Like a Virgin
2012
Description
Oscar Wilde said that only sacred things deserve to be profane, and I would add also the opposite: only the profane worth to be sacred.
Fields
Painting
- Like a Virginthe rebirthOscar Wilde said that only sacred things deserve to be profane. But I would also add the opposite: only the profane deserves to be sacred.
Miss Mantis
Noli me tangere–aka 'Volcano Magdalene'–122x76cm / 48x30"oil on linen canvasavailable @ Artist's Studio, Menorca Island, Spain
Baby Misterio20x20cm / 8x8"collage, oil, gold leaf and Swarovski gems on wood
available @ Fine Grime Gallery, Bath, UK
Love is in the Hair121x76cm / 48x20"oil & copper and gold leaf on cotton canvasprivate collection. Houston, Texas, USA
La Virgen del Puño–Milky Virgin–100x70cm / 39x27,5"charcoal, acrylic, alkyd & egg tempera on linen canvas
private collection, Spain
Snow White71x36cm / 28x14"oil on woodavailable @ Vidrart Gallery, Menorca (Spain)Frame 100x55cm / 39x21,6"Indian woodcarving
Space Virgin165x50cm / 64x19,5"oil on woodavailable @ Vidrart Gallery, Menorca (Spain)
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Now –as always– Venus is still the coolest of the Parnassus, home of the Muses. -
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