This is not meant to be some shameless plug for the beautiful James Franco (therein lies the plug!) but I watched the movie Tristan & Isolde (another library rental!) while I was playing hooky w/my sick daughter the other day and enjoyed it (well, I enjoyed the "scenery"-Sophia Myles is equally as gorgeous). I had to do a bit of research afterwards as I'm not fa
miliar with the famous story. The best part of said internet research is that I came across the AMAZING Victorian painter Herbert James Draper (1863 – 1920). As an English painter during the time period, he mainly painted mythological themes (thus the painting Tristan and Iseult). There is a certain beautiful, realistic yet fantastic quality to his paintings that resonate with me. I'm not a painter so I can't do him justice describing his technique(s) or brush style but I know that I like what I see. Like so many artists, his work had fallen out of favor and by the time of his death, he was penniless and unrecognized. The Gates of Dawn look at her face) and The Lament for Icarus are also fantastic.
miliar with the famous story. The best part of said internet research is that I came across the AMAZING Victorian painter Herbert James Draper (1863 – 1920). As an English painter during the time period, he mainly painted mythological themes (thus the painting Tristan and Iseult). There is a certain beautiful, realistic yet fantastic quality to his paintings that resonate with me. I'm not a painter so I can't do him justice describing his technique(s) or brush style but I know that I like what I see. Like so many artists, his work had fallen out of favor and by the time of his death, he was penniless and unrecognized. The Gates of Dawn look at her face) and The Lament for Icarus are also fantastic. 
yeah, i have zero art education, so i can't describe it either, but i know the light he paints is fucking amazing. those paintings are def beautiful!
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