Adrienne Morris is author of the deeply moving epic novel The House on Tenafly Road (Historical Novel Society Editor’s Choice).
“I love classic literary and historical fiction like Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind, Laila Ibrahim's Yellow Crocus and Sara Gruen’s Water for Elephants and aim to give readers sweeping historical tales filled with characters to love, hate and sympathize with.”
Adrienne lives on a small farm with her mini horse and sheep.
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3 thoughts on “Thomas Dewing – The Hermit Thrush, 1890”
Dewing’s work is mesmerizing. I first came across his work in an art history class and have loved it ever since. His figures have muscle but appear to emerge from a fairy tale, as though they are too carnal to stay in a mythological realm and too magical to exist on earth. His drawings are wondrous, of people who must surely speak, and then you notice that a tendril of pencil simply floats away, unable to remain. I copied this style for a lot of drawings when I was young (didn’t approach his skill of course)
His painting “A Reading” I really enjoy–the looks on the women’s faces are so real, but like you say, the room they sit in seems so unreal. I love his use of color, too.
I was a rather heavy-handed, second-rate art student. 🙂
Dewing’s work is mesmerizing. I first came across his work in an art history class and have loved it ever since. His figures have muscle but appear to emerge from a fairy tale, as though they are too carnal to stay in a mythological realm and too magical to exist on earth. His drawings are wondrous, of people who must surely speak, and then you notice that a tendril of pencil simply floats away, unable to remain. I copied this style for a lot of drawings when I was young (didn’t approach his skill of course)
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His painting “A Reading” I really enjoy–the looks on the women’s faces are so real, but like you say, the room they sit in seems so unreal. I love his use of color, too.
I was a rather heavy-handed, second-rate art student. 🙂
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Gorgeous picture. I’d love that in my house.
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