First of all, apologies all round for the lack of posts and comments this past week or so. I had to go stay with my Dad for a few days and it totally threw me out! You know when you've got a routine and then that routine is interrupted and it's so difficult to get back into the groove? Well that's what happened. On the plus side, I have a week's worth of posts on all my favourite blogs to catch up on! I'm really looking forward to doing that this weekend let me tell you!
Happy Friday too by the way!. These paintings I have posted here are by the artist Walton Ford. I stumbled across his work a few weeks ago and I'm completely smitten! When you first look at them they appear to be Victorian natural history watercolours but there's always a surprise the closer you look! It's untamed nature with a twist. You can see more of his work here and here.
These are fascinating and beautiful - thanks for sharing! I missed your posts, Sam! Hope you can get back into your groove easily! :)
Posted by: Rebecca | March 12, 2010 at 05:58 AM
okie-dokie you are forgiven darling Sam, cos' you finally came back with another gorgeous & informative post! Love it!
xo as always*
Posted by: lenorenevermore | March 12, 2010 at 05:59 AM
Interesting and lovely paintings. Hope you get back into the groove soon!
Posted by: Sarah | March 12, 2010 at 09:10 AM
These are unbelievable. Just love them. I have also been having an out of blog touch week, myself. same dealy, getting out of routines mess blogging up somehow..hehe.
happy friday to you and have an awesome weekend!
Posted by: Kitty Stampede | March 12, 2010 at 12:52 PM
These are amazing! You have an eye for great art, Sam.
Good to hear you dad is doing good and hope you get back on track soon!
Posted by: Diana | March 12, 2010 at 01:10 PM
Yay!! Welcome back to blog-land!! :) I love the okapi -- I did a report on them in second grade and have been rather partial ever since. You just don't find many people who a big okapi fans!! Did you know, they're really more closely related to giraffes/horses than zebras? :)
Posted by: KIM | March 13, 2010 at 01:06 PM
Glad to see you're back in the groove Sam :)
Posted by: Ellen | March 13, 2010 at 09:17 PM
These are brilliant! Glad to see you back Sam! My routine will be interrupted with moving at the end of this week. So I may not be around for a little while because there are some issues with relocating my broadband to my new house. Grrr! So I'll schedule a few SSS posts this week in case it takes way longer than expected to be up and running again. If they tell me that my only option is dial-up you'll hear me screaming all the way from Sydney :D xo
Posted by: Tracy | March 14, 2010 at 07:31 PM
I saw his work at an exhibit at a museum in Florida. They're really beautiful and I think it was an interesting way to make political statements.
Posted by: Christina | March 26, 2010 at 07:29 AM