HAND OF ORION

“ Achilles lamenting the death of Patroclus “

I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world. - Madeline Miller, The song of Achilles

"To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves." - Federico Garcia Lorca NAME : THE RESISTANCE SIZE : 60X80 DATE : NOVEMBER,2023

Anne Magill, 1962 ~ Never Let Me Go

Gustav Klimt (Austrian, 1862-1918) Love, 1895

The Kiss, Edvard Munch (1897) Another variation of lovers kissing albeit a little darker given Munch’s artistic obsession with mortality. The couple’s faces merge into each other, their bodies becoming almost an abstract form. Munch shows that, in love, they are one–but some interpret this as a loss of individuality or even a depiction of life and death.

Fabian Perez      Marina with Red Light

In the Restaurant, 1907 , Charles Hoffbauer

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The best painting comes out of compulsions and obsessions, out of deep love or hate, out of intellectual or emotional involvement with something that lies outside the painting itself. “domination on shadow self” Size : 60x80 Date : November,2023

CHARLES EDWARD CHAMBERS (American, 1883-1941). Romantic Interlude

"Death is the mother of beauty," said Henry. "And what is beauty?" "Terror." -The Secret History

'Queen of Diamonds' by jack vettriano , the use of his signature darker interiors and lovers lust for each other influenced this painting featured in the Days of Wine and Roses exhibition at Kirkcaldy Galleries in 2010.

Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there She would merengue and do the cha-cha And while she tried to be a star Tony always tended bar Across the crowded floor, they worked from eight til four They were young and they had each other Who could ask for more? Copa, Copacabana His name was Rico He wore a diamond He was escorted to his chair, he saw Lola dancing there And when she finished, he called her over But Rico went a bit to far Tony sailed across the bar And then the punches flew and chairs were smashed in two There was blood and a single gun shot But just who shot who? Copa,cabana Music and passion were always in fashion Her name is Lola, she was a showgirl But that was thirty years ago, when they used to have a show Now it's a disco, but not for Lola Still in dress she used to wear Faded feathers in her hair She sits there so refined, and drinks herself half-blind She lost her youth and she lost her Tony Now she's lost her mind

Jack vettriano 'Drifters' 2001