I guess this is growing up

The Duel. Illustration for Eugene Onegin by Lydia Tymoshenko.

Christian Krohg (Norwegian, 1852-1925)

Mother and Child

Silkworms and Night-closing Blossom Ju Chao 1852 Night-closing blossoms open in the evening, The reality doesn’t agree with its name. I asked, “Why?” in the face of the flower But hiding under leaves, it only smiles modestly. The whole world is wrong in conceiving it so, ‘Little Purple’, its other name makes more sense than that. But whatever happens, The flower still smiles. (fragment of the inscription)

Elderbrook - Could

Stanley Cursiter

(Scottish, 1887-1976)

Kimon Loghi - Zâna lacului, 1910-1915

Thoughts and wonders… 

Reapers of the Apocalypse, Ryan Begley

Michinori (2015) Oil on Arches 300g, charcoal, coloured pencil 560x760mm

mayakonakamura

Howard Tangye 2014, “Oscar”, 100 cm x 70 cm, Mixed media on Paper