art 26 Apr 2006 09:10 pm
Now that’s just hilarious….
I keep scrolling down to look at the second painting I posted earlier today. I’m spellbound by it. It positively draws me in. When I first found it I couldn’t find the title of the painting; only the artist’s name. I”m sitting here listening to crickets outside my open window and slumbering dear hubby near me and it occurred to me that I might love to have this painting as a print on my wall. So off I went to “google” that artist. And….lo and behold…my little lead is more than an artist name! 
Zona pellucida: The strong membrane that forms around an ovum as it develops in the ovary. The membrane remains in place during the egg’s travels through the fallopian tube. To fertilize the egg, a sperm must penetrate the thinning zona pellucida. If fertilization takes place, the membrane disappears to permit implantation in the uterus.
um….yeah. Okay.
Well, I’m learning something. This painting is a bit hard to track down. Zona Pellicuda is also an art website.A very cool site called The Art of Parenting Through Art. But ZP is NOT the artist who did this painting. From the url I figured out that ” serebryakova tata with vegetables ” must be the title. The artist also painted this girl brushing her hair:
But that first painting of her with the fish and radishes still grips me. And so I kept looking…
Success! Here’s an artist bio of Zinaida Serebryakova (from Wikipedia):
Zinaida Serebryakova was born on the estate of Neskuchnoye near Kharkiv (now Ukraine) into one of the most refined and artistic families of Russia.
Ever since her youth Zinaida Serebryakova strove to express her love of the world and to show its beauty. Her earliest works—Country Girl (1906, Russian Museum) and Orchard in Bloom (1908, private collection)—speak eloquently of this search, and of her acute awareness of the beauty of the Russian land and its people. These works are etudes done from nature, and though she was young at the time, her extraordinary talent, confidence and boldness were apparent.
The painting’s name is Tata With Vegetables and Tata was Zinaida’s daughter.
on 27 Apr 2006 at 4:21 pm 1.Kim said …
Ohhh… I like that painting. If only I could habve two girl bathrooms, and then I could put the lady in orange in one. But maybe the girl brushing her hair would work in the girls’ bathroom when they are older… hmmm.
Oh- have y’all done Cades Cove yet? We went last weekend, and I can’t wait to go back again without family members (who only want to drive through) so I get out and look at everything.
Hope you are well!