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Pavel Tchelitchew

Todd Powelson

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ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 28, 2016

“Anatomical Painting” by Pavel Tchelitchew, 1946

“Childhood of Orson” by Pavel Tchelitchew

Today I’m going to post a number of paintings by Russian born painter, Pavel Tchelitchew. So awesome, I’d like to post every picture of his that I can find. But, maybe I’ll just add additional posts dedicated to his work later instead.

Love ’em!

“Head of Gold” by Pavel Tchelitchew

“Green Lion” by Pavel Tchelitchew, 1942

“Interior Landscape” by Pavel Tchelitchew

By Pavel Tchelitchew

By Pavel Tchelitchew

By Pavel Tchelitchew

By Pavel Tchelitchew

By Pavel Tchelitchew

By Pavel Tchelitchew

“Childhood of Orson” by Pavel Tchelitchew

By Pavel Tchelitchew

By Pavel Tchelitchew

“Untitled” by Pavel Tchelitchew

By Pavel Tchelitchew

“Costume” by Pavel Tchelitchew

“Cave of Sleep” by Pavel Tchelitchew

“The Muscle System” by Pavel Tchelitchew

By Pavel Tchelitchew

Todd Powelson

Todd Powelson works as a Graphic Designer, Illustrator, and Visual Artist.

Recent Blog Posts

Animal Destiny and Other Stories

A Mask for Dionysus

.. and sometimes, as I roamed, it seemed like the green was watching and aware of me too.

The Eternal Garden

The Eternal Garden

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 11, 2015

Promethea is another comic series that might suit your mood this time of year.

The rest is silence.

Dragon of Swords

Vanquish the nonsense!

The Star, Revisited

Promise, hope, and new beginnings!

Beyond the Dreamtime

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON FEBRUARY 28, 2016

The paintings of Ainslie Roberts.

Between the Trees

ORIGINALLY POSTED (to Instagram) SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

I think I've finally finished this new artwork, called "Between the Trees". See the evolution of the idea.

The myth of Heracles, a.k.a. Hercules, is one of the first stories I remember reading as a little kid.

New Artwork: Bird Buddies!

DELIGHT! Artwork by Pierr Morgan

Your soul is a butterfly!

The Last Supper

New artwork for the first episode in a series on Jesus and his time in the Garden of Gethsemane.

Thanks, little buddies!

The image above is inspired by the Star tarot card, which often shows a woman pouring water into water and onto the land.

Summoning the demon.

My little GirlScout

Run free and wild Scoutie, I love you forever!

Fly free, little blue boy Louie. I love you forever!

A Dream of Osiris

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JULY 19, 2015

Dreams can be pretty important. Maybe not always, but they certainly can be.

Michelangelo and the Creation of Man

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON NOVEMBER 17, 2013

In Michelangelo‘s “Creation of Man” the figure of God and the Heavenly Host actually form the shape of a human brain.

Animal Destiny: New Moon Night

A quiet silhouette across the night sky.

Hanged God Odin

I know that I hung on that windy tree.

Wild Garden: Ten

Green flowering vine

Animal Destiny: Knight of Fire

Max Ernst and His Controversial Rubbings

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MAY 16, 2010

Bird/horse/human hybrid escaping the forest and dancing through modern city streets.

Athena Throws the Great Dragon Down

Athena throws her demons down!

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MARCH 6, 2016

I finished reading a comic series a few weeks ago, called The Hero, that has quickly become one of my very favorites.

Fallen Angel, Fearful Man

It's hard living through an apocalypse.

The evening/morning star, our planet Venus, has kept me good company on many mountain strolls.

Be a good boy! I love you forever.

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON APRIL 27, 2014

The Thoth deck is mindbogglingly beautiful!

Gentle hand gesture give wild predator hugs.

The Art of Giorgio De Chirico

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 1, 2010

Empty Streets, Mannequins, and Tasty Biscuits

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON APRIL 19, 2014

I have a very strong interest in oracles and omens and I think if we can keep our eyes open, we’ll realize they are everywhere.

Unique Bird Forms

With this artwork, I am interested in tracking the movement of the woman's arm geometry through time as they follow a bird's flight.

The Wheel of Life

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JULY 24, 2014

Updated and Rewritten 11/22/20

Athena is recognized as the goddess of civilization, wisdom, arts & craft, inspiration & creativity, strategy, skill, strength, & justice.

ORIGINALLY POSTED (to Instagram) May 6, 2020

'Nother new Athena

Alive With Moonlight

ORIGINALLY POSTED (to Instagram) JULY 25, 2018

Tall trees reach into the sky, branches creating new eye shapes for the moon to peek through with each step. These moon eyes became hypnotic, watching the moon watch me.

Set and the Dismemberment of Osiris

This is a dream image.

Picasso’s Vollard Suite Revisited

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MARCH 25, 2012

I just can’t get enough of Picasso's artwork, and it is time to revisit those Vollard Suite prints.

Planting Osiris' Spaceship in the Underworld

ORIGINALLY POSTED (to Instagram) July 30, 2020

A #dream image that has stuck with me for years and pressed itself into my imagination.

ORIGINALLY POSTED (to Instagram) June 8, 2020

Fly free, Buddy. I love you forever!

David Hockney’s Trees

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 11, 2013

I like to watch documentaries while I draw sometimes.

ORIGINALLY POSTED (to Instagram) OCTOBER 3, 2018

It started a few months ago last spring with a pair of coyote I'd sometimes run into. I'd spot them up the hills. By the river.

Figure Drawing Archive

My Figure Drawings archive.

Franz Marc: Horses, Deer and Animal Destiny

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MAY 29, 2016

Today I just wanted to look at some of Franz Marc‘s paintings.

The House in Grey

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

I’ve got Marc Chagall on my brain again.

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MARCH 9, 2014

Branches and bark on his face and skin, leaves as his hair, with flowers and foliage growing out of his mouth.

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON NOVEMBER 15, 2015

The Wolf was an end and a beginning.

Wings Across the West

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 10, 2014

There is something special about our feathered pals.

As the crickets’ soft autumn hum

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON NOVEMBER 4, 2017

So are we to the trees...

Superimposed, Francis Picabia

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON DECEMBER 22, 2016

I’ve been coming across a lot of work by Francis Picabia that I was previously unfamiliar with.

Max Ernst’s World of Moss, Fern and Forest

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 14, 2016

Max Ernst is definitely one of my favorite painters, and I especially love his invention and work with grattage.

Rams, Goat and Baboon

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MAY 22, 2016

Picasso has drawn, painted and sculpted many great pieces of art featuring animals.

Three Musicians

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MAY 1, 2016

I felt like looking at Picasso‘s painting(s), called “Three Musicians”.

I Saw the Figure Five in Gold

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON APRIL 24, 2016

I was reminded of Charles Demuth‘s painting “I Saw the Figure Five in Gold” earlier this week

Klimt’s Water Serpents

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JANUARY 31, 2016

I’m still looking at the work of Gustav Klimt this week.

Klimt’s Hygeia

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JANUARY 24, 2016

Gustav Klimt‘s piece Hygeia, above, is really a detail of a larger painting… but such a beautiful portrait!

More Picasso…

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON DECEMBER 13, 2015

I’ve had Picasso on my mind this week, and decided I’d post some more of his artwork to satisfy my hungry eyes.

Guardians of the Secret

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 9, 2015

Jackson Pollock’s painting “Guardians of the Secret”

View From A Window

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MAY 31, 2015

I like to look at these sort-a township city-scape type paintings.

The Four Seasons with Japser Johns

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MAY 10, 2015

This week, I’ve found myself going back and visiting with the work of Jasper Johns. Specifically, “The Four Seasons” series.

František Kupka

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MARCH 22, 2015

I’ve been visiting with the work of Czech painter, František Kupka.

Dürer’s Self Portrait

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MARCH 15, 2015

I’ve always really liked this self-portrait by Albrecht Dürer. Let's all look at it again

Elegy to the Spanish Republic

It occurs to me that I haven’t posted any Robert Motherwell

Figurative Jackson Pollock

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON FEBRUARY 15, 2015

I really enjoy the work of Jackson Pollock.

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JANUARY 18, 2015

I like to spend time wandering through bookstores, just to see what I can find.

The Epic of Gilgamesh

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JUNE 29, 2014

“I will stamp my name upon men’s minds forever!”

You Call A Tree A Tree…

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON DECEMBER 7, 2013

I probably first read The Hobbit when I was about nine years old.

Skinwalker Ranch

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 27, 2013

I was probably in Junior High or something when I first heard about skinwalkers.

A person’s life purpose…

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON APRIL 19, 2013

A person’s life purpose

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON APRIL 14, 2013

The poem “in Just-” has wedged itself into my imagination.

Sailing to Byzantium

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON FEBRUARY 15, 2013

(I feel old today…)

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JANUARY 7, 2018

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 25, 2015

I meant to talk about The White Lama…

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 18, 2015

Swimming with Niki de Saint-Phalle

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON DECEMBER 28, 2014

Today I am looking at the work of Niki de Saint-Phalle.

Hunters in the Snow

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON DECEMBER 14, 2014

Pieter Bruegel‘s painting “Hunters in the Snow”

Today I’m posting some of Georgia O’Keefe‘s cityscapes.

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 4, 2015

I’ve recently discovered a comic book that has revived my interest again, called Baltimore.

Cubes & Bikes & Ladies

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON NOVEMBER 9, 2014

It seems like a great day to look at artwork by Fernand Leger.

Woman with a Crow

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 12, 2014

Thinking about Picasso‘s image “Woman with a Crow”

The Raft of the Medusa

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 24, 2014

The picture of the day today is “The Raft of the Medusa” by Théodore Géricault.

Artwork at the Mustang Temple

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JUNE 22, 2014

Lost Treasures of Tibet

Jan van Eyck’s Last Judgement

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON APRIL 6, 2014

I’ve been looking at a lot of old religious artwork lately, and have been enjoying the work of Jan van Eyck especially.

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JULY 9, 2015

Marvel Comics is doing some very cool stuff in all of their books, and all of those books tie into their newest event, Secret Wars.

Happy Halloween!

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 31, 2014

Love, The B.P.R.D

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

This post is dedicated to Finn and Jake!

Albrecht Dürer’s Engravings

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MARCH 24, 2013

I’ve been looking at Albrecht Dürer’s engravings a lot this week.

The Blind Minotaur

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON FEBRUARY 8, 2013

I’m kind of on a Minotaur kick.

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 5, 2014

I was probably first introduced to The Celestials way back in Thor 300.

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 3, 2014

Off to see Groot and Company later today. Trees are such good buddies!

Mindscapes, Talking with Gods, and Captured Ghosts

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JULY 27, 2014

One thing I like to do while I draw though is have a documentary playing.

Manifest Destiny

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JUNE 15, 2014

I did read the first collection of a new series called Manifest Destiny.

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON FEBRUARY 4, 2013

I love this picture so much!

Yoshitoshi’s Underwater Fight!

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JANUARY 29, 2013

I wanted to post Yoshitoshi's “Underwater Fight” because I really like this picture!

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JANUARY 27, 2013

Searching for and studying reproductions of Utagawa Kuniyoshi‘s woodblock prints has become something of an obsession.