craig robertson

Remus Grecu (Romanian, b.1976)
"The Dancing Owl," 2025
Oil on linen
94 x 93 cm

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Leonora Carrington, The Lovers, 1987

An example of the surreal, enigmatic, dreamlike art of Gertrude Abercrombie. 'The Queen' depicts a woman with long dark hair, wearing a blue gown with a long train, and a crown. She carries a sceptre/wand. She is standing in a bare room with a dark red floor, her gaze turned towards us. Perched on a ledge behind her is an owl, who holds up the end of the train in its beak.

"Surrealism is meant for me. I am a pretty realistic person but don’t like all I see. So I dream that it is changed. Then I change it to the way I want it."
~Gertrude Abercrombie

🎨 The Queen, 1954
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tasty! (even with styrofoam plates...)

#Art: Alegoría del invierno (1948)
#Artist: #RemediosVaro (b. 1908/d. 1963; #🇪🇸 #🇲🇽)
#ArtMovement: #Surrealism
Medium: Gouache on paper
44 x 44 cm (17.3 x 17.3 in)

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love the pose in the smaller painting on the left.

Never saw this one before, Pepa. thanks!

stunning.

huzzah!

I like the luminous quality the colors get in watercolor, but I have never liked how fragile the painting is if it's large and on paper. Also, I prefer mixing my own colors from raw pigments and gum arabic (and honey). I can load the pigments into the medium for more intensity.

"the bishop is attacked by birds while walking his dog" 24inches x 48inches, watercolor on chalk-gessoed linen,(varnished) 2026
This is the full painting of the charcoal sketch I posted earlier.

Lovely work, Matt. No need to overthink it. charcoal rules.

"the bishop dances with his dog late at night" charcoal

"the bishop ignores the dog standing on the trashcan next to his desk" charcoal study

"the bishop is attacked by birds while walking his dog" charcoal study

A scribbly drawing of abovementioned theme. Coloured pencil-heavy. Blobby white woman with glasses

Self as nun with green metallic heart

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Corvid: Heart made of the moon — Masumi Nagase
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people follow you because your art is inventive and original.

the reason I started playing guitar.

Guitarist John Fahey (born today in 1939 in Washington, DC) has a singular recording legacy – especially his output during the 1960s. His initial three albums are landmarks: Blind Joe Death; The Dance of Death & Other Plantation Favorites; & The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death. Fahey died in 2001

The usual suspects, post Graphic Novel panel. Gary Phillips and I look like we're about to throw down and Dale Berry looks like he's trying very hard not to giggle.

self portrait 2/27/26. charcoal.

Swirls!!!
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Kawanabe Kyōsai, Skeleton Wearing a Top Hat Playing the Shamisen for a Small Dancing Yōkai, 1871-78

"the ghost of Leonora is dancing on the grassy knoll" 48"x58" oil pigment sticks on linen. (neither stretched or varnished yet)
and a *detail*

myself and a list oils, oil stick, pastels, tempera powder, spray paint with piece of blue tape on collaged watercolor paper, ~50"tall

The Antipope (December 1941-March 1942) Max Ernst The Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy

The Antipope (December 1941-March 1942)
Max Ernst
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy

Painting of a clearing surrounded by dense forest in New Zealand with a pool in the foreground. In the centre a moa, a giant ostrich-like bird, is lying dead on it's back with it's feet in the air. Gathered around in mourning are numerous other birds native to New Zealand, including three kākāpo (large green parrots) in the left foreground, three kōtuku (great egrets) stand in the pool, two kiwi, a weka, three pukeko (blue rails) and a pair of huia (black birds with long beaks also now extinct) on the ground, a small flock of tūī (dark irridescent birds with a tuft of white feathers on their chins) fly in from the right, and above a pair of kea are flying and squawking at each other. Also looking on from among the foliage are numerous little human-like figures, the Patupaiarehe, with one in foreground holding an axe and riding on a tuatara. https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artwork/5907/te-tangi-o-te-moa

#WyrdWednesday 'Te tangi o te moa' (Death of a moa) by Trevor Lloyd (1907), depicting the last of the Moa, giant flightless birds which lived in New Zealand until they were hunted to extinction, recently died & surrounded by mourning native birds & patupaiarehe, fairy-like folk from Māori folklore.

"in the Dogtown woods" 9" x 13" pen and ink