If you took all the stylistic tropes of the 1980s and refined them down into one glorious fever dream, I think what you'd be left with is something resembling the work of late 20th century French surrealist painter Jean Paul Avisse. There is something about his paintings that speaks to the aesthetic soul of my childhood in much the same way as ( Read more... )

I feel quite certain this young lady has some nefarious purpose in mind...


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Due to budget and space constraints, I haven't been adding much (or anything, really) to my doll collection lately. As a result, I've fallen pretty far out of the loop on new-doll info from the past couple of years. Even so, I will occasionally poke my head into the doll aisle in passing to see what's what, and it was in the course of one such ( Read more... )

Yes, a frivolous fashion post! You can't have imagined I would dispense with them them entirely.

Some of you may recall an entry I posted a few summers ago about some t-shirts I purchased, which included this 'Cosmic Cat' tee from Threadless:


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When this intriguing portrait turned up in my Pintrest feed, it reminded me so much of the work of Victorian photographer and friend to the Pre-Raphaelites Julia Margaret Cameron that I assumed it must be vintage. However, after tracking back endlessly through Tumblr to get some hint at its origin (would it kill people to credit where they found ( Read more... )

One more for today. I always have an eye out for portraits of female artists. The subject is endlessly fascinating to me--who are they, what art they painting, etc. This is an especially nice example that came my way via Pinterest this morning. As far as I can tell the title translates as 'The Watercolourist.' I'm curious to know if she went ( Read more... )

Still freezing. Trying to stay warm by occupying myself with tasks around my apartment, but sometimes there's just no substitute for having the bloody heat on. Hopefully that will happen soonThis painting popped up yesterday when I was looking for that other Prinsep piece. It's funny, I'd never seen this one until quite recently (I believe I ( Read more... )

Another interesting Kindle deal I just happened across. This one isn't quite free, but almost (.99)!

Minoan culture has always fascinated me, so I look forward to reading this:


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This seemed appropriate considering how COMPLETELY BLOODY FREEZING it is in my apartment today. Those icy fingers are definitely making their presence felt, so much so that my icy fingers are clothed in fingerless gloves, else they'd be so cold I'd be unable to type. I'm feeling quite the impoverished bohemian at the moment.


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A tarrosque is a ferocious man-eating lion-dog-dragon-y type monster that the mediaeval French believed was defeated by Mary Magdalene's sister, Saint Martha. Folktales! Always entertaining.


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