For Bandecoot - re: the Waterhouse print

[Dee Dee Warren]

I went ahead and ordered it before my husband changed his mind, plus it was on sale for 25% and free shipping for limited time so it did not make sense to wait.

But I wanted to show you why I am so jazzed up on how this is going to look in our guest bath....

Here is a pic of the sink and faucet (it is kinda hard to totally make out because it is right in front of the large bathroom mirror)

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[Dee Dee Warren]

for those who don't know the print of which I speak here is a pic

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[bandecoot]

for those who don't know the print of which I speak here is a pic

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Ok I replied.


Sheesh I dont read this board. Too many spoilers.

[Dee Dee Warren]

so what do you think? Cool match?

[NeilUnreal]

Circe Invidiosa

Awesome match, good choice; probably my favorite Waterhouse. The title actually inspired a sculpture I'm working on.

-Neil

[Dee Dee Warren]

I got the piece in. I will post a pic when it is hung in the bathroom. It is beautiful.

[Dee Dee Warren]

Oh BTW bande,I showed it to my co-workers, and they said, "Her face? It's so..... beautiful and terrible." Interesting eh?

[bandecoot]

Oh BTW bande,I showed it to my co-workers, and they said, "Her face? It's so..... beautiful and terrible." Interesting eh?


Thats Circe in a nutshell. "Her Beauty and her Terror" is a line from a later Greek play. There is a reason I love Waterhouse. Its his faces, they change with the light sometimes. When I saw the original at the Gallery here the painting actually changed from when I saw it at 10 am and when I saw it again at 5 pm. During full light she looks more ephemeral and harmless, as the light goes she looks more malevolent.

[Dee Dee Warren]

This of course is an inexpensive reproduction, but I am happy with it. I hope my hubby hangs it soon so I can post a pic. I am now wanting to get some more Waterhouse. We might get another one for the Master Bath. The main rooms are much more obviously Christian-themed. I did not care for the Waterhouse Christian-themed prints.

[bandecoot]

This of course is an inexpensive reproduction, but I am happy with it. I hope my hubby hangs it soon so I can post a pic. I am now wanting to get some more Waterhouse. We might get another one for the Master Bath. The main rooms are much more obviously Christian-themed. I did not care for the Waterhouse Christian-themed prints.


You might also try John Strudwick, a student of Waterhouses and brilliant in his own right. His works use a lot more allegorical elements.

[Dee Dee Warren]

Links?

[technomage]

Too cool! I think those will work well together.

[bandecoot]

Links?
http://www.art.com/asp/display_artist-asp/_/crid--97/John_Strudwick.htm

I have the first one. "Whan apples were golden and songs were sweet, but summer had passed away"

http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid=484891802&c=&search=John+Strudwick&GCID=s15100x008&KEYWORD=%5BJohn+Strudwick%5D


Prints


These are expensive. I mean gobsmackingly expensive.


http://www.masterworksartgallery.com/Strudwick-John-Melhuish/

[Pereynol of Sheer Dread]

I've always liked Waterhouse. Have you looked at any of the earlier preraphaelites? Millais is my favorite---when he's on.

[Dee Dee Warren]

I like

http://www.masterworksartgallery.com/Strudwick-John-Melhuish/Strudwick-John-Melhuish-When-Sorrow-comes-to-Summerday-Roses-bloom-in-Vain.html

[Dee Dee Warren]

Pey give me some links. I love art like that, and I am not shy about what I like and don't like.

[Pereynol of Sheer Dread]

Pey give me some links. I love art like that, and I am not shy about what I like and don't like.

Hey Dee Dee. I'm not much of a link resource, but you might try a general search on the Pre-Raphaelites, Rossetti, Holman-Hunt, Millais, Burne-Jones, Sandys, Morris, and those they influenced....

[bandecoot]

I like

http://www.masterworksartgallery.com/Strudwick-John-Melhuish/Strudwick-John-Melhuish-When-Sorrow-comes-to-Summerday-Roses-bloom-in-Vain.html


Im looking at replacing my Circe Invidiosa with a masterworks repro, but they are truly expensive, but I guess a repro oilpainting is worth the money.

[Dee Dee Warren]

Here are some shots of it in the bathroom hung:

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And with the sink running so

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[Dave G]

:thumb:

[Dee Dee Warren]

when we get the black toilet and redo the tub area it will be very cool - but that is a ways away, at least the tub area is, a black toilet is do-able in the near future

[Dave G]

You'll need a speaker playing metal music...