Chilling Embrace

We've enjoyed some Spring weather here and there. Here, today, we are in the chilling embrace of the Snow Queen once again. Brrr.

Mary Engelbreit has such lovely charm in her graphics.

 All images this post © copyright Mary Engelbreit

Allegorical Inclinations

A full day of Spring around here, and it feels like it. Nice.

Now I'm handing out some really personal information here by telling you that I am of the heterosexual inclination, and I share the fascination and appreciation with much of the world of the use of the feminine form in graphics of all sorts. But if someone could paint a picture of a masculine form that might make me consider altering my inclination, well, that someone would be J.C. Leyendecker.

 J.C. Leyendecker — Spring — 1929

Though I'm still a fan of the traditional gender of the allegory of Spring, with all the attendant stereotypes:

John Byam Shaw — Rising Spring — early xxth century

Spring Comes Galloping In

This Welsh fellow was an undervalued practitioner of the Art Deco style. You don't see enough of his work in the Deco art books.

William Welsh — Spring — ca 1930s

Spring Tide Greetings to You All!

That is, to all of you in the Northern Hemisphere . . .

Franz Xavier Winterhalter — Spring