Hillview Art Gallery

8x10 acrylic

When Earth's Last Picture Is Painted
Rudyard Kipling
1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)

When Earth's last picture is painted
And the tubes are twisted and dried
When the oldest colors have faded
And the youngest critic has died
We shall rest, and faith, we shall need it
Lie down for an aeon or two
'Till the Master of all good workmen
Shall put us to work anew
And those that were good shall be happy
They'll sit in a golden chair
They'll splash at a ten league canvas
With brushes of comet's hair
They'll find real saints to draw from
Magdalene, Peter, and Paul
They'll work for an age at a sitting
And never be tired at all.
And only the Master shall praise us.
And only the Master shall blame.
And no one will work for the money.
No one will work for the fame.
But each for the joy of the working,
And each, in his separate star,
Will draw the thing as he sees it.
For the God of things as they are!

Happy fall equinox! Today marks the first day of fall in the Northern Hemisphere 🍂

Fun fact: The word equinox is Latin for “equal night,” and it’s the date when, in most places on Earth, the daytime lasts just about as long as the nighttime.

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Diego Rivera. “Cubist Landscape.” 1912. Gift of Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz © 2021 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

I got a studio today!! Can't wait to get to work.

11x14" oil painting
"Leftovers"
$295

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Fresh Pinapple Small Painting | Etsy A fresh pineapple that I painted with oil paints on a small, 5x7 canvas.

Marigolds | Etsy When all these marigolds grew in my garden, I just had to paint them. These golden flowers will brighten up anyones day. This is an original oil painting on 10x8 canvas board.

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Painting en plein aire

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Pineapple
5x7" oil painting
$55

"When earth's last picture is painted
And the tubes are twisted and dry,
When the oldest colors are faded,
And the youngest critic has died,
We shall rest, and, faith, we shall need it -
Lie down for an eon or two,
Till the Master of all good workmen
Shall set us to work anew.
And those who are good shall be happy;
They shall sit in a Golden Chair;
They shall splash at a ten-league canvas
With brushes of Comet's hair ;
They shall find real saints to draw from -
Magdalene, Peter and Paul ;
They shall work for an age at sitting,
And never be tired at all ;
And only the Master shall praise us,
And only the Master shall blame ;
And no one shall work for money ,
And no one shall work for Fame :
But each for the joy of the working ;
And each in his separate star
Shall draw the thing as he sees it
For the God of Things as They are !
-Kipling

Marigolds 10x8" oil painting, my 3rd piece since a serious painting block.

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"Ilona's Apples"
12x9.5" oil painting
by Jean Ehler
Yes! I did it! Ilona's death kicked me out of my painting block. I can't not paint anymore, she was so supportive of me. Her first assignment to new students was always 2 red apples, so that's what I've painted in her memory.

I, Jean Ehler am in this video, one of her students in Columbia, SC! It was such an honor to be a friend and student of Ilona.

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