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June Stratton, "Rose Blush", oil, plaster, gold leaf on panel. B.1959 Honolulu, Hawaii, now residing in Savannah, Georgia.
#June Stratton#Rose Blush#oil plaster gold leaf on panel#Oil Plaster#gold leaf#oil painting#painting#art#american artist#long hair#sitting#woman#portrait#golden#flowers#pink#gold#roses#bas relief#forest#nature#realism#imaginative realism#figurative art#contemporary art#american art
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Stephanie Rew, “Birds Fly”, oil, egg tempera and 24ct gold leaf. B, 1971, Scottish painter based in Edinburgh, UK.
#stephanie rew#birds fly#oil egg tempera and 24ct gold leaf#oil painting#scottish artist#egg tempera#tempera#24ct gold leaf#gold leaf#woman#portrait#gold#lace#dress#black#golden#birds#fly#flowers#background#realism#imaginative realism#figurative art#contemporary art
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Annie Lennox, “Love Song for a Vampire”. Bram Stoker's Dracula: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Released 1992.
"Love Song for a Vampire" is a song composed and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Annie Lennox. It was recorded as the theme music for the 1992 film adaptation of Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula.
#annie lennox#love song for a vampire#bram stoker's dracula#motion#picture#soundtrack#1992#music#film#cinerma#bso#Scottish#singer#songwriter#francis ford coppola#coppola#dracula
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Arantza Sestayo, “Ophelia”, 2017, oil painting. Arantza Sestayo is a Spanish painter and illustrator, she was born in 1964 in San Sebastián, Spain.
#arantza sestayo#ophelia#2017#oil painting#spanish artist#painting#art#woman#portrait#water#flowers#hamlet#william shakespere#character#romantic#lyric#literature#english literature#narrative art#figurative art#contemporary art
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Stephanie Rew, “Duality”, oil on linen. B, 1971, Scottish painter based in Edinburgh, UK.
#stephanie rew#duality#oil on linen#scottish artist#oil painting#painting#art#women#portrait#gold#golden#flowers#fabrics#doppelganger#siamese#gemini#simbolism#realism#figurative art#contemporary art
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Mark Beck, "The Deniable Truth", 2015, oil on canvas. B.1942, Las Cruces, New Mexico, active/lives in California.
#mark beck#The Deniable Truth#2015#oil on canvas#oil painting#painting#art#american artist#sea#wall#surrealism#red#sofa#green#room#Deniable#truth#room with a view#contemporary art
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Hannah Flowers, “The Lady And The Unicorn”, oil on linen panel, for the last @beautifulbizarremagazine curated exhibition ‘Fable & Folklore’ @coprogallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA. “Flowers b. 1989 in Tasmania, Australia, currently resides in Scotland, UK.“ @hannahflowers_tattoos
#hannah flowers#the lady and the unicorn#oil on linen panel#australian artist#oil painting#painting#art#fable & folklore#exhibition#white hair#lady#unicorn#portrait#fable#folklore#myths#red#flowers#gold#crown#surrealism#figurative art#contemporary art
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Stephanie Rew, “The last note”, oil and 24ct gold leaf on panel. B, 1971, Scottish painter based in Edinburgh, UK.
#stephanie rew#the last note#oil and 24ct gold leaf on panel#scottish artist#oil painting#24ct gold leaf#gold leaf#painting#art#gold#golden#red#dark red#baroque#dress#woman#portrait#back portrait#last#note#realism#figurative art#contemporary art#scottish art
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“Memory is a mirror that scandalously lies”. — Julio Cortázar, "Around the Day in Eighty Worlds"
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Victor Grasso, “The Queen”, 2023, oil on board. B. 1977, Cape May Court House, NJ, EEUU.
#victor grasso#the queen#2023#oil on board#american artist#oil painting#painting#art#sitting#cardboard#throne#wolf#head#mask#woman#portrait#queen#allegorical#simbolism#realism#figurative art#contemporary art#american art
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Kai Carpenter, "Pandora", 2021, oil painting. Artist based in Seattle.
#kai carpenter#pandora#2021#american artist#oil painting#painting#art#nude#woman#portrait#back portrait#box#pandora's box#greek mythology#mithology#mythical creatures#myths#shrinking#lying#emotional#feelings#realism#figurative art#contemporary art
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Ania Tomicka, “Astray”, from “Seed of Memory” exhibition, 2017, oil on canvas. B. 1985 in Łódz, Poland. From @beautifulbizarremagazine
“Seed of Memory is my representation of one of those really rare and precious moments in life that you know you will remember forever. It is just a second but it’s full of melancholy and beauty, even if sometimes it is not in a positive context.”
― Ania Tomicka
#ania tomicka#astray#2017#seed of memory#exhibition#oil on canvas#oil painting#painting#art#polish artist#words#quote#quotes#memory#seed#woman#portrait#no face#dark face#dark#trees#forest#dark aesthetic#imaginative realism#surrealism#figurative art#contemporary art#polish art
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Mary Carroll, "The Bear that Swallows Me" & details, 2020, acrylic. B. 1979 West Virginia. "This painting came along after I received my MCAS diagnosis." - Mary Carroll
#Mary Carroll#The Bear that Swallows Me#2020#details#acrylic painting#acrylic#painting#art#american artist#bear#allegory#dark#forest#fangs#tusks#real#diagnosis#emotions#feelings#pain#narrative art#dark aesthetic#surrealism#imaginative realism#figurative art#contemporary art#american art
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Ania Tomicka, "Empyrean Glow", 2022, oil on canvas. B. 1985 in Łódz, Poland.
#Ania Tomicka#Empyrean Glow#2022#oil on canvas#polish artist#oil painting#painting#art#Empyrean#Glow#nude#woman#black#no face#portrait#sitting#rock#dark#starless#night#landscape#white#light#smoke#ray#dark aesthetic#surrealism#imaginative realism#figurative art#contemporary art
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Ania Tomicka, "Aeterna Nox (Eternal night)", 2022, oil on canvas, B. 1985 in Łódz, Poland.
#Ania Tomicka#Aeterna Nox#Eternal Night#2022#oil on canvas#oil painting#polish artist#painting#art#white#dress#woman#portrait#dark aesthetic#dark#landscape#dark universe#universe#Eternal#night#surrealism#imaginative realism#figurative art#contemporary art#polish art
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Violent Femmes, “Hallowed Ground”, Album “Hallowed Ground”, 1984. Hallowed Ground is the second studio album by Violent Femmes, American folk punk band (Gospel rock country roots music) from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, released on 1984. The album cover art is a photo of a sculpture created by Mary Nohl. Site
#violent femmes#hallowed ground#1984#milwaukee#wisconsin#american band#American folk punk band#folk punk#gospel rock#roots music#music#cover art#mary nohl#sculpture#art
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Aaron Nagel, “Evergreen”, 2020, oil on acm*. Born 1980 in San Francisco, California.
*(ACM) Aluminum Composite Material.
#aaron nagel#evergreen#2020#oil on acm#american artist#oil painting#painting#art#dark#green#sofa#sitting#woman#portrait#window#light and shadow#realism#figurative art#contemporary art#american art
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