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Project Point Zero We Love Sculptures The Rejected Network Andy’s Bubble Tumblr (3.0; @welovepaintings)http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f014512b445a4a4d3bb54a6506d35b89/tumblr_mo88rcOyvk1qbbmero1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Jacob Van Loon</strong></p> <p><em>Mechanicsville (detail)</em></p> <p>Watercolor and graphite on birch panel</p> <p>34x48”</p> <p>2011</p> <p>“My work carries a strong Design sensibility, focusing on the synthesis of digital and traditional media to complete a visual idea.”</p>http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/52702181626http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/52702181626Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:47:36 +0100artpaintingJacob Van Loon<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/255d4ac66d893f2afcb1e2a92826ce49/tumblr_mmanf56BY31ql40v5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://moderneden.tumblr.com/post/49625726991/its-your-absolute-last-day-to-catch" target="_blank">moderneden</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>It’s your absolute LAST day to catch @</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jwentzart?group_id=0" target="_blank">JohnWentz</a><span> #SPECTRA! We’ll be open til 6pm. </span><span>“Symbiote #7” | SOLD</span> <span>Oil on Canvas © 2013 </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/wentzart?group_id=0" target="_blank">John Wentz</a><span> for SPECTRA</span><span class="text_exposed_show"><br/></span></p> </blockquote>http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/50027200368http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/50027200368Thu, 09 May 2013 20:00:38 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4118178a663633f1e379238ecf188013/tumblr_mma55fnItE1r3wk1zo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/21c46643ce092721755d04f64d73615a/tumblr_mma55fnItE1r3wk1zo2_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3879ce36ac8fd7b3c3a10bd1bdaa08bd/tumblr_mma55fnItE1r3wk1zo7_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c15b67552d09c61124e9203d3e548e73/tumblr_mma55fnItE1r3wk1zo8_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4a70995d50c19b4c7cb5d930876f9035/tumblr_mma55fnItE1r3wk1zo6_r1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fd5adfda78c52b1d1db3bd209135e5ae/tumblr_mma55fnItE1r3wk1zo5_r1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mydarkenedeyes.tumblr.com/post/49627960605/pablos-herrero" target="_blank">mydarkenedeyes</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://lasogaalcielo.blogspot.com.es/search/label/Tinta%20china%20y%20barro%20blanco" target="_blank">Pablos Herrero</a></p> </blockquote>http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/49628852165http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/49628852165Sat, 04 May 2013 23:36:06 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0971ef8502eb4c4eead2e42cac9459ee/tumblr_mlzgdjYnmv1qarjnpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://darksilenceinsuburbia.tumblr.com/post/49268374607/rick-berry-cliff-dweller-2012-oil-on-panel-24" target="_blank">darksilenceinsuburbia</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong><a href="http://rickberrystudio.com/2012/06/07/heartbreakingly-beautiful-neil-gaiman/" target="_blank">Rick Berry</a></strong>. <em>Cliff Dweller, 2012. Oil on panel, 24 x 48.</em></p> </blockquote>http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/49531574357http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/49531574357Fri, 03 May 2013 21:00:28 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7aabd4be4084e2ccdc46365be13ed44f/tumblr_mm3irlIsUL1qgfmj0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://repulsed.tumblr.com/post/49322758399" target="_blank">repulsed</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://bradkunkle.com/" target="_blank">Brad Kunkle</a></p> </blockquote>http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/49458823016http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/49458823016Thu, 02 May 2013 21:51:37 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/941a4b883eee68b31f68a7869d5203fb/tumblr_mm3kof9quV1qbbmero1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Brad Junkle</strong></p> <p>Seer</p> <p>Oil and gold leaf on wood</p> <p>17 x 28 inches</p>http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/49383478475http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/49383478475Wed, 01 May 2013 22:00:28 +0100Brad Junkleartpainting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/57238d1eba06907c5b3d856f8bed4d77/tumblr_mlupe5pYnX1qaagyho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blue-voids.tumblr.com/post/49304034828/francois-henri-galland" target="_blank">blue-voids</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://fhgalland.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">François-Henri Galland</a></p> </blockquote>http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/49322111255http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/49322111255Wed, 01 May 2013 02:21:11 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e1caba7910221685e396a3cc139419c0/tumblr_mlxxg18R2Q1r6w3qso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blue-voids.tumblr.com/post/49053116793/britta-winkels-portrait-2011" target="_blank">blue-voids</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.saatchionline.com/art/Painting-Oil-portrait-yellow-coat/346963/208052/view" target="_blank">Britta Winkels</a> - <em>Portrait, 2011</em></p> </blockquote>http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/49300277269http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/49300277269Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:00:35 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/aeebb2d3a098433594c3c42610922044/tumblr_mm1y9uWpyw1qbbmero1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Scott Listfield</strong></p> <p><em>Lost Highway</em></p> <p>2012</p>http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/49293309428http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/49293309428Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:28:13 +0100Scott Listfieldartpainting<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lld9wskLRY1qkp9zzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://konradwyrebek.tumblr.com/post/5592976467/konrad-wyrebek-bom-iii-2010-oil-on-canvas-75" target="_blank">konradwyrebek</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span><strong>Konrad Wyrebek, BoM III </strong></span><strong><span>2010,</span></strong><strong><span> oil on canvas</span></strong><strong><span>75 x 70 cm  /   29.5 x 27.6 inches</span></strong><span><br/></span></p> <p><span><strong>BoM III </strong></span><strong><span>2010,</span></strong><strong><span> oil on canvas</span></strong><strong><span>75 x 70 cm  /   29.5 x 27.6 inches</span></strong><span><br/></span><span> </span><span>From the “Beauty in Petrol” series, BoM III takes as its starting point a fashion photograph of a model posed as young business man.<br/> A surface glance suggests a male riding high in a society that celebrates youth, beauty and style. But there’s a sadness beneath the Photoshop-bought lifestyle; in the eyes that flirt and ask for approval – that can only experience happiness with the validation of our gaze.<br/> The heaving, vigorously painted deformations take this unease further; tug it into ill twists. There’s a link here to the ectoplasm of Victorian era séance photography; the suggestion that the youth’s spirit has been over-powered; corrupted.</span></p> </blockquote>http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/49216947882http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/49216947882Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:04:05 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lld9p6VpLS1qkp9zzo1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://konradwyrebek.tumblr.com/post/5592822291/konrad-wyrebek-we-are-slaves-to-a-world-that" target="_blank">konradwyrebek</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Konrad Wyrebek ‘We Are Slaves To A World That Doesn Exist’, oil painting 40 x 50 cm</p> <p>” Our ambitions<br/>are the same: what we aim for can quickly become somewhere else.<br/>Paintings such as ‘Young Slaves’ and the sculpture ‘Three Graces’<br/>explore the possibility that the ideals we’re aiming for can enslave<br/>us. Our culture places high value on celebrity, fashion, youth and<br/>beauty. Super-perfect images and messages – celebrating and<br/>advertising these targets – are all around us, and our attempts to<br/>attain at least some of that ‘perfection’, whether through shopping,<br/>sex or body transformation, can trap us in work, debt and limited ways<br/>of thinking.”</p> </blockquote>http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/49202346281http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/49202346281Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:00:13 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lntnnsdlqe1qkp9zzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://konradwyrebek.tumblr.com/post/7234794258/konrad-wyrebek-aggie-oil-painting-32-x-40-cm" target="_blank">konradwyrebek</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Konrad Wyrebek, “Aggie”, oil painting 32 x 40 cm</p> </blockquote>http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/49148036518http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/49148036518Mon, 29 Apr 2013 03:22:58 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/626ad8e1728933e118bc70480d59d25d/tumblr_mkeidiS63r1qarjnpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Levi Hadley. </span></p> <p><span>“Skull Study 2”</span></p> <p><span>2012</span></p> <p><span>Acrylic on canvas</span></p> <p><span>3’x2’</span></p> <p><span><a href="http://studiolevi.tumblr.com" target="_blank">http://studiolevi.tumblr.com</a></span></p>http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/48214145273http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/48214145273Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:00:00 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dbfebe24c314d2f6cd716218045aa78b/tumblr_mlddqg9wwc1s3ik60o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://c0ssette.tumblr.com/post/48151553332/edward-robert-hughes-dream-idyll-a-valkyrie" target="_blank">c0ssette</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span class="st">Edward Robert Hughes, Dream Idyll (A Valkyrie) 1902,detail.</span></p> </blockquote>http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/48204964918http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/48204964918Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:13:32 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7zb50zbRj1r1dpd5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://binnorie.tumblr.com/post/48142849003/augustin-theodule-ribot-st-vincent-of" target="_blank">binnorie</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Augustin Théodule Ribot | </span><em>St. Vincent (of Saragossa)</em><span>, 19th Century.</span></p> </blockquote>http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/48143793221http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/48143793221Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:02:14 +0100<p>Thank you very much! Your blog is lovely :)</p>http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/48043919730http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/48043919730Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:20:16 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbhzpeihjj1r6dqvso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://7while23.tumblr.com/post/33046389938" target="_blank">7while23</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Lia Melia - Songs of Melusina 4 - 2012</p> </blockquote>http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/46782643631http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/46782643631Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:00:25 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc9e3kVzgC1riatdoo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sophistae.tumblr.com/post/34237366064" target="_blank">sophistae</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Sandro Botticelli, <em>Mary With the Child and Singing Angels</em> (detail), 1477</p> </blockquote>http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/46777370613http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/46777370613Sun, 31 Mar 2013 19:54:01 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bd2d49d2c1519004b0f05afd6fb0b080/tumblr_mk3edzBpwG1rv7wcro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blastedheath.tumblr.com/post/46041177777/michael-leonard-british-b-1933-dark-mercury" target="_blank">blastedheath</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Michael Leonard (British, b. 1933), <em>Dark Mercury Bather</em>, 1993. Alkyd-oil on masonite, 83.8 x 77.8 cm. Private collection.</p> </blockquote>http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/46091266132http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/46091266132Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:50:40 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3f5b31ad630c6eac3582b41a84f31eac/tumblr_mjpl79ddd31rbuhr4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tierradentro.tumblr.com/post/45422788781/the-lost-love-auguste-toulmouche" target="_blank">tierradentro</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“The Lost Love”, Auguste Toulmouche.</p> </blockquote>http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/45452742192http://welovepaintings.tumblr.com/post/45452742192Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:24:40 +0000