http://www.bouguereau.net Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:36:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Pusuits by Joe Park. Click for full image. Joe Park (1964) is a Canadian-born painter who now lives in Seattle and Washington, USA. Sheila Farr, art critic at the Seattle Times wrote about him: "Joseph Park's imagery has a quaint, paint-by-number simplicity that at one time would have seemed odd for a ... http://www.bouguereau.net/joe-park-meets-william-bouguereau/ Detail of Jeune Femme Allant a la Fontaine by Joshua LaRock. Click for full image. American realistic painter Joshua LaRock (b. 1982) didn't have serious artistic aspirations until a few years ago. Only as recently as in 2006 he started studying classical drawing and painting. Since then, many of his works ... http://www.bouguereau.net/joshua-larock-meets-william-bouguereau/ Detail of L'Amour au Humvee by katiekate on FreakingNews. Click for full image. Automobiles saw the light only in William Bouguereau's final years, and the Frenchman never felt inclined to paint them. But others did! Shown above is L'Amour au Humvee by American digital artist katiekate (real name Catherine ... http://www.bouguereau.net/bouguereau-bids-adieu-to-the-hummer/ Detail of Dakota Le Gouter by FormNFunction on Worth1000. Click for full image. February 23, 2010 marks the 16th birthday of American teen actress Dakota Fanning [wiki]. Fanning's breakthrough performance was in I Am Sam in 2001. As a child actress, she appeared in high-profile films such as Man on Fire, ... http://www.bouguereau.net/happy-bouguereau-birthday-to-dakota-fanning/ Detail of Drew by Famous58 on Worth1000. Click for full image. February 22, 2010 marks the 35th birthday of American actress, film producer and film director Drew Barrymore [wiki]. She first appeared in an advertisement when she was eleven months old, and after her breakout appearance in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial she ... http://www.bouguereau.net/happy-bouguereau-birthday-to-drew-barrymore/ Remastered Bouguereau girls on ice With the Winter Olympics in full swing, William Bouguereau has sent his own team to Vancouver. Three girls, a young bacchante and two bathing beauties, have trained for months and are now showing their talents on ice. Below are the participants in their original context. Click ... http://www.bouguereau.net/team-bouguereau-goes-figure-skating/ Angels' Lullaby by aheadmon on Worth1000. Click for full image. Twice each year Worth1000 challenges digital artists to create a ghostly image in a classical work of art. The sixth edition of this GhostRen contest, in February 2010, drew 41 creations, five of which were Remastered Bouguereaus. Shown above is the highest ... http://www.bouguereau.net/bouguereau-is-seeing-ghosts-again/ Poppy Field by Enzie Shahmir. Click for source & bigger. Enzie Shahmiri [website, Flickr] creates paintings which have been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibits in California and are in private collections in the USA, Europe and the Middle East. Her art ranges from traditional oil portraits to Orientalist style ... http://www.bouguereau.net/bouguereau-takes-a-persian-detour/ Valentine Engagement by Sassydeb on FreakingNews. Click for full image. The commercialization of Saint Valentine's Day (14 February) may be fairly recent, but the holiday has been around since the 19th century, mostly in the USA and Britain. It's unlikely William Bouguereau celebrated Saint Valentine, but his modern-day followers have linked ... http://www.bouguereau.net/happy-valentines-day-from-william-bouguereau/ Jennifer Aniston by Mundo on FreakingNews. Click for full image. February 11, 2010 marks the 41st birthday for American actress Jennifer Joanna Aniston [wiki]. She established her acting career in the 1990s with her role as Rachel Green in the U.S. sitcom Friends, a role for which she won an Emmy ... http://www.bouguereau.net/happy-bouguereau-birthday-to-jennifer-aniston/