painting ↘↖
Beach ~ Chrissy Angliker ~ BEGINBEING
They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn’t. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality. ~ Frida Kahlo
Painting of a female. Calcutta, India, c.1890 ~ vandaprints.com
Saraswati. Painting in the Kalighat style. Calcutta, India, 1870 ~ vandaprints.com
Passing the Battery, gouache on board ~ Walter Martin
Kalighat painting of a courtesan playing the sitar, by Nibaran Chandra Ghosh (1835-1930). Watercolour and pencil. Calcutta, India, 20th century ~ vandaprints.com
A Girl Writing ~ Henriette Browne (1829-1901) a.k.a. Sophie Bouteillier Desaux ~ vandaprints.com
peaceful dreams ~ m.a. wakeley ~ Flickr
Found Art! ~ Trapac ~ Flickr
![息 [Breath] ~ kmr.img](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktv3mk0cO21qzhl9eo1_500.jpg)
息 [Breath] ~ kmr.img
Automn II ~ Sylvie Van Hulle ~ Flickr
Gustave Caillebotte, Paris Street on a Rainy Day, 1877 ~ Gatochy ~ Fickr
I remember being enthralled by this painting in a museum, oh, so long ago. Much has happened since, some good, some bad. I am so different than the person who first encountered this work of art. Yet, the painting remains the same. It has a beautiful, moody quality, and it still takes me away.
Japanese beauty, 1910s ~ Gatochy ~ Flickr
A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.
— Leonardo da Vinci
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