Garden of Earthly Delights

[_Morley]

"World #24" by Ruud Van Empel

I love this for so many reasons, Zee. So many.

[_moksha]

This Monet painting makes for a good desktop screen.

[_Droopy]

[_ludwigm]

[#img]http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/8/83630/1803311-morlock1_super.jpg[/img]

Delight, ehm...

[_Droopy]

Just have to come by here now and then and hold up a mirror.

Lest we forget...

[_zeezrom]

"The Beethoven Frieze: The Hostile Powers. Far Wall" by Gustav Klimt

For a larger size...

http://uploads4.wikipaintings.org/image ... r-wall.jpg

"This painting, created for the Vienna Secession exhibition of 1914, was intended to be a celebration of the great composer Ludwig von Beethoven. As it was meant solely for the exhibition, Klimt painted the mural lightly on the walls at the Vienna Secession Building. After the exhibition, the painting was preserved, but it was not again displayed until 1986, where it remains on display today. The mural’s popularity has cemented its fame as portions of it were printed on the Austrian 100 euro coin in 2004. The coin contains less suggestive elements of the painting, including a knight in armor symbolizing strength, a woman holding a wreath of victory symbolizing ambition, and a woman with head held down and clasped hands, symbolizing sympathy. "

[_Quasimodo]

This reminds me of the hike down from Lone Peak, looking down Corner Canyon towards Draper and Riverton in Utah.

You are converting me to a lover of landscapes. I thought I'd never convert!

I've always loved the Impessionists. I have become a lover of California Impressionists, as well.

It's all about light, color and composition. Purple blue lupines, orange yellow poppies and olive green live oaks for contrast. A green sky. How often have you seen a green sky and thought nothing about it? Just that exact moment when the sun is close to setting but has not quite set yet. The yellow light mixes with the blue of the sky.

This one (I think) is looking down a canyon in the Tehachapi mountains towards the Antelope Valley. I used to live there (many years after this painting was made). Those hills exploded with wildflowers and vibrant colors in just the right weather conditions. Not every Spring looks like that.


Someday, when time permits, I think I will try my hand at painting in that style.

Here's a link to a Google image search for California Impressionism:

https://www.google.com/search?num=10&hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1214&bih=542&q=california+impressionism&oq=california+impressionism&gs_l=img.12..0i24j0i10i24j0i24j0i10i24.2564.2564.0.4489.1.1.0.0.0.0.73.73.1.1.0...0.0...1ac.1.sq8pYoZjTyA

[_zeezrom]

[_Blixa]

[_Morley]

Louis playing for his wife. Art, history, love, and music all coming together. Maybe the coolest pic ever. Thanks, Blixa.