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Millions of people loved and continue to love Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe. She lit up movie screens throughout her short life, bewitching the world with her unique beauty and fierce intelligence, before her untimely death in 1962.  Since then, countless forms of art have tried to capture her essence: that combination of beauty, vulnerability, sexuality, wit and charm that made her a true star.  Marilyn Monroe is someone who both intrigues and fascinates me for reasons that go beyond the silver screen. That is why she is the subject of three very different paintings. Happy Place  “I like animals. If...

Henry David Thoreau famously said that “this world is but a canvas to our imagination”. I agree, but would go one step further.  I’d also say that what lies beyond this world - the realm of the spiritual - is as much of a well to draw on for artistic inspiration.  The Oxford Dictionary defines spirituality as “connected with the human spirit, rather than the body or physical things”.  I find it incredible that something so vast, so far-reaching can be summed up in just a few words, when my brush barely seems to find the edges of it.  Art...

From exquisite mythical creatures and ancient goddesses, to reimagining feminist icons such as Marilyn Monroe, dive in and explore the fantasy art of Jane Hepburn