ARTyrdom

Art, Animals, Nature & Dead People. These are a few of my favourite things.

[thekimonogallery]

Tree Spirits from Princess Mononoke. Studio Ghibli, Japan.   Image via Pinterest 

[redlipstickresurrected]

Angela Lane aka Subterranean Thunder (British, b. 1974, England, based Berlin, Germany) - Setting Sun, 2024, Paintings: Oil on Birch Plywood

[soli-terri]

Slow Magic

By E.C Woodard

Oil painting, 13 x 18cm

[vintagehomecollection]

Antiques at Home, 1989

[redlipstickresurrected]

Morgan Cameron (American, b. 1991, Dover-Foxcroft, ME, USA, based Gray, ME, USA) - Omen, 2026, Paintings: Oil on Panel

[soli-terri]

Before the Spark — Marilyn at the Waldorf, 1956

Photography by Eve Arnold

This photograph captures Marilyn Monroe in a rare moment of stillness — watching, waiting, poised just before she transformed a routine press conference into legend. In 1956, as Eve wrote, “there was an overwhelming amount of publicity about her.” Yet here Marilyn stands quietly, gathering herself, fully aware of the attention she would soon command. Just before this scene, wearing a black velvet gown with “straps the width of spaghetti strips,” she looked in the mirror and told Eve: “Just watch me.” And then she made her move. Halfway through the conference, Marilyn leaned forward and deliberately snapped one of those “thinner-than-thin straps.” Chaos. Laughter. Flashbulbs. A scramble for a safety pin. The room was hers. Eve approached Marilyn with attention and compassion, always searching for the truth beneath the performance. What she witnessed was not chaos — but a woman entirely in command of her own narrative.

Via @evearnoldphotographer on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/evearnoldphotographer?igsh=MXV1ZmY1eTVheGliNQ==

[velvetcloak]

Bat Hair Slide with Blue Moonstone, EnchantedCreations31

[euphorictruths]

Celestial Goddess- Lindsay Rapp

[redlipstickresurrected]

Matt Emmons (American, b. MA, USA, based Philadelphia, PA, USA) - From his 2023 graphic novel The Council of Frogs, Digital Art

[feral-ballad]

Aria Aber, from Hard Damage; “Rilke and I”

[Text ID: “Whether you want it or not, in you sleeps a woman of war,”]

[maureen2musings]

Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire

ellenpaigeleach

[pmamtraveller]

The Fairy on the Kingfisher by Jean-Baptiste Monge

[pmamtraveller]

Art by Bruce Pennington

[miamaimania]

“Midnight-blue-cheese” (2019) ☽ Wim Legrand — surreal painting

[beautifulbizarremagazine]

Sometimes art just makes you STOP in your tracks, and this is one of them for me. Female sculptor @brigittelajoinie had created this powerhouse of a metal sculpture: "La Femme qui marche" (2017) - photographed by @zoeforgetphotography

Materials: Reinforced steel, steel, glue, pearl, gold leaf, oil patina, recycled elements (wire mesh, rubber, horsehair, plastic soldiers and horses, buttons).

[soli-terri]

Art2Art Old Blue

By Guy Magallanes

Watercolour on 1/2 Sheet Arches 300lb cp paper

[charnel-grounds]

Julia Soboleva, “She seems nice”