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Robert Heinecken Figure Parts / Hair 1967 Black-and-whtie film transparencies over magazine-page collage 16 x 12″ (40.6 x 30.5cm) Collection Karol Heinecken Mora, Los Angeles

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i’m not here, this isn’t happening - silverado, ca on 35mm

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cafe in Cartagena, Colombia

National Geographic April 1989 O. Louis Mazzatenta.

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Blue Morpho Butterfly (c. 1864-c. 1865) by Martin Johnson Heade (American, 1819 – 1904), oil on canvas, 31.1 cm (12.2 in) x 25.4 cm (10 in), Manoogian Collection

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#Painted around 1863-1865 during his South American expeditions Martin Johnson Heade’s Blue Morpho Butterfly #a masterpiece of scientific naturalism

#Rather than a purely symbolic work the painting represents the 19th-century fascination with the exotic #acting as a visual study of the Amazonian rainforest's unique ecosystem light and atmosphere

#Heade was an ardent amateur naturalist inspired by Charles Darwin

#The painting reflects the Victorian obsession with collecting and categorizing tropical specimens

#The Blue Morpho is depicted as a gem of nature rather than just a simple insect

#The brilliant shimmering blue of the butterfly is not made of blue pigment. Instead it is an optical illusion #created by structural iridescence—microscopic scales that refract and diffract light

#Heade was highly focused on capturing these shifting atmospheric light effects in nature #setting the vibrant creature against the moody mist-veiled jungle

#The work blends both landscape and still-life painting

#By placing the foreground elements (a blooming Cattleya orchid or lush branches) with incredible hyper-realistic detail #the painting transcends a simple specimen drawing to create an immersive glimpse into a secret exotic habitat

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/ Gustav Klimt, Farm House in Buchberg, 1911

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Here's some paintings I've done of people looking at screens. These are all available as prints on Inprnt: Art Prints by Ollie Jones - INPRNT I'm also selling a limited edition print of my piece 'Producer' at Black Dragon Press: Producer – Black Dragon Press