Reflections today. We want to reflect that the Pre-Raphaelite Society is an independent charity, it’s volunteer-run, and we don’t have the capacity to answer general PRB questions, or check the sheer volume of direct messages we receive on our social media. Please contact us via our website.

This drawing of poet Benjamin Zephaniah is accompanies a longer reflection on voice, conviction, and why some figures demand to be drawn slowly and with attention. I’ve written more about my portrait and about Benjamin’s work on my blog. salvadorcastio.com/lived-conviction/ #scastio #traditionalart

Verdant visions with Rossetti’s ‘The Salutation of Beatrice’ (1869)’, ‘My Lady Greensleeves’ (1863) and ‘Il Ramoscello’ (The Twig) (1865) for this week’s #WednesdayWonder. For more content and to join our community, become a member of the society by clicking the link in our bio.

Desert Island Discs over coffee is a must on Sunday morning. Thanks for another great episode, @laurenlaverne.bsky.social ☕️

Merry Christmas, friends and followers.

An early Christmas present just landed in our post box! The latest PRS Review, our magazine, full of poetry, essays, book reviews, news on upcoming events and exhibitions and so much more. This winter edition focusses on stories of work and the working class. …

I look forward to reading this, especially Zynub Zaman’s always illuminating editorial. @zzaman.bsky.social @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social

For day nine of our #ArtistAdventCalendar, Marie Spartali Stillman’s ‘The Enchanted Garden’, 1889. Inspired by Boccaccio’s Decameron, despite the distant, snowy scenes, within the walls of Ansaldo’s garden spring is conjured to woo his beloved Dianora.

Overcast mornings call for coffee and Desert Island Discs. Excellent episode @laurenlaverne.bsky.social.

For the fifth day of our #ArtistAdventCalendar, Edward Burne-Jones’ ‘The Summer Snow’, c.1863, @royalacademy.bsky.social. This wood engraving appeared in the May, 1863 issue of the magazine ‘Good Words’ to illustrate a poem called ‘Summer Snow’: …

Opening tomorrow, the new Pre-Raphaelite galleries at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. After extensive renovations, these four galleries, with over sixty artworks on display, are reopening. Are you excited to visit?

Thanks so much to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery for giving us a preview of the new Pre-Raphaelite galleries opening tomorrow! With four galleries there’s lots to see. Which artworks are you excited to see?

For day three of our Artist Advent Calendar, poetry and a picture. William Morris & the beautiful ‘Meeting in Winter’ manuscript, from ‘Book of Verse’, made for Georgiana Burne-Jones, 1870. ❄️ For more content and to join our community, become a member of the society- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/

This summer, my drawings and a 1,200-word essay on my forty-year connection to the Pre-Raphaelites were featured in the Pre-Raphaelite Society’s eminent art journal, the PRS Review For the first time, that essay is now available on my blog. salvadorcastio.com/blog @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social

Sunday mornings must always start with coffee and Desert Island Discs. ☕️ Another excellent episode @laurenlaverne.bsky.social. Cheers.

Another excellent episode, @laurenlaverne.bsky.social. 👏🏼👏🏼

Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

@laurenlaverne.bsky.social Desert Island Discs over a cup of coffee is a Sunday morning staple. Cheers for an excellent and engaging show. ☕️👏🏼

Happy Guy Fawkes/Bonfire Night with Edward Burne-Jones and Evelyn De Morgan paintings of ‘Hero’ and her torch of light. In the Greek myth of Hero and Leander, Hero, a priestess, uses a torch from her tower to guide her lover Leander as he swims across the Hellespont strait to meet her in secret.

My picture Mystery is an amalgamation of sources of inspiration, including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Kate Bush, and Jane Morris. My latest blog post details my process step by step. salvadorcastio.com/revolution-of-mystery @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social #scastio #traditionalartist #preraphaelite

A brilliant mind gone too soon.

An overcast Sunday morning with a cup of coffee, my sketchbook, and Desert Island Discs. Life is good. Cheers, @laurenlaverne.bsky.social, you interview the most fascinating people. #sundayvibes #desertislanddiscs #coffee #sketchbook

These new galleries look fabulous.

November Lecture Alert: ‘The Beauty of the Earth: the Art of May and William Morris’ Given by @suzannefagence.bsky.social 13:00, Saturday 22nd November The Birmingham and Midland Institute. Follow the link to our website in our bio, and click the events page to book.

Happy Diwali! To celebrate the Hindu, Jain and Sikh festival of light; depictions of stars twinkling in the night sky. 1. 🖼️ ‘Night’, Edward Robert Hughes. 2. 🖼️ Study for “The Hours” mural, Edwin Austin Abbey, 1897. 3. 🖼️ ‘Dantis Amor’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1860, @tate.bsky.social.

Thinking of Morris and his challenge to us in his lecture on 'Art & the Beauty of the Earth', delivered #otd 1881. He declared 'I believe machines can do everything-except make works of art'. Find out more at our exhibition, opening Winchester 15 Nov : www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...

There’s nothing better on a Sunday morning than listening to an episode of Desert Island Discs over a cup of coffee. Another great episode, @laurenlaverne.bsky.social #sundayvibe #desertislanddiscs #coffee #BBC

I hope someone writes a blog post, creates a Substack, or, even better, records a podcast episode about this event and the ideas that emerged from it.

Just a reminder of the conference tomorrow ‘Why does Pre-Raphaelitism matter now? Contemporary interventions in art and literature’. Date and Location: starting at 9am, Sat 20 Sept 2025, Birmingham and Midland Institute, UK. For all the details: www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...

Defiance is going against expectations and doing what matters to you. This is Fanny Eaton, a woman of color who posed for the Pre-Raphaelites in Victorian England and was almost overlooked by art history. The link to my full blog post is in the comments. @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social #scastio #art

Four decades. How I came to be featured in an eminent Art Journal. Read my full blog post on my story: salvadorcastio.com/beautiful-re... @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social @zzaman.bsky.social @alexxr97.bsky.social @suzannefagence.bsky.social @preraphaelicious.bsky.social @veryverso.bsky.social #art

Cloaked in cascading bronze chiffon, the Summer Issue of the PRS Review/PRSUS Newsletter is out now! Crammed with essays that’ll whisk you away to 13thC Florence and marvels closer to home, astonishing art, poetry, architecture, book & exhibition reviews, opinion pieces and more! 💎

#SwiftieSunday- a trio of posts of Taylor album covers and our Pre-Raphaelite pairings. Taylor Swift’s first track on ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ is ‘Fate of Ophelia,’ and with this cover we can see the Millais and Pre-Raphaelite references clearly. 🖼️ ‘Ophelia’, John Everett Millais, 1851-52, Tate.

The past week has been a whirlwind. Amid all the excitement, I've written a new blog post sharing my thoughts on the week's events and what is to come. Mystery. 2025. Pen and ink. salvadorcastio.com/back-on-the-... @zzaman.bsky.social @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social #draughtsman #prerapharlite #art

It's been an Amazing week. After months of patiently waiting, I can finally reveal that I am the subject of a five-page article, In An Artist's Studio, in the new issue of the Pre-Raphaelite Society's PRS Review. My sincere thanks to @zzaman.bsky.social and @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social. #art

A thing of beauty.

Where beauty stands against the times. salvadorcastio.com/blog/ @alexxr97.bsky.social @zzaman.bsky.social @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social @ruthmillington.bsky.social @veryverso.bsky.social @serena-t.bsky.social #artist #art #draughtsman #pre-raphaelite #penandink #drawing #artistsofbluesky

Read my three-part blog series on my decades-long journey with the Pre-Raphaelites. salvadorcastio.com/blog/ @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social @veryverso.bsky.social @zzaman.bsky.social @serena-t.bsky.social @alexxr97.bsky.social @ruthmillington.bsky.social #scastio #art #pre-raphaelites #penandink

#FelineFriday today for #InternationalCatDay. 1. 🖼️ ‘The Awakening Conscience’, William Holman Hunt, 1853, @tate.bsky.social 2. 🖼️ ‘Old Woman by the Fire’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1846, Wightwick Manor & Gardens. 3. 🖼️ ‘The Love Potion’, Evelyn De Morgan, 1903, @demorganfoundation.bsky.social.

I drew La Maja Soñadora six months after Entre Sombras and feel that it continues refine the Pre-Raphaelite aesthetic I’ve embraced. The last part of my three-part blog series on the Pre-Raphaelites is available. Read it here: salvadorcastio.com/vision-and-b... @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social #art

@deldelp.bsky.social, thank you for the reshare. That's very kind of you. ¡Gracias! 🙏🏼

I drew Entre Sombras three years ago. It's my first picture where I embraced the Pre-Raphaelite aesthetic that has enthralled me for decades. Read my new series on my 40-year journey with the Pre-Raphaelites. Parts 1 and 2 are available now; part 3 is coming soon. salvadorcastio.com/vision-and-b...

The writer’s role is to menace the public’s conscience. He must have a position, a point of view. He must see the arts as a vehicle of social criticism and he must focus on the issues of his time. -Rod Serling

Visiting William Morris (or one of his houses, anyway) serenatrowbridge.substack.com/p/face-to-fa... #WilliamMorris @williammorrissocuk.bsky.social

Part 2 of my series on my 40-year journey with the Pre-Raphaelites: how I returned to the aesthetic that has enthralled me for four decades. salvadorcastio.com/vision-and-b... @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social @alexxr97.bsky.social @serena-t.bsky.social #draughtsman #picture-maker #pre-raphaelite #art

Forever an inspiration.

Part 2 of my series on my four-decade journey with the Pre-Raphaelites. Read about how I came back to them and how that changed everything. @zzaman.bsky.social @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social #fineart #draughtsman #picture-maker #pre-raphaelites #blogpost

My portrait of Carmen Aguado, Duchess of Montmorency, was a turning point; it helped me transition to a more authentic aesthetic. 2021. Pen and ink on paper. 9” X 12”. @zzaman.bsky.social @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social @veryverso.bsky.social @ruthmillington.bsky.social #fineart #draughtsman #art

My new series: Vision and Beauty. A 40-year journey with the Pre-Raphaelites in 3 parts. @zzaman.bsky.social @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social

This is going to be fantastic; I can’t wait.