Andrew Atroshenko

 

Born in 1965 in the City of Pokrovsk, Russia, Andrew became part of a gifted child program at the Children’s Art School there, and was later accepted at the St. Petersburg Academy of Art, one of the world’s most prestigious art schools.

 

In 1999 Andrew spent the entire year in the U.S.  He was invited by “Bay Arts,” a New England based group, to take part in their exhibitions and activities.

According to Andrew, “The year in America gave me more as an artist then all eight years of my formal studies.” After seeing Royo and Pino at Art Expo 2000 in New York, he chose the direction his art would take.

 

 

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RL c1919

1917-1920
wool jersey bathing costumes
photograph from my collection

Figure Oil paintings - by Gary benfield

    

Born Birmingham in 1965. He studied at Stourbridge college of Art and later Wrexham college of Art. He became a professional freelance illustrator in 1986 and joined the Artist Partner Group.

 

After leaving the academic world he set up his own studio near London and concentrated on drawing figures. within a few years his work was collected throughout Europe and his reputation firmly established. 

 

Benfield has a natural talent for depicting things as seen. His work is spontaneous and is reflected by his drawn lines and dashes of colour. The figures dissolve in and out of their backgrounds and move across the paper. He paints rapidly and disgards most of his paintings and drawings, keeping only those he feels are perfected in their conception rather than overwork those that he feels are not correct. 

 

  

His pictures represent a discreet world of objects which combine figures, mythology, nature, still life and despite the casual apperance of his compositions, all this imagery is highly organised, after long observation one finds the hidden symmetry of the graphic design. 

 

  

For Benfield the world around him is a continous sequence of contained casuality. Objects and figures intertwine in his mind, they dance, they fuse, the one adopts the colour and life of the other. We are drawn into an intimate world of his imagery, where sensuality and delight in life's form are combined in flight of frolic and fantasy. 

Visit Gary benfield's online Gallery for more Designs and other informations.

While I was out

The girls on the way to the Vatican
Ready for the 3D show in Rome

Santa Maria della Salute Venice

Madonna Rome

the girls on the way to Laurito

Piazza San Marco in the morning

Eliza at Fornillo

Positano at sunset

Bella Isabella

Fornillo

Fete du Tuileries

Nuns Rome

It's Foto Friday! And Variety is the Spice of Life!

Mother and Grandmother, Arlene Washington, is terribly proud of her Beautiful Brown Family and OBG is tickled [Brown] to present her family right here on the OBG blog!

"These are my Brown Girls and their children. What beautiful people. I love them all and am so happy [that] they also have [a] wide variet[y] of friends and acquaintances. We have had huge varieties [of cultures in our family] which makes for...well rounded people. [I]f it keeps up, the world could actually become a more loving and tolerant place! Love your site and am sharing with the children and grands! Thank you, Arlene."

just in case you are looking...Caftan Reprise

charmed, I'm sure. EEE book tour look.

THOMAS WYLDE

"British model-turned-designer Paula Thomas is the creative force behind punk chic label Thomas Wylde, with its signature mix of rebellious prints and luxe fabrics." from Net- A- Porter.com


more about Paula Thomas ? a "random questions" interview by The FASHION INFORMER here


SNAKES, the next big thing? go to Model's Own here, Ulla says.

The One Brown Girl Challenge

The One Brown Girl Challenge: Cook with a spice you've never used before!

Have you been eyeballing a recipe that calls for spices like saffron, cumin, coriander or tumeric? Have you seen unusual spices at the market but weren't sure how to use them? Go outside of your comfort zone by performing a quick Web search for a recipe using a spice you aren't accustomed to and surprise your friends and/or family with a tasty treat from another culture!

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LOOKBOOK

the mystery of the yellow room by gaston leroux

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if you like a mystery a must read is The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux. Leroux wrote The Phantom of the Opera. the Yellow Room, originally published in French Le Mystère de la Chambre Jaune in the 1907 periodical L'illustration.






Detective Joseph Rouletabille makes his first appearance in the Yellow Room- and has an impossible crime to unravel. Leroux holds nothing back -reader is given each detail found by Rouletabille along with floor plans of the crime scene.

read it online here

stairs to the attic

the laboratory

Boldini

Glandier
Professor Stangerson's Chateau

the Park

Mlle Stangerson's Bedroom

Mlle Stangerson's Drawing Room

Great Hall of Glandier

Long Gallery of the Chateau

characters illustrated by Boldini

Joseph Rouletabille 
the young journalist and detective
 

 

Frederic Larsan – distinguished police detective

 

Sinclair-the narrator & friend to Rouletabille

Professor Stangerson 
the scientist, owner of "Chateau du Glandier"

Mathile Stangerson 
daughter of the famous scientist & his assistant 

M.Robert Darzac- Mathile Stangerson's fiance

Jacques the caretaker

happier times
Mlle Stangerson & Darzac

Mlle Stangerson- the victim

the painful interrogation of Mlle Stangerson

the mysterious correspondence of Mlle

The novel finds its continuation in The Perfume of the Lady in Black where a number of the characters familiar from this story reappear.




all exterior and interior views from (here)


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