Sir Terry Frost R.A (1915-2003)

Here aare some brilliant images by Terry Frost.Chosen at random because I just enjoyed the colour,connections with Newlyn and Cornwall

Colour Rhythm Newlyn
Lithograph, 1997
 
 

Frisky (detail) Sir Terry Frost 2003
 

 
Sir Terry Frost screenprint “Malaga Blue and Orange”
 
 

The Wanderer

Standing on a Rock
absorbing the landscape before the eye
Master of all
Owner of none
Nature Surpreme
The person on the rock reminds me of the  famous painting by Casper David Friedrich (1774-1840)
Still in drawing mode!

Angel Pavement by J.B.Priestley Cover Image

The image in the cover of this book is what its been like in this part of the world  wet!!
Charles Ginner was the Artist and the tile of the painting is “Flask Walk” You cuould call the artist a painter of social realism and his paintings show life as it was .
The book is worth  [...]

Carn Barrus- Samuel John Lamorna Birch R.A (1869-1955)

Samuel Birch was born in Cheshire but moved to Lamorna valley in Cornwall in !892 and exhibited at the Royal academy from that year.
He was given the added name of Lamorna by Stahope Forbes to distinguish him from Lional Brch another contempory of the same name.
The painting shows a pleasant scene  and captures a moment [...]

William H.Barttlett 1858-1932

A  pleasant scene of boats in the harbour at St Ives painted around 1885, at a time when St Ives was a artist Colony and attracting many artists down to that part of the world to capture the light.

Gauguin (1848-1903)

Landscape with a Horse 1899

Brittany Landscape , Musuem of Fine Arts Boston

Painted 1903 located Athenaum Musuem
These painting were chosen at random the common theme being trees, I was interested in the fact that trees seem important Paul Gauguin and they appear often in his paintings He is perhaps one of one of the great post [...]

Gaugin’s Chair by van Gogh

Gauguin’s Chair, 1888
Oil on canvas
90.5 x 72 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
The relationship between van Gogh and Gaughuin was a strange one.van Gogh had such high hopes but the feeling was not a two way thing and the two soon parted company, even so the art produced by van Gogh in this [...]

A van Gogh Sunday

I have been Having a van Gogh Sunday and looking at some van Gogh  paintings on the net. I do like his flower paintings and what better way to celebrate the great master than   van Gogh  flower painting .Enjoy

Vase with Flowers
Oil on canvas
41.3 x 33.0 cm.
Paris: 1886-87

Vase with Flowers, Coffeepot and Fruit
Oil on canvas
41.0 [...]

Bonnard. The Late Interiors

I like this one for the very act of being the moment in time…

The use of of colour is good in this one and is of light, the objects on the table equale to the two figuers in the room….

Another act of moment  concentration of doing….

This one has to be a favourite as the window [...]

Image Hunting and Unexpected Treasure!

A interesting Landscape with two people walking along a road towards the trees.There is a windmill in the distance and all in all a pleasant landscape .
This post is really about finding treasures in unexpected places and though I am; sure Wolverhapmton is a very nice place it is not one that you would assoctiate [...]