The Window of Soul linked to me so I went and had a look and found she had this great video:
Also, I see another fellow blogger into the skull themes and has designed this great skull, to see more please visit his blog: Track 6 Designs
Beryl Cook dies age 81
This lady is one of the famous painters of England and she did this in my hometown of Plymouth. Don’t her painting look a lot like Fernando Botero’s?
CHARLES HOPKINSON
Beryl Cook: ‘I expected to paint like Stanley Spencer. It was a great disappointment to me when I realised that I didn’t’
Beryl Cook, who has died aged [...]
The Art of Spain
I watched this programme with pure enthusiasm, it was so inspiring. Not only did the presenter give you a fascinating insight into the art of Spain but also the filming was beautiful, the filtering used made the whole programme seem so warm and made you just feel like being there with him and touching [...]
Skull Art
Jafabrit is at it again, she has come up with some wonderful paintings of skulls, click the skull below to see more on her blog.
It reminds me a bit of the Damien Hirst skull which sold for $100m.
You never know maybe someone will pay that much for Jafabrit’s, I much prefer hers though it is so [...]
Frida Kalho
Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954) was a Mexican painter who depicted the indigenous culture of her country in a style combining Realism, Symbolism and Surrealism. An active communist, she was married to Mexican muralist and cubist painter Diego Rivera. She was known for her self-portraits, often expressing her physical pain and [...]
My Website
If you would like to view more of my work please go to: James Presley
My Gallery
This is a gallery of some of the paintings I have created past and present. Do feel free to leave comments and I will reply as soon as I can.
Thanks
The Scarab and The Godesses
127cm x 102cm
Toot and kar moon
61cm x 76cm
Cat on a Hot Tin Canvas
102cm x 81cm
Elefánt és Napocska
60cm x 60cm
Eye of the Storm
60cm [...]
Jackson Pollock
Biography
Jackson Pollock: January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956
Jackson Pollock was the first American abstract painter to be taken seriously in Europe.
Born to Stella McClure and LeRoy McCoy Pollock, Jackson Pollock was the fifth and youngest son. He was originally from Cody, Wyoming, but was raised in Arizona
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Jackson was attending Manual Arts High School in [...]
National Gallery drops Renaissance painting, splitting it in two
Oops! That wasn’t too clever was it.
By Martin Bailey
The Art Newspaper can reveal that a 500-year-old panel painting by Domenico Beccafumi of Marcia was broken in half, in one of the most serious handling accidents known to have occurred in a UK museum in living memory. This happened during deinstallation of the “Renaissance Siena” exhibition, [...]
