Erin E. Bennett Hodge

she/her/hers. pencils, brushes, drawings & words.

[inspirinq]

[marthajefferson]

Les Nymphéas, par Claude Monet | Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris 2019 (pictures by me)

[botanical-academia-deactivated2]

- Raquel Franco

[bellisvintage]

[thatsbutterbaby]

Karl Hagemeister, Stormy Sea, 1915.  Oil on canvas, 140 x 165.50 cm.   

[livingstills]

[perrfectly]

[cottaqecore]

source

[nobrashfestivity]

Jack Chambers, Hybrid, 1966

[aperfumedpearl]

Marlene Dietrich

[existential-celestial]

“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.”

— Arundhati Roy, from “Confronting Empire,” in War Talk

[the59thstreetbridge]

tat.london

[artist-matisse]

The Embrace, No. 4, Henri Matisse, 1943-1944, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Prints and Drawings

Could an embrace be represented in a more concise, abstract, yet tender way’ Matisse made the acquaintance of the writer Henri de Motherlant in Nice. The idea of working together resulted in the artist’s illustrations for Pasiphaé, Chant de Minos, published in 1944. Matisse, who was now forced to rest frequently following an operation, found himself drawing more than ever, and the book illustration project suited him. The new work engrossed him for over ten months, as he stuck to his self-imposed directions: “A simple white line on an absolutely black background. A simple line, without shading.” Matisse fussed greatly over his prints and rejected many tests and studies. What mattered was the fragility and complexity of the line, together with the constant awareness of the format and the need to integrate the text harmoniously. He asked himself, in fact, “How can I balance the black illustrating page against the comparatively white page of type’ By composing with the arabesque of my drawings, but also by bringing the engraved page and the facing page together so that they form a unit.” Size: 9 5/8 x 7 in. (24.45 x 17.78 cm) (image) 12 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. (32.07 x 24.45 cm) (sheet) Medium: Linoleum cut

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/43261/

[artist-pissarro]

A Meadow in Eragny, 1889, Camille Pissarro

Medium: oil,canvas

[gnossienne]

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[valsmovingcastle]

[erin-e-bennett-hodge]

watching the rain on a Thursday.

Too shy for twitter, so here we are. I could tell you that I'm writing a book – but I imagine you are too.