Mimosa paintings
• "After women, flowers are the most lovely thing God has given the world".
• "Dopo le donne, i fiori sono la cosa più bella che Dio ha dato al mondo".
- Christian Dior
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Mimosa paintings
• "After women, flowers are the most lovely thing God has given the world".
• "Dopo le donne, i fiori sono la cosa più bella che Dio ha dato al mondo".
- Christian Dior
Geoffrey Wynne, 1949 | Watercolor painter
Born in Stoke, on Trent, Staffordshire, British award winning Geoffrey Wynne moved to Spain soon after completing his degree in Fine Art at North Staffordshire University of Fine Art - BA Hons in Fine Art, 1985.
Over the last 30 years this medium has taken him to many places, his aim being to try and capture the essence of what he sees and feels in each location.
In the studio watercolour painting has also taken him on another journey in the sense of an exploration of the medium and its infinite forms of expression.
Geoffrey Wynne, 1949 | Watercolor painter
Born in Stoke, on Trent, Staffordshire, British award winning Geoffrey Wynne moved to Spain soon after completing his degree in Fine Art at North Staffordshire University of Fine Art - BA Hons in Fine Art, 1985.
Over the last 30 years this medium has taken him to many places, his aim being to try and capture the essence of what he sees and feels in each location.
In the studio watercolour painting has also taken him on another journey in the sense of an exploration of the medium and its infinite forms of expression.
History of Poetry
Poetry is one of the oldest forms of human expression, predating literacy and evolving from oral traditions used to preserve history, genealogy and law.
The word "poet" originates from the Greek poiētēs, meaning "maker".
The Echo in the Cave
The first voice wasn't a voice at all, not really.
It was a rhythm.
In the dim coolness of a limestone cave, millennia ago, Elara, a woman of the Clan of the Whispering Winds, beat a steady pulse on a stretched animal skin.
Enheduanna's head - celebrated as the earliest known named Author in world history | Morgan Library / The Penn Museum
History of Poetry
Poetry is one of the oldest forms of human expression, predating literacy and evolving from oral traditions used to preserve history, genealogy and law.
The word "poet" originates from the Greek poiētēs, meaning "maker".
The Echo in the Cave
The first voice wasn't a voice at all, not really.
It was a rhythm.
In the dim coolness of a limestone cave, millennia ago, Elara, a woman of the Clan of the Whispering Winds, beat a steady pulse on a stretched animal skin.
Enheduanna's head - celebrated as the earliest known named Author in world history | Morgan Library / The Penn Museum
John Ruskin: "All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness"
Quotes and paintings by John Ruskin
• "All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness".
• "Tutte le opere grandi e bellissime nascono dall’aver prima guardato, senza indietreggiare, nell'oscurità".
• "We blanch cotton, and strengthen steel, and refine sugar, and shape pottery; but to brighten, to strengthen, to refine, or to form a single living spirit, never enters into our estimate of advantages".
John Ruskin: "All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness"
Quotes and paintings by John Ruskin
• "All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness".
• "Tutte le opere grandi e bellissime nascono dall’aver prima guardato, senza indietreggiare, nell'oscurità".
• "We blanch cotton, and strengthen steel, and refine sugar, and shape pottery; but to brighten, to strengthen, to refine, or to form a single living spirit, never enters into our estimate of advantages".
Conflict and isolation in contemporary urban life | David FeBland, 1949
Self taught artist David FeBland was born in London, England and has received professional degrees from The University of Virginia and The University of Manchester, UK.
A fully self-taught artist, FeBland pursued careers in Landscape Architecture and Communication Design as well as hosting a jazz radio program and bicycling through 44 countries before turning his full-time attention to painting in the mid-1980’s.
Conflict and isolation in contemporary urban life | David FeBland, 1949
Self taught artist David FeBland was born in London, England and has received professional degrees from The University of Virginia and The University of Manchester, UK.
A fully self-taught artist, FeBland pursued careers in Landscape Architecture and Communication Design as well as hosting a jazz radio program and bicycling through 44 countries before turning his full-time attention to painting in the mid-1980’s.
When Christmas was prohibit
A 1931 edition of the Soviet magazine Bezbozhnik, published by the League of Militant Atheists, depicting an Orthodox Christian priest being forbidden to take home a tree for the celebration of Christmastide, which was banned under the Marxist-Leninist doctrine of state atheism.
While Christmas is celebrated globally, throughout history, various nations and regions have banned Christmas celebrations for religious, political, or ideological reasons.
These bans ranged from 17th-century religious reformations to 20th-century state-sponsored atheism.
Even today, in 2025, there are nations that maintain strict bans or significant restrictions on Christmas celebrations.
When Christmas was prohibit
A 1931 edition of the Soviet magazine Bezbozhnik, published by the League of Militant Atheists, depicting an Orthodox Christian priest being forbidden to take home a tree for the celebration of Christmastide, which was banned under the Marxist-Leninist doctrine of state atheism.
While Christmas is celebrated globally, throughout history, various nations and regions have banned Christmas celebrations for religious, political, or ideological reasons.
These bans ranged from 17th-century religious reformations to 20th-century state-sponsored atheism.
Even today, in 2025, there are nations that maintain strict bans or significant restrictions on Christmas celebrations.
Helen Allingham RWS | Victorian era painter
Helen Allingham RWS (née Helen Mary Elizabeth Paterson; 26 September 1848 - 28 September 1926) was an British* watercolour painter and illustrator of the Victorian era.
Biography
Helen Mary Elizabeth Paterson was born at Swadlincote in Derbyshire, the daughter of Alexander Henry Paterson, a medical doctor, and Mary Herford Paterson.
Helen Paterson was the eldest of seven children. The family moved to Altrincham in Cheshire when she was one year old.
In 1862 her father and her 3-year-old sister Isabel died of diphtheria during an epidemic.
The family then moved to Birmingham, where some of Alexander Paterson's family lived.
Helen Allingham RWS | Victorian era painter
Helen Allingham RWS (née Helen Mary Elizabeth Paterson; 26 September 1848 - 28 September 1926) was an British* watercolour painter and illustrator of the Victorian era.
Biography
Helen Mary Elizabeth Paterson was born at Swadlincote in Derbyshire, the daughter of Alexander Henry Paterson, a medical doctor, and Mary Herford Paterson.
Helen Paterson was the eldest of seven children. The family moved to Altrincham in Cheshire when she was one year old.
In 1862 her father and her 3-year-old sister Isabel died of diphtheria during an epidemic.
The family then moved to Birmingham, where some of Alexander Paterson's family lived.
Arthur John Elsley | Genre painter
Arthur John Elsley (20 November 1860 - 19 February 1952) was an English painter of the late Victorian and Edwardian periods, famous for his idyllic genre scenes of playful children and their pets.
He achieved great popularity during his life and much of his work appeared in calendars, magazines and books.
Elsley was born in London, one of six children of John Elsley, coachman and amateur artist, and Emily Freer.
Elsley's father had exhibited at the British Institution Exhibition in 1845 but later in life contracted tuberculosis which forced him into early retirement.
Arthur John Elsley | Genre painter
Arthur John Elsley (20 November 1860 - 19 February 1952) was an English painter of the late Victorian and Edwardian periods, famous for his idyllic genre scenes of playful children and their pets.
He achieved great popularity during his life and much of his work appeared in calendars, magazines and books.
Elsley was born in London, one of six children of John Elsley, coachman and amateur artist, and Emily Freer.
Elsley's father had exhibited at the British Institution Exhibition in 1845 but later in life contracted tuberculosis which forced him into early retirement.
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