Aleid commented on Shop, Don’t Drop 

Hi M. Thanks for your comment... and sorry there's no Goya at your local supermarket. Perhaps a bit of Danish art will do instead (pastries are pretty, patterned and pleasing...

mmdb commented on Shop, Don’t Drop 

We, who came in for a singular dose of art today, are thoroughly satisfied! Not only a dose of Spanish art, but a dose of Dutch dancing as well. Who...

Aleid commented on Back to School 

Oh I see what you mean, Peter. Very eye-catching, the hands. I can't say for sure what the positions might indicate, but I do know that after the face, the...

Aleid commented on Taking the Plunge 

Thanks Anna Claire... do you agree with the theory that certain colours can elicit or be connected to certain emotions?

Aleid commented on Fish Tales 

Thanks so much Riley for your thoughtful responses to the fun finny fish by Calder. I so agree with the fact that the scales of the fish might easily have...

Aleid commented on Public Love 

It makes me merry to think that pubs have, through the years, been privy to the most seamy and salacious of human behaviours!

Aleid commented on Taking Stock 

The sheets of paper might be a well-displayed indicator of the artist's ability to mimic reality with sharp detail. On the other hand, do you think that, rather than a...

Aleid commented on Peachy 

Thank you ever so much Sofia! Hope you continue to enjoy and follow the blog!

Aleid commented on Secret Supper 

I so agree about the chair! Hadn't thought of that... but it is indeed angled away from us. And yes, I also think the blanked out faces makes it more...

Aleid commented on Making Monroe 

Thanks E... I also find it fascinating that the "15 minutes of fame" idea began with Warhol...

Sofia Ramos commented on Peachy 

Lovely! Thanks for your wonderful and inspiring work! Sofia Ramos Lisboa Portugal

Maz commented on Public Love 

I love the moody pub scene - the poses of the figures have such expressions that you can immediately sense what they are talking about. But I also love the...

Maz commented on Taking Stock 

I find the 2 blocks of letters on either side of the subject's head odd. It almost disrupts the viewer's eye - we were always taught that pyramids and triangles...

Peter Awad commented on Back to School 

Do you think that there is any reason behind the way the hands are positioned on both, mainly the Prince? It seems a bit unnatural of a position. In the...

Anna Claire W. commented on Taking the Plunge 

What first drew to me to this painting -other than the Oreos- was the use of color. I agree with your observation of a certain dreamlike quality that it possesses....