Bewitching land

Strawberries in Willow Pattern - Denise Heywood , 2024.

British , b. 1945 -

Watercolour , 17 x 17 cm. 7 x. 7 in.

“For love you were made and for love I wear you.”

Inscribed gold, Sapphire Ring ..late 14th century (setting); 10th century? (sapphire). Italy

The ring showcases a large sapphire inscribed in Arabic with the name: “Abd as-Salam ibn Ahmad.” The stone, engraved centuries before the ring was created, was clearly highly prized. Sapphire, which was quarried in Ceylon, Arabia, and Persia, came west through trade. The stone was associated with chastity and purity. A second inscription reads: “For love you were made and for love I wear you.” This work, with its mixture of eastern and western elements, is among one of the rarest in the Griffin Collection.

Image & information source from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wine-Harvest Cup, by François-Désiré Froment-Meurice (1802-55).

Gustav Wertheimer, The Kiss of the Siren.

Mary Herbert (British, 1988) - Gathering (2023)

The Temple of the Goddess Hathor, Egypt. 2300 years old melted stairs

Breakfast Outside - Libby Haines

Australian , b. 1986 -

Oil on canvas , 84.1 x 59.4 cm.

Adam Hall aka Adam Thomas Hall (American, b. 1981, Wheeling, WV, based Franklin, TN, USA) - Leave What’s Heavy Behind, Paintings: Oil on Panel

Ahmed Bennys’s | Filmmaker |  Home in Tunisia

Wayne 小林

Edouard Manet

"Vase of Flowers, Roses and Lilacs," 1882

oil on canvas,

The happy cheese farmer’s table - Lisa Larsson , 2023.

Swedish , b. 1991 -

oil on canvas , 140 x 150 cm.

Strawberry Poptart Sheet Cake

Immortality, 1889 by  Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836–1904)

Soft fantasy bouquet commish

Violets in roman vase still life - Reinout Krajenbrink , 2005.

Dutch , b. 1974 -

Oil on panel , 25 x 35 cm.