posted February 18, 2012 03:18 PM            

I love oil and acrylic paintings, and street art and street photography.

Moonfish, I love that space-ish pic. I think that's what you'd get when you combine air with neptune influences.

posted February 18, 2012 03:41 PM            

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Originally posted by freebrainstorms:
I LOVE John William Waterhouse, my favourite is Miranda from the Tempest, then the Lady of Shallot.

I love oil and acrylic paintings, and street art and street photography.

Moonfish, I love that space-ish pic. I think that's what you'd get when you combine air with neptune influences.

I know i've already posted this guy, but I love him. I love anything that's slightly dark and gothic.
http://static2.slamxhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/kris-kuksi-imminent-utopia-6.j pg
http://www.repfineart.com/images/John-William-Waterhouse-Mianda-The-Tempest.jpg

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Thanks

posted February 18, 2012 03:42 PM            

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Originally posted by VenusDiSirius:

Van Gogh here tries to captures bar as a place where one can go insane,come undone or commit crime; with red and green wnats to colour human's passions;and everything is threaded with yellow,sulphur yellow-hell.
He has Pisces Venus/Mars conj,he is such a colorist,u can't appreciate that unless u look at art strictly chronologically,what a schock his work was! Conj with wide Square with Moon,his artistic views r deeply personal,they shaped him,even disturbed him.
Many strong Venuses,among our examples,naturally,but,I don't think this is common in other forms of art.

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posted February 18, 2012 04:13 PM            

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I can't see the second link but the first picture is amazing! Never seen anything like it

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That's weird, the link worked for me when i tested it, opening it up in a new tab. You can also just google image search Miranda by John Willima Wtaerhouse.

posted February 18, 2012 06:03 PM            

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Roerich

Nicholas Roerich was a Russian mystic, painter, philosopher, scientist, writer, traveler, and public figure. A prolific artist, he created thousands of paintings (many of them are exhibited in well-known museums of the world) and about 30 literary works. Roerich was an author and initiator of an international pact for the protection of artistic and academic institutions and historical sites (Roerich’s Pact) and a founder of an international movement for the defence of culture. Roerich earned several nominations for the Nobel Prize

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cintamani

Cintamani is a wish-fulfilling jewel within both Hindu and Buddhist traditions, equivalent to the philosopher's stone in Western alchemy.

posted December 27, 2012 07:17 AM            

a few of my fav painters, and some of their paintings

martina shapiro

michael hussan

posted December 27, 2012 07:34 AM            

dorina costras- i dont think i dislike any of her pieces.i really adore her zodiac series too. here are a few

gemini

pisces

posted December 27, 2012 07:46 AM            

Nikko hurtado- who was also on L.A ink

posted December 27, 2012 08:39 AM            

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:"In Ancient Mythology, the goddess Venus, in order to bring love to Pluto, sent her son Amor also known as Cupid to hit Pluto with one of his arrows. Proserpina was in Sicily, at the Pergusa Lake near Enna, where she was playing with some nymphs and collecting flowers, when Pluto came out from the volcano Etna with four black horses named Orphnaeus, Aethon, Nycteus and Alastor.[4] He abducted her in order to marry her and live with her in the underworld of which he was the ruler.

Her mother Ceres, also known as Demeter, the goddess of agriculture or of the Earth, went looking for her in vain to every corner of the earth, but was not able to find anything but a small belt that was floating upon a little lake (made with the tears of the nymphs). In her desperation Ceres angrily stopped the growth of fruits and vegetables, bestowing a malediction on Sicily. Ceres refused to go back to Mount Olympus and started walking on the Earth, making a desert at every step.

Worried, Jupiter sent Mercury to order Pluto (Jupiter's brother) to free Proserpina. Pluto obeyed, but before letting her go he made her eat three pomegranate seeds, because those who have eaten the food of the dead could not return to the world of the living. This meant that she would have to live three months of each year with him, and stay the rest with her mother. This story was undoubtedly meant to illustrate the changing of the seasons: when Ceres welcomes her daughter back in the spring the earth blossoms, and when Proserpina must be returned to her husband it withers"

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posted March 05, 2013 05:46 AM            

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Originally posted by reclusecrab:
i have been visiting this website from time to time for the past 2 yrs. and never did have the balls to register until now. and i can't believe i never saw this thread. I'm surprised it isn't constantly getting new replies. this thread is easily on my top 10 favs of this site. great paintings!

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posted March 05, 2013 05:47 AM            

Here's another favorite of mine, Dali, Persistence of memory. It has a Capricornian feel...

posted March 05, 2013 05:48 AM            

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Originally posted by VenusDiSirius:
SmilingHeart,how about astro info on the artists?

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