This painting, titled "L'escalier" (The Staircase), was created by French painter Marc Chalmé, known for his mastery of shadow and light, often compared to Vermeer. His work captures "still light" in landscapes, still lifes, and scenes like this.

This painting, titled "L'escalier" (The Staircase), was created by French painter Marc Chalmé, known for his mastery of shadow and light, often compared to Vermeer. His work captures "still light" in landscapes, still lifes, and scenes like this.

This hanging scroll by Nagasawa Rosetsu, titled Scholars Crossing a Bridge, was created between 1788 and 1789 using ink and light color on paper. The composition is dominated by a sheer, vertical rock face on the left, rendered with bold, sweeping ink washes that convey a sense of immense scale and weight. In contrast, three figures dressed in vibrant red robes are depicted crossing a slender bridge in the mid-ground, their small stature emphasizing the vastness of the surrounding mountainous landscape. The use of atmospheric perspective, with softer ink tones for the distant peaks, creates a deep sense of space and tranquility.

Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754–1799), Scholars Crossing a Bridge, 1788–1789. Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper, 119.4 x 54 cm, The San Diego Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Leon D. Bonnet

there is no reason to give up or to feel hopeless. show up for the carnival. trust the way will open beyond the good you can imagine. this experiment in human life on paradise is a blessing. give what you can to the avalanche of hope. give what you can to yourself. these are gemstones of the mind.

𝚃𝚘 𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚣𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚞𝚜 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌, 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍; 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚜 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚛 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚍, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚎.

- 𝙽𝚘𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜

Finding

From two rolls of film shot 2019-2022

#photography #35mm #35mmfilm #analogphotography #film #la #losangeles #canyons #nature #river #mountain #dam

In the Sky

#fisheye #ipodtouch #hike #mountain #people #scenery

Guarding the edge of the woodland #trees #woodland #treeclub

Bello e colorato si vede in questa perfezione naturalistica...✨️🫶

🎨 David Hockney

⚡🌪️⚡Thu, Apr 16
Yesterday's thunderstorm, which produced an impressive waterspout btwn Bainbridge & downtown Seattle, made for dynamic whale watching! The T46Bs moved up & down Possession Sound, hopefully they spent another night.

📸 Little T46B2B Takaya. By Elise Lipinski 4/10 (frame grab).

#psws

Flowers from my garden

Bluesky, I got you some flowers from my garden, to cheer you up.

You're welcome 🦋💙

A male zebra finch on a perch, leaning towards and looking at the camera.

Beep is checking in to make sure you aren’t doom scrolling 🐥🫵

Vibrant street art in Limerick, Ireland. A standard street bollard is painted as a bright blue octopus head, with its tentacles sprawled playfully across the pavement for a local scavenger hunt.

🐙 Painted Octopus — By Lumen Street Theatre in Limerick 🇮🇪 This Is Clever (14 Photos): streetartutopia.com/2026/04/17/c...

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River riddle solved! The Colorado River disappeared from the geological record for 5 million years. Scientists now know where it went: Into vanished Bidahochi Lake, before eventually spilling over on a course to the Grand Canyon. ucla.in/4dO9niX 🧪

A white house on the left, a hedge and a motorbike in the foreground, a pink pepper and a taller Mediterranean pine tree behind it top right.

I guess you'll never grow as tall as the pines of Rome.
Bye bye Mediterranean pine tree, today is your last day on earth, because your roots are too strong. May your seedlings thrive.

"İstanbul" 2025
Acrylic on canvas 40x40cm
800$ Plus shipping costs
#samiradarya #painting #Istanbulart #contemporaryart #resam #resim

An acrylic painting of palm trees on an ocean shoreline, casting shadows below on the beach. Distant mountains and clouds hang in the distance.

My painting BEACH VIEW

Mohave Point, lit by the morning sun, seen from Hopi Point.

Hopi Point, Grand Canyon National Park. December, 2019.

📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR
🎞 55 mm – 1/160″ – f/11 – ISO 160
🏷️ #Photography #Landscapes #NationalParks

We went into Toulouse this afternoon and I took this photo on my phone. No filters, messing or anything. Im rather pleased with it.

Bloodroot (Papaveraceae: Sanguinaria canadensis) is a spring ephemeral that inhabits woodlands of eastern North America. The common name comes from the toxic red sap stored in its rhizomes. It's pollinated by a number of insects, and ants help disperse its seeds. Pittsford Michigan, 12 Apr 2026.

Bloodroot (Papaveraceae: Sanguinaria canadensis) is a spring ephemeral that inhabits woodlands of eastern North America. The common name comes from the toxic red sap stored in its rhizomes. It's pollinated by a number of insects, and ants help disperse its seeds. Pittsford Michigan, 12 Apr 2026.

Interior shot looking up at the dome of a 17th century church designed by Christopher Wren in London

St. Stephen Walbrook church, London. 1679, Sir Christopher Wren

Photo of a cluster of tiny white orchid flowers among green grasses, sedges and other bog flora. Some of the orchid edges are fringed.

White Fringed #Orchid. A July/August #wildflower here in #Newfoundland, Canada. Another beauty of our ubiquitous #bogs. #flower #botany #plants

Holy friggen mushrooms

A male eastern bluebird perched on a budding twig and staring straight at the camera ©️DTL 2026

Bluebird posting will continue until morale improves

Barn Owl

📷: Jack Rogers Photography

#birds

A path through a sea of bluebells

Walk with me in our English Bluebell Woodland