Ellen Louise Lloyd 🌹さんのイラストまとめ

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . .
The man who never reads lives only one.”

~ George R.R. Martin 📚💖

#FolkloreThursday - Belenus was the mighty Gaulish God of light.
"Great and powerful Belenus
You are known by many names.
You are the light over the crops in the fields,
the heat that warms the earth,
the hope that springs eternal,
the bringer of life..." https://t.co/akjEFiJIR3

A set of wonderful paintings from Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, a magnificent play providing hints into the mysterious and beautiful fairy kingdom.

#FolkloreThursday
#InternationalFairyDay
#Midsummer

"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.

~ Lewis Carroll - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

#BookWormSat

Today's art exploration led to Rob Gonsalves who is famous for his ‘magic realism’ paintings. His work is an attempt to represent human beings’ desire to believe in the impossible.

Adding a bit of magic to life gives us reason to smile more often and be happy. 🪄🥰💖

Ancient Greeks believed we all have a predetermined destiny.
The three Moirai, or Fates represented the cycle of life - birth, life, and death. The Moirai appeared within three days of someone's birth to decide their fate. More: https://t.co/GCvG8vYCPj

#FolkloreThursday 🎂

“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.

Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”

~ Roald Dahl 💖

The Mermaid of Zennor by John Reinhard Weguelin was inspired by a Medieval legend of a mermaid who lived at Pendour Cove, near Zennor, Cornwall.
Legend tells a man fell in love with the her, followed her beneath the waves, never to be seen again.

#MermaidMonday
#MedievalMonday

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

~ J. R. R. Tolkien 💖

Today's art acquaintance is Carl Gustav Carus (1789 - 1869). Some of his landscape paintings made a big impression on me...
Had a wonderful time exploring the works of this romantic painter. A new educative and fun art journey. 🥰💖