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Paris - July 3rd, 2011

Be not inhospitable to strangers, lest they be angels in disguise.

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Mia Middleton (Australian, 1989) - Black Cat (2022)

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Simone Rocha fall/winter 2022

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“The Sphinx and the Poet (after Heinrich Heine)”, 1868, Heinrich Lossow

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THE DEVIL’S INVITATION, 2019

Another throwback, this one from 2019. This piece was made for an art show comprised of pieces inspired by music. I picked Aldous Harding’s “Stop Your Tears”, specifically the lyrics:

The yellow rose is a stranger, The Devil’s invitation in bloom.

I fondly remember painting and glazing, pushing and pulling, all the little lace details on the ruff and cuffs. Makes me want to paint lace again… 

You can read more about the process and everything behind the scenes here.

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“We’re past the age of heroes and hero kings… Most of our lives are basically mundane and dull, and it’s up to the writer to find ways to make them interesting.”

— John Updike

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Democritus in Meditation, Salvator Rosa, ca. 1651.

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𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖙𝖆𝖘𝖙𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝕭𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖉

© Katherine Wranovich.

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Ceiling details in the Morgan Library

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#Vanitas

17th century 

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by Richard Ludwig