Northern Arcadia

Personal site of Christopher Turner.

Bartolomeo Manifredi: Cupid Chastised

Posted on August 28, 2019 by hermit

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“Little jerk totally had it coming.” – Billy Sonic

Pencil Sketch: Hans Bellmer

Posted on August 27, 2019 by hermit

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“I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form…” – Bob Dylan, Shelter from the Storm

What color is humility?

Posted on August 15, 2019 by hermit

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Meekness, by Eustache Le Sueur. circa 1650.

Detail, Portrait of Dorian Gray, by Ivan Albright

Posted on August 10, 2019 by hermit

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Detail from Portrait of Dorian Gray by Ivan Albright — Even the cat is debauched, with pierced ears, lined and reddened eyes that speak of horrors seen, now unforgettable, while the syphilitic chancres on the cat’s lips hint at forbidden, bestial pleasures and the cutaneous horn on the cat’s skull trumpets the inevitable end of all sinners.

Detail, Annunciation, by Jay Defeo

Posted on August 9, 2019 by hermit

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Heart of the Miracle