#30DaysofWalpurgis Day 13 THE WITCHES MOUNTAIN (1972) Raúl Artigot The dwarfing nature of the Pyrenees combined with wild sound design & Artigot's expert hand at lighting give what could otherwise be a slow, subpar folk horror an air of frighteningly narcotic incomprehensibility.

studies for Spring Bride

salome sketch

Found a cool tin for my big brushes!

Working on this one today

I wrote about the piece on Ágota Kristóf in the new issue of the LRB: sonofabook.blogspot.com/2026/04/agot...

re-working this one

James Hillman

"It's not what, it's who." Jung

Finished this one.

Tarquin and Lucretia by Titian in the Fitzwilliam. It's big and hung quite high. Light bounces off the top half which makes it slightly hard to see the image up there. The foot is at eye height so I've spent more time examining the foot than any other part of the painting. It's an amazing foot.

Caught sight of this one as I left the studio and was surprised by an unbidden 'Oh, I actually like that one' feeling. Aways nice when that happens.

Still tinkering with this one.

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work in progress

reworking this one starting with the water.

Learning in the Walterhouse

"strings" #kleinekunstklasse #abstract #abstractart #minimalistic #expressive #expression #digitaldrawing #abstrakt #abstraktekunst

Painting from a while ago when living on IOM.

‘The whole business of painting is very much to do with forgetting oneself and being able to act instinctively' Frank Auerbach

The main thing is that you don’t have to try, although it takes a few decades of trying before you discover that. M.John Harrison

As you grow older, it dawns on you that you are yourself – that your job is not to force yourself into a style but to do what you want. David Park

"I think what we call painting is basically drawing in various media." Frank Auerbach

"If I end up with just a few lines of dialogue, it no longer panics me. All time spent considering your play is well spent, regardless of outcome. One day you write nothing, the next you write eight pages. It’s not in your hands." David Hare

"Art is a marginal commodity." Raymond Williams

"... painting has lost the weight of its authority; it has become a marginal activity. Is it because it’s no longer any good? Or because we’ve lost the taste or the feeling for it? " Milan Kundera

“Spindly fingers tickle his neck, reminding him of skittering cockroaches. The massive presence latches on his back, flapping a cold draft with its wings.” - @linardos.bsky.social in She Burrows and Invites www.briefecology.com/the-rotting-...

#ImaginaryMuseum Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Finnish painter, April 26, 1865 – March 7, 1931 Spring, c 1900 Oil on canvas, 52.3 x 31.4 in Belvedere Palace, Vienna Visit danieljlieberman.com to enjoy more great art

The thing you fear most, and his wife.

"Not being able to do it is part of being able to do it." Leon kossof

'Don't leave your comfort zone. Make your comfort zone bigger.' Number 13 from Rules of Clowning

"Essentially, I think all the problems of writing are problems of living." Rachel Cusk

Untitled https://www.wikiart.org/en/willem-de-kooning/untitled-8

Czech poster for MOBY DICK (1956) Directed by John Huston Starring Gregory Peck - BOTD in 1916 Poster artist: Jiri Balcar

'And pleasant is the fairy land, But, an eerie tale to tell, Ay at the end of seven years, We pay a tiend to hell' ~'Tam Lin', Scottish Ballad 🎨 'Fairy Land' by Gustave Doré #BookWormSat

'The Magician' is a 1908 novel by Somerset Maugham. It features an occultist named Oliver Haddo (modelled on Aleister Crowley), who seduces a young woman. In the 1926 film adaptation, she experiences a terrifying vision of Pan in Hell. #BookWormSat 📷 Hubert Stowitts as Pan.

"I try to work one sentence at a time and be willing to wait a long time until the next sentence comes. I'm just willing to be very slow, and let the back of the mind come forward." Lynda Barry

"Try to do some BAD work—the worst you can think of and see what happens but mainly relax and let everything go to hell—you are not responsible for the world—you are only responsible for your work—so DO IT." Sol Lewitt in letter to Eva Hesse

'Gradual development and constant revision are more likely than occasional moments of sudden inspiration.' Larry Shiner