Post 43 of my favorite works of art

but i was really struck by the illustrations on some notecards in the Museum of Natural History yesterday. Sue Coccia produces some beautiful animal images that incorporate kind of a collage of other images from nature. Very spiritual & ecological.

for introducing me to Michael Parkes.

This is “The Last Lion.”

I find body painting beautiful & fascinating. This is just one example from New Zealand artist Joanne Gair.

Tertia du Toit of South Africa produced the gorgeous images for Juno’s Cape Maiden series.

I bought the Chardonnay solely because i liked the picture:

And i bought the Shiraz because i liked the picture and because i particularly like Shiraz:

You can see more of Tertia du Toit’s work here.

by Ralph Burch.

I particularly liked his “Martini” works.

I like the impressionists, and i don’t think there are any of Monet’s works that i dislike. I chose this one because it is different from your standard mass-produced-calendar-type Monet works. And the curves of the trees remind me of Van Gogh—very dreamy-organic-feminine, if you know what i mean.

by Augusto Sanchez

I’m not one of those folks who go ga-ga over angels, but i really like his multi-media works. Deceptively simple iconography, with meaning beyond your traditional religious angel art.

You can go to his website if you want to see more.

but i wanted to share the paintings of Cathee A. Clausen. She has a unique and fascinating style that really pulls me in. I particularly like “Power Within.”

is more of an experience than an individual piece. Beautiful gardens with an astounding collection of sculptures scattered throughout. Although the sculptures have a variety of themes, there are several representations of Artemis (or Diana, if you’re more Roman than Greek).

that gives me trouble when i want to pick just one work. This is one that i don’t know as well as some of his others, but i love the way he brings together his talent for communicating through his subjects’ body language and, particularly in this painting, the beauty of his landscapes.

This one is called Aquamarine.