Soooooo many paintings @ The National Gallery in London, I had to pace myself among the greats. If I lived life as a vampire, condemned to the hell of eternal existence of being hungry all the time and watching all my loved ones die before 👁, I dunno.. I think I could still find a level of happiness and possibly meaning here, just having the time to absorb every brushstroke, eyelash, colour gradient in length and detail ahhhhhh, Satan’s heaven 😈🧛♀️At last, back to the wee finite and mortal time I do have which this massive collection can make you suddenly aware of, I had to prioritize! Sticking with what I know, what everyone knows, Mr. Gogh was a go to. Yes I have studied his paintings extensively, in every library, book store I have been to but always to see these works in person and witness the gunk of paint in 3D and in shadow is always a whole other experience! Museum staff were friendly and helpful in helping me to navigate the giant space and I didn’t even get into trouble getting too close to the paintings this time! I was surprised they let me take pictures. I did discover some lesser known works by artists I’m fairly familiar with too, but sometimes also it’s just nice to be in a room of people who like looking at paintings. I think about these art fans when I’m painting, whether or not they’re my fans in particular, doesn’t really matter, just knowing that there are humans that like looking at paintings make long lonely studio days fulfilling. Moving on I really liked the epic painting of the beheading, def. made me want to read a little more about it. The painting with the tiny paintings, also great. and that was my first time seeing a Vermeer in real life! Go to place for ol’ timely painting and I don’t mean bad nor boring when I say ol’ timely, quite the opposite!! In short I don’t have capacity in my tiny little life in comparison to really have any critiques nor criticisms of their extensive centuries old collection, expectations matched and exceeded ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #nationalgallerylondon #london #artgallery #artreview #galleryreview #cutecritic #art #vangogh #vemeer #beheading #pauldelaroche #ladyjanegrey #londonart #sightsee #londontrip (at National Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3xi34RAAdy/?igshid=swcejv2y2v9l