Author: cparker
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A personal note: I’m still here because…
I am able to be here writing this because, as of yesterday, September 1, 2025, I have had my kidney transplant for 33 years! We were having a Labor Day barbecue with friends, when my wife called me into the house to take a phone call. It was Jefferson Hospital. I had been in to…
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Clark Institute image resource
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown MA was started as a museum to house their extensive art collection, and now includes a library and research center. The museum has recently made over 2,700 images of works from their collection available for download. They’re not exactly “high resolution” but large enough to browse and…
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Eye Candy for Today: Norfolk Landscape by Edward Seago
Norfolk Landscape by Edward Seago, oil on board, roughly 12 x 16 inches (30 x 41 cm). Link is to British art dealer Richard Green. (Click on the image on their site for a larger view.) As of this writing, the painting is for sale, so I don’t know how long this image may remain…
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Alex Alice
Alex Alice is a French bande dessinée (comics) author and artist whose latest work is Castle in the Stars (Amazon affiliate link), a space exploration adventure in the milieu of Victorian times, a la Jules Verne. He has also created a series of illustrations and posters of characters, spaceships, airships and scenes from his stories,…
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Waterhouse’s other Lady of Shalott
‘I am half sick of shadows,’ said The Lady of Shalott, oil on canvas, roughly 40 x 29 inches (100 x 74 cm). Link is to image on Britannica.com. The original is in the Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada. John William Waterhouse, a late 19th century English painter often associated with the Pre-Raphaelites who preceded…