#sebastian smee

[leavethemtorot]

more than anything

This is the Hurt/Comfort version, the second one will becoming soon, but both are Canon. They both happen often for him, afterall.

Sammy sat alone in the cabin, double checking inventory counts and crew reports. The words ever so slightly swimming. It was going on 48 hours with no rest in sight for him. Not when Harriet had disappeared again.

She will be back, she always is. Her bloodshot blown out eyes, ever so slightly slurred words, and bruises marking her skin will always confirm to him where she was. As if Diego disappearing at the same time hadn’t already. He always followed her after all.

Until then he’ll pick up the slack. He always did. One day she’ll pay him back.

The door creaked open.

Sammy looked up, blinking spots out of his eyes, before he saw it. The mop of white hair. One of his brothers, shaking, dried tears on his cheeks.

“Silas? What’s wrong?” His voice was soft, a tone reserved only for his brothers.

Silas’s face twisted, hands wringing together before he rushed forward at a nod from Sammy.

His voice was quiet, nearly silent and cracking as the words stumbled out. “I saw her again. Saw it again.”

Sammy’s face fell, sadness creeping into his eyes at the reminder, before opening his arms, waiting for his brother to enter them before squeezing him tight. It was always hard to remember their mother. The bittersweet of the last person who had protected them. It didn’t help that the anniversary was coming up. The twins had it worse, having been what she was defending when she was killed. He hadn’t been there to protect them, had failed at the thing their mother had drilled into him since before they were even born. Even after all these years, his mother still haunted him. Whispers of pride and disgust mixing in his ears.

Silas clinged to him, tears returning to his eyes, a sob breaking free now that he felt safe.

He pulled the younger into his lap, whispering sweet nothings. “It’s okay. You’re not there anymore. I’m here now.”

His younger brother hid his face and shrunk into him, as if trying to disappear from the world.

“Would you like to stay while I finish these reports?” Feeling a nod against his neck, Sammy returned to his work.

He pored over everything, moving quickly yet effectively. His brother is a great motivator for finishing. Checking over the last of his notes, he tucked everything away according to Harriet’s system. She’ll end up “checking over it” later before implementing the necessary changes. It’s what they always did. She’s the captain afterall, the crew can’t know how much Sammy’s pulling the strings. They would mutiny, the blood too tempting for the sharks that walk across their planks.

Satisfied, Sammy stood up, making sure his now sleeping brother was secure in his arms as he walked towards his quarters where Sebastian currently slept. Well, where he assumed he was sleeping, because when he entered the room sleepy eyes blinked open.

“Sammy? Is that- is that you? Where’s Silas?”

“Shh, We are both right here Seb. It’s okay. Go back to sleep, okay?”

Watery eyes stared into his as he set Silas down. A hand reaching out for him.

“Stay. Don’t go. Please. I- I miss you.”

His heart broke a little. He had been so stressed out due to Harriet, he had neglected his brothers. He was no better than his father.

“I’m not leaving. I’ll be right here all night.”

“Promise?”

“Promise.”

Sebastian’s hand retracted as Sammy laid beside his brothers, reaching over Silas to touch the youngest of them all, reassuring them both. Harriet may return at any moment, yet even she would understand that they came first. Family always came first.

[egoschwank]

al things considered — when i post my masterpiece #1170

first posted in facebook march 24, 2023

giovanni bellini -- "st. francis in the desert" (1480)

"giovanni bellini's 'st. francis in the desert' is regarded by many as the most beautiful painting in america. i'm with the many -- although i reserve the right to nominate another painting if asked the same question tomorrow" ... sebastian smee

"be praised, my lord, through all your creatures, especially through my lord brother sun, who brings the day; and you give light through him / praised be you, my lord, through brother wind, and through the air, cloudy and serene, and every kind of weather through which you give sustenance to your creatures" ... st. francis of assisi

"the painting's protagonist -- an oddly stiff harry dean stanton look-alike -- is st. francis, who died in assisi, italy in 1226. two-hundred-and-fifty years later, bellini depicted him in a state of ecstatic transport, his arms open to receive an indefinable radiance that all but overwhelms him" ... sebastian smee

"he who works with his hands is a laborer. he who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. he who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist" ... st. francis of assisi

"she who likes my 'masterpiece' posts is an acquaintance. she who loves my 'masterpiece' posts is a friend. she who reads my 'masterpiece' posts is beloved" ... al janik

[houseofmouselove100]

Here Peter Pan sings the song You Can't Fly in the House of Mouse version and teaches Donald to fly thanks to Tinker Bell's fairy dust

Guests were impressed

Donald was happy and after flying Tinkerbell kissed his cheek

[doyelikehaggis]

Gleescendants

So, I saw @hevanderson ‘s take on a Glee x Descendants crossover, and I couldn’t stop thinking about it until I made my own version (with a few ideas pinched from their post, because some of them were just too good to change, so I’ve marked those ones with stars!)

• Rachel Berry (Daughter of Tinker Bell)

Raised in/on: Auradon (Never Land) / Species: Half-Fairy / Royal Status: None / Abilities: Pixie Dust Flight

• Finn Hudson (Son of Ariel and Eric)

Raised in/on: Auradon (Westerley, Eric’s Castle) / Species: Half Mer-Man / Royal Status: Prince (heir to the throne) / Abilities: Mermaid Physiology, Tourney

• Kurt Hummel (Son of Cruella De Vil)

Raised in/on: Isle of the Lost (Hell Hall) / Species: Human / Royal Status: None / Abilites: Sewing, Tailoring, Fencing, Fashion Design

• Quinn Fabray (Daughter of Anna and Kristoff)

Raised in/on: Auradon (Arendelle) / Species: Human / Royal Status: Princess (heir to the throne) / Abilities: Magic, Cryokinesis, Cheerleading

• Santana Lopez (Adopted daughter of Dr Facilier)

Raised in/on: Isle of the Lost (Dr Facilier’s Voodoo Emporium) / Species: Human / Royal Status: None / Abilities: Voodoo, Sleight of Hand, Fortune Telling, Cheerleading

• Sam Evans (Son of Mr Smee) ⭐️

Raised in/on: Isle of the Lost (“The Lost Revenge ship) / Species: Human / Royal Status: None / Abilities: Sailing, Tourney

• Blaine Anderson (Son of Snow White)

Raised in/on: Auradon (Charmington) / Species: Human / Royal Status: Prince (Second in line to the throne) / Abilities: Zoolingualism, Boxing, Cheerleading

• Brittany Pierce (Daughter of Merlin)

Raised in/on: Auradon (Camelot Heights, Camelot Castle) / Species: Witch / Royal Status: Future advisor to the Monarch of Camelot / Abilities: Magic, Soothsaying, Metamorphosis, Cheerleading

• Tina Cohen-Chang (Daughter of the Mad Hatter)

Raised in/on: Wonderland (Queen of Hearts’ Castle) / Species: Human / Royal Status: None / Abilities: Hat-Making, Fashion Design, Riddles

• Mike Chang (Son of Mulan and Li Shang)

Raised in/on: Auradon (Northen Wei) / Species: Human / Royal Status: None (Supposed to be joining the Imperial Army/become General) / Abilities: Dancing, Martial Arts, Horse Riding, Expert Swordsmanship, Archery

• Artie Abrams (Son of Belle and Adam) ⭐️

Raised in/on: Auradon (Auradon Central, Beast Castle) / Species: Part-Beast / Royal Status: Prince (Heir to the throne) / Abilities: Beast Form

• Mercedes Jones (Daughter of Hercules and Megara) ⭐️

Raised in/on: Auradon (Olympus) / Species: Part God / Royal Status: None / Abilities: Demigod Physiology

• Noah “Puck” Puckerman (Son of Hades)

Raised in/on: Isle of the Lost / Species: Demigod / Royal Status: Prince of the Underworld / Abilities: Pyrokinesis

• Marley Rose (Daughter of Fairy Godmother) ⭐️

Raised in/on: Auradon / Species: Part Fairy / Royal Status: None / Abilities: Magic, Pixie Dust Flight

• Jake Puckerman (Son of Hades)

Raised in/on: Isle of the Lost / Species: Demigod / Royal Status: Prince of the Underworld / Abilities: Pyrokinesis

• Unique Adams (Daughter of the Queen of Hearts)

Raised in/on: Wonderland (Queen of Hearts’ Castle) / Species: Human / Royal Status: Princess (Heir to the throne) / Abilities: Chess

• Kitty Wilde (Daughter of the Cheshire Cat)

Raised in/on: Wonderland / Species: Part Feline / Royal Status: None / Abilities: Feline Physiology, Cheerleading, Invisibility, Teleportation, Manipulation

• Sebastian Smythe (Son of Hans) ⭐️

Raised in/on: Isle of the Lost / Species: Human / Royal Status: Prince / Abilities: Lacrosse, Manipulation

• Sugar Motta (Daughter of Gaston and one of the Bimbettes)

Raised in/on: Isle of the Lost / Species: Human / Royal Status: None

• Dave Karofsky (Son of Madam Mim)

Raised in/on: Isle of the Lost / Species: Warlock / Royal Status: None / Abilities: Dark Magic, Tourney

• Jesse St. James (Son of Hook)

Raised in/on: Isle of the Lost / Species: Human / Royal Status: None / Abilities: Swordsmanship, Swimming

[theladyofshalott1989]

In the words of Captain Hook, "Don't try to stop me this time, Smee. Don't try to stop me this time, Smee. Don't you dare try to stop me this time, Smee... Try to stop me." (The Sebastian/Damien brainrot is too real; too real, I say!)

[comfort-clubhouse]

Disney Comfort Characters (Waves 1-9)

Hades (Hercules)

Jafar (Aladdin)

Iago (Aladdin)

Jack Skellington (Nightmare Before Christmas)

Lilo (Lilo & Stitch)

Mickey Mouse

Minnie Mouse

XR (Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command)

King Candy (Wreck It Ralph)

Angel (Lilo & Stitch)

Faline (Bambi)

Claude Frollo (Hunchback Of Notre Dame)

Snow White (Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs)

Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty)

Stitch (Lilo & Stitch)

Mirabel Madrigal (Encanto)

Pepa Madrigal (Encanto)

NOS-4-A2 (Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command)

Felix (Wreck It Ralph)

Melody (Little Mermaid)

Captain Hook (Peter Pan)

Clarabelle Cow

Figaro (Pinocchio)

Pinocchio

Jack Sparrow (Pirates Of The Caribbean)

Hector Barbossa (Pirates Of The Caribbean)

Davy Jones (Pirates Of The Caribbean)

Hugo, Victor & Laverne (Hunchback Of Notre Dame)

Djali (Hunchback Of Notre Dame)

Gideon (Pinocchio)

Goofy

Daisy Duck

Lumiere (Beauty & The Beast)

Kronk (Emperor's New Groove)

Quasimodo (Hunchback Of Notre Dame)

Geppetto (Pinocchio)

Tigger (Winnie The Pooh)

Oswald The Lucky Rabbit

King (Owl House)

Esmeralda (Hunchback Of Notre Dame)

Genie (Aladdin)

Clopin Trouillefou (Hunchback Of Notre Dame)

Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)

Marinette Dupain-Cheng (Miraculous Ladybug)

Alya (Miraculous Ladybug)

Della Duck (Ducktales)

Eda Clawthorne (Owl House)

Yzma (Emperor's New Groove)

Drakken (Kim Possible)

Antonio Madrigal (Encanto)

Bruno Madrigal (Encanto)

Doofenshmirtz (Phineas & Ferb)

Evil Emperor Zurg (Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command)

Willow (Owl House)

Gabriel Agreste (Miraculous Ladybug)

Bambi

Thumper (Bambi)

Zero (Nightmare Before Christmas)

Oogie Boogie (Nightmare Before Christmas)

Kuzco (Emperor's New Groove)

Tutter (Bear In The Big Blue House)

Ursula (Little Mermaid)

Winnie The Pooh

Piglet (Winnie The Pooh)

Eeyore (Winnie The Pooh)

Kanga (Winnie The Pooh)

Roo (Winnie The Pooh)

Rabbit (Winnie The Pooh)

Nathalie (Miraculous Ladybug)

Archdeacon (Hunchback Of Notre Dame)

Phoebus (Hunchback Of Notre Dame)

Cruella De Vil (101 Dalmatians)

Evil Queen (Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs)

Lucky (101 Dalmatians)

Smee (Peter Pan)

Dr Facilier (Princess & The Frog)

Pluto

Ortensia The Cat

Gus (Cinderella)

Luz Noceda (Owl House)

Manny (Ducktales)

Donald Duck

Shellsea (Fish Hooks)

Lambie (Doc McStuffins)

Scrooge McDuck (Ducktales)

Dewey Duck (Ducktales)

Sebastian (Little Mermaid)

Chip (Beauty & The Beast)

Fifi (Beauty & The Beast)

Honest John (Pinocchio)

Mushu (Mulan)

Jaq (Cinderella)

Oscar Proud (Proud Family)

King Andrias (Amphibia)

Baymax (Big Hero 6)

Swampy (Where's My Water/Swampy's Underground Adventures)

Pleakley (Lilo & Stitch)

Goliath (Gargoyles)

Zooster (Jungle Junction)

Wander (Wander Over Yonder)

Molly McGee (Ghost & Molly McGee)

Otto (Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go)

Antauri (Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go)

Collector (Owl House)

Scratch (Ghost & Molly McGee)

Dumbo

Raine (Owl House)

Circus Of Ooze Crew (Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go)

Anne (Amphibia)

Sprig (Amphibia)

Tilly (Big City Greens)

Cricket (Big City Greens)

Marcy (Amphibia)

Penny Proud (Proud Family)

Suga Mama (Proud Family)

Sasha (Amphibia)

Brandy (Brandy & Mr Whiskers)

Berry (Palace Pets)

Miss Featherbon (Palace Pets: Whisker Haven)

Daisy (Palace Pets)

Dreamy (Palace Pets)

Bill (Big City Greens)

Lena (Ducktales)

Mr Whiskers (Brandy & Mr Whiskers)

Lily (Palace Pets)

Tiana (Princess & The Frog)

Alice (Big City Greens)

[imadisneyfan]

fav characters that being with s from Disney

Sarabi and young simba lion king

Shego kim possible

Scamp lady and the tramp

Stitch lilo and stitch

Spinelli recess

Scar lion king

Sebastian little mermaid

Snow white Snow white and the seven drawfs

Scratch ghost and molly mcgee

Stealbeak darkwing duck

Smee Peter pan

[tiredflowercrown]

The Shattered Hope

Captain: Harriet Hook

First Mate: Samuel ‘Sammy’ Smee

Quartermaster: Murphy 'Big Murph' Dobbs

Master Gunner: Jawdat ‘Jade’ of Agrabah

Medic: Marya Rasputin

Main Cook: Harry Badun

Boatswain: Diego de Vil

Assorted Members: Jace Badun, Sebastian ‘Squeaky’ Smee, Silas ‘Squirmy’ Smee

The Shattered Hope is one of two gangs that run the docks and surrounding territory. Unlike other gangs, The Shattered Hope and The Lost Revenge prefer to settle territory and other disputes between themselves, never bringing in any outside gangs.

The Shattered Hope is the one of the oldest gangs on the Isle and the one with the most active hands in intergang relations, earning it the position of Council Leader.

[mlleclaudine]

Born into slavery, he rose to the top of France’s art world

by Sebastian Smee - The Washington Post, July 12, 2024

Guillaume Lethière’s epic life is the subject of a stunning new exhibition, in the U.S. before it travels to the Louvre.

Guillaume Lethière, “Woman Leaning on a Portfolio,” circa 1799. (Frank E. Graham/Worcester Art Museum/Bridgeman Images)

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — During the most tumultuous period in France’s modern history, Guillaume Lethière was one of its most venerated artists. His story is epic. Charles Dickens or Alexandre Dumas (who delivered a eulogy at Lethière’s funeral) would have struggled to make it sound credible. Pity me, your poor reviewer.

He was the third child (“Le Thière” is French for “the third”) of an enslaved, mixed-race woman and a White plantation owner. Today, his paintings — some of them cinematic in scale — can be found in museums in the United States and Europe, including the Louvre, and also in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Among his smaller works is one of the most tender and beautiful portraits I know.

Don’t feel bad if you’ve never heard of him. But be aware that in Guadeloupe, where he was born in 1760, Lethière has long been celebrated. According to Esther Bell, the curator of an extraordinary new exhibition about Lethière, there is an auto-body repair shop in the coastal town of Sainte-Anne bearing the name “Guillaume Lethière.” Nearby, in the center of a busy rotary in the French neighborhood — previously the site of the plantation whereLethière grew up — is a huge steel sculpture in the shape of an artist’s palette alongside two enormous paintbrushes. Shapes cut out of the steel reveal the face of Lethière as he looked in an 1815 drawing by his pupil, the great neoclassical artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.

This summer, you might see Lethière’s loveliest portrait (scholars think it probably depicts his stepdaughter, Eugénie Servières, herself an accomplished artist) blown up on highway billboards advertising “Guillaume Lethière” at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass., through Oct. 14. The exhibition will travel to the Louvre in November.

Guillaume Lethière, “Lafayette Introducing Louis-Philippe to the People of Paris,” 1830-1831. (Tokyo Fuji Art Museum/Bridgeman Images)

Researched and developed over many years by Bell, the Clark’s deputy director and chief curator, with Olivier Meslay, the museum’s director, and accompanied by a 432-page catalogue, the exhibition tells the story of Lethière’s improbable life.

To understand his significance, it’s not enough just to look at his paintings and drawings — although these are very good and earned him accolades aplenty during his lifetime. You need to consider his own complicated proximity to the world-historical events through which he lived.

Born into slavery (or so it’s assumed, given his parentage and the telling absence of baptismal records), Lethière was brought to France by his father, the French king’s public prosecutor in Guadeloupe, in 1774, when he was 14. He began training as an artist in Rouen. Thanks to his father’s influence, he was already close to serious power by his late teens.

Guillaume Lethière, “Académie,” 1782 (Beaux-Arts de Paris/RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, New York)

But of course, staying close to power is not easy when the personnel keeps changing. Like others of his generation, Lethière had to steer a course through the last days of the Ancien Régime, the French Revolution, the Terror, the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, European conquest, imperial collapse, a brief Bonapartist revival, a restored monarchy, and finally, just before Lethière’s death in 1832, a constitutional monarchy.

What makes him uniquely interesting is that he managed all this while also navigating the shifting implications of his illegitimate, mixed-race origins in Guadeloupe.

Lethière was neither smarmy nor sycophantic, but he knew how to ingratiate himself to others. He “won the esteem and friendship of everyone by his honesty, his politeness, and a frank and loyal character that never wavered,” wrote Francois-Guillaume Ménageot, the director of the French Academy.

Alexandre Clément, after Louis-Léopold Boilly, “Reunion of Artists,” 1804. Guillaume Lethière is shown at center. (Clark Art Institute)

Lethière and his mother, Marie-Françoise Pepeye, were both emancipated by his father, Pierre Guillon. But it was many years before changes to the law allowed Guillon to recognize Lethière as his son. Lethière and his sister were named as Guillon’s heirs around the time Napoleon seized power in 1799.

Even so, years later, Lethière had to defend himself against an embarrassing challenge by a distant cousin, who claimed he was the rightful heir. This was in 1819, when the artist was at the height of his renown. The courts eventually found in Lethière’s favor — but not before humiliating references in the press to the esteemed painter’s “naive and modest genealogy.”

Louis-Léopold Boilly, “Guillaume Lethière and Carle Vernet” circa 1798. (Stéphane Maréchal/Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille/RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, New York)

Moral and political complexities choked almost every aspect of Lethière’s life. There’s no doubt, for instance, that he was an abolitionist. And yet he benefited financially from his father’s plantation, which depended on enslaved labor.

Although Lethière never returned to the Caribbean, he cared deeply about the fate of its people. He supported the revolution in Haiti, which began in 1791, just before the French monarchy was abolished, and welcomed the French government’s decision, in 1794, to end slavery in all its territories.

When, eight years later, Napoleon reinstated slavery in the colonies, brutally suppressing an attempt at resistance in Guadeloupe, Lethière was surely disappointed. But by now he was in with the Bonapartes. He painted portraits of, among others, Napoleon’s Caribbean-born wife, the Empress Joséphine, and hitched his fortunes to Lucien Bonaparte, Napoleon’s brother.

Guillaume Lethière, “Joséphine, Empress of the French,” 1807. (Franck Raux/Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon/RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, New York)

In 1807, Lethière’s friendship with Lucien Bonaparte led directly to his appointment as director of the French Academy in Rome — an immensely prestigious post. There he reinvigorated the academy andoversaw the training of dozens of France’s best artists — among them Ingres, who made a series of stunning drawings of Lethière’s family (included in the show), and a female pupil, Antoinette Cécile Hortense Lescot, who went on to exhibit more than 100 paintings in the Paris Salon.

Ancient Rome was of intense interest not only to France’s revolutionaries, who looked to republican Rome as a model, but also to Napoleon, who of course saw more upside for himself in Rome’s imperial period. Art played a huge role in establishing these lines of pedigree.

Guillaume Lethière, “Brutus Condemning His Sons to Death,” circa 1788. (Clark Art Institute)

The French Revolution had broken out while Lethière was a student at the same academy in Rome. At the time, inspired by his environs, he worked on a major canvas, “Brutus Condemning His Sons to Death.” In a carefully structured, frieze-like composition, he depicted the founder of the Roman republic, Lucius Junius Brutus, looking on stoically as his sons, who had plotted to restore a monarchy, are decapitated.

Lethière returned repeatedly to this subject and to another episode from ancient Rome, “The Death of Virginia.” We can perhaps imagine the painting’s special significance for him when we understand that its subject — a father killing his daughter, at her own request — hinges on the dishonor of being enslaved.

Guillaume Lethière, “The Death of Virginia,” circa 1823-1828. (Rebecca Vera-Martinez/ J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles)

Versions of both paintings enjoyed great success when they were exhibited in Rome and London. But in Paris, tastes were changing, and by the 19th century’s second decade, romanticism was on the rise. Lethière’s neoclassical style began to fall out of favor.

Winning the 1819 inheritance case seems to have inspired Lethière to turn his attention back to the Caribbean, and in 1822 he painted one of his most audacious canvases — an enormous (approximately 11 by 7 feet) painting owned by the Musée du Panthéon National Haitien in Port-au-Prince. It shows two generals, one mixed-race and the other Black, swearing an oath to fight together for the freedom and independence of the people of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti).

Guillaume Lethière, “Oath of the Ancestors,” 1822. (Gérard Blot/Musée du Panthéon National Haïtien, Port-au-Prince)

After a risky and clandestine sea voyage, Lethière’s son personally delivered the painting to Haiti’s President Jean-Pierre Boyer in Port-au-Prince. Two years later, France’s Charles X grudgingly recognized Haiti — but only in return for an indemnity payment that would cripple the young nation for decades.

Unfortunately, the recent civil strife in Haiti has prevented the painting from traveling to the United States. Lethière himself intended the painting for a Haitian audience and, according to Bell, who has tastefully installed a reproduction of it in the exhibition, it “encapsulates Lethière’s fidelity to his place of origin.”

The Clark show immerses us in several decades of political tumult that continue to reverberate today. It has much to say about other French artists and writers with ties to the Caribbean. So it is much more than just a monographic exhibition. For all the stately arrangement of the Clark’s galleries and the superficial stiffness of Lethière’s neoclassical style, the exhibit is like a pinwheeling firecracker, blazing out light, knowledge and cultural energy, and deepening our understanding of a remarkable inheritance.

Guillaume Lethière Through Oct. 14 at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass., and then at the Louvre in Paris from Nov. 13 through Feb. 17. clarkart.edu.

[mybeingthere]

Paintings by Australian artist Emma Walker (b 1969).

Emma Walker’s childhood was spent living between Sydney and south-western NSW as well as traveling around the world with her family. She studied at the National Art School where she completed a diploma of Fine Arts from 1991-93.

 In 2000 she returned to NAS and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. She has also studied in Italy and traveled extensively. Walker is represented by Arthouse Gallery in Sydney.

“Emma Walker is one of Australia’s most convincing and original painters. Her work is as audacious as it is poetic; the one quality leavens the other, so that just as delicate reverie sets in, you’re pulled up by a less immediately seductive note, an act of painterly boldness or some other form of tough, enlivening aesthetic decision… these are intelligent paintings - intelligent in their understanding of ambiguities, of space, and of colour.”Sebastian Smee, Art Critic, Boston Globe

https://emmawalker.com.au/biography

https://www.arthousegallery.com.au/artists/emma_walker/

[leavethemtorot]

Sammy Smee

Legal name: Samuel Elias Smee

Aliases: Sammy Smee, Lil Sammy

Gender: Male

Age: 18

Eye color: Royal Blue

Hair color: Platinum Blonde

Height: 5’3 (160 cm)

Scars/Birthmarks: A nine inch (23 sm) scar spanning across the right eye

Other Distinguishing Features: A eyepatch covering the right eye, Several gold piercings in ears, a sword tattoo on his upper arm

Appearance: Typically found in various layers consisting of shades of blue and white

Birthday: March 18

Known Family: Séamus Smee (Father), Mollie Smee (Mother, deceased) Sebastian Smee (Brother), Silas Smee (Brother)

Notable Traits: Mild Mannered, Intelligent, Reserved, Cautious, Loyal

Associations: Harriet Hook, Big Murph, Harry Hook, CJ Hook, Marya Rasputin

[pmamtraveller]

FOYER DE LA DANSE, 1872 by EDGAR DEGAS

This is one of the most unusual aspects of DEGAS’ work, and it’s here that we get to see one of the most typical and distinctive aspects of his work. Instead of recreating the light and the atmosphere of the scene in question, DEGAS has opted for a dramatic arrangement of space, reminiscent of what his peers were likely to have experienced in the new, modern city.

To do this, he has moved the figures around the canvas rather than concentrating them in one place, with a chair in the middle foreground. Rather than painting the room in a box-like shape for the characters, he paints the room from an angle, indicating multiple points of view.

The author SEBASTIAN SMEE wrote that DEGAS had the idea "that when people were listening to music, their habitual self-consciousness switched off. Their tendency to present themselves, and to respond defensively to their awareness of being watched, was no longer an impediment to truth-telling. They had lost the power to censor themselves. Something more essential, more truthful would emerge, and play across their faces. DEGAS wanted to capture that." Indeed, often in his works music is playing, or else, for example, a woman is bathing and similarly dropping her guard.

[egoschwank]

al things considered — when i post my masterpiece #1165

first posted in facebook march 9, 2023

nick morse -- “untitled” (2023?)

"this is nick’s first major painting since his exhibit in december" ... steve morse

"it’s obvious that his connection to art-making as a discipline is profound, both emotionally and as a way to communicate some of which he’s not able to verbalize. that’s crucial, and testament to the power of image-making as a medium often more powerful than words. i see in his work a vibrant, active mind whose inner world finds outlet in a symphonic array of color and line. thought can be verbal; it can also be more like music, which is what i see here. it’s an expression of liberty" ... murray white

"for many people, there is nothing quite so moving or inspiring as the sight of youthful talent blazing away with total commitment. but in fact, there is something more moving, and in its way, more impressive. it's the sight of creative talent at the other end of life. the painter or performer who has dedicated a whole life to his or her calling; the artist who has stamina, who has gone on creating, who, despite setbacks, has never given up, and keeps on finding more to discover, more to express" ... sebastian smee

"here’s to all ends of life ... long may you paint nick ... long may you paint" ... al janik

[ginnyrules27]

Day 25 of the Next Generation Descendants Choosing Series Color Schemes! 

Today’s color scheme is...Sebastian! 

Sebastian William Smee-Hook is the son and only child of Harriet Hook and Sammy Smee, with assistance from Derek (pirate Derek, not Jacobi). Sebastian is about three years younger than Stephanie and Maurice, and his colors of choice are red and blue! 

[knifxy]

Task Eleven → Intro & Connections

karen beverly

Character Information*

The Basics*

FULL NAME: karen beverly

NICKNAME: knifey

GENDER: female

PRONOUNS: she/her

AGE: thirty-seven

OCCUPATION: tattoo artist, artist & photographer - owner of forkin’ knife tattoo studio

FACECLAIM: jemima kirke

ORIENTATION: straight

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: single

PETS: ‘pet’ rock that she keeps on the front desk of the tattoo studio

The Personality*

+ Inquisitive, Creative, Free Spirited - Impatient, Forgetful, Laid Back

karen has lived more lifetimes than one person should have. her life always revolved around art and photography and while she was considered a protégé in the fields, she was always inquisitive and wanted to absorb as much information as she could. she’s a woman that would ask a million questions. It all stemmed from an accident she had as a teenager. a reckless kid wrapped up in a lifestyle of drugs and booze, and she stupidly got in a car with someone she trusted when she shouldn’t have. not realising the driver was drunk; the car set off on its journey and not long after was involved in a hideous crash. karen barely made it out alive, and was rushed to the hospital. a diagnosis of a serious head injury later, the doctors found out that karen’s memory had gone, and she had to learn everything from scratch. during the time it took for her to heal, karen got clean and sober, and her art was a saving grace for her.

karen still has memory issues and can be forgetful. she relies heavily on lists and post-it notes to keep her on track. for someone that’s forgetful and can’t remember a huge chunk of her life, karen’s extremely laid back and free-spirited. she figures if it was important enough, her brain would remember it. 

deciding she needed a quieter lifestyle, she settled in redwood hollow and opened up forkin’ knife tattoo studio. it brings a steady income and it takes the weight of paying bills off her shoulders while she gets to spend her free time painting and working on her photography. 

does karen wish she had a less turbulent life? sure. but they do say all artists are tortured in one way or another. 

Additional Notes*

an ex drug addict – she was also sober for a long while, but she now feels like she in a place where she can have a few drinks and not get out of control

was dubbed ‘knifey’ for her art & photography work, so she adopted the name - she prefers to be called it and feels it suits her better

nothing but vibesssss

Wanted Connections*

friends

ex’s

neighbours

customers

art appreciating people

lover/crush

besties

people from her past - other addicts, old friends etc

models for her photography

past first love

Wanted Plots / Plot Ideas*

muse - ____ somehow sparks a surge of creativity in knifey and her paintings. 

past life - ______ comes into town and it turns out that they were responsible for the crash that had almost killed knifey all those years ago. she doesn’t remember but slowly starts to regain memories of that night and eventually it clicks, but by then they’re both in too deep

more interaction with fellow toy story characters - @woodwardpride​ @rangerbuzzlightyear @jessiejanepride​ @itsbxrbie​

 Taken Connections*

person from her past - @oliver-smee - both addicts and both have met more than once in their lifetimes. they previously had a fling while they were both in the height of their addictions and while the relationship was good at the time, they both know that they’re no good for each other.

models - @ashley-armbruster @ashley-quinlan @ashleybxulet @itsashleytomassian @penelopedeery @charlxttelabouff

flirtationship - @iceice-best​

Other*

One character from the open tag you would like to see taken / added to the Most Wanted page -  from the most wanted page - the lost boys & from the open tag to be added to the most wanted page - sebastian clarke

One Character you want to see a bio for in relation to this specific character - more neptune sisters

[theladyofshalott1989]

Random Writer Thoughts

It turns out writing a series is really hard. Who would have thunk it? XD

If you don't want to read me whinge, turn back now...

Ok. Don't say I didn't warn you... My problem is not that I have trouble writing the third installment of my series. Thankfully, I'm actually racing through my first draft. The problem is that I want the best for my boys. And the plot is turning out to be much angstier than I originally planned. Side note: Apparently "angstier" is not a word. Whatever, I do what I want.

I'm shooketh. And I can't stop myself. Usually, the Sebastian in my head takes over when he doesn't like me writing something, but he's not stopping me! And I'm all, "STOP ME, SMEE. STOP ME!" (That was a Hook reference, for those not in the know. LMAO.) But he won't stop me. WHY, SEBASTIAN? WHY???? STOP ME.

...Am I okay?????