My posts are a little spotty lately because I've been spending so much time on the new Pictorial Arts Journal that will soon be rollin...

Bertha Lum — Goblin Dance

Can't you just feel the gentle warmth, the fragrant breeze, the peace and tranquility? Meditating on infused images like this can be cu...

A magnificent portrait of a magnificent big cat . . . Jack Murray — The Saturday Evening Post — August 29, 1931

I'm not really fond of circuses as we generally know them, with clowns and acrobats and such. But   THE WIZARDRY, WONDERS & MAGIC o...

Yes boys, even girls have dreams of adventure in faraway places . . . The American Girl — November 1930

Here's another one of those seldom seen preliminary studies by the ever fabulous Mucha from the ever fabulous Art Nouveau period. ...

There is a lovely texture to this landscape image . . . Ludwig Jungnickel — stencil landscape — circa 1905

 The last post showed a late 19th century vision of a young faun. Here is a an early 21st century vision of a mature faun, of course from G...

I'm posting this image of an interesting sculpture if nothing more than because I like typing and saying its name, and interestingly en...

Women, don't let yourself be trapped into a relationship with a pig, no matter how handsome or charming he may be . . . Wilhelm V...

I have a deep thirst. Noyer — Source Brault — 1938

Mike Deodato — Wonder Woman — © DC Comics Thank you Diana, your help would be most welcome!

This boy is having entirely too much fun with his magical horn. after Moritz von Schwind — Des Knaben Wunderhorn — 1879

This is late on the date, but I'm not going to wait a year to post this sweet drawing by Picasso, back when he drew recognizable people...

This pose is a tiny bit like arcadian artist Larry MacDougall might do, but Larry's rendering would be 40 jillion times better. ...

Okay children, now pay attention to your teachers . . .  Frorent — The Graces Teaching — 1883

A (slightly) belated lament for the passing of Ray Harryhausen, seen here stop-motion animating Mighty Joe Young in 1949.

The other night, we watched a new DVD of an old Bond flick, Diamonds are Forever . We could hardly get through it — it being slow-paced, bo...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALL YOU TAURUS PEOPLE! For what it's worth, here is a shot of a portion of my deep sea fish birthday cake. We'd ...