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Nabokov believed, at this point, that the readers of his best works didn’t live in Russia, but also that they weren’t native English speakers. They were émigrés.

The Man Behind the Masks: On Nabokov’s Forewords (via millionsmillions)

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This is the first piece of work from a series of work that was intended for an exhibition.  Due to circumstances beyond my control I won't be showing in the exhibition. So, instead, I will be showing each piece throughout the week through my website and social media. Starting with this piece here on Facebook.

This series of work is about personal experiences, memories and impressions of post colonial places. In my experience these postcolonial parts of the global south are wildly coloured, richly layered, diverse, vibrant landscapes and cultures, and this is the energy that I seek to re/connect with somehow. This collection of works is the first stage of a larger collection of paintings.

This first painting is called 'Ayah and Pikinini'. Size 40x50cm.Available through www.strongsoutherly.com/shop

As a child in PNG we had a house girl. I remember her as this vibrant dark skinned nurturing woman. I don’t remember her face, her name or anything about her other than the energy she gave off. In the 70’s local women who worked as nannies, maids or cooks for white expats in PNG were called housegirl. It’s an offensive legacy of colonialism that I hope doesn’t hang on till today. Ayah is a word still associated with colonialism, but has portugese roots in the word aia for governess. Whilst it may have other connotations in India, for me it represents a warmer more personal connection to our house girl, who is forgotten to me other than the warmth and the energy around her. Pikinnini means small child in pidgin English.

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(via View: Ode to Grannies Garden #2 | Artfinder)

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Gurrumul and Paul Kelly - Amazing Grace from Resolution Media on Vimeo.

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(via exPress-o)

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Simplicity of broad brush strokes

Raymond Fung（Chinese, b.1952）

Blue Rhythm   2011  Ink and color on paper  Set of Four  140 x 35 cm x 4   via

left  china in China No.1   2011  ink and color on paper  180 x 48 cm  via

right  china in China No. 13  2011  ink and color on paper  180 x 48 cm   via

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Sean Ahlquist

Projects from the three-week intensive design studio at California College of the Arts, organized by Mauricio Soto and taught with Sean Ahlquist, from University of Michigan, and Julian Lienhard, of the engineering firm str.ucture. The students developed integrated bending-active and tensile structures utilizing knitted textiles developed by Ahlquist. Sponsorship for the studio was provided by SOFiSTiK.

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Fort Cochin, Kerala,

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There is something quite beautiful about this shot. 

The Rev. Rhinedorp, Vicar of Pimlico, Steps Out, 1954. Thurston Hopkins. Silver gelatin print

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Love this light

Lydia Cassatt

To Soar Away Vast Space Horizon 4 A Warm Slant of Light

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Tahitian convicts in the jungle!

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New drawings by spazmogizmo/strongsoutherly

Tahitian Convict Series @www.strongsoutherly.com

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Saturday Chores #8, Saturday, July 26, 2014.

The early birds.

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Cane Wagons, Cane Road, Tweed Valley

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Old Pomegranates, Margaret Olley Studio, Margaret Olley Centre