“Rimmington combines beautiful and disturbing elements in this painting, which is an important example of Surrealist art by a female British artist. The work shows the artist’s interest in metamorphosis, featuring stages from a butterfly’s life cycle. The species depicted can all be found in Britain. They are, clockwise from the top right, the Ringlet, Peacock, Wall Brown and Red Admiral butterflies. The exquisitely painted butterflies contrast with the more disquieting imagery of caterpillars emerging from the exposed palm of the hand. The veins inside the hand and wrist have been transformed into curving plant tendrils.”
About Edith Rimmington:
“Rimmington was born in Leicester and joined the British Surrealist Group in 1937. She exhibited regularly with the Surrealists and practiced automatic writing and drawing, with some of her poems appearing in Surrealist publications. Rimmington’s paintings are noted for their delicacy and the precise application of paint.”
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Cath Riley: Flesh series
“The emphasis, and main body of my work, has always been of a three-dimensional nature, but over the last few years, I have given time to develop and explore new skills, particularly the use of pencil on paper to produce some of the pencil drawings which are here on this site.” (more)
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 | Then he made a curious remark one could think about for the rest of the week. It was characteristic of a great deal about Foreman. “Excuse me for not shaking hands with you,” he said in that voice so carefully muted to retain his power, “but you see I’m keeping my hands in my pockets. |
The Fight is Norman Mailer’s account of the historical boxing match that took place on October 30th, 1974 between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali. Learn more about it on Wikipedia.
From the jacket of the first edition:
“The Fight shows off Norman Mailer in the sharpest writing trim of his career. Three champions ― Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, and Norman Mailer ― converge to Zaïre, Africa, for a fifteen-round, heavyweight-title “rumble in the jungle”, and the outcome is fast, funny, and truly explosive: Mailer’s most perceptive writing to date about the sport he knows best and the play of forces, the carnival of personalities, that surrounds him.”
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“I need not explain how these Shadows were suggested, to any one who has seen WILKIE’S picture, “The Rabbit on the Wall.” But by what pains they were invented can never be revealed; for it is known to my tortured digits alone, and they, luckily for me, are dumb. I calculate that I put my ten fingers through hundreds of various exercises before my “Bird” took wing; my left little finger thrills at the memory of “Grandpapa”; and my thumbs gave in no less than twenty times before “Boy” was accomplished. Yet now how easy it is to make the “Duck” to quack, the “Donkey” to bray, “Toby” to wag his tail, and the “Rabbit” to munch his unsubstantial meal.”
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“The Hand And Extremity Center of Naples, Florida seeks to provide the finest medical care available for virtually all afflictions of the hand”
The image was scanned from Leonardo Da Vinci: 1452-1519: The Complete Paintings and Drawings by Frank Zöllner (Taschen).
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Behance Network / Martin Chow, “Gorilla Market”, paper and ink, 2008
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