Blind Boys Investigating an Astronomical Model

Blind Boys Investigating an Astronomical Model. By Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler.

Blind Boys Discovering the Solar System

Painting in progress today.

Blind Boys Discovering the Solar System

Work in progress

Blind Boys Discovering the Solar System

 Work in progress today.

Three Blind Boys Discovering a Loon

Three Blind Boys Discovering a Loon. By Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler.

Three Blind Boys Discovering a Loon

A little more painting in progress today.

Three Blind Boys Discovering a Loon

Painting in progress.

Mounting Birds for the Ornithological Exhibit

Painting of a taxidermist mounting birds for the natural history museum. Work in progress.

Mounting Birds for the Ornithological Exhibit

Painting in progress.

Armin Schmidt Mounts Birds for the Natural History Museum

At work at the Natural History Museum, Ornithology Exhibit.

Felix

Painting inspired by the story of Saint Felix in the Golden Legend of Jacobus de Voragine. Saint Felix was a third century saint who evaded capture by Roman soldiers by hiding in a vacant house whilst spiders miraculously wove webs across the doorway, making it look like no one had passed through.

Felix here is an intrepid Victorian anthropologist, showing us spider specimens. Behind him is the chemical composition for spider venom written on the chalkboard. An entomologist's reverie.
8" x 10" acrylic on acid free paper by Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler.

Felix does not contain the black bars nor the "My Good Babushka" watermark included here for security and formatting purposes.

Felix

Felix. Work in progress today.  St. Felix was a third century saint. There is a legend that he hid the persecuted bishop Maximus in a vacant building. Spiders came to his aid and spun webs across the doorway, fooling the centurions into believing no one had passed through that way. The soldiers were diverted and the two prisoners escaped and lived.

My Felix will be showing off his spider specimens. Work in progress by Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler.

Sylvester and the Dragon

Original painting 8" x 10" acrylic on acid free paper. Sylvester is inspired by the story of St. Sylvester subduing a dragon by binding it's mouth shut. Here is the fable re-imagined with a boy in a natural history museum with a Komodo Dragon. The mouth of the dragon is bound shut with white ribbon. There is a Komodo Dragon skeleton in the display case behind him. The clock indicates it is close to midnight because St. Sylvester's Day is December 31, and on St. Sylvester's Night, between 12 and 1, it was believed that all water would turn to wine.
At My Good Babushka

Sylvester and the Dragon

 Sylvester is inspired by the story of St. Sylvester subduing a dragon by binding it's mouth shut. Here is the fable re-imagined with a boy in a natural history museum with a Komodo Dragon. The mouth of the dragon is bound shut with white ribbon. There is a Komodo Dragon skeleton in the display case behind him. The clock indicates it is close to midnight because St. Sylvester's Day is December 31, and on St. Sylvester's Night, between 12 and 1, it was believed that all water would turn to wine.

Sylvester

From the Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine, I read the story of St. Sylvester. And in particular, I like the part of the lore where he subdued a dragon by tying it's mouth shut.
I have sketched up a version of the Sylvester legend  involving a young man in a Victorian natural history museum-like setting, showing off a Komodo Dragon with its mouth tied shut. A skeletal display of the same animal is in the case behind him.
St. Sylvester's Day is December 31, that is why the clock is nearing midnight. As a bonus bit of trivia,  it was believed that on Sylvester night all water is turned into wine, but only between 12 and 1 o'clock.

St. John the Evangelist

St. John the Evangelist at My Good Babushka. A creative interpretation of St. John the Evangelist. St John is often depicted writing the book of revelations, and with an eagle. He is said to have dumped out a cup of poison which transformed into a snake and slithered away into the wide, wicked world. St. John is sometimes depicted wearing pink and is sometimes confused with Mary Magdalene. I’ve fused the story of St. John the Evangelist and the recent pieces I’ve been doing that have a Victorian/ early natural history museum toner. My St. John is a young scientist taking notes next to his taxidermy eagle. A snake skeleton is mounted on the wall behind him, and at his feet a serpent slithers out of a brandy snifter.

Original acrylic on paper painting, approximately 8" x 10", by Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler. The painting does contain the "My Good Babushka" watermark, or the black side bars, which were included here for security and formatting purposes.

St. John the Evangelist

A creative interpretation of St. John the Evangelist. St John is often depicted writing the book of revelations, and with an eagle. He is said to have dumped out a cup of poison which transformed into a snake and slithered away into the wide, wicked world. St. John is sometimes depicted wearing pink and is sometimes confused with Mary Magdalene. I’ve fused the story of St. John the Evangelist and the recent pieces I’ve been doing that have a Victorian/ early natural history museum toner. My St. John is a young scientist taking notes next to his taxidermy eagle. A snake skeleton is mounted on the wall behind him, and at his feet a serpent slithers out of a brandy snifter.
Work in progress today.