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IMPORTANT NOTICE from kendrive ^Pro 1 day old

REVISED SCHEDULE I now have SIX blogs on the Internet and I am beginning find them a struggle to manage on a regular daily basis. They are taking ...

RESTING from kendrive ^Pro 2 days old

Here is another domestic scene from Waterhouse. A laundry girl takes a break to stretch and relax. "Resting" J.W. Waterhouse 1890 (Click on image ...

GOOD NEIGHBOURS from kendrive ^Pro 3 days old

Here is an interesting domestic scene depicted by Waterhouse. He might have called it "Over the garden wall"! Good Neighbours John William Waterhouse ...

IN THE SPRING TIME, THE ONLY PRETTY RING TIME from kendrive ^Pro 5 days old

There is no story, myth or legend to accompany this pastoral scene by Waterhouse. Perhaps it is just from his imagination. A Song of Springtime John ...

ADONIS from kendrive ^Pro 6 days old

[ ... ] his life with Zeus, who allowed Adonis to spend half of each year with her and half in the underworld. The central idea of the myth is that of ...

ARIADNE from kendrive ^Pro 7 days old

Have you ever been to the Greek island of Crete? If so, I hope you had the opportunity to visit Knossos to see the reconstructed Minoan palace, the ...

TRISTAN AND ISOLDE from kendrive ^Pro 8 days old

Here is a brilliant painting by Waterhouse. Aren't the colours wonderful? Tristan and Isolde Sharing the Potion John William Waterhous 1916 The ...

ESTHER from kendrive ^Pro 9 days old

I am back to Waterhouse's portraits and this is of his wife, Esther, who was a talented artist in her own right. Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse Date: ...

AESCULAPIUS from kendrive ^Pro 10 days old

[ ... ] to life. Hades, ruler of the dead, became alarmed at this and complained to Zeus, who, fearing that he might render all men immortal, killed ...

THE ENCHANTED GARDEN from kendrive ^Pro 11 days old

[ ... ] of his life, but almost unwittingly imbued it with a deeper meaning. Past the Dantesque guardian at the entrance, the snow is falling on the ...