Henry Jones Thaddeus (1859-1929) "The Wounded Poacher" Oil on canvas Realism Located in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Edouard Manet

Moss Roses in a Vase

1882

Clark Art Institute Collection

By Gustave Courbet Title: Chillon Castle, 1875

Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet was a French painter who led the Realism movement in 19th-century French painting. Committed to painting only what he could see, he rejected academic convention and the Romanticism of the previous generation of visual artists. Born: June 10, 1819, Ornans, France Died: December 31, 1877, La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland Known for: Painting, sculpting

Isaac Levitan (Russian, 1860–1900) Range of mountains, Mont Blanc 1897 oil on paper

just for fun, some acrobatic Oryms

Oskar Zwintscher (German, 1870-1916) • Portrait with Daffodils • 1907

Vasily Polenov (1844-1927), Russian - Granny's Orchard, 1878

Movement Project- Painting

(14/2/24)

Painting of a tin of sardines, done with gouache on card board cut-offs I got from a local frame shop. Afterwards, I cut the painting out with a scalpel and posed it on a cutting board with a knife.

While painting I thought about how being caught, killed and shoved into small tin with the rest of your family, would probably be quite the horror story for sardines… but also the movement of the circle of life, spending your whole life eating smaller fish and plankton just to one day be consumed by a human, who picked you and the rest of your fish buddies up in the local supermarket.

Well thank god I’m no sardine.

My Top 5 Painters 4/5 - Edward Hopper

Always reluctant to discuss himself and his art, Hopper simply said, "The whole answer is there on the canvas." Hopper was stoic and fatalistic—a quiet introverted man with a gentle sense of humor and a frank manner. Hopper was someone drawn to an emblematic, anti-narrative symbolism

You remember that one time in 2021 where Dominos brought back the Noid for like one commercial out of literally nowhere, attempted to make TikTok trends and article headlines about it, even giving him a horrendous 'Ugly Sonic' makeover, likely as bait for 'long-time' fans to riot over it-

And literally nothing came out of it. Nobody had any clue what to do with it. We just said 'huh... Okay-cool' and moved on with our lives. Yeah, since then, it looks like Dominos has removed most evidence that they ever did that on their own platforms, just like it never happened.

The most we got out of that phase was the fact that the Noid is somehow canonically considered a Crash Bandicoot villain now...

That's really great. I'm really glad that happened.

Albert Edelfelt (1854-1905) "The Parisienne (Virginie)" (1883) Oil on canvas Realism

Gustave Courbet

The Sailboat (Seascape)

c. 1869

Clark Art Institute Collection

i do think its kinda funny when i see someone in the year of our lord 2024 talk about vocal synth music like its all gone downhill since like 2010 because like dont get me wrong i love a good niconicodouga-ass 2008 ass vocaloid joint BUT also like. the past couple years have had the most fascinatingly creative and expressive uses of vocal synthesizers ive ever heard in my life DJFSKHJDFS dont write it all off just yet!!

Camille Corot (French, 1796–1875) A Rising Path c. 1845 oil on canvas 17.8 × 28.6 cm

i think i could write a really good essay on the danger days fandom and what it functions as for those who engage (myself included). i think i can explain exactly why certain people who are into certain other things are drawn to it, and why it so often devolves into just Identity Category Soup™ instead of deeper worldbuilding or storytelling. And also why people get something out of that soup.

The story doesn't really exist (and what does kinda sucks) but I think, the way fandom ends up with it, it's ultimately about regaining control and achieving small-scale victories in the midst of a larger, obviously unwinnable conflict. It's escapist fantasy that boils down impossible-scale real world issues (corruption, bigotry, capitalism, rigid social roles) into ones you can directly interact and engage with. A world so small that you can shout over those in power. A world so small that you can just... opt out of it.

Truthfully, IRL there is nowhere you can go to get away from, say, gender roles... but in DD world you can say "fuck that, I'm moving to my alternative society which not only exists, but thrives" and then do it. I do NOT think gerard intended it this way specifically (you can read it as being about lots of things and also he's said as much) but yes of course becoming a killjoy is a perfect allegory for transition.

Bridget Tichenor (French, 1917-1990 – active in Great Britain and Mexico) • Autorretrato (Self-Portrait) • Undated • Private collection