The Five Senses - 1700 Jean Mariette (French printmaker; French 1660-1742)

1700 Jean Mariette (French printmaker; French 1660 - 1742) The Five Senses - Hear

1700 Jean Mariette (French printmaker; French 1660 - 1742) The Five Senses - Sight

1700 Jean Mariette (French printmaker; French 1660 - 1742) The Five Senses - Smell

1700 Jean Mariette (French printmaker; French 1660 - 1742) The Five Senses - Taste

1700 Jean Mariette (French printmaker; French 1660 - 1742) The Five Senses - Touch

The Five Senses - George Glover- fl 1625-1635

 1630 George Glover-fl 1625-1635 The Five Senses - Hear

 1630 George Glover- fl 1625-1635 The Five Senses - Sight

 1630 George Glover- fl 1625-1635 The Five Senses - Smell

 1630 George Glover- fl 1625-1635 The Five Senses - Touch

1630 George Glover-fl 1625-1635 The Five Senses - Taste

The Five Senses - 1600 Johan Bara (Dutch and English printmaker 1581-1634)

1600 Johan Bara (Dutch and English printmaker 1581 - 1634) The Five Senses - Feel

1600 Johan Bara (Dutch and English printmaker 1581 - 1634) The Five Senses - Hear

1600 Johan Bara (Dutch and English printmaker 1581 - 1634) The Five Senses - Sight

1600 Johan Bara (Dutch and English printmaker 1581 - 1634) The Five Senses - Smell

1600 Johan Bara (Dutch and English printmaker 1581 - 1634) The Five Senses - Taste

And a few cats by Suzanne Valadon 1865-1938

Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938) Two Cats

Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938) Study of a cat in 1918

Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938) Bouquet and a Cat 1919

Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938) and Louison Raminou, 1920

Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938) sitting on a cloth Raminou 1920

Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938) Miss Lily Walton with Raminou 1922

Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938) and Raminou pitcher with skin tones in 1932

Inadvertently Sharing the Harvest - 1600s Food for hungry dogs, cats, monkeys, squirrels, & a random parrot

Adriaen van Utrecht (Flemish Baroque Era Painter, 1599-1652) Still Life with Dog and Monkey (and parott) 1644

Unknown Dutch artist, The Cat's Meal. 1625-50

Frans Snyders (Dutch artist, 1579-1657) Monkeys Stealing Fruit

Adriaen van Utrecht (Flemish Baroque Era Painter, 1599-1652) Still Life with Dog and Cat (and squirrel)

Frans Snyders (Dutch artist, 1579-1657) Still Life with Lobster, Poultry, & Fruit (and cat!)

Giuseppe Recco (Italian, Neapolitan, 1634–1695) Cat Stealing Fish

Balthasar van der Ast (Dutch Baroque painter, 1593-94–1657) Still Life with Macaws 1622

Our Swans & Stanley Spencer 1891-1959

Stanley Spencer (English artist, 1891-1959) Swan Upping at Cookham c 1915-19


Nearly daily for the past 10 years, we have driven by a farm pond which was home to a pair of beautiful white swans & their offspring.  Last summer, the swans disappeared, and the farm house, barn, & all outbuildings were razed.  Now no swans, no offspring this year as we drive by.  Heartbreaking.  Here are a few of Spencer's more spiritual swans...

Stanley Spencer (English artist, 1891-1959) Separating Fighting Swans c 1933

Cats by Pablo Picasso (Spanish artist, 1881–1973)

Pablo Picasso (Spanish artist, 1881–1973) Woman with Cat 1900

Pablo Picasso (Spanish artist, 1881–1973) Cat catching a bird 1939

Pablo Picasso (Spanish artist, 1881–1973) Cat eating a bird 1939

Pablo Picasso (Spanish artist, 1881–1973) Still life with cat and lobster 1962

Pablo Picasso (Spanish artist, 1881–1973) Reclining female nude playing with cat 1964

Pablo Picasso (Spanish artist, 1881–1973) Jacqueline sitting with her cat 1964

Cats by Franz Marc (German artist, 1880-1916)

Franz Marc (German artist, 1880-1916)

Franz Marc (German artist, 1880-1916) Cats 1910

Franz Marc (German artist, 1880-1916) Nude with Cat 1910

Franz Marc (German artist, 1880-1916) Two Cats Blue and Yellow 1912

Franz Marc (German artist, 1880-1916) Girl with Cat 1912

Franz Marc (German artist, 1880-1916) Three Cats 1913

1800s Mischievous Cats

Horatio Henry Couldery (English artist, 1832–1893) Game for Dinner

Guillaume Fouace (French artist, 1827-1895) Still Life with Cat

Horatio Henry Couldery (English artist, 1832–1893) The Catch

Horatio Henry Couldery (English artist, 1832–1893) Monopoly

Horatio Henry Couldery (English artist, 1832–1893) A Fiver in the Kitty

Horatio Henry Couldery (English artist, 1832–1893) Cats at the Fishbowl

Horatio Henry Couldery (English artist, 1832–1893) The Fishing Party