Category Archives: art

Anger: A new slide-show on Youtube

Posted on February 14, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

Click on ANGER – my new video on Youtube. But maybe open a vigorous track by Fourplay before you press play on my link. Almost all my slide-shows can be found on Youtube @theanthonyhowell here There is also STENCIL ART … Continue reading →

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Imaginary Illustrations

Posted on February 9, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

x x x x x x x What if one reversed illustration? If the picture came first, and it was up to the viewer to give it a story? A friend points out that this is nothing new. As this … Continue reading →

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The Vintage to the Dungeon

Posted on February 3, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

The Vintage to the Dungeon – a poem by Richard Lovelace I. Sing out, pent soules, sing cheerefully! Care shackles you in liberty: Mirth frees you in captivity. Would you double fetters adde? Else why so sadde? Chorus Besides your … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of Emptiness

Posted on January 28, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

x It is not easy to create emptiness. What should you tip it into? A deserted square, Possibly by moonlight? Time is the perspective Lending it a depth. Here, in an abstracted way, Melancholy toys with metaphysics. Emptiness recalls all … Continue reading →

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Metaphysical Photography

Posted on January 25, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

METAPHYSICAL ITALY Beautiful photographs by George Tatge. George Tatge b.1951 Italian-American photographer George Tatge studied English Literature at Beloit College, Wisconsin. Tatge moved to Italy in 1973 and began working as a freelance photographer and writer. He served as Director … Continue reading →

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Snap

Posted on January 22, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

x I was a war widow’s only child. Her mother was a frightful tease. She would say anything to get a rise Out of my mother or me. A war widow herself, She lived with her house-keeper As my mother … Continue reading →

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Dinghy

Posted on January 15, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal
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Clemency at White Lodge

Posted on January 10, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

x THE SUMMER-HOUSE BURIED BY SNOW x There were girls asleep on the beds, upstairs and down. I was living in the dreams of Paul Delvaux. When they woke up, it was slowly, slowly, and then One hit another on … Continue reading →

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World War 1 – Charles Fouqueray – artist

Posted on January 7, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

I just acquired 9 wonderful prints by Charles Fouqueray – a war artist I had never heard of. Charles Dominique Fouqueray (Le Mans, 23 April 1869 – 28 March 1956) was a French painter. He studied at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris under Alexandre Cabanel and Fernand … Continue reading →

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My Father and his Motorbike with its Side-car

Posted on January 4, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

WILDERNESS ROAD x While seagulls fight for lamp‑posts near the timber stores, Inside the drawer, his folded airmail fades. Behind those bricked-up windows, boarded doors, His motor-bike once led your small parades. x You lost its little rider where the … Continue reading →

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