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.

Ozzy made a lot of great music with Black Sabbath, but for me, it’s the music he made on his own that I grew up with. He’s released some great albums, but his first two albums are where the magic is for me, especially Diary Of A Madman, the second album he made with Randy Rhoads—a masterpiece.

Hi I’m Dr. Serena Trowbridge and for my final social media takeover post today, I wanted to share about an exciting new role, and the first of its kind- Professor of Pre-Raphaelite Studies- and how inspired I am by the current diversity of research and scholars involved in the field.

Genius.

The brilliant voice left us fifty years ago. Thank you for continuing to share his insights with us, Anne; your dad is missed.

The City steps up to the challenge. #sanfrancisco #bayarea

Today’s song. Pure funk genius.

Passion Flowers for this #TuesdayThought. 🖼️ ‘Passion Flowers’, Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys. 🖼️ ‘Convent Thoughts’, Charles Allston Collins, 1850-51, Ashmolean Museum. 🖼️ ‘The Passion Flower’, Herbert Arnold Olivier.

“A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty.” ― Joan Didion

#TangerineTreats this Saturday, odes to orange. 🖼️ ‘A Revery’, Albert Joseph Moore, c. 1892. 🖼️ ‘Flaming June’, Frederic Leighton, 1895, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 🖼️ Detail from ‘The deceitfullness of Riches’, Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale, 1901.

Pre-Raphaelite depictions of Joan of Arc for her feast day. 🖼️ ‘Joan of Arc’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1882. 🖼️ ‘Joan of Arc’, John Everett Millais, 1865. 🖼️ ‘Joan of Arc’, Annie Swynnerton.

A fantastic new episode in which Dr. Amy Lim guides us through the rich history of how the Briar Rose series was created over decades and how it eventually found its home at Buscot Park. This episode, over a cup of coffee, is the best start to a Sunday morning. ☕ @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social

#ToastingThursday Portraits of Dante Gabriel Rossetti today, to toast his birthday week. 1. 🖼️ This self portrait highlights how young the group of artists were who formed the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood were. Young people who revolutionised Victorian art. …

Fidelity to framing the natural world, with American Pre-Raphaelite artist, Fidelia Bridges (1834-1923) #MondayMood. Bridges worked and exhibited her art in New York for over forty years. As well as embarking on an extended European tour in the 1860s and later, regular visits to the UK.

A blistering, and perhaps the definitive version of Fame from 2001. 🔥

The newest issue of the PRS Revue has arrived and is full of treasures. Two that stood out were the revue of Fanny Eaton’s Story, which I’m currently reading, and Gay Daly's essay about her journey while writing her 1989 book Pre-Raphaelites In Love, which I read all those years ago. #preraphaelites

42 YEARS AGO TODAY on April 30, 1983, "Beat It" by Michael Jackson reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

I’m always excited to see a new issue of the PRS Revue, and I am patiently waiting for this one to arrive so I can find a good cafe patio to read it at.

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