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Lovely work! Like!

Leda and The Swan * Greek Mythology...
My Dad was a avid art collector and growing up, we always had Leda and The Swan in her many forms in our house. My friends would ask, why are there paintings of a woman having sex with a swan? There would begin the story (told hundreds of times by my dad) of Leda and The Swan (Zeus) and their love story.

This is probably one of my favorite renditions... Paul Prosper Tillier

http://www.kabsyn.com/Mythfiles/LedaTillier.jpeg

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“Nobody sees a flower – really – it is so small it takes time – we haven’t time – and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.”

-Georgia O’Keefe, 1887-1986

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"A picture is a poem without words."
~Horace

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“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”
~Plato

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"She stands before you naked you can see it, you can taste it, and she comes to you light as the breeze."
~Leonard Cohen

Pablo Picasso
 

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Pablo Picasso 1881 - 1973 - ‘les noces de Pierrette’ - La Période Bleue.

Plutôt hypnotiser et intense dans le ton et la sensation, oui?

My Fav. artist goes by the name Miss Maddie. She has been drawing still life, ocean scenes, flowers etc. free hand for about 5 years now. At times she'll paint her masterpeices , or use chalk, it varies with her mood. Her self-portraits are a speciality. Her work is not for sale. But you can trade it for candy or a kiss.

Zhaoming Wu
 

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Visceral meets femininity meets sensual meets ...

If I had the resources I would own paintings and murano glass sculptures by Shan Shan Sheng

http://www.shanshansheng.com

another favourite, Chris Ofilli

http://gu.com/p/2ea7g

i had the extraordinary good fortune to see his exhibit at the venice biennale in 2003 & to meet him.
one of my most treasured possessions is the drawing he did, for me, in my exhibition catalog.

David Hockney
 

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I am a fan of David Hockney. I particularly favor his photography, however, he has many paintings that I admire. If you are not familiar with his work, check it out. Interesting artist with a very interesting point of view. Unafraid to explore and exploit possibilities.

Vincent Fantauzzo
 

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Swiss surrealist H.R. Giger

I just love all of his work...


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Pablo Picasso ::: Self Portrait
 

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“You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her”

Familijen with Carl Larsson
 

My favorite artist is the Swede Carl Larsson (May 28, 1853 – January 22, 1919).I am always fascinated with his work because he painted so many pictures of his wife and children.His obvious love of "familijen or The Family" is evident and well respected by myself because that is how marriage should be.The devotion and love of his family radiates in all he has produced.

As a cowboy I am not very cultured but I love nature and animals and see art in almost everything e.g.,an old pair of cowboy boots,the bull elk I was fortunate enough to see in the woods near my farm (he was within 5 yards of me)and my Holstein bull who has perfect confirmation.

When my bull Thor urinates and then steps back and curls his lips back and uses his Jacobson gland (that all bovines have on the roof of their mouths)to taste his testosterone level,it is almost the most beautiful art work I have ever witnessed.
Dillon

p.s.I also love the Haka dance that the New Zealand all blacks perform before every Rugby match.Pure art...

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"Pictures must not be too picturesque."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"Believe it or not, I can actually draw."
::: Jean Michel Basquiat :::

I really like Carl Larsson's work as well, but not so much for his family portraits as well as portraits of every day life, but for his paintings related to Norse mythology and the Germanic Heathen past. One of his painting's I've long been a fan of is his rendition of a Yule celebration/sacrifice (Midvinterblót) at the temple in Uppsala.

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There is also one representing Þrymsviða where Thor and Loki are dressed in women's clothing in order to retrieve Thor's hammer from Þrym.

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Some other favourites (not Larsson, obviously):

One of my favourite statues called The Dying Gaul

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And:

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Have to agree with you on the All Blacks' Haka, as well. For those who aren't rugby fans, the New Zealand All Blacks perform a traditional Maori war dance (the Haka) before every match.



P.S. Kudos for naming your bull Thor :D

I played rugby for a team years ago and we had a Maori coach. He taught us the Haka and we did it before every game. Performing the haka is truly an amazing thing to experience. You feel the energy. It was a ritual that put us in that primal headspace and helped focus and deliver intensity on the field. I loved it. Thanks for sharing the AB video.

I love Tribal art, Growing up in Hawaii I got the chance to see on a daily basis the beauty and strength that lies in tribal culture from the Hula to petroglyphs on still eurupting volcanos like Kilauea....the Haka and the tradition of the dance is phenomenal and powerful...I would love to experience it firsthand someday.

This is by my dear friend Jess Jones in Portland, OR and she is an amazing emerging artist. I am blessed to own this piece called "Pyre", based on the Hafiz poem below....I hope you enjoy! Can anyone help me get this pic posted on here? Not sure if this will work...sigh...suggestions? Thanks!



Love is
The funeral pyre
Where I have laid my living body.

All the false notions of myself
That once caused fear, pain,

Have turned to ash
As I neared God.

What has risen
From the tangled web of thought and sinew

Now shines with jubilation
Through the eyes of angels

And screams from the guts of
Infinite existence
Itself.

Love is the funeral pyre
Where the heart must lay
Its body.


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i'm a huge experiential art and sculpture fan

Olafur Eliasson

Probably most famous in the States for his recent 'Waterfalls' in New York....
but he's been incredibly prolific in the past decade - having major exhibitions at Tate Modern, SF MoMA, The Venice Biennalle, The Serpentine Gallery, MoMA etc.

This was one of my favourites
'The Weather Project' at the Tate Modern in London

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http://www.olafureliasson.net/works/...r_project.html

Gustav Klimt
 

Gustav Klimt.

His paintings elicit a feeling of rich, ethereal sensuality. Dreamy if you will.

For your viewing pleasure.

I saw the Waterfalls exhibit via the S.S. Manhattan yacht. Very cool exhibit and sailing around Manhattan is always a great way to spend an afternoon.

Did you come here to see it?

Joan Miro ::: Cat Encircled by the Flight of a Bird
 

Cuno Amiet
 

Judith Grassi
 

Nymph with a Scorpion - Lorenzo Bartolini
 

Nymph with a Scorpion - Lorenzo Bartolini

Georgia O'Keeffe :: 1926 New York Street No. 1