Paintings we love......

[tadoflamb]

The Goldfinch by Carel Fabritius

 

[Colin]

The Goldfinch by Carel Fabritius

You certainly like your birds , Tad.

 

[tadoflamb]

You certainly like your birds , Tad.

I do. This one makes me kind of sad though.

Still, like a lot of Dutch paintings, I find it to be a fascinating snapshot into the past.

 

[Virgil the Roman]

This may come as a surprise .

Mother Mary with the Holy Child Jesus Christ in 1913 by Adolf Hitler .

He should've stuck with painting and being an artist.

 

[Virgil the Roman]

Jan Both.

 

[Virgil the Roman]

 

[Virgil the Roman]

I love Chiaroscuro; the dramatic usage of lighting really captures the senses.

 

[brinny]

 

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[tadoflamb]

Noli me tangere. Not really. He is Risen by Greg Olsen.

 

[Colin]

I like some of Thomas Kinkade's paintings......A Peaceful Retreat......

 

[tadoflamb]

This is from the sketchbook of my young friend, Jennifer Bao. She's a med student at the U of A and a fantastic artist as well.

 

[tadoflamb]

I like some of Thomas Kinkade's paintings......A Peaceful Retreat......

In Montana we had an expression. If you don't want your a** to get wet, don't build you cabin next to the creek.

I've thought of doing my own series on Thomas Kinkade paintings called 'After the Flood'. It would consist of the same scenes represented in Kincade's paintings but what they would look like after the creek rose.

 

[tadoflamb]

Lamentation Over the Dead Christ ~ Andrea Mantenga 1475-78

 

[jacks]

Not a magnificent painting but I always like the simplicity of this. Only 4 lines.

 

[Colin]

Another by Thomas Kinkade ......Afternoon Light......

 

[tadoflamb]

The Blind Leading the Blind by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. A commentary on the Church? Ophthalmologists have identified the cause of blindness in the five standing men.

 

[tadoflamb]

O Jerusalem by Greg Olsen

 

[brinny]