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Hamadryads

Hamadryads

  Hamadryads are nymphs associated with trees, each one having its own Hamadryad. They are not immortal, they share their destiny with the tree: when the tree dies, so does the nymph. I have a particular love for the Maritime Pine with its unmistakable  umbrella canopy. They are native...

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Photo Decor

Photo Decor

  There is nothing like photography for decorating a home. Gone are the days when photography was chained to the 10x8" print, tastefully matted and mounted in a plain black frame. Now things are much BIGGER! Daphne 200x100cm Cheaper than a  painting and bigger than a  lithograph, a...

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Untitled…..grrrrr

Untitled…..grrrrr

  I was on my annual visit to the Bologna Art Fair  recently and I thought if I see another art work titled "Untitled" then I am going to go on a visual strike and just not pay any more attention to the art work. This diatribe of mine was triggered by seeing a photograph on a blog that...

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Daphne

Daphne

  In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Apollo, the god of music and poetry, was afflicted by an infatuation for the beautiful nymph Daphne. He pursued her relentlessly until, unable to escape his clutches, she was transformed into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus in order to save her from...

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Venus of the Sherds

Venus of the Sherds

One of the greatest paintings of the Renaissance, Sleeping Venus is an unusual, not to say mysterious work, even for an out of the ordinary painter like Giorgione. The work was unfinished on his death at 34 of plague to be completed by Titian who then went on to paint similar Venuses of his own....

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Fascisca

Fascisca

This is the second photograph I have done based on Ingres’ Grande Odalisque (the other is Casalisca). Ingres is one of those artists who can give a certain comfort to artists who have passed middle age as several of his most famous works were painted towards the end of long life. The Turkish Bath...

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