“In nature, light creates the colour. In the picture, colour creates the light.” — Hans Hofmann

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning. ~ Louis L'Amour

“To suffer without complaint is the only lesson we have to learn in this life” ― Vincent Willem van Gogh, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh Art by Vincent van Gogh, The Painter on the Road to Tarascon (1888)

Portland Bill Lighthouse. Steve Read

Echoes Beneath the Lonely Tower By Jeff Stanford, 2026

"Outside it is warm and blue and April." - Sylvia Plath, The Journals of Sylvia Plath Aiart by Kaoru Yamada

'Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.' Cormac McCarthy

Richard MacNeil (British, b. 1958) "Guitarist" n. d. Oil painting.

William Hawkins (American Artist, born 1962)

"We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision." - Khalil Gibran Kaoru Yamada

DANIEL GARBER - 1880-1958

FELIX VALLOTTON - 1922

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!" ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“We wanderers, ever seeking the lonelier way, begin no day where we have ended another day; and no sunrise finds us where sunset left us.” ― Khalil Gibran, The Prophet

VINCENT VAN GOGH “No blue without yellow” Flower Beds in Holland (1883)

William Haskell (American Artist, born 1963) "Night Crossing", 2023. Acrylic on Panel, 16 × 12 inches. Private Collection.

Jack Vettriano " Happy hour "

Bohemian-style hallway featuring a handcrafted mosaic tile floor with a tree of life design

Wild Iris, Above St. Ives. Julian Mason

Lilac Time. Carol Collette

Brilliant Desert Morning. Jed Bowker

Offline is the new luxury Juan Brufal

by Andrew Tozer

The Blue Shirt by Jim Holland

I remember his gaze well. It still crosses my soul Like a trail of fire in the night. I remember his gaze well. The rest... Yes, the rest is just a semblance of life. Fernando Pessoa Yuri Krotov (1964-), Russia

by Mike Hernandez

Offline is the new luxury

" Golden Light " Artist: Ignat Ignatov, Bulgarian-American Oil on canvas

Peter Brook (British, 1927-2009) Early Morning Frost

Willem De Bont (Dutch painter, b. 1953) Still Life with Blue Towel and Two Pears, 2022 Oil on Panel

"Looking into the ocean of love My heart suddenly dove in, calling, “Find me!” - Rumi Art by Elicia Edijanto youtu.be/lrkNRcyvtF4?...

I love my mystery, I love the abstract world I live in, the delicate, profound, vague, obscure, voluptuously, wordless sensations I experience. - Anais Nin

We are utterly, completely alone, and when I have been my most fragile, my most shattered, that has been when I have fully realized how vulnerable I am. - Tennessee Williams Edward Hopper

"Mosaic Grove" by artist Paul Burgess.

There are as many kinds of beauty as there are habitual ways of seeking happiness. (Charles Baudelaire)

Jim Holland (American, b.1955) "Hold That Thought," 2015 Oil on canvas

Deep feelings always mean more than they are capable of saying - Albert Camus Aiart by Kaoru Yamada

Dawn Over a Dutch Landscape. Jeff Stanford

Peter Brown (British painter, b. 1967) The Landing, 2025 Oil on Canvas

Léo Gausson (French, 1860–1944) "The Red Tree House", 1890. Oil on Linen

Aiart by Kaoru Yamada

“If it comes, let it come. If it stays, let it stay. If it goes, let it go.” ― Nicholas Sparks, Two By Two Ruth Veil art

Mike Hall (British, 1937–2025) "Seaview Hotel", 2018. Acrylic on Board

Heather Martin

Aiart by Kaoru Yamada

Sea Cottage Jim Musil

Cressida Campbell (Australia b. 1960) Milton Park (1989) woodblock print on paper

Anna Perlin Blossom on a Blue Sky

Mike Hall

Tommy Lee Jones Photographer: Tim Walker