Woman in Lavender

Barbara Perrine Chu

Woman in Lavender

Anna Gillespie

Anna Gillespie bark and mixed media

Sculptor, Anna Gillespie

British sculptor, Anna Gillespie--bronze

Anna Gillespie

British sculptor, Anna Gillespie via Carex

British sculptor, Anna Gillespie

Anna Gillespie ink jet print

British figurative sculptor, Anna Gillespie, based in Bath, England--studied stone masonry as well as with Nigel Konstam, a master carver in Italy--

Jane Wilson--Land, Sea, and Sky

Jane Wilson via 27 East

Jane Wilson via D C Moore Gallery

Jane Wilson via D C Moore Gallery

Jane Wilson via D C Moore Gallery

Jane Wilson--Land, Sea, Sky via tfaoi

Jane Wilson via artnet

Jane Wilson via artnet

Jane Wilson via artnet

Jane Wilson via artnet

Jane Wilson 2004 via A Long Time Alone

America landscape painter Jane Wilson grew up on a farm in Iowa. "Solitude is Midwestern. It's not lonliness. It's solitude, and it's valuable." 

Lady in Blue Dress

Barbara Perrine Chu

Lady in Blue Dress

Roberto Burle Marx

Brazilian Landscape designer and artist, Roberto Burle Marx via tumblr

Roberto Burle Marx via Carex

Sitio--the Burle Marx home and gardens outside Rio via Casa Sugar

Sitio--the Burl Marx home, garden, and lab for his designs via Casa Sugar

Sitio--the home and gardens of Roberto Burle Marx--now a museum-via Casa Sugar

Sitio--the home and gardens of Burl Marx outside Rio--via Casa Sugar

Sitio--the home and gardens of Roberto Burle Marx

Sitio--the home and gardens of Roberto Burle Marx

Sitio--the home of Roberto Burle Marx

Sitio--the home of Roberto Burle Marx outside Rio

Sitio, the loveingly restored 16th century home, chapel, and gardens outside Rio (now a museum) of Roberto Burle Marx (1909 - 1994)--the father of tropical landscape design.

Woman in Red Sweater

Barbara Perrine Chu

Woman in Red Sweater

Philip Taaffe

Philip Taaffe via Stylemag-online

Philip Taaffe via Stylemag-online

Philip Taaffe via Aka Pearl of a Girl

Philip Taaffe via Aka Pearl of a Girl

Philip Taaffe via Max Hetzler

Philip Taaffe via Peter Blum Gallery

Philip Taaffe via Gagosian Gallery

A few pieces by New York painter, Philip Taaffe--I love the way he uses decorative elements--

Ryan Pickart

Ryan Pickart via tumblr

Ryan Pickart

Ryan Pickart

Ryan Pickart

Indiana-based  painter, Ryan Pickart--and his distinctive portraits--

Lady with Tulips

Barbara Perrine Chu

Lady with Tulips

Craigie Aitchison

Craigie Aitchison and one of his Bedlington Terriers--via Tom Steohenson

Craigie Aitchison via Amazon.com

Craigie Aitchison via A Thousand Miles a Day

Craigie Aitchenson--via Portland Gallery

Craigie Aitchison via Resurgence

Craigie Aitchison via Royal Academy

Craigie Aitchison via Art Space Gallery

Craigie Aitchison

Scottish painter Craigie Aitchison (1926 - 2009) known for his vivid colors, his spare, almost childlike  landscapes, and his powerful Crucifixions. His work has an innocence but also a sense of quiet tragedy--