Captured on Canvas

Hendrick ter Brugghen

Melancolia

(Art Gallery of Ontario)

I was struck by this painting at the Art Gallery of Ontario.  I immediately thought of migraines, rather than its title of Melancolia.    The artist, Hendrick ter Brugghen has perfectly captured the mood.  The woman is in a dark room with her head in her hands.  She is looking at a skull, as though she is searching for an answer as to why this is happening to her.  The candle on the table represents the burning and throbbing pain that this affliction brings.  The flame has a red colour at its tip, which makes the emphasis and focus of that pain even more obvious.

A Canadian Artist-Maud Lewis

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````Maud Lewis is a Canadian folk artist. The little house in the video is one she actually used to live and paint in. She used to advertise her paintings outside, and anybody who purchased one is certainly lucky, as she is now considered our version of "Grandma Moses." Over the years, I've picked up mugs from gift shops with the cat images on them, as we used to have a set of wild black cats who looked just like this whom a number of coworkers fed. I saw her work in person at the Nova Scotia Art Gallery.
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Lincoln Clarkes Photography : Worldwide Green Eyes

In one of my previous blogs on the disappearance of the women from Vancouver's east side, I had recommended a book by Lincoln Clarkes. He had photographed a number of women who lived and worked in the area. Some of them were to end up amongst the missing. On his website, one can check out those photos (Heroines). There are other photos of the eastside (Eastside Gothic), which display the hardships these people deal with.
There's photos in there of great beauty as well. All are masterfully done. I would highly recommend checking out his site if you're a fan of photography.