Happy New Year!
We have come to New Year’s Eve and await the arrival of a new year – 2022. “Destiny” by John William Waterhouse is the last painting in my 2021 Art Calendar. I sense, within this beautiful and complex painting, a poignant farewell to a year of many events and happenings.
My 2022 Art Calendar will be unveiled on January 1, 2022. I look forward to the adventures ahead. Behind every artwork a story is waiting to be discovered.
“Waterhouse’s painting shows a beautiful woman raising a glass to her mouth in a farewell toast for the departing warriors. She appears lost in her thoughts as she stands in what appears to be a loggia, an Italian style outdoor room or corridor with views out to a marshy area. An open book sits on a desk in front of her.” John William Waterhouse
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Isn’t that beautiful. Such rich colors. He captures those reds so well, I can almost touch them. And the expression on her face… ahh. He captured a fiery thought there. This is lovely, Rebecca.
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I am delighted that you enjoyed this post, Diana. This painting sent me on a mini research especially when my art calendar, a few days laters, provided another John William Waterhouse painting – Circe, which uses emerald greens. Waterhouse had a mystical essence to his paintings that draws the viewer into a different dimension. Check out this link: https://g.co/arts/3vvkyBugxXFsS1AD9
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Beautiful, Rebecca. Thanks for the link. Oh my, I could write endless poetry for these. What an enchanting painting.
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Many thanks for connecting. I am looking forward to our ongoing conversation.
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Many thanks for connecting Selma!
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Many, many thanks for sharing Joh William Waterhouse, Colleen. You are a wonderful support and encouragement.
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Wow! This is one gorgeous painting. I am inspired.
What a fab painting to end the old year. Thank you, Rebecca!
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A perfect painting for the last day of 2021. Destiny! Aren’t the PRB just wonderful? Gorgeous.
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Yes they are!! Hugs!
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I love my Art Calendar, and what a lovely painting for the last day of the year. I have it beside me here and I am enjoying the many details, the interesting background, the book, I think, in front of her for study. It would seem that she is taking a little time off for something delicious in the bowl, before continuing her study. She is beautifully dressed. I have enjoyed this year, and I am excited to learn there is another on the way. Let us have a happy first day of the year and on to happy days of 2022!
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I am delighted that you enjoyed the 2021 art calendar. Yours is ready to be delivered once we are able to get together again. I have unwrapped the first day and was excited to see Sandro Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus”. It is in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Check out this link: https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/birth-of-venus
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I am excited to look at each day–each one is special
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I love Waterhouse paintings. They are like fairy tales. Happy, Healthy & Wonderous 2022 to you and yours Rebecca!
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Thank you Cindy. I agree – Waterhouse captured the story which allowed the viewer to enter an alternative universe. Happy New Year – my warmest wishes for you and your as we enter a new year.
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This would be a beautiful image for our Ekphrastic poetry challenge inspired by works of art. I love the woman! She looks out at sea possibly wondering when her man will come home. Happy New Year, Rebecca. ❤
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Wonderful – I will keep this photo close by for that challenge. Your thoughts on this painting resonate with the story behind the photo. This is what I found out in my mini research of this painting: “Donated by Waterhouse in 1900 to the Artists’ War Fund for British casualties and those widowed during the second Boer War, “Destiny” features a young woman holding a valedictory bowl for departing ships that are reflected in a circular mirror, one that simultaneously allows viewers to look into a private room and out of an elevated window.”https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/ravon/2007-n47-ravon1893/016699ar/
I have already worked with the syllable counter, which is brilliant. 2022 will be a year of poetry!! Exciting!!
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Yay! I can’t wait. It’s almost like the woman is using a scrying bowl… maybe fortelling the future? ❤
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I agree! I want to look into the biography of John William Waterhouse because it seems that foretelling the future is a recurring theme in his artwork. The Chrystal Ball is another interesting painting that uses the scrying bowl: https://www.john-william-waterhouse.com/crystal-ball/
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Ohhhh that is quite beautiful, isn’t it? I do love the women in his art. I wonder if this woman is pregnant and wondering about the baby she carries? ❤
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A beautiful painting for the last day of 2021. I wish you and Don a very Happy New Year 🥳
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Wasn’t that a great painting to end 2021!! Destiny is ready to enter 2022 with us. My quote for today: “We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.” Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
Happy New Year!!!
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Happy New Year, my dearest Rebecca, full of love, art and joy! 🤗😘❤
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Happy New Year, Marina! Many thanks for a wonderful 2021 together. I am grateful that we are entering another years of possibilities together. Hugs and more hugs coming across the ocean.
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Likewise, my dearest friend and I look forward to those possibilities together!
Many more hugs and love to you!!!! 🤗❤
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You have the best comments, Graham! Happy New Year!!!
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