I am a confirmed and certifiable nutbar with a penchant for skulls, bones, blood, guts, fire and anything slightly peculiar and mostly bizarre. I also...
You've just sent me down various rabbit holes reading about still life paintings - called nature morte in French - meaning dead nature, and their rich symbolism. This kind of still life with the skulls and commentary on death are vanitas paintings and there are examples from the Egyptians and Romans on. So there you go, tapping into a rich tradition of nature morte and vanitas.
@bankmann Of course you can object! This is an open forum after all. I still won't listen though ;)) @tonygig Thank you very much :) @salza Thank you kindly - I had a moment of inspiration. Brief... @Dawn Thanks very much :) @hrs Thank you very much :) @haskar Thank you so much :) @yaorenliu No you don't have to skip dinner ;) @30pics4jackiesdiamond I haven't managed to find the feather duster yet... @brigette I have now...they're rather special :) @helenhall Thank you kindly :) @shannejw I'm so sorry - I knew about vanitas but nature morte was a knew one for me. I have learned something today and it's your fault, so no we're even ;) @rjb71 It turns out that they're not that reliable... ;) @fbailey I just felt it needed some garlic. As for the cobwebs, it's a constant problem here as well ;))
@taffy Most definitely ;) @365karly1 She's very understanding...she stands beside me in everything, behind me on some things and most definitely in front of me on occasion ;) @koalagardens Thank you kindly :)
There’s no ‘life’ here…
Oh, wait, I forgot about the spiders...
@tonygig Thank you very much :)
@salza Thank you kindly - I had a moment of inspiration. Brief...
@Dawn Thanks very much :)
@hrs Thank you very much :)
@haskar Thank you so much :)
@yaorenliu No you don't have to skip dinner ;)
@30pics4jackiesdiamond I haven't managed to find the feather duster yet...
@brigette I have now...they're rather special :)
@helenhall Thank you kindly :)
@shannejw I'm so sorry - I knew about vanitas but nature morte was a knew one for me. I have learned something today and it's your fault, so no we're even ;)
@rjb71 It turns out that they're not that reliable... ;)
@fbailey I just felt it needed some garlic. As for the cobwebs, it's a constant problem here as well ;))
@365karly1 She's very understanding...she stands beside me in everything, behind me on some things and most definitely in front of me on occasion ;)
@koalagardens Thank you kindly :)
@jgpittenger I agree!