Luis Ricardo Falero (Spanish, 1851-1896, b. Granada, Spain, d. London, England) - Witches going to their Sabbath, 1878, Paintings: Oil on Poplar Wood, Private Collection

Inktober Day 15: Dagger

Blue Stallion, Danny Pierce, 1950, Brooklyn Museum: Contemporary Art

Size: Plate: 14 ¾ x 6 15/16 in. (37.5 x 17.7 cm) Sheet: 17 ¼ x 10 in. (43.8 x 25.4 cm) Medium: Engraving on cream-colored wove

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/64833

Contemporary Golgotha, Stane Jagodic, 1999

Lily Seika Jones aka Rivulet Paper (American, b. 1989, San Antonio, TX, USA, based Seattle, WA, USA) - Death Bunny, Paintings: Watercolor

Untitled: The Abortion Pastels (1998), Paula Rego

In 1998, Portuguese artist Paula Rego made the series titled Untitled: The Abortion Pastels in response to a proposed referendum that would legalize abortion in Portugal that was narrowly shot down. Each piece in the series depicts a woman undergoing an unsafe abortion.

Meant to be uncomfortable, the series went against the trends of depicted womanhood in art at the time and previously. Rego brought to light the things that were swept under the rug, exhibiting in capital of the country, Lisbon.

Her work is stated to be imperative to the changing of public opinion in favor of pro-choice legislation.

Zhou Fan (Chinese, b. 1983)

Landscape 00:27, 2005

Acrylic on canvas

我 aka Iimememe aka Mememe aka Mememe II aka Xuan Hu (based London, England) - Flower, Paintings

“From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them, and that’s eternity” – Edvard Munch

Kerry Skarbakka – The Struggle to Right Oneself (2001-2014)   [via]   

by Marina Weishaupt

On this day 85 years ago the last known thylacine, ‘Benjamin’, died of exposure in Beaumaris Zoo, Tasmania. The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) just recently released a restored and colourised version of footage taken of Benjamin at the zoo, it’s amazing to watch, I used it as a reference for painting these two quick little illustrations. Lyrics are from the song ‘Deuteronomy 2:10’ by The Mountain Goats.

Once upon a time in the West, Frances H. Gearhart

Giddy-up, Alex Prager

swan and owl

I hear the voice of the city, feel its breath on my face

Making everything a mystery, Peter Franck

Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski (1849-1915)