With a Palace...

Eugeniusz Zak (1884-1926​) (Polish) - Landscape with a Palace (1921)

Reflecting...
Quiet stream
Tiny bridge for those who walk alone
Wild rocks

A shepherd dreams alone...

A palace
In the distance...
In the far distance...

There's a room...

Franz Sedlacek (1891-1945​) Song in the Twilight (Lied in der Dämmerung) - Oil on canvas - 1931

There's a room in my mind that is
A little Dali and
A little Magritte
Where Gothic cords slip
Like ghostly skaters in
Foreign realities
Where dark wings
Breeze and
Siren colours
Pulse
An invitation to be
Another

There's a room in my mind that is
A little Dali and
A little Magritte
Where Sedlacek dreams are
Welcome

Gauguin Connections?

George Owen Wynne Apperley's Sea Idyll (Tahiti) 1939
In 1945 he was awarded the Order of Alfonso The Wise ('Encomienda de Alfonso X El Sabio') by the Spanish Government - an honour which no other British painter received during his lifetime.
For more details on Apperley see HERE!

Two worlds
A meeting
An overlay
Harmonious discord
Discordant harmonies
A paradox
Uneasy
Romance

Eagle Point

Garry Purcell (Melbourne, Australia) ~ Eagle Point - Lake King (oil)
~

I wandered with you
A long time ago
The weekend was our time
To just be in
 Open grasslands
Wetlands
Wild trees and
Wildflowers
I was just a young child
But you were my guide
My spirit
My father

The Old Tree

Anne Sudworth (UK) ~ The Old Tree
~

Like some old
Rip Van Winkle
Waking in
A lost world


Tangled beard
Locked in the grip of
Bark chains
But leafy long locks
Free to stretch and
Wave and
Dance
In the glow of a
Moonlight
Chandelier

Heights of a King

Denis Mayer (Canada) Heights Ahead
~

There is a kind of
Majestic
Loneliness
If you are
Tall
A leader
A seer
A long ruling
King in a world
Chequered with chains of
Tall
Majestic
Mountains
~

The Oracle of the Pearl

Andrew Gonzalez (1963 - ) - Texas, US - The Oracle of the Pearl (2001)
~

Inner sanctum of a sea gem
Where the whorls of infinity
Create
The impassioned wisdom of a
Mystical
Pearl
Enchantress

Did You Notice?

Mari Ten Kate (1831-1910) ~ Dutch
Even though there appears to be many works by this artist, biographical information seems to be strangely silent.
~

A tiny world ~
Somewhat meaningless
Insignificant
To a passer by ~
But to the little ones
Who live there
It is a happy
Momentous
Everywhere

Did you notice the smiling sunlight?

Apple Tree

Paul Ranson (1861-1908) ~ Apple Tree with Red Fruit
~

Golden worlds of sweet
Blood red
Fruits
Where the clouds rain sunny smiles
On the weathered twists
Of gnarled woods and
Shiny
New leaves

A Winter's Street

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) ~ Danish West Indies, Caribbean + France
~ Street Winter Sunlight and Snow (1872)
~

Skeletal threads of the white season
Tall ribbons of darkness
Low drops of warming colour
Tense canvas of
Breathless
Quivering silence

Book of Books

Book of Books ~ Vladimir Kush (1965-  ) ~ Russia and Hawaii
~

In the mystery of old visions
On pages
Barely connecting in
The whims of the winds
There is still
The sacred butterfly of
Spiritual
Hope

Peril...

John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) ~ In Peril
~

Trapped
By seas
Hurling free
At the old wall.
Terror burns to ice.
Mesmerising moonlight
Pale, gaunt and unromantic
Haunts the upturned graveyard of fear
Hypnotising our cold dark wonder


Trapped by seas hurling free at the old wall.

NOTE: Poetry form - dectina refrain - created by Catherine Mackie, South Africa

When winter's breath...

Chen Baiyi  (1926- ), China
~

When Winter's breath must drown the world in ice
And you are feeling lost in silent space
There is no need to roll the chance of dice
When Winter's breath must drown the world in ice
I am right there to swirl my blanket twice
And fold you in the love of warm embrace
When Winter's breath must drown the world in ice
And you are feeling lost in silent space

Whispers Brueghel?

Zima by Mijo Kovacic (1935 - ) ~ Croatia
~

A little raw reality
Chilled by the routine of a simple winter life


A small corner of humanity
Drifting in a dream of
Warm fantasy

Mirror Portrait

Artist and Pilgrim 2006 by Anatoly Kontsub (Belarus)
~

A kind of haunting


A pilgrim
Yearning to be an artist


An artist
In touch with
His pilgrim spirit

Rose Garden

Paul Klee (Switzerland) 1879-1940 ~ Rose Garden (1920)
~

Glitz, glamour and gloss
In the high season


But in the sunless
Wintry greys
Distant
Stark
Thorny shapes
Sleeping


Ironic
Lifecycle of
An urban rose

Unity in the Dust

Fareeha Ghezal Yousufzai (Afghanistan)
~

A new waiting
Waiting for some leaf
Some green leaf


Rising from our ashes
Writhing in
Dusty sunshine


Some Godot
Rising


May our circle
Be unbroken

Queen Bianca

Albert Edelfelt (1854-1905) - Finland - Queen Bianca (1877)
This is a portrait depicting medieval times.
~

Beyond the costumed ceremonies of
Queen and prince


In a room
Behind dark traditional doors


A moment of joy
And light


Young mother and child

In the eyes...

Paresh Maity (India 1965- )
NEWS: In mid 2010, he completed a huge painting to adorn New Delhi International Airport
~

Gentle face
An innocent palette
Smiling
A little
Waiting for
The carvings of experience to
Etch their footprint


But in the eyes
A secret
Hollow sadness
Resigned to watching
Freedom
Pass by

As it was...

Soft Blue Landscape [1979] by Richard Hamilton (AUS) ~ Collotype and screenprint
~

Cascading
Crumbling
Jumbling
Beauty


Like a gush of Nature


Re-creating

Dancing Elves

Älvalek or Dancing Elves (1866) by August Malmström (1829-1901) ~ Sweden
~

Pale landscapes
Powdered with
Ancient
Sombre
Sleeping light
Sprayed with a
Luminous
Bouquet of
Rushing springs
Etching
A heart-shaped
Fairy ring

Faceless Focus

José Portocarrero Millones, native of Arequipa, Peru ~ 66 in 2006.
Work on display in the Tora Mata gallery, Washington, 2006
~

Intense
Still
Gathering of questions
Lined and
Angled with
Circular
Faceless
Answering
Focus

In the melting feelings of light...

Cliff Warner (UK 1961- ) ~ Dancer 2 ~ acrylic
~

In the melting feelings of light
In the sway and swoon of the moment
Camouflaged
Inner music
Breathes
A dramatic
Telepathic
Monologue
~