Another painting that we saw with our own eyes during our London trip of October last year. Odilon Redon (1840-1916) was a French artist of the Symbolism genre, inspired by mythology and dream imagery. This beauty dates back to 1908. More on Redon in the wikipedia article linked to below.
About me: Dutchman, married to a beautiful and highly talented artist from Shanghai. Although my education (PhD chemistry) is very much associated with the left side of the brain, I like to use my right side for my hobbies: music, art, photography.
About this blog: I started this blog in 2006, just wanting to share what I considered interesting pieces of visual art and music. I suffered from blogging blues for most of 2008, but making a fresh start in October of that year has done wonders for my inspiration. In case you did not notice, most posts end with a small symbol... just click that for the relevant link. All pictures in my blog are hosted on blogger - if some do not show up (the red cross syndrome) it is a blogger hiccup. Right click and selecting "show picture" should do the trick.
My other blogs: In December 2009 I started a parallel blog, Art's Potpourri, for subjects that I think are interesting, but not fitting for my main blog.
In January 2013 I revived an old music blog: Countdown to Ecstasy will list my 100 favourite pop/rock/ballad songs from five decades.
The monkey orchid
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It is hard to believe, but this is not photoshopped. This is a real orchid,
which sports a stunning resemblance to a monkey's face. Full story in the
link...
47. Uncertain smile (The The)
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The The (image credit) is the group formed around Matt Johnson. Their 1983
debut album Soul mining was received well, although it was relatively
simple co...
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