A Quality of Light, A Pattern Disrupted, A Motion, A Balance, A Contradiction

Still Life With Breath by Laura Orchard - Graphite on paper 10x10

The Bluebird by Frank Cadogan Cowper
The Bridesmaid by John Everett Millais - 1851 - via


Dorothy Lathrop ~ The Little Mermaid ~ 1939 ~ via
She had never seen such magic fires. Great suns whirled round, gorgeous fire-fish hung in the blue air, and all was reflected in the calm and glassy sea.

Gustav Klimt - Woman with a Fan, 1917-1918, oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm, Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria.

Swinging - Olympus OM1n / Zuiko 85mm f2 / Kodak TriX400


Dorothy Lathrop ~ The Little Mermaid ~ 1939 ~ via
The strangest trees and flowers grow there, with leaves and stems so flexible that at the least motion of the water they move just as if they were alive.

Myths and legends of ancient Slavs. Illustrator N. Bukanova, 2007

Book Cover - Virginia Woolf - The Waves