Hellbender

Hellbender. Original acrylic painting on acid free paper 8" x 10". Two boys discover a strange creature in the forest. By Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler.

Hellbender

Hellbender. Work in progress today.

The Temptation of St. Anthony

Inspired by the surreal, crowded, and incredible paintings of the Temptation of St. Anthony, but I decided to go the opposite way and make my interpretation more simple. Sex and money. A wax anatomical model demonstrating the syphilitic plaques of the tongue, with a coin in its mouth.

The Temptation of St. Anthony. Original acrylic on paper painting 8" x 10" by Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler
Black bars and "My Good Babushka" watermark are not on the painting, they are included her for formatting and security purposes.

The Temptation of St. Anthony

 Work in progress by Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler.
I have been looking at a lot of the surreal, crowded, and incredible paintings of the Temptation of St. Anthony, but the temptations are still sex and money. I decided to go the opposite way and make my interpretation more simple. A wax anatomical model demonstrating the syphilitic plaques of the tongue. Money to come later.

The Owl Was a Baker's Daughter

The Owl was a Baker's Daughter. 9" x 13" acrylic on stretched canvas with a 1" profile by Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler.
Inspired by the legend of the baker's daughter who was turned into an owl for not wanting to give bread to Christ.
Dark, dreamy surrealism in an industrial kitchen.

Marzipan and The Peppermint Pig

Marzipan and The Peppermint Pig.  9" x 12" acrylic on canvas board painting of two red-haired women in matching blue dresses. One has a box of marzipan, an over-sized peppermint pig features prominently. By Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler.

Blue John

Surreal portrait of a boy with a toy accordion.

Blue John

A boy playing a toy accordion, on a surreal night with a red faced-moon. Loosely inspired by the colors of Blue John, a mineral found in the caverns of Derbyshire, England. by Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler.

I Catch the Birds, I am the Crafty Thing

Inspired by a line from the 1864 poem Caliban upon Setebos by Robert Browning.
by Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler

Thaumaturgy

Thaumaturgy. A mysterious forest where a Janus-like figure is amusing itself blowing bubbles.
Original painting 8" x 10" acrylic on acid free paper. At My Good Babushka.

Thaumaturgy

Thaumaturgy. Work in progress. A Janus-like figure blowing bubbles in the forest.

Thaumaturgy

Thaumaturgy.Work in progress today.

Caul

Caul. Original acrylic painting on acid free paper, approximately 8" x 10".
Portrait of a woman with a caul. It was once thought to be good luck to be born with part of the amniotic sac attached. This is a surrealistic portrait of a woman with the placenta worn as a veil. Inspired by vintage medical illustrations and some vintage photographs of dissections.
By Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler

The painting does not include the black bars of the "My Good Babushka" watermark included here for formatting and security purposes.

Caul

Caul. Work in progress. It was once thought to be good luck to be born with part of the amniotic sac attached. This is a surrealistic portrait of a woman with the placenta worn as a veil. Inspired by vintage medical illustrations and some vintage photographs of dissections.

Tie Down the Wind

Tie Down the Wind at My Good Babushka.  Original painting 8" x 10" acrylic on acid free paper.
Tie Down The Wind. Woman in a white dress, standing on the prairie, tying a knot in a tornado winding across the yellow sky. Fairy tale charm.
Update: The original painting has been sold but Prints of Tie Down the Wind are available.