Wednesday, October 22, 2025

repose

 
thomas couture
french
1815-1879
portrait, probably a study of the artist's daughter, berthe
oil on canvas
20 1/2 x 15 7/8 inches
signed with initials center left
christie's
old masters & 19th century paintings
lot 205
5.21.25
ny, ny
deaccessioned from a state university
...no comment
~
song here
~
psalm 62:1
isaiah 30:15
jeremiah 29:13

Saturday, September 20, 2025

pilgrim throng


piero di cosimo
italian
1462-1522
the young saint john the baptist, circa 1480-82
tempera and oil on wood
11 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches
metropolitan museum of art
ny, ny
~
isaiah 55:6-11
john 12:35
ephesians 4:14
~
george william kitchin
~
...'yet on and onward still,
with hymn and chant and song,
through gate and porch and columned aisle
the hallowed pathways throng.'...
from
rejoice, o pilgrim throng
edward h. plumptre

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Sov'reign


winslow homer
1836-1910
the life brigade, circa 1882
oil on canvas
12 x 17 3/8 inches
myron kunin collection of american art
minneapolis
~
depicting the moment before a volunteer life brigade embarks on a rescue mission at cullercoats
though likely painted after homer's return to the united states
~
hymn
'Jesus, Savior, pilot me
over life's tempestuous sea:
unknown waves before me roll,
hiding rocks and treach'rous shoal.
chart and compass come from Thee:
Jesus, Savior, pilot me.'
~
joshua 1:9
2 samuel 10:12
psalm 56:3

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

stayed



 helene schjerfbeck
finnish
1862-1946
girl at the gate, 1943-44
watercolor and charcoal on paper
21 x 16 1/2 inches
signed with initials upper right
sale:
sotheby's london
july 2022

édouard vuillard
french
1868-1940
laundress, 1892
oil on board
8 1/2 x 10 inches
signed with initials lower left
cleveland museum of art
~
song
~
psalm 27:14
ecclesiastes 3:11
isaiah 43:18-19

Sunday, June 1, 2025

good to me

 
angelo morbelli
italian
1853-1919
sunset in the mountains, 1907
oil on canvas
9 1/8 x 15 inches
sotheby's
tableaux 1400-1900
lot 49
paris
11 june 2025
~
song
~
psalm 121

Thursday, May 8, 2025

overflow

photo: mine
nyc
@2019
~
song here
psalm 23
~
deuteronomy 30:3-6
isaiah 54:5-6
:speaking to the nation of israel here in these verses (i think) but the ability of scripture to speak straight to the individual hearts of His children is wondrous and a precious gift:

Thursday, April 17, 2025

glory glory glory


helene schjerfbeck
finnish
1862-1946

félix vallotton
swiss/french
1865-1925
~
Immanuel's Land
'...i stand upon His merit, i know no other stand...'
anne ross cousin
1824-1906
british
~
romans 5:8

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

river of life


helene schjerfbeck
finnish
1862-1946
the seamstress, 1905
oil on canvas
37 1/2 x 33 inches
finnish national gallery

agnes goodsir
australian~lived in paris
1864-1939
woman reading, c. 1915
oil on canvas
28 x 36 inches
national gallery of victoria, melbourne
~
song here
john 7:38
revelation 22:1

Sunday, March 9, 2025

...who makes a way...

isaiah 43:16


félix vallotton
swiss/french
1865-1925
sunset, 1913
oil on canvas
private collection
~
song
john 12:32
~
exodus 13:21
job 23:10
proverbs 17:3

Sunday, February 16, 2025

unsearchable


emilio longoni
italian
1859-1932
alone, 1900
pastel on paper
private collection

antonio mancini
italian
1852-1930
the study, 1875
oil on canvas
20 1/4 x 26 inches
galleria nazionale d'arte moderna e contemporanea
rome
~
romans 11:33