2011

Happy New Year! And happy anniversary to this blog! 

I started this blog January 1st 2010 to keep track of my favorite paintings and share them with others. There are now 365 paintings on this blog, one for every day of the year. 

I won't be posting daily in 2011, but I'll try to post any interesting paintings I find! Feel free to re-experience this blog by starting at the beginning and looking at each day's painting from last year! ;) I will still update this blog and A True Word occasionally, just not every day.

I'm so glad I could share all these paintings with you, my readers around the world! :)

And a quick note about me, since some of you have been curious: My name is Rosemary, I just turned 16 in December, my favorite artist is Edward Burne-Jones, I love art, I love poetry, I love to read, I love to draw, I love crafts, and I love talking to my readers, so feel free to get in touch! :)

The Enchanted Garden (Welcome!)

I had a lot of trouble picking the painting for today. I wanted a painting that would really represent the kind of feeling I wanted the blog to have. And I think I found one that does that very well!

(click to enlarge) 

John William Waterhouse

(English, 1849-1917)

The Enchanted Garden, 1916

Oil on canvas

Waterhouse died before completing this painting, but even unfinished it's lovely. Did you notice the sprinkling of snow flurrying in from the outside? Even while it's frigid outside, the garden is calm, warm, and enchanting! That's how I would like this blog to be, an enchanted garden of sorts. Where, no matter how gold and gray it is outside, you can find beauty. This does not mean every painting I post is going to be full of flowers and pretty dresses (though probably a lot of them will be!). I hope there will be some variety. But you can help me with that! Please, leave comments! Tell me what you think of the paintings, and feel free to recommend other artists and paintings! And please, try to tolerate my terrible writing skills and affinity for smilie faces. :)

Welcome to The Daily Painting!