For this edition of Saturday Poetry, we have paired Limón's emotive words with mobile art by the talented @silkemetzartivst with the captivating artwork entitled 'I love you' complementing the poem's essence beautifully, creating a symphony of emotions.

Stephen Ongpin Fine Art

Year-round blog of all things related to the best season of the year!

I thought this Autumn image from pinterest was very sweet, but the poem really doesn't express my feelings for Autumn. I love the fall season, and I'm happy its drawing near. Our summer has been much more mild than usual, however I'm still anticipated the first day of Autumn. I will most likely celebrate :) I am almost finished with my reborn baby. I searched some hobby stores for a pre make body , but couldn't find one to work, so I got brave and sewed one, using the old body as a pattern. It took me a while, but I did it! She isn't close to the ones I've seen on ebay , but shes my first and a cheap make do. I named her Ruth Anne......with an E. I haven't dressed her, but I'll give you a picture showing her body I made. These were took with my tablet and not so clear. After she is dressed I'll take pictures with my camera and post them another day. Ruth Anne....Reborn by Shelley, Aug. 2014 Before Have a great week dear friends, Shelley

Warm up on a brisk autumn day with this showstopper Roasted Pumpkin with Burrata. The star of this healthy-ish recipe is a rich slice of melty, creamy Burrata cheese - the queen of Italian cheeses. This dish is the perfect starter - capturing a collection of autumnal flavours that bring in heat, crunch, and creaminess.

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Cover of a Swedish school reader, Vill du läsa? (Do You Want to Read?) Autumn is officially here, and what better illustration to post than this beautiful offering by one of my favorite children's book illustrators than Elsa Beskow (1874-1953). In 1894 Beskow started to contribute to the Swedish children's magazine Jultomten. She went on to publish forty children's books with her own text and images. In her books Beskow used her own childhood experiences as a source for ideas. Her six children also inspired her work. Many of her books focus on nature, the relationships between children and adults, and children's independent initiative. She frequently combined reality with elements from the fairy tale world. In her stories and artwork, children meet elves, goblins, or fairies, and farm animals who can talk with people. From Peter in Blueberry Land Elsa Beskow is one of the most well known of all Swedish children's book artists (she's been called the "Beatrix Potter of Scandinavia"). Many of her books became classics and are continually reprinted. Beskow also illustrated ABC books and songbooks for Swedish schools. Her beautiful book pages are often bordered by decorative framework of the Art Nouveau style. From Woody, Hazel, and Little Pip BEAUTIFUL BOOKS BY ELSA BESKOW: AROUND THE YEAR - Delightful verses and delicate, playful illustrations that take young children through the special joys of each month of the year, from icy February to the green shoots of April, the red poppies of July, September’s apples, and the delights of December. CHILDREN OF THE FOREST - Deep in the roots of an old pine tree live the children of the forest. Playing hide-and-seek with the squirrels, and snowballing in winter, each season brings its own adventures. PELLE'S NEW SUIT - Pelle shears his lamb and gets the wool carded, spun, dyed, woven and made into a fine new suit. PETER IN BLUEBERRY LAND - Peter is looking for blueberries for his mother’s birthday and he can’t find a single one. Suddenly he feels a light tap on his shoe, and a strange and magical adventure is about to begin. WOODY, HAZEL AND LITTLE PIP - Woody and Little Pip Acorn have an unexpected adventure when they take a ride on an oak leaf. Mr. Squirrel and their friend sweet little Hazel Hazelnut go searching for the acorn boys, and they meet gnomes, trolls, a salamander and other woodland creatures along the way. A wonderful, fun story with beautiful illustrations that capture children's imaginations beautifully. Just a few more days to enter my SEPTEMBER GIVEAWAY! Bob Books SIGHT WORDS set for Kindergarten and First Grade is the gift. To enter, leave a comment, start following my blog, or "like" my Facebook page by September 29th. Winner will be announced on September 30, 2011. CLICK HERE for more info. CONTEST OVER.

Francisco Abril and Nuria Velasco, also known as Welder Wings, asountds the art world with gothic surrealism. The work they produce is a primarily digital colla

n.d. Self-Portrait pen and ink and wash 23.2 x 23.2 cm Musée d'Orsay, Paris photo © RMN Henri Fantin-Latour (1836 – 1904) was a French painter and lithographer best known for his flower paintings and group portraits of Parisian artists and writers. He was born Ignace Henri Jean Théodore Fantin-Latour in Grenoble, Isère. As a youth, he received drawing lessons from his father, who was an artist. In 1850 he entered the Ecole de Dessin, where he studied with Lecoq de Boisbaudran. After studying at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1854, he devoted much time to copying the works of the old masters in the Musée du Louvre. Although Fantin-Latour befriended several of the young artists who would later be associated with Impressionism, including Whistler and Manet, Fantin's own work remained conservative in style. Whistler brought attention to Fantin in England, where his still-lifes sold so well that they were "practically unknown in France during his lifetime". In addition to his realistic paintings, Fantin-Latour created imaginative lithographs inspired by the music of some of the great classical composers. In 1875, Henri Fantin-Latour married a fellow painter, Victoria Dubourg, after which he spent his summers on the country estate of his wife's family at Buré, Orne in Lower Normandy, where he died on 25 August 1904. This is part 12 of a 13-part series on the works of Henri Fantin-Latour. For earlier works see parts 1 - 11 also. n.d. Embroiderers pencil 23.4 x 21.8 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris ©RMN n.d. Evening oil on canvas Musée d'Art et d'Industrie de Roubaix, France n.d. Female Nude charcoal on tracing paper 19.2 x 12.7 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris ©RMN n.d. Female Nude charcoal on tracing paper 20.5 x 13.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris ©RMN n.d. Female Nude, Seen from Behind, Surrounded by Flowers gouache 12.8 x 12.2 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris ©RMN n.d. Five Female Nudes pencil 26.8 x 17.7 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris ©RMN n.d. Five Men Around a Table in a Tavern pen and pencil 16.6 x 24.4 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris ©RMN n.d. Five Nude Studies chalk 25.7 x 15.2 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam n.d. Flowers oil on canvas 38.5 x 30.5 cm Bury Art Museum, Greater Manchester, UK n.d. Flowers oil on canvas Private Collection n.d. Glory lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio n.d. Golgotha ( copy after Veronese - see below ) oil on canvas 30 x 29.5 cm Musée d'Orsay, Paris Paolo Veronese 1580c Crucifixion oil on canvas 102 x 102 cm Louvre Museum, Paris n.d. Hector Berlioz; Symphony Fantastique - A Ball lithograph on chine collé 23.7 x 15.5 cm ( image ) Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio n.d. Homage to Rubens oil on canvas 40.5 x 30.2 cm Southampton City Art Gallery, Hampshire, UK n.d. Impatiens, Peaches and Apricots oil on canvas n.d. Juliet's Aria lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio n.d. La Causerie oil on canvas 33 x 41.5 cm Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, UK n.d. La jeune Malade lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio n.d. La jeune Malade lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio n.d. La Source oil on canvas 73.5 x 60 cm Private Collection n.d. Lady Resting oil on canvas 13 x 20 cm Paisley Art Institute Collection, Scotland, UK n.d. Le Mage Balthazar et Fatime lithograph 35.7 x 28.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC n.d. Violets and Wallflowers oil on board 28.6 x 28.6 cm The National Trust for Scotland, UK n.d. Lélio, la Harpe Éolienne lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio n.d. Love Poems by Brahms lithograph n.d. Lydé lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio n.d. Man in Bed pen and ink 15.2 x 21.3 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris ©RMN n.d. Man Playing a Lute gouache, watercolour and varnish 11.1 x 22.8 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris ©RMN n.d. Man with a Moustache and Goatee pencil 20.8 x 19.3 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris ©RMN n.d. Mixed Bouquet oil on canvas 26.2 x 35.6 cm Private Collection n.d. Morning oil on canvas Musée d'Art et d'Industrie de Roubaix, France n.d. Music pencil 30.5 x 22.5 cm Palace of Fine Arts, Lille photo © RMN n.d. Naked Woman, Back View, Surrounded by Flowers, Registering Names oil on canvas 16.6 x 10.4 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris ©RMN n.d. Naked Woman, Reclining Man Wrapped in a Large Coat charcoal on tracing paper 20.5 x 23.2 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris ©RMN n.d. Nasturtiums oil on canvas n.d. Néère lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio n.d. Nude Studies chalk 18.5 x 28.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam n.d. Nude Woman, Standing, Leaning on a Rock charcoal on tracing paper 20.7 x 13.3 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris ©RMN n.d. Nymph and Love pencil 29.8 x 21.4 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris ©RMN n.d. Nymphs oil on canvas n.d. Pansies oil on canvas Private Collection n.d. Paradise and the Peri lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio n.d. Parsival, Act II: Evocation of Kundry lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio n.d. Pastorale lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio n.d. Peaches and Grapes oil on canvas 15 x 30 cm Paisley Art Institute Collection, Scotland, UK n.d. Peaches and Greengage oil on canvas 18 x 29 cm Paisley Art Institute Collection, Scotland, UK n.d. Peaches in a Glass Bowl oil on canvas n.d. Phlox oil on canvas 20 x 24 cm Private Collection n.d. Pink and Yellow Roses oil on canvas 33 x 39.5 cm York Museums Trust, UK n.d. Portrait of Charles Ricada pencil 24.4 x 22 cm Palace of Fine Arts, Lille, France photo © RMN n.d. Queen of the Night oil on canvas 64.8 x 76.8 cm n.d. Réverie lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio n.d. Rose Trees, White Roses oil on canvas Private Collection n.d. Roses and Nasturtiums oil on canvas Private Collection n.d. Roses de Nice oil on canvas n.d. Roses in a Glass Vase oil on canvas Private Collection n.d. Roses Lying on Gold Velvet oil on canvas n.d. Roses oil on canvas n.d. Roses oil on canvas

Writer R.F. Kristi Inca Cat Series, Christmas Cats, The Cats Who Crossed Over from Paris

Dear Reading Friends, Today we are in for a treat! I'm linking to another blogger, Jil over at The Art of Children's Picture Books, who has chosen to feature one of my all-time favorite illustrators/authors. Enjoy her lovely post on Eloise Wilkin's Poems to Read to the Very Young. It's one of our favorite books too. I can always be sure to get a load of laundry folded or dinner started by just pulling out this book . . . the illustrations are mesmerizing . . . and Jil shared seven of those illustrations with us (below is my favorite for this autumnal season), so be sure to check it out by clicking on the link above or clicking on any of the images on this post.