Starry Night -- Van Gough Also a fan of William Blake's work

The Blind Leading the Blind, by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples dated 1568, Tempera on canvas, 86 x 154 cm Here is a link: http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/thumb/f/fb/Der_Blindensturz_(Ausschnitt_1).jpg/180px-Der_Blindensturz_(Ausschnitt_1).jpg&imgrefurl=http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Blindensturz&usg=__yGVam27Z3s4F8Uey2j58boZdgF4=&h=157&w=180&sz=10&hl=de&start=4&sig2=2d6-0PC0i_A6QPFt9CUwUA&um=1&tbnid=wgfmvYeBSBDqKM:&tbnh=88&tbnw=101&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbrueghel%2Bblindensturz%26hl%3Dde%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:de:official%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1&ei=QPvJSdOrHY-I_Qa96Iz7Dw

I also like Starry Night very much and this other Van Gogh: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_015.jpg

While I like the classics I am absolutely nuts for Modern Art! I can't do justice to my favorite "painting" because it was actually an installation of three "black on black" Mark Rothko paintings in his LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) Retrospective way back in the 1980's. I sat transfixed as the blacks began to move and vibrate before you as you stared at them. It was a stunning experience! The first image that I've attached shows these amazing paintings in their normal installation at the Rothko Chapel. The closest experience that I have in that vein was "drowning" in the movement, energy and pigment of Jackson Pollock's #19 - part of the permanent collection at LACMA. I found myself "lost" within it. I've been back several times and it happens every time I stand before #19. Amazing! #19 is the second image that I've attached. The original is something like 9'x9' so you won't experience the painting's true power on a little dinky computer screen. And I have also attached images of some other great Rothkos and Pollocks that you might enjoy! Again, sadly they don't show well on a computer screen -- you really need to go see them in person to understand the power and majesty of these works!

Two Sisters on a Terrace http://www.artinstituteshop.org/item.asp?productID=557 or http://www.artic.edu/artexplorer/search.php?tab=1&resource=14655

I tried to find a copy of the Monet painting I gazed at for over half an hour at our national Canadian art gallery in Ottawa this past summer, but, sadly, to no avail! (I haven't studied art, so please bear with me as I try to describe this painting..) Its of a misty morning by the seaside, the land lies curved on the left of the painting. From a distance, varying degrees of light blue predominate, yet up close, blues, pale greens, even yellows blend together so masterfully; while gazing at this work of art, I kept coming very close to it, then backing up, appreciating the artistry of it all the more as I began to realise how he got this beautiful blended effect. The longer I 'absorbed' this painting, the more at peace I became, internally--- I can picture it now, (though I hadn't seen it before that day) and it brings a calmness to me even yet. Sorry I don't even know the name of the piece! (I've searched for it on various websites.) Maybe I'll return to see it this summer. (Hope its still there!)