French painter.

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 9

THE ADVENTURES OF POETINTIN

after Hergé

2015/2/28 - acrylic on paper - 30 x 40 cm



Putin accused of building a new dictatorship after the fall of the previous Soviet regime.

Hergé (1907 - 1983), Belgian cartoonist, creator of Tintin.

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 8

50 SHADES OF GREY

After Constant Permeke

2015/2/21 - acrylic on paper - 42 x 55


Fifty Shades of Grey dominates global box office.

Contant Permeke ( 1886 - 1952), Belgian painter.