Oil depiction of Romeo and Juliet voted best in Britain

This painting of Romeo & Juliet, 1884, by Frank Bernard Dicksee has been voted the most romantic artwork in Britain. The couple is sharing a kiss after their wedding night & the sad part is that they don’t realize it’s going to be their last kiss.

It’s really a beautiful painting. To some extent, it does make you believe in love. You could feel pure emotion that is missing now. If you’re very young, it might struck you dumb with the feeling of love. I mean you may even think about falling in love. I think I might have looked at it this way when I was a teenager.

The painting hangs in Southampton City Art Gallery & it received 71 per cent votes in the Art Fund survey to mark Valentine’s Day.

Art critic Godfrey Barker said: ‘It creates the impression death is close but love will never die. Romance is a dream that still lives in the hearts of millions.’

Experts believe the painting is popular to this day as we, human, still crave for ‘passion & faithfulness.’ I totally agree with them. We always crave for what is lacking & this kind of loyalty & passionate love is beyond our reach.

Artworks created by kitties to help abandon pets

In Australia, kittens have created artworks by walking across canvas with paint on their paws to help raise money for abandoned pets.

Louise Clayton and her daughter Tegan Ellis from Wagga Wagga in New South Wales came up with this idea of rescue cat art in which they put out paint for them & the kittens walk across the canvas. This could help them pay vet bills for animals they have rescued so far. These kittens have created six rescue artworks up till now. And these two ladies have rescued 12 cats, three dogs & seven birds.

This is indeed a fabulous idea & we wish them all the best. While I was going through the comments, I read that some people don’t admire the idea very much; they think these ladies don’t wash their paws & these kittens lick the paint afterwards. It’s obvious a lot of mess must be created in the house & I’m sure these two ladies do something about cleaning the place as well as the kittens. Why do people have to find faults in everything? Most of them won’t do anything for animals & the irritating part is they even try to pick flaws & depict a bad picture when someone else does something for animals. I think it would be a great deal better if we at least morally support people who are selflessly doing anything for animals & humans.

I think they are working for a noble cause & I’m not saying it as an animal lover. We need more people like them who could do little for this world rather than finding faults in things that idiots aren’t capable to understand. And the hilarious creatures are those who keep on wondering as to why someone is stupid enough to waste time on this cause.

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Move over Damien Hirst: Pawcasso kittens create art to raise money for abandoned pets