Painting Russian Royals in the Eighteenth Century
Tags/ Posted by Stephen PainLet me order my death as I would order a partycontinue reading this poem
Undoubtedly, the court, which delighted in what we call “bling” today, would prefer the portrait by van Loo, who fulfilled everything required of him. He kowtowed to convention in style and beauty, and painted what a princess should look like.
Kafka’s Letter To His Father
Tags/ Posted by Mark KerstetterVan Helsing unfastened the coffin lid, peeled the crucifix from the bone-white brow.continue reading this poem
“You struck nearer home with your aversion to my writing and to everything that, unknown to you, was connected with it. Here I had, in fact, got some distance away from you by my own efforts…….”
Hieronymus Bosch – A Window on God’s Creation
Tags/ Posted by Tony ThomasWhere do we take cover once the dying’s done?continue reading this poem
Bosch eschewed the Italian emphasis on linear perspective and anatomical study in favour of his own version of space impregnated with spiritual or numinous force.
Virg’s World – The Art of Micro-Interventions
Tags/ Posted by Stephen PainLike an old shoe molded to only one foot, I do have a thick hide that’s held up through years of nettling by tongues of other poets.continue reading this poem
A curator at Galerie für Landschaftskunst said that Virg’s art was “bewitching”. Yes, it is, in the manner of Harry Potter or the magic realist texts. These inanimate objects are charmed into something amusing that stop you in the tracks.
