Sunday Quote of the Week – Think about change …

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Sunday Quote of the Week THINK ABOUT CHANGE … Drawing by Willa Frayser – www.facebook.com/WFrayserArtwork   “CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS, AND YOU CHANGE YOUR WORLD” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993) Every cell in our body is different from the ones a few years … Read More

Thursday is Art Day – Constantin Guys (Dutch 1802 – 1892)

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For Thursday is Art Day – Constantin Guys (Dutch 1802 – 1892)     WHO ARE YOU?   words Carmel Rowley “… Waiting as they saddled Sultan I smoothed my black velvet habit before mounting and setting off at a prancing … Read More

Eugene Delacroix 1798-1863 for Thursday Art day

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Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863) for Thursday Art day I read Delacroix believed that, in painting, colour was much more important than draftsmanship, and imagination than knowledge. Eugene Delacroix – Arabians Travelling Apparently he became tired of the the learned subjects the Academy expected … Read More

‘Pharaoh’s Horses’ for Thursday Art-Day

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Today for Thursday Art day I wanted to explore the history behind J.F. Herring’s painting “Pharaoh’s Horses” first exhibited in 1848 under the title “Pharaoh’s Chariot Horses.” It shows three head studies of the grey Arabian stallion Imaum, originally owned … Read More