Scott Prior, Nanny Asleep, 2002

Scott Prior, Nanny Asleep, 2002, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

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Scott Prior [American Contemporary Realist Painter, born in 1949]

Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, Academic Study from Life, 1887

Sorolla, Joaquin (1863-1923) - 1887 Academic Study from Life (Museum of Belle Arts and History of Valencia, Spain), originally uploaded by RasMarley.

Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, [Spanish Realist/Impressionist Painter, 1863-1923]

A. Jauss, Lisbon

A. Jauss, Lisbon, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Picasso, Portrait of Madame Z (Jacqueline Roque), 1955

Século Ilustrado, No. 915, July 16 1955 - 28b, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Scanned from Portuguese magazine Século Ilustrado, No. 915, July 16 1955. Click image for 525 x 879 size.

Pablo Picasso [Spanish Cubist Painter and Sculptor, 1881-1973]

A.D. Nazarenko, Landscape in Donetsk, 1972

A.D. Nazarenko, Landscape in Donetsk, 1972, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

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Xavier Valls, Nature morte au citrone et deux mandarines, 1970

Xavier Valls, Nature morte au citrone et deux mandarines, 1970, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

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Xavier Valls, Spanish (1923-2006).

Kai Fjell, Bouquet, 1964

Kai Fjell, Bouquet, 1964, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Kai (Breder) Fjell ( b Skoger, 2 March 1907; d Oslo, 10 Jan 1989). Norwegian painter.

Kai Fjell, Spillemen, 1953

Kai Fjell, Spillemen, 1953, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

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Kai (Breder) Fjell ( b Skoger, 2 March 1907; d Oslo, 10 Jan 1989). Norwegian painter.

Emma Fordyce MacRae, Gloucester Garden

Emma Fordyce MacRae, Gloucester Garden, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

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Emma Fordyce Macrae [Austrian-born American Painter, 1887-1974]

Crows

I have often had dreams that include crows, flying crows.
I like the hole that is torn into a scene when the blackness of a crow enters. I do not mean this, exclusively on the painted picture plane, but also on a branch, in my backyard. The blackness acts as a "negative space" element. I feel as though I should be able to see something in that blackness.
In the natural world animals choose color and shade with intention.
I do wonder why the blackness works so well for the crow. Since they did not migrate and live in winter climates, maybe this negative effect that I see, is what aids them. To be the space and not the object.
The dreams are something else. Maybe burned into my consciousness by Alfred Hitchcock or something more.

I have always lived in areas with crows, not that difficult since they are everywhere, but there has always been a crow, in a tree, to wake me, like it or not.
This painting is a usual scene behind my house.

Emma Fordyce MacRae, The Dress

Emma Fordyce MacRae, The Dress, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

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Emma Fordyce Macrae [Austrian-born American Painter, 1887-1974]

Suzanne Lalique, L'ami du Peuple, 1930

Suzanne Lalique, L'ami du Peuple, 1930, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

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Suzanne Lalique (French, b. 1899)

António Amorim, Maria Benard, 1930

António Amorim, Maria Benard, 1930, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

António Amorim (1898?-1964?), Portuguese stage clothes designer and illustrator. "This 'French doll' was used by Maria Benard in the play Feira da Luz (Fair of Light) (1930)."

Scanned from the book "Passa por Mim no Rossio", by Filipe La Féria, 1991. Click image for 644 x 921 size.

Albert Angus MacDonald

Albert Angus MacDonald (Canadian, 1909-1986)

Wojciech Weiss, nude

Wojciech Weiss, nude (1875-1950), originally uploaded by Gatochy.

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Wojciech Weiss (Polish, 1875-1950)

Francisco Pons Arnau, Muchacha con Cantaro

Francisco Pons Arnau, Muchacha con Cantaro, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

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Francisco Pons Arnau (Spanish, 1886-1955)

Robert Hannaford

Robert Hannaford (Australian, 1944-?)

Eugenio Zerda

Eugenio Zerda (Bogota. 1878-1945)

Garrett Kingsley

Garrett Kingsley (Australian, 1915-1982)

Felipe Santiago Gutiérrez

Felipe Santiago Gutiérrez (Mexico, 1824 -1904)

Ivor Henry Thomas Hele

Ivor Henry Thomas Hele (Australian, 1912 - 1993)

Georges Brasseur

Georges Brasseur (Belgian, 1880-1950)

Mihaly Munkacsy

Mihaly Munkacsy (Hungarian, 1844-1900)

Francois Eberl

Francois Eberl (Praga, 1887 -1962)