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Alma-Tadema: Love’s Jewelled Fetter in the Petit Palais

Howard Lyon

Let's go back to the Petit Palais in Paris to take a look at this amazing Tadema painting. I didn't know that The Petit Palais had some English artists in their collection so I was thrilled when I found they had some Waterhouse and Tadema paintings on display (and a Leighton that I'll share in a future post!) This painting has a rather interesting title: Love's Jewelled Fetter (The Betrothal Ring) The painting's subject was inspired…

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Seven Eternal Truths and The Sons of Liberty

Stephen Green

December 9, 2024 - Sometimes without warning, a dream job appears, something you’ve always wanted to do. An opportunity to do a subject that’s become a permanent resident of your imagination, by one of your favorite artists. Mondo is releasing the soundtracks to the Metal Gear Solid series on vinyl, and somehow, I was tasked with doing the gatefold art to MGS2: Sons of Liberty.    Now, I wouldn’t call myself a gamer, but I would say that MGS is somewhere up there with Hellboy when it comes to fictional works I’m the most fond of. A lot has been said about the series; it’s influence, genius, weirdness- there’s nothing really like Metal Gear Solid. The most striking feature of the world of MGS to me has always been its ridiculously overpowered concept artist, the inimitable and immortal Yoji…

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