art pickings

The Splendid Parrot by the self-taught 18th-century artist Sarah Stone, who created extraordinary natural history paintings of exotic, endangered, and extinct species at a time when neither science nor art were open to women. Click through for more, and for prints. 

Art from Trees at Night – Art Young’s stunning Rorschach silhouettes from the 1920s. 

Art from Trees at Night – Art Young’s stunning Rorschach silhouettes from the 1920s. 

Art from Trees at Night – Art Young’s stunning Rorschach silhouettes from the 1920s. 

Art from Trees at Night – Art Young’s stunning Rorschach silhouettes from the 1920s. 

Art from Trees at Night – Art Young’s stunning Rorschach silhouettes from the 1920s. 

Art from Trees at Night – Art Young’s stunning Rorschach silhouettes from the 1920s. 

Art from Trees at Night – Art Young’s stunning Rorschach silhouettes from the 1920s. 

Art from Trees at Night – Art Young’s stunning Rorschach silhouettes from the 1920s. 

Chameleon by the self-taught 18th-century artist Sarah Stone, who created extraordinary natural history paintings of exotic, endangered, and extinct species at a time when neither science nor art were open to women. Click through for more, and for prints. 

Snake and lizard by the self-taught 18th-century artist Sarah Stone, who created extraordinary natural history paintings of exotic, endangered, and extinct species at a time when neither science nor art were open to women. Click through for more, and for prints.