JAMDrops
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Illinois artist specializing in radiant reuse. I post about art and art career opportunities. Trophy ex-wife. CFI Secular Celebrant. She/Her/Mom
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Today’s ArtDrop is an oil of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, as ‘Vertumnus’ the Roman god of seasons, fruit trees & gardens. This style of painting was called "scherzo” then, but the artist, Giuseppe Archimboldo, is usually classified as a Mannerist. This editor also clumps him in with Grotesque art.
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Today’s ArtDrop is an oil of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, as ‘Vertumnus’ the Roman god of seasons, fruit trees & gardens. This style of painting was called "scherzo” then, but the artist, Giuseppe Archimboldo, is usually classified as a Mannerist. This editor also clumps him in with Grotesque art.
Today’s ArtDrop is a contemporary semiabstract neo-Rococo painting, ‘Both Sides Now' by Flora Yukhnovich from 2019.
November 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Today’s ArtDrop is a contemporary semiabstract neo-Rococo painting, ‘Both Sides Now' by Flora Yukhnovich from 2019.
The artwork requires people to write messages on the provided paper with recipient and address. Dean then hand delivers the message for free and personally read it to them. How sweet is that?
Send one to your Grandma in the care home.
Send one to your Grandma in the care home.
November 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The artwork requires people to write messages on the provided paper with recipient and address. Dean then hand delivers the message for free and personally read it to them. How sweet is that?
Send one to your Grandma in the care home.
Send one to your Grandma in the care home.
Oy. A massive closeup of one of my minor pieces is in the Daily Herald today.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Oy. A massive closeup of one of my minor pieces is in the Daily Herald today.
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Today’s ArtDrop is ‘The Dog’ by Goya. He painted it in oils on the wall of his house along with a series of other bleak works called his “black paintings” between 1820 and 1823.
November 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Today’s ArtDrop is ‘The Dog’ by Goya. He painted it in oils on the wall of his house along with a series of other bleak works called his “black paintings” between 1820 and 1823.
Today’s ArtDrop is Franz Stuck’s Symbolist oil painting, ‘The Guardian of Paradise” from 1889.
The image shows the athletic masculine figure of a youthful angel with spread brown wings. His body is tightly wrapped in white fabric that leaves his shoulders bare.
The image shows the athletic masculine figure of a youthful angel with spread brown wings. His body is tightly wrapped in white fabric that leaves his shoulders bare.
November 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Today’s ArtDrop is Franz Stuck’s Symbolist oil painting, ‘The Guardian of Paradise” from 1889.
The image shows the athletic masculine figure of a youthful angel with spread brown wings. His body is tightly wrapped in white fabric that leaves his shoulders bare.
The image shows the athletic masculine figure of a youthful angel with spread brown wings. His body is tightly wrapped in white fabric that leaves his shoulders bare.
Today’s ArtDrop is a decorative oil painting ‘Sleeping Beauty’ by Leon Bakst from 1913.
The image is of a vertical painting full of pattern and decoration. It could be a lavish illustration from a fairytale book.
The image is of a vertical painting full of pattern and decoration. It could be a lavish illustration from a fairytale book.
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Today’s ArtDrop is a decorative oil painting ‘Sleeping Beauty’ by Leon Bakst from 1913.
The image is of a vertical painting full of pattern and decoration. It could be a lavish illustration from a fairytale book.
The image is of a vertical painting full of pattern and decoration. It could be a lavish illustration from a fairytale book.
My show, 'Oasis', hosted by the Prairie Center for the Arts has been extended through December 14, 2025.
November 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
My show, 'Oasis', hosted by the Prairie Center for the Arts has been extended through December 14, 2025.
Today’s ArtDrop is ‘Carved Tyre’ by Wim Delvoye from 2013.
The image shows a used tire that the artist has hand carved with openwork interlaced motifs from ornate wood carving common in Asian countries. The finished project elevates the item from castoff to artifact.
The image shows a used tire that the artist has hand carved with openwork interlaced motifs from ornate wood carving common in Asian countries. The finished project elevates the item from castoff to artifact.
November 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Today’s ArtDrop is ‘Carved Tyre’ by Wim Delvoye from 2013.
The image shows a used tire that the artist has hand carved with openwork interlaced motifs from ornate wood carving common in Asian countries. The finished project elevates the item from castoff to artifact.
The image shows a used tire that the artist has hand carved with openwork interlaced motifs from ornate wood carving common in Asian countries. The finished project elevates the item from castoff to artifact.
Today’s ArtDrop is a contemporary sculpture ‘Tree of Light’ by Luftwerk at Atlanta’s Central Library.
The image shows a large abstract metal and mirror sculpture suspended from the ceiling beneath a skylight in the central atrium of the library.
The image shows a large abstract metal and mirror sculpture suspended from the ceiling beneath a skylight in the central atrium of the library.
November 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Today’s ArtDrop is a contemporary sculpture ‘Tree of Light’ by Luftwerk at Atlanta’s Central Library.
The image shows a large abstract metal and mirror sculpture suspended from the ceiling beneath a skylight in the central atrium of the library.
The image shows a large abstract metal and mirror sculpture suspended from the ceiling beneath a skylight in the central atrium of the library.
Today’s ArtDrop is an oil on canvas from 1899, ‘Nymph’ by Blanche Payal-Amouroux.
The image shows the head and shoulders of a beautiful water nymph in the style of Waterhouse set in a landscape at dusk.
The image shows the head and shoulders of a beautiful water nymph in the style of Waterhouse set in a landscape at dusk.
November 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Today’s ArtDrop is an oil on canvas from 1899, ‘Nymph’ by Blanche Payal-Amouroux.
The image shows the head and shoulders of a beautiful water nymph in the style of Waterhouse set in a landscape at dusk.
The image shows the head and shoulders of a beautiful water nymph in the style of Waterhouse set in a landscape at dusk.
Today’s ArtDrop is a Dutch oil painting, ‘The Threatened Swan’ by Jan Asselijn from 1650.
The image shows a dramatic scene of a swan on a wetland aggressively protecting her nest from a dog. The dog’s head is in the lower left corner of the painting.
The image shows a dramatic scene of a swan on a wetland aggressively protecting her nest from a dog. The dog’s head is in the lower left corner of the painting.
November 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Today’s ArtDrop is a Dutch oil painting, ‘The Threatened Swan’ by Jan Asselijn from 1650.
The image shows a dramatic scene of a swan on a wetland aggressively protecting her nest from a dog. The dog’s head is in the lower left corner of the painting.
The image shows a dramatic scene of a swan on a wetland aggressively protecting her nest from a dog. The dog’s head is in the lower left corner of the painting.
Today's ArtDrop is a realist painting from 1875 'Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross (The Gross Clinic)' by Thomas Eakins.
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Today's ArtDrop is a realist painting from 1875 'Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross (The Gross Clinic)' by Thomas Eakins.
Today’s ArtDrop is a mixed media work of contemporary pop surrealism by Hikari Shimoda.
The image shows a cartoon boy with exaggerated childlike features including giant otherworldly eyes without human irises.
The image shows a cartoon boy with exaggerated childlike features including giant otherworldly eyes without human irises.
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Today’s ArtDrop is a mixed media work of contemporary pop surrealism by Hikari Shimoda.
The image shows a cartoon boy with exaggerated childlike features including giant otherworldly eyes without human irises.
The image shows a cartoon boy with exaggerated childlike features including giant otherworldly eyes without human irises.
The crimson hexagon in my Library of Babel mosaic
November 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The crimson hexagon in my Library of Babel mosaic
Today’s ArtDrop is a Flemish oil painting ‘Still Life with Lobster’ by Nicolaes van Verendael.
This vertical canvas is packed with the best things in life. In the center rises an ornate covered goblet in gold and silver.
This vertical canvas is packed with the best things in life. In the center rises an ornate covered goblet in gold and silver.
November 9, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Today’s ArtDrop is a Flemish oil painting ‘Still Life with Lobster’ by Nicolaes van Verendael.
This vertical canvas is packed with the best things in life. In the center rises an ornate covered goblet in gold and silver.
This vertical canvas is packed with the best things in life. In the center rises an ornate covered goblet in gold and silver.
Today’s ArtDrop is a surreal wood sculpture, ‘Nouveau Rat Trap’, made in 1965 by H. C. Westermann.
November 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Today’s ArtDrop is a surreal wood sculpture, ‘Nouveau Rat Trap’, made in 1965 by H. C. Westermann.
Today’s ArtDrop is a stone relief sculpture ‘Lamassu’ from the ancient Assyrian city of Ninevah.
The image shows a huge relief sculpture of a chimerical guardian goddess called Lamassu. Yes, apparently she is female even though she is clearly depicted as having the body of a BULL with wings.
The image shows a huge relief sculpture of a chimerical guardian goddess called Lamassu. Yes, apparently she is female even though she is clearly depicted as having the body of a BULL with wings.
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Today’s ArtDrop is a stone relief sculpture ‘Lamassu’ from the ancient Assyrian city of Ninevah.
The image shows a huge relief sculpture of a chimerical guardian goddess called Lamassu. Yes, apparently she is female even though she is clearly depicted as having the body of a BULL with wings.
The image shows a huge relief sculpture of a chimerical guardian goddess called Lamassu. Yes, apparently she is female even though she is clearly depicted as having the body of a BULL with wings.
Today’s ArtDrop is an oil painting, ‘Beech Forest’, from 1903 by Gustav Klimt.
The square image shows the tree trunks and yellow fallen leaves of a beech forest in fall. Green moss grows around the base of each papery gray and white tree trunk.
The square image shows the tree trunks and yellow fallen leaves of a beech forest in fall. Green moss grows around the base of each papery gray and white tree trunk.
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Today’s ArtDrop is an oil painting, ‘Beech Forest’, from 1903 by Gustav Klimt.
The square image shows the tree trunks and yellow fallen leaves of a beech forest in fall. Green moss grows around the base of each papery gray and white tree trunk.
The square image shows the tree trunks and yellow fallen leaves of a beech forest in fall. Green moss grows around the base of each papery gray and white tree trunk.
Today’s ArtDrop is an oil painting from 1878 by August Friedrich Schenck. It’s a five-tissue tearjerker.
The image is a winter scene with an ominous overcast gray sky. In the center of the painting, a ewe guards over the dead body of her lamb lying in the snow.
The image is a winter scene with an ominous overcast gray sky. In the center of the painting, a ewe guards over the dead body of her lamb lying in the snow.
November 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Today’s ArtDrop is an oil painting from 1878 by August Friedrich Schenck. It’s a five-tissue tearjerker.
The image is a winter scene with an ominous overcast gray sky. In the center of the painting, a ewe guards over the dead body of her lamb lying in the snow.
The image is a winter scene with an ominous overcast gray sky. In the center of the painting, a ewe guards over the dead body of her lamb lying in the snow.
Today’s ArtDrop is a contemporary mirror-finish sculpture, 'Photosynthetic Form,’ by Marc Quinn.
The image shows the installation of a mirror-finish sculpture in the shape of a Phalaenopsis orchid at Kew Gardens.
The image shows the installation of a mirror-finish sculpture in the shape of a Phalaenopsis orchid at Kew Gardens.
November 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Today’s ArtDrop is a contemporary mirror-finish sculpture, 'Photosynthetic Form,’ by Marc Quinn.
The image shows the installation of a mirror-finish sculpture in the shape of a Phalaenopsis orchid at Kew Gardens.
The image shows the installation of a mirror-finish sculpture in the shape of a Phalaenopsis orchid at Kew Gardens.
I installed my show at the Prairie Center for the Arts yesterday. They use a suspension wire hanging system that has seen better days. We felt like we were unknotting xmas lights for the yard. Everything came together.
November 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I installed my show at the Prairie Center for the Arts yesterday. They use a suspension wire hanging system that has seen better days. We felt like we were unknotting xmas lights for the yard. Everything came together.
Today’s ArtDrop is a blown glass biological model of a microscopic sea creature, ‘Aulosphaera elegantissima' by Leopold & Rudolf Blaschka.
November 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Today’s ArtDrop is a blown glass biological model of a microscopic sea creature, ‘Aulosphaera elegantissima' by Leopold & Rudolf Blaschka.
Today’s creeeeepy ArtDrop is an oil painting ‘House by the Railroad’ by American 20th century artist Edward Hopper.
October 31, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Today’s creeeeepy ArtDrop is an oil painting ‘House by the Railroad’ by American 20th century artist Edward Hopper.
Today’s ArtDrop is an abstract waterscape, ‘Green Confluence’ by Bryan Wynter from 1974.
The image is a colorful abstract of meandering lines in blues, greens, yellows, grey & pops of red. The lines resemble a meandering river bed from above and reflections on the surface currents of a waterway.
The image is a colorful abstract of meandering lines in blues, greens, yellows, grey & pops of red. The lines resemble a meandering river bed from above and reflections on the surface currents of a waterway.
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Today’s ArtDrop is an abstract waterscape, ‘Green Confluence’ by Bryan Wynter from 1974.
The image is a colorful abstract of meandering lines in blues, greens, yellows, grey & pops of red. The lines resemble a meandering river bed from above and reflections on the surface currents of a waterway.
The image is a colorful abstract of meandering lines in blues, greens, yellows, grey & pops of red. The lines resemble a meandering river bed from above and reflections on the surface currents of a waterway.