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Erika Toliusis (b.1969) - Pacific Angel. 2022. Oil with palette knife on canvas.

Frederick Judd Waugh (1861-1940) Sunset Rocks

Aerial shot of Pohnpei Lagoon, Micronesia

yesioppa

Christie's

Water Lily, 1880. Martin Johnson Heade. Oil on canvas.

Oil on panel , 16 x 12 in.

Emma Webster (British-US-American, 1989) - Moon-Eyed at Mid River (2026)

Lexi Lee Schnabel (American), Who Goes There, 2024, Oil on canvas

John Singer Sargent 

Art Appreciation Post: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐳𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 (𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟎) 𝐎𝐭𝐭𝐨 𝐎𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐭 𝐹𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛: 𝐴 𝑚𝑜𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑡 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑒𝑛ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑, 𝑚𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑, 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑙ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑜𝑛, 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑢𝑝𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔.