Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one s sensations. ~Paul Cézanne~ (Coming shortly...landscape in gouache)--> Click here
The modest Rose puts forth a thorn, The humble sheep a threat'ning horn: While the Lily white shall in love delight, Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright. ~ W more
Drawing inspiration from the Old Testament story of Eve's involvement in the Fall of Man, some Renaissance intellectuals north of the Alps associated the female sex with evil, witchcraft and the malevolent role of syphilis in the dissolution of medieval society's idyllic idea of love. more