The Plum Garden

«A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.” - Leonardo da Vinci»

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Rembrandt, Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, 1653

Oil on canvas

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Rembrandt, Woman with a Pink, early 1600′s

Oil on canvas

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Grant Wood, American Gothic, 1930

Oil on canvas

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John Singer Sargent, The Sphinx, unknown

Watercolor on paper

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John Singer Sargent, The Bridge of Sighs, 1905-08

Watercolor on paper

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John Singer Sargent, Santa Maria della Salute, 1906

Watercolor on paper

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John Singer Sargent, Tiepolo ceiling, Milan, 1904

Watercolor on paper

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John Singer Sargent, Bedouins, 1905

Watercolor on paper

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Lighthouses by Edward Hopper

- Lighthouse And Buildings, Portland Head, Cape Elizabeth, Maine, 1927

- Light at Two Lights, 1927

- Lighthouse at Two Lights, 1929

- Five A.M., 1939

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Vase, first half of the 14 century, Egypt or Syria

Glass

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John Singer Sargent, By the river, 1885

Oil on canvas

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John Singer-Sargent, A Backwater, Calcot Mill Near Reading, 1888

Oil on canvas

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Paul Cézanne, The Oak, 1885

Watercolor on paper

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John Singer-Sargent, Statue of Perseus by Night, 1902

Oil on canvas

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Paul Cézanne, Almond trees in Provence, 1900

Watercolor on paper

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Mummy portrait of a woman, c. 160-170, Roman Period

Lime-wood, gold leaf

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The Meroë Head (Head of Augustus), 27BC-25BC

Plaster, glass, calcite, bronze