1887 series

stills from online national media museum 

colorful studies

via Institute for Figuring "Inventing Kindergarten" 

 objects from the collection of Norman Brosterman

In It

INUIT

Indulge Me

While taking a break from our Thanksgiving Day preparations- I stumbled upon Julie Heffernan's paintings. Her Baroque influenced portraits remind us a bit of John Currin.

We especially love the peasants and animals galore, draped in flowers and pearls for this time of the year.

 Self Portrait as Raising Cain, 2007

Self Portrait as Post Script, 2007

Self Portrait as Great Heap, 2009

Study for Self Portrait in Need of Perpetual Help, 2009

Study for Self Portrait as Flat World, 2009

Study for Self Portrait as Fabulous Droppings V, 2008

Self Portrait with Albatross, 2008

Self Portrait as Sea Monster, 2006

all paintings, Julie Heffernan via Mark Moore Gallery

The Brown Women (of Eastpoint, FL)

not related to us Brown sisters...but we still love family photo albums.

images via State Archives of Florida

sisters

images via Flickr & Florida Photographic Collection

Swimming Stripes

19th century Geisha "swimsuit girls"

Okinawa Soba/Flickr.