Angel -
An etching of a standing angel. By Nancy Russell
Anthuriums – Seven anthurium blossoms. Aprint of an oil painting by Shirley Russell.
Anunciation – India ink on paper of the
Annunciation. By Paul Alexandre John
Aix-la-Chapelle – An engraving of church
rooftops and steeples. Artist unknown.
Angel Too – An angel in prayerful flight.
Illustration by W. T. Green in “Lane’s Arabian Nights”
Apples! – This is a leafy branch of an
apple tree, laden with crisp, red, ripe fruit! By Nancy Russell
Assisi – The roofs and campanile (church
bell tower) of the town of Assisi, while off in the distance is the Umbrian
countryside. A painting by Shirley Russell. This work was completed many
years ago, long before the 2000 earthquake in Assisi.
As the hart pants – An oil painting of a hart
standing beside a brook. On the canvas is painted the first verse from Psalm 42:
“As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after
Thee, O God”.
Autumn Wind – A very large cloud formation
in whites, pinks, blues, and grays, against a clear blue sky. By Nancy Russell
Bird – A black and white drawing of a bird
of prey perched on a branch. This is an etching we scanned from
“Lane’s Arabian Nights” published in 1889.
Blue Durga – A surreal portrait of Durga,
one of the Hindu embodiments of the female Principle, in night-like blues,
with assorted people, city scenes, and boats. A painting by Paul Alexandre
John.
Bodhisattva – A photograph of a seated male figure
in gold, from Smithsonian magazine.
Bowing Monk – An animated graphic consisting
of four frames, showing a monk bowing and sitting. By Nancy Russell
Buddha I – a concrete statue of a sitting
buddha, about twelve inches (30 centimeters) in height, set among leaves
and grass.
Buddha II – A painting of the Buddha’s
face by Sharka Glet.
A Buddhist Monk – A photograph of a Tibetan
Buddhist monk, seated, apparently handling colored sand.
Caged Birds – Two ornate bird cages hanging
from the branches of a tree. One of the cages has a single bird in it, the
other seems to have two birds. An ink drawing illustration for a book by
an unknown artist.
Cat in The Garden – A backyard scene of
a cat seated next to an old wash tub surrounded by numerous flowering plants
and bushes. By Nancy Russell
Cherub – A very young angel, seated, with
short, curly hair and gorgeous wings. By Nancy Russell
Chickens – A rooster and three hens. Oil on
canvas. By Nancy Russell
Cityscape – A view of a city park, including a pond, trees, and an apartment building. Oil on
canvas. By Nancy Russell
Coming Home – A flock of geese landing
in a pond. By Nancy Russell
The Dance – A man and a woman dancing beside
a river. There are fish and a bird, and overhead, a night sky. A painting
by Paul Alexandre John.
A Daoist Immortal – From a torn page out
of a catalog of Chinese art; we do not know the source, artist, or medium.
The label reads “Yan Hui, one of the eight Daoist immortals, enjoying
a fierce playfulness with the world”.
Day Lilies – A close-up portrait of about
eight blossoms and several buds, in pinks, reds, and yellows. By Nancy Russell.
Dragon – A mean looking dragon with big
feet and lots of teeth. By Nancy Russell.
Dragon Too – A rampant dragon amidst
a wash of reds, oranges, and yellows. By Nancy Russell.
Dragon Again – A partly coiled, partly
rampant dragon, mouth wide open, very red eyes. By Nancy Russell.
Dusk – A cloudscape, blues and grays above,
pinks and oranges below. By Nancy Russell.
Early Dusk – A cloudscape, blues, whites,
and pinks. By Nancy Russell.
Eastern Sky – A cloudscape, all shades
of blue, pinks, and yellows. By Nancy Russell.
Eclipse – An abstract representation
of a lunar eclipse in blues with background reds and other colors. By Chard (http://www.chardart.com)
Empty Boat – A portrait of a small sailboat,
apparently unmanned although the sail is set. A seagull flying past the
mast. Behind the boat are mists or sea smoke, clouds, and mountains. By
Nancy Russell.
Fifteen Star & Animal Carpet – Various
shapes and numerous animals, including a horse, elephant, owl, snake, turtle,
and many others, in a carpet shaped design. By Paul Alexandre John.
Flight! – A magnificent cloudscape at high
altitude in oil on canvas, sized forty-eight inches by forty-eight inches,
with various shades of blue and gray and some pinks.
Forgiveness – A gorgeous digital floral
artwork in violets and lavenders and greens punctuated by a bright sun.
By Mindy Sommers http://www.dreamincolortarot.com.
Frog – A single frog, looking skyward, sitting
on a leaf in a pond. By Nancy Russell.
Fulfillment of Desires – The face of Jesus and
a crown of thorns. By Sharka Glet.
The Games Our Children Play – A busy city-scape,
including a baseball diamond, a soccer field, lots of people, and a black
madonna.
Untitled – A girl standing in a field
with a harvesting sickle in hand. The work is signed Julia or Julio Preston,
and dated 1881. The medium may be charcoals.
Goddess of Love – A woman’s face in
profile. By Sharka Glet.
Guido’s Tree – A small, single evergreen
tree (blue fir or blue spruce?), surrounded by assorted other plants which
are somewhat lost in a low, thick mist. By Nancy Russell.
Guru Sky – An expansive cloudscape over
water. By Nancy Russell.
Haiku – An abstract in blues with assorted
geometric shapes in other colors. By Chard (http://www.chardart.com)
Happy Birthday – An expanse of the cosmos.
By Nancy Russell.
Hong Kong – This is a print in pastel colors of (we believe) Hong Kong harbor by an unknown artist.
Horse – A water color of a horse in full
gallop copied from the book “My Country and My People” by Lin
Yutang.
I Bow To Thee – A man in robe and turban,
bowing. Illustration by W. T. Green in “Lane’s Arabian Nights”
In My Backyard – A backyard of a home in Hawaii,
showing a piece of the porch, with railing and steps, a fence, a coconut
tree, several flowering bushes, and mountains in the background. A painting
by Anna Raimondi.
Iridescence – A cloudscape, very dark blues,
grays around a center of pinks and yellows. There is a single bird in flight.
By Nancy Russell.
Iris – A portrait of a single iris blossom
atop a stem in various shades of red, orange, and yellow, with greens and
blues in the stem and a few leaves. By Nancy Russell.
Jackson – A sketch of a sleeping dog. By Nancy Russell.
Janet’s Peonies – A still life of
five peony blossoms in a small, round container. The blossoms vary in color,
being white, pink, and red. By Nancy Russell.
Etching of Jesus College, University of Oxford. Among the four persons in front of the building is a man playing with his dog. The artist is unknown.
Jesus in The House of Martha and Mary – Jesus
is seated, gesturing as if speaking, and beside him, also seated, is Mary,
while her sister Martha is standing, possibly talking to Jesus and/or serving
him something. A sketch by Rembrandt.
Jewel in The City – Viewed from above, a baseball
stadium, with players on the field and fans in the stands, and a city’s
skyline. A painting by Paul Alexandre John.
Joan of Arc – A young girl, a suit of armor at her side, kneeling before a statue of Mary and child, by Mme. Zoe-Laure De Chatillon, Photogravure Goupil & Co.
Kali Ma at Mt Kailash and Lake Mansarovar -
A representation of the Goddess Kali at two of the sacred sites associated
with her. Acrylic on paper by Paul Alexandre John.
Kali Ma – India ink in black and white
on paper of the Goddess Kali by Paul Alexandre John.
Kaneohe Bay – An oil on canvas painting
of Kaneohe Bay on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu. By Nancy Russell Nadzo.
Lopez – A water color drawing of a jaguar
(the animal, not the automobile) by Charles R. Knight.
Love & Psyche – A photogravure by Lioner
Royer, depicting the mythological creature Psyche, the soul, in the form
of a beautiful young woman, in the arms of Eros, or Love, who loves her.
Kalahara Bushman – a sculpted mother and
child of the Kalahara Bushman tribe of South Africa, by Malvina Hoffman,
in the “Hall of Man”, Field Museum, Chicago. Scanned from a photograph
in “Heads and Tales” (1936)
Kali Dancing – A lone female figure, fancifully
dressed, flowers in her hair, dancing in a fast-moving mountain stream,
surrounded by rocks and plants, her arms and one leg outstretched. By Nancy
Nadzo.
Lion – A majestic male lion, recumbent
in grasses, his head up and alert. By Nancy Russell.
Lunar Sky – A dark cloudscape in a night Malayan
Tiger – A watercolor drawing by Charles R. Knight of a tiger in the
jungle.
Meditation – A dove in flight amidst clouds
and a bright light. By Nancy Russell.
Mexican Scene – A village street scene, presumably somewhere in Mexico. Watercolor on paper by Shirley Russell.
Migrant Madonna – A photograph of a female
migrant worker and two children, taken in California in 1936 by Dorothea
Lange. Smithsonian Magazine, March 2002.
Monk on A Mug – This is an image of a monk copied
off a beer mug.
Monk at Laptop – A monk at Holy
Cross Abbey in Berryville, Virginia, working at a laptop computer. Photo
by Nick Kelsh, appearing in the book 24 Hours in Cyberspace,
reproduced on The Zoo Fence with permission
Mother and Child – A woman, with a halo,
holding a child on her lap. In the background are two other persons, one
male and one female. A painting by Paul Alexandre John.
Mother Nature – Head and shoulders of a determined-looking
female, in grays and black. A painting or drawing by Anna Raimondi.
Mt. Fuji – A color photograph by Burt Glinn
of Japan’s Mt. Fuji, showing the peak with clouds beneath it. In the
foreground are two monks in robes, standing, silhouetted, one with hands
together in a prayer position.
Mt. Kilimanjaro to Perry Maine – A hanging
sculpture of rocks from the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, the
beach at Santa Barbara in California, and the shoreline at Perry in Maine,
by Julie Tomlinson Pascone.
Nene – A lithograph by Stanley Stearns of two nene, which are geese native to the Hawaiian Islands.
Noah’s Ark – In the foreground, an ark with
compartments inhabited by various animals (all paired). In the background,
rows of various animals (again, all paired) making their way to the ark.
A painting by Paul Alexandre John.
Old North Church, Boston – A print of the
Old North Church in Boston. It is signed E. E. Anthony.
Pali Road – An oil-on-canvas painting by
Nancy Russell of a piece of the Pali Road above Honolulu, Hawaii. The artist
has beautifully captured the dark, tunnel-like effect of the road running
under an overgrowth of trees.
Parrot – An oil on board of a parrot on a swing.
By Shirley Russell..
Pieta – The Virgin Mary holding in her
arms the dead body of Jesus. From above, there shines on them a ray of light.
This is a photograph of a painting dated 1891. The artist’s name is
illegible.
Pink Iris – A portrait of an iris stem with
about four pinkish blossoms, one bud, and several leaves. By Nancy Russell.
Pink Buddha – An etching in deep pink of
the seated Buddha. By Nancy Russell.
Plumeria – Plumeria blossoms. A print of a woodblock by Shirley Russell
Poppies – An oil painting of poppies
in bloom. By Nancy Russell.
The Presence – This is an old (late
19th or early 20th century) gravure by Franz Hanfstaengl of an image by
A. E. Borthwick. We found it at an estate auction in Downeast Maine. It
depicts the inside of a large cathedral, presumably European. At the very
back, in a dark corner behind the last pew, there kneels a figure, perhaps
in fear or penitence. Behind the figure, glowing with light, is Christ.
There is a reference to Matthew 28.20, “I am with you always”.
Queen Liliuokalani – A portrait, in browns and
yellows, of Hawaii’s Queen Liliuokalani. A painting by Anna Raimondi.
Red Angel – A composition including several
people, a couple of birds, a leopard, an airplane, a river, and an angel.
A painting by Paul Alexandre John.
Rembrandt – A photogravure of an oil painting
(we believe). It is a self-portrait of the artist seated alone.
Rose of The River, a print of a color drawing of a young woman with a flowered straw hat. By George Wright
Rose Windows, Rheims Cathedral – A colored etching of the stained glass rose windows in the cathedral, Notre Dame de Reims. By James Alphege Brewer
Rooster – A portrait of a rooster in
water colors by Samuel Kim (http://www.samuelsart.com).
Rose Glen – A portrait of a large, wild
rose plant with numerous pink blossoms. By Nancy Russell.
Rouen – La Rue St. Romain, an etching of a narrow street lined
on both sides by buildings, a person on the sidewalk, a cart in the road. It is signed, as best we
can read it, “LRobin”.
Schoodic Point I – Waves breaking against
the rocks at Schoodic Point in Acadia National Park, Maine. By Nancy Russell.
Schoodic Point II – Waves breaking against
the rocks at Schoodic Point in Acadia National Park, Maine. By Nancy Russell.
Sea Gulls – A portrait of five sea gulls
playing the surf. By Nancy Russell.
Sitting Angel – A female angel in flowing
dress with wings open, seated on a rock. By Nancy Russell.
Sprite – An indeterminate inked figure
awash in assorted colors. By Nancy Russell.
Sunflowers – About thirteen sunflower
blossoms and a few other flowers in a tall vase. By Nancy Russell.
Tara – In Tibetan Buddhism particularly,
Tara is the embodiment of compassion. Here, mostly in greens, she is seated
in a meditation position on a lotus flower. By Nancy Russell.
Tending Growth (our title) – This is a half-tone
of two women tending a tree, perhaps in an orchard. There is a third person
seated in the grass, and what appears to be the god Pan playing his flute.
From a half-tone in “Century Magazine” vol. LXIX (1904-05)
Three boys leaning on a wall, looking out toward
a body of water, along a country road. A water color signed D. Rothnell
Thrush – A thrush sitting in a branch
with a night sky behind. From an etching in “Lane’s Arabian Nights”
(Chatto & Windus, London, 1889, Vol. II).
Malayan Tiger – A water color drawing of
a tiger by Charles R. Knight.
Tiger and Cobra – A Bengal tiger meets
a hooded cobra. A painting in oils by Nancy Russell, after a lithograph by
Knight.
Doodle of a tree – A small sketch in ink of
a tree. Doodled by Nancy Russell.
Trilogy – A composition of assorted people,
a river, boats, a bus, automobiles, buildings, musical instruments, and
birds. A painting by Paul Alexandre John.
Untitled – An original drypoint etching
of a rural scene, possibly of a logging station, including a river, several
rustic structures, cut logs, and woods scenery. It is signed Stephen Parrish.
Untitled – A hand-colored etching or drypoint
of a rural scene including a house with a tower beside a river. It is signed
Raffray.
Venice – An etching of the head of a canal
in Venice.
Verbena – About thirty verbena blossoms
– white, reds, purple. By Nancy Russell.
Vieille Auberge – A hand-colored etching
or drypoint of a rural scene including a small building beside a river with
a village in the background. It is signed Raffray.
Virgin and Child – A print of the painting
by Sandro Botticelli of the Virgin Mary with the Christ child in her lap.
The original is at the Poldi Pezzoli Gallery in Milan, Italy.
The Vision of St Bernard – Kneeling in a church courtyard, Bernard experiences a vision of Mary. There is a book on the ground and a bird in flight. By Bernard by Wilhelm Bernatzik, photogravure Hanfstaengl
Water Lily – A large, white water lily
blossom amidst its own leaves afloat in a pond. By Nancy Russell.
Wave Study – A close-up of salt water and
a small crested wave. By Nancy Russell.
Wave Study V – A close-up portrait of a breaking
wave. Particularly evident are the spray and the light shining through the
wave’s crest.
Winged Victory of Samothrace – A statue
of a winged, robed female figure in forward motion. The head, left arm,
and left wing are missing (broken off). This statue is on display in the
Louvre museum in Paris.
Woman – A seated, downcast woman, chained
to the wall. This is an etching we scanned from “Lane’s Arabian
Nights”
published in 1889.
Woman – A standing woman, perhaps even
in flight. This is an etching we scanned from “Lane’s Arabian Nights”
published in 1889.
A Woman’s Head – A drawing by Leonardo
da Vinci of a slightly bowed head of a woman with long, curly hair, her
eyes closed or looking downward.
A Woman of Canaan – A sketch by Rembrandt
of Jesus standing, looking toward a woman who is approaching him on her
hands and knees. Standing behind and around Jesus are eight or so other
people.
Woman of Summer – Annie – A sculpture
in fired clay by Karen Turdo of
a woman in summer dress and hat, seated, with her back to the viewer.
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