To This I'm Strangely Drawn

With pencil,

And paper,

Chalk,

Or charcoal,

Like vintage photos,

But,

By hand and mind,

Made known.


Top: "Standing Man Leaning on a Column" by Dennis Cheaney
Mid: "Male Life Drawing" by Jeffrey R. Watts
Bot: "Repose" by Joshua Langstaff

Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin

More of his beautifully simplistic work can be found here.

Lusting Beauty on the Inside

"Introspection" by Frank L. Somma

Lusting Misty Nostalgia of Boyhood

A look at boyhood fun by Charles E. Wilson.

Lusting Beauty of Man in Motion

Agile,

Determined,

Intense,

Competitive,

Toned and fit,

Man in Motion,

Seeking Victory.

Lusting Art of the Zodiac Signs

"Leo, from the Signs of the Zodiac" Jacob Jordaens (1593 - 1678)


"Cancer, from the Signs of the Zodiac" Jacob Jordaens



"Aquarius, from the Signs of the Zodiac" Jacob Jordaens

Balance__Paige Bradley

Paige Bradley's sculpture "Balance" captured a moment in time.















See more of her work here .

Lusting Art of Emotive Language

Ulysses and the Sirens__Christopher Pugliese

For more of his work please visit Pugliese Studios .

Lusting Contemporary Classical Realism

I am in awe, fiercely extraordinary,
MONOLITH by artist Michael Chelic.
See more and read about his art here.

Lusting Unshakable Confidence

Out of failed politics, beautiful reminders often survive.

Other views of this sculpture located at Italy's Foro Mussolini can be found here and here .

Lusting for a Day at the Beach

Benito Rebolledo Correa _Boys at the Beach

Bronzed and pale,
Strew like driftwood,
Littering sand,
Seagulls gliding,
The scent of Coppertone,
Watery thunder mixing laughter and roar.

More of his work here.

Lusting Visions of Eden Mythos

Fruta Prohibida by talented artist Joan Sasgar.
More of her interpretational paintings can be found here

From When Stars Fall by Rita Foster

She draws,

What's seen with out,

Then,

Adds with in,

With chalk or pen,

And thus,

Her art is born.



More of Rita Foster's drawings can be found here.

Lusting Rose Colored Glasses

Three Spartan Boys 1812

Idealized life of the ancients seen in a painting by C.W Eckersberg.

Lusting Beautiful Bodyscapes

Like

rippling

water

etched

amongst

sandy

dunes

beyond

Face Made of Hands___by Patrick Arrasmith

Hands,
Wrists,
Forearms borne,
Gentle grip,
Or clenching hard,
Fingered lips a mouth surround,
All to form a face made of hands.

More of Mr. Arrasmith's thought provoking illustrations can be found here.

Lusting Art of Rockwell Kent

Bather

Fair wind

Skilled in simplicity, of form and message, master of black-and-white wood engravings, the art of Rockwell Kent.

Out of Order___ by Grzegorz Szczerbaciuk

Headless,
Catlike creature,
But human born,
Shaped supple muscle,
Ligature,
Bone.

Nude,
Not naked,
Uniquely complete,
Completely unadorned.

See more of Deviant artist Vidi here.

Lusting Torso

Ancient torso,
Adonis lined,
Twisting muscular,
Or smooth refined.

Alfred Courmes

Elle n’a pas besoin de se coiffer du casque pour éteindre son incendie ou la découverte archéologiqueIt_1966
(Has not need to styling of the helmet to turn off the fire or the archaeological discovery)
"...It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key..." Winston Churchill

More of his work here.

Steven Kenney

The Wreath_2005
To see more of his earth friendly art click here.

York Lethbridge _ Untitled

York Lethbridge_Untitled (Drape)


York Lethbridge_Untitled (Bodies)
You can find more by York Lethbridge at Flickr.

Ragazzi sull'Arno

Four youths in the group,
Each sees the other through different eyes,
Each hearing a varied verse,mesmerised by the poetry of the nude.

Ragazzi sull'Arno by Elisabeth Chaplin (1930 - 1932)

Seaside Innocence

Joaquin Sorolla Bastida 1889


Joaquin Sorolla Bastida 1910

Sleeping With Ghosts__Markus Bollingmo

Like a scholar seeking meaning in paintings authored long ago,
The truth be told, we may never know.
Such a mystery lies within this present day piece by experimental photographer Markus Bollingmo.

More of his photos can be found here.

Inspirational 2 ___ Sculptural Results

Beyond Prometheus

One famous work, the gilded statue of Prometheus bringing fire to mankind, located at New York's Rockefeller Center, can sometimes halt, rather than stimulate, our craving to see more an artist's work. Thus today's entry, also by Paul Howard Manship,
The Four Elements___Earth,Fire,Water, and Wind__1914__ is presented.

Lusting a Bacchanal

The Youth of Zeus 1905


Odysseus Fights with Irus 1903

Raucous, spirited, celebration without shame or guilt.
Two energetic paintings by Lovis Corinth.

Broken Shield ___ by Giacomo Ceccarelli

Gleaming masculine torso, lustrous smoothness,
Thou art so sensuously displayed.
Beckoning my hand to touch each rise and fall,
At once knowing that each stroke will supply,
Increasing beauty, once invisible to mind's eye.

More of Mr.Ceccarelli's artistry can be found here.

Lusting Relief___Art Deco Medals

A swan, a lady, a precise mix of metal and artistic genius, equals "Deco-zigned" perfection.

Leda and the Swan by Andre Devrillier _1929, shown left, is quite wonderful indeed.

See more of these fine Art Deco medals here
and other types also at Art Medal.

Le Sacre Du Printemps__by Paul Mellander

Like a Vision from an ancient time,
A figure balanced upon a column marble,
Below rites of spring practiced are.

He speaks,

"All hear me! Rejoice and make merry.
Arise Narcissus, return Demeter from Hades' realm,
And Let Stravinsky's music fill my ears".


More of Mr. Mellander's very classy classical style work can be seen here and here.

Helpless _____by Poivre

Helpless:

A human condition no one wishes for himself or anyone else, captured by experimental photographer Poivre to see, and to experience.

Visit Poive here for more of her innovative photographic artistry.

Snowballs ___ by Sauco Max

Click the mouse, a visual feast appears,
A beautiful princess in the comfort of a snowman,
Replete with a garnish of carrots and coals,
Questions posed, some answered, some left to linger, to tease my mind.

More tantalizing mystery prepared by Sauco Max awaits here and
here.

Untitled h ___ by DuncanL

Poised like amphibious commandos
with naked muscles tensed,
two cropped male figures
scale a stone obstacle to view what lies beyond.

A captivating composition indeed by photographer DuncanL. See more of his work

here.

Rael IX ___ by Marcus J Ranum

Through his lens, photographer Marcus J Ranum was able to suspend time
and capture the blush of a rose called Rael IX.

See more of his camera artistry here.