Ophelia

"Ophelia" by Millais

"Ophelia" Copyright 2004 Amy Crehore ,"Little Pierrot Series"

One of my earlier paintings in my "Little Pierrot" Series is called "Ophelia" and it takes it's cue from Sir John Everett Millais' famous and unforgettable painting of "Ophelia", 1851. Read about the Ophelia character in Hamlet. Surely Hamlet drove her mad with his skitso behavior, although the reason for her death is debated.
Ophelia

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Vintage Circus Posters 1930's

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I always loved old circus posters with lots of half-naked figures tumbling and contorting themselves. Check out the "Famous Nelson Family" on the top poster - they were "Miracles of Action and Infallible Calculations". You can buy or look at many different kinds of wonderful authentic antique posters here:

Charles Michael Gallery

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Vintage Side Show Banners

Here are some choice Vintage Sideshow Banners including a Tattooed Girl with 1037 designs!

Eeka is quite the animal, reminds me of some erotic pop art I've seen.

Everyone loves sideshow banners.

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Carl Hammer Gallery
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Roman Funerary Portraits

Roman Era Funerary Portaits. A whole page full of them. They are fascinating and beautiful. I love the eyes on these.

Thanks to Adam at Drawn! for finding this link:

Tour Egypt

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Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

"In the Tepidarium", 1881

"A Favorite Custom" 1909

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) was a Dutch/English Painter of Victorian Neo-classicism. CLICK TO ENLARGE IMAGES. A Tepidarium is a warm bath in a Roman bath complex, by the way. More images and info:

OCAIW

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Demons in Color

Did you know that "demons" are the creatures that the devil sends to earth to do his dirty work? My earlier post on demons was so popular that I thought I'd look around for more and I found this amazing website:

MONSTROUS

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Amazing Ukulele Exhibit in California

Photos courtesy of Tatiana Sizonenko, Museum of Music Making

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I want to tell you about this fabulous new exhibit that just opened at the Museum of Music Making in Carlsbad, CA (located at 5790 Armada Drive). It's called

The Ukulele and You.

Rick Turner sent me these pictures via Tatiana Sizonenko, curator of the museum. On the far left, top of the bottom picture is a new Rick Turner Ukulele painted by Mary Fleener. Rick Turner, who helped set up the show, invited me to participate, but I was a bit too slow with my "Tickler" . This historic and amazing exhibit will be up until the end of January!

Don't miss it.

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