Grigory Gluckmann, The Dressing Room

The Dressing Room, originally uploaded by artinconnu.

Grigory Gluckmann (1898 - 1973)

Aubrey Beardsley, The Slippers of Cinderella, July 1894

Aubrey Beardsley, The Slippers of Cinderella, July 1894, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

From The Yellow Book, Vol. II.

Scanned from the book "Aubrey Beardsley, Imp of the Perverse" by Stanley Weintraub. Click image for 584 x 811 size.

Aubrey Beardsley, Venus, 1898

Aubrey Beardsley, Venus, 1898, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Design for the proposed title page for Venus and Tannhauser, but first published in The Studio, in 1898.

Scanned from the book "Aubrey Beardsley, Imp of the Perverse" by Stanley Weintraub. Click image for 575 x 826 size.

Roosters and Chickens

Here are the first of several paintings about Roosters and Chickens that I will produce till Friday. I do not own any and it would change if I did, because I know I would see more of their nuance. I spent a half a day at my friends farm with her chickens. I produced five right away and I like these three. They are drawn from a life, sort of, I did get a hold of a stuffed Rooster, tried to give'em some life! I also like that they remind me of Richard Scarry drawings from his childrens books that I read to my kids.
So I see that they have an animated and illustrative quality that I often see in my work and is strongest when I am first beginning.
Today my neighbor came over with the gravel for my driveway...and now it is noon.

Geertgen tot Sint Jans, Glorification of Mary

Glorification of Mary, originally uploaded by artinconnu.

Geertgen tot Sint Jans (1465 - 1495)

Aubrey Beardsley, The Ascension of St. Rose of Lima, 1896

Aubrey Beardsley, The Ascension of St. Rose of Lima, 1896, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Click image for 1092 x 1595 size.

Illustration to a passage in Under the Hill, published in The Savoy, No. 2 (April, 1896)

Scanned from the book "Aubrey Beardsley, Imp of the Perverse" by Stanley Weintraub.

Andrea Mantegna, Lamentation Over The Dead Christ, 1501

, originally uploaded by J. Kniep.

Aubrey Beardsley, Erda, 1896

Aubrey Beardsley, Erda, 1896, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

The fourth of a never-completed series of illustrations for "The Comedy of the Rhinegold", reproduced in The Savoy, No.8, December, 1896.

Scanned from the book "Aubrey Beardsley, Imp of the Perverse" by Stanley Weintraub. Click image for 585 x 939 size.

José de Páez, Sacred Heart of Jesus with Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Saint Louis Gonzaga, c. 1770

José de Páez (Mexico), Sacred Heart of Jesus with Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Saint Louis Gonzaga, c. 1770, originally uploaded by kraftgenie.

José de Páez, Mexican.

Aubrey Beardsley, Gailestis, 1895

Aubrey Beardsley, Gailestis. 1895, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Aubrey Beardsley, Siegfried Act II

Aubrey Beardsley, Siegfried Act II, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

From The Studio, No.1. Scanned from the book "Best Works of Aubrey Beardsley". Click image for 1212 x 1730 size.

Pastel Drawings

I have not been drawing portraits for awhile, but I thought I would post some of the most recent and favorites

A Little More about Melancholy

I did not  sign or date this drawing, but I know that it is at least 15 years old. It is pastel on paper.
I have drawn several hundred of these and I have managed to keep many and I have a box full of them. This drawing was supposed to be a gift for a friend, of his wife. Upon completing the drawing I saw such sadness in it, this melancholy, that I have been talking about.
I did not SEE it, it came out of my hand.  I was not able to give the drawing to him. I am aware of this effect in my drawing, I just did not expect it from this sitter. I was surprised, (or maybe not surprised) when I heard that she was recently separated and is seeking a divorce. The story seemed to have been there, years before.

Aubrey Beardsley, How King Arthur Saw the Questing Beast

Aubrey Beardsley, How King Arthur Saw the Questing Beast, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Click image for 721 x 1000 size.

Aubrey Beardsley, Salomé, The Burial of Salomé, 1894

Aubrey Beardsley, Salomé, The Burial of Salomé, 1894, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Click image for 544 x 512 size.

Aubrey Beardsley, Salomé The Climax

Aubrey Beardsley, Salomé The Climax, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Click image for 916 x 1296 size.

Aubrey Beardsley, Salomé, The Black Cape

Aubrey Beardsley, Salomé, The Black Cape, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Scanned from the book "Aubrey Beardsley, Imp of the Perverse" by Stanley Weintraub. Click image for 900 x 1301 size.

Aubrey Beardsley, Yellow Book poster, 1894

Aubrey Beardsley, Yellow Book poster, 1894, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Scanned from the book "Aubrey Beardsley, Imp of the Perverse" by Stanley Weintraub. Click image for 354 x 1299 size.

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Lake Keitel, 1905

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Lake Keitel, 1905, originally uploaded by kraftgenie.

Melancholy

 Good Morning! It is a beautiful morning, sunny and bright and I feel great. I have allot to do and I am happy about it. 

So why in the middle of my morning chores, am I compelled to stop what I am doing (did not even make coffee yet) and sit here and write about melancholy?

It is about NOT knowing the answer to this, that I am writing!

Melancholy might be called "functional depression" It is a sadness that you can hide, you can walk around with it, somethings for years. In truth, you cannot hide it and you cannot function well. The Greeks built Saturnine Gardens, to acknowledge it and let the soul rest from it. I heard a definition of depression was "being stopped", but you do not stop with melancholy, you just carry it around with you.

I have always been tuned in to OTHER people's emotional states. I had a mother that could do this and trained me, UGH! It is a good skill for an artist, but rough on the "day to day". Sometimes I do not need or want to know what people are feeling, in a restaurant or grocery.

I have had to re-train myself, to be able to press the mute button. When I was younger, I did it with drink. That works, but the cost is high and the effect is short. I have found my solution through mediation that is built into martial arts training. I have learned to use that mental mute button, but that does NOT stop all that emotional info from pouring in anyway.

Sometimes I am overwhelmed. The studio is where it all comes out, I often see the studio as a battlefield, a place where it all gets processed. It can make my studio a highly charged and scary place. I do not think it matters if I am painting in an expressive way or a still life with a Lemon. I acknowledge this and would not have it any other way!

David Bomberg, The Dancer, 1913

Bomberg, David (1890-1957) - 1913 The Dancer (Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid), originally uploaded by RasMarley.

David Bomberg, English, Cubist (1890-1957).

Józef Mehoffer, Medusa II, 1904

Józef Mehoffer, Medusa II, 1904, originally uploaded by kraftgenie.

Beardsley

, originally uploaded by broh_ken.

Maria Mela Muter, Montmarte, Paris

Montmarte, Paris, originally uploaded by artinconnu.

Maria Mela Muter (1876 - 1967)

Gino Parin, 1919

gino parin 1919, originally uploaded by mica12244art.

Juarez Machado, Arrivée, 1997

Juarez Machado, Arrivee, 1997, originally uploaded by kraftgenie.

Louis Janmot, Poème de l'âme, Le Mauvais Sentier

Louis Janmot (1814–1892), Poème de l'âme (7) : Le Mauvaus Sentier, originally uploaded by kraftgenie.

Louis Janmot (1814–1892),

Piero Di Cosimo, The Death of Procris (detail), c. 1500

Piero Di Cosimo, The Death of Procris (detail), c. 1500, originally uploaded by kraftgenie.

Gustav Klimt, The Swamp

Gustav Klimt, The Swamp, originally uploaded by kraftgenie.

Teodor Axentowicz, Wiosna, 1900

Teodor Axentowicz, Wiosna, 1900, originally uploaded by kraftgenie.

via FemmeFemmeFemme:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22416627@N06/

John Singer Sargent, Orestes Pursued by the Furies, 1921

John Singer Sargent, Orestes Pursued by the Furies, 1921, originally uploaded by kraftgenie.

Josefa de Óbidos, O Cordeiro Pascal, 1660-70

Josefa de Óbidos, O Cordeiro Pascal, 1660-70, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Click image for 672 x 500 size. Via Figuration Féminine

Easter lamb.

Sterling Hundley

Sterling Hundley, originally uploaded by gunther.stephan.

Rogier van der Weyden, Portrait of a Lady, 1460

Portrait of a Lady, originally uploaded by *bene*.

Rogier van der Weyden (1400-1464)

Zinaida Serebriakova

Zinaida Serebriakova (1884-1967), originally uploaded by gunther.stephan.

Zinaida Serebriakova (1884-1967)