megan’s home for a great deal of her ramblings about art, old stuff, and crushes on old & young British rockstars and actors, as well as generalized bitching. She’s 36 and lives in Louisville, Kentucky and is a gigantic paint nerd.Tumblr (3.0; @megalena)http://megalena.tumblr.com/<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hardcourtpolo.tumblr.com/post/38164246152/when-youre-stuck-at-work-on-a-beautiful-day-and-other" target="_blank">hardcourtpolo</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><img alt="image" height="145" src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcdnpjJf0Q1rj3g5zo1_250.gif" width="230"/></p> </blockquote> <p>Reblogging because THIS GIF.</p>http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/50028776197http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/50028776197Thu, 09 May 2013 15:26:01 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8d1ee6cbfc0138721887649aa0851e23/tumblr_mkhyfka3tj1qe31lco7_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c902f2599fa6bcfb057475e8d83c3edc/tumblr_mkhyfka3tj1qe31lco6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9556320d95efcc3a787697f2ba8ad4cf/tumblr_mkhyfka3tj1qe31lco5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b8cc651521c1b60640ef2a9ba67b4ece/tumblr_mkhyfka3tj1qe31lco3_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2faf6851ba80dffe67b7fb488c045229/tumblr_mkhyfka3tj1qe31lco1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/843326bb6bb937e193826bd9d65e1de8/tumblr_mkhyfka3tj1qe31lco8_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>except for Jackson Pollock, who was an insufferable jackass, this is awesome!</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://likeafieldmouse.com/post/46711388233/joe-fig-inside-the-painters-studio-2013-1" target="_blank">likeafieldmouse</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.joefig.com/" target="_blank">Joe Fig</a> - <em>Inside the Painter’s Studio</em> (2013)</p> <p>1. <em>Jackson Pollock</em></p> <p>2. <em>Henri Matisse</em></p> <p>3. <em>Willem de Kooning</em></p> <p>4. <em>Brancusi</em></p> <p>5. <em>Studio</em></p> <p>6. <em>The Artist at Work</em></p> </blockquote>http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/46764925142http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/46764925142Sun, 31 Mar 2013 12:06:38 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a7eca1295fa7a894bbdd6ab5a9f48bf3/tumblr_mj1lcl8Sla1qc3r7vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>squeeeeeeeee!</p>http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/44460042645http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/44460042645Sun, 03 Mar 2013 11:06:06 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/de7ab1eea2bd039f4c035571e39d14b7/tumblr_miw1piThcF1qdwo7go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theswinginsixties.tumblr.com/post/44379672531/fashion-designer-photography-shopping-books-beauty-cosme" target="_blank">theswinginsixties</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>‘Femme Assise’ - artwork by <a href="http://theswinginsixties.tumblr.com/tagged/Rene%20Gruau" target="_blank">Rene Gruau</a>, 1968</span></p> </blockquote> <p>I will always reblog anything by Rene Gruau.</p>http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/44459976998http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/44459976998Sun, 03 Mar 2013 11:05:07 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e3bc1ab2fc744a586ed4c8bdf909d3d6/tumblr_mj386deuNA1qa2wieo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jaded-mandarin.tumblr.com/post/44452766413/jean-auguste-dominique-ingres-detail-from-madame" target="_blank">jaded-mandarin</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Detail from <em>Madame Jacques-Louis Leblan</em>c,1823.</p> </blockquote>http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/44459623423http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/44459623423Sun, 03 Mar 2013 10:59:58 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4f45be7e0318f7c80dbab09c98e01cae/tumblr_mhtbpnhqrb1qapri0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/42441649354http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/42441649354Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:05:47 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7a1343418cf9f88ba3f1bf4713fd8386/tumblr_mgds4tbhgO1s30z2oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><strong>John Singer Sargent</strong>, <em>Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau)</em>, 1883-84. </p> </blockquote> <p>Happy birthday, John Singer Sargent.</p> <p>Your work is still amazeballs.</p>http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/40375502030http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/40375502030Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:25:35 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcci87jk871qb1l8vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thefifthseason.tumblr.com/post/34161366129" target="_blank">thefifthseason</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Lucien Freuds studio</p> </blockquote>http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/40059711189http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/40059711189Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:12:42 -0500Lucien Freud<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbr82rYHgG1qcmjf4o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>I love these stereoscopic GIFs.</p>http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/35412954659http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/35412954659Sat, 10 Nov 2012 11:29:58 -0500<p>He is also a dreamboat.</p> <p>And probably only 22, tops.</p> <p>#dirtyoldladyproblems</p>http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/35372100135http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/35372100135Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:47:59 -0500dirtyoldladyproblems<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mu5icliz.tumblr.com/post/35320796900/reblog-if-your-bra-and-panties-never-match" target="_blank">mu5icliz</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://greenifyme.tumblr.com/post/35319987151/reblog-if-your-bra-and-panties-never-match" target="_blank">greenifyme</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md7d8hdgDt1r3g60h.gif"/></p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p>Almost never. But a lot of my bras and a lot of my underpants are black, which eliminates the guesswork.</p>http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/35371720232http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/35371720232Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:42:31 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbr11u0SZC1rqj38io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>seriously.</p>http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/33607973080http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/33607973080Sun, 14 Oct 2012 20:44:08 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbwkobrN2Z1roan53o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>!!!</p>http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/33601452131http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/33601452131Sun, 14 Oct 2012 19:11:10 -0400mermaidskeletoncryptidanatomy<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbr2vfFDqu1qhttpto1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbr2vfFDqu1qhttpto2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbr2vfFDqu1qhttpto4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbr2vfFDqu1qhttpto3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbr2vfFDqu1qhttpto5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theartofanimation.tumblr.com/post/33389592300/john-brosio" target="_blank">theartofanimation</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.johnbrosio.com/" target="_blank">John Brosio</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Heh.</p>http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/33568713074http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/33568713074Sun, 14 Oct 2012 11:14:35 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbf6q91ggG1ra49rio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>more amazing painting by Robert McGinnis<br/><br/>LOOK AT HER FEET. HER FEET ARE SO PERFECT. </p>http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/33568481213http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/33568481213Sun, 14 Oct 2012 11:10:20 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbu6qbE2Xw1qzwh25o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbu6qbE2Xw1qzwh25o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbu6qbE2Xw1qzwh25o6_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbu6qbE2Xw1qzwh25o7_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>amazing cover paintings by Robert McGinnis</p>http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/33568410235http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/33568410235Sun, 14 Oct 2012 11:09:02 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbnxzqyHFj1qzdzwdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theswinginsixties.tumblr.com/post/33560862552/fashion-designer-photography-shopping-books-beauty-cosme" target="_blank">theswinginsixties</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Panties by the box!  1960s advertisement.</p> </blockquote> <p>PANTIES BY THE BOX</p>http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/33568229254http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/33568229254Sun, 14 Oct 2012 11:05:40 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbn7rmOA8i1qbluopo4_r2_250.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbn7rmOA8i1qbluopo5_r1_250.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbn7rmOA8i1qbluopo6_r1_250.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbn7rmOA8i1qbluopo7_r1_250.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbn7rmOA8i1qbluopo8_r4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbn7rmOA8i1qbluopo9_r2_250.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbn7rmOA8i1qbluopo10_r2_250.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbn7rmOA8i1qbluopo15_r2_250.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbn7rmOA8i1qbluopo16_r3_250.jpg"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p><small>Happy 30th Birthday, Dan!</small></p> </blockquote> <p>Dan Stevens is having a birthday today and I had no idea.</p> <p>SHAME ON ME.</p>http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/33329570801http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/33329570801Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:51:05 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbox86X7c01qzet48o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/33324776867http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/33324776867Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:42:49 -0400tea<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_marqxt0un41raykwto1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://deergirl-amelia.tumblr.com/post/32816008843/everyone-can-go-home-now-this-post-won" target="_blank">deergirl-amelia</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Everyone can go home now. This post won.</p> </blockquote>http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/33268176092http://megalena.tumblr.com/post/33268176092Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:58:21 -0400