tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390135910400025884.post2360501670626645272..comments2024-03-19T15:57:08.633+10:00Comments on Fun and VJs: Retro Matador Paintingbrismodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18169335258762403261noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390135910400025884.post-390815850458373952011-07-07T21:11:28.078+10:002011-07-07T21:11:28.078+10:00Sounds like I took you down memory lane Mr BC!!xxSounds like I took you down memory lane Mr BC!!xxbrismodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169335258762403261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390135910400025884.post-7469798764158362472011-07-07T19:35:28.388+10:002011-07-07T19:35:28.388+10:00My primary school best friend had a house that was...My primary school best friend had a house that was full of spanish decor. LOTS of rustic dark wood, big beams, white stucco walls, cow hides on the floor & a massive bullfighter picture by the bar, which was lit with red light bulbs. Makes me smile/smirk to think about it.<br />I have seen a bullfighter picture cut in half & used as doors on a cabinet - it looked quirky & cool!Mrs BChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08281463357359416086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390135910400025884.post-44219172970509630762011-07-07T10:39:40.371+10:002011-07-07T10:39:40.371+10:00It seems all the cool people have a matador and bu...It seems all the cool people have a matador and bull in their home! Great find. Your parents obviously have style and panache.Raine and Sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09890862541890241422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390135910400025884.post-59348475101766636312011-07-06T17:27:48.040+10:002011-07-06T17:27:48.040+10:00Aztec phase. You are cruel bringing back such memo...Aztec phase. You are cruel bringing back such memories. Ok putting my fingers in my ears "la la la" can't hear you anymore.The Moerkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12052384345158012756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390135910400025884.post-445362741696037222011-07-06T16:25:39.227+10:002011-07-06T16:25:39.227+10:00They are fun, perfect study art.They are fun, perfect study art.the old boathousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095421473237572556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390135910400025884.post-19621306187432364062011-07-06T14:09:25.279+10:002011-07-06T14:09:25.279+10:00The painting is coming up a treat! Your matador re...The painting is coming up a treat! Your matador reminded me of a huge copper disc thing that my mum and dad purchased and hung on the wall during the seventies..and of the copper wallpaper we inherited in the first house we lived in..in Canberra. It was behind the stove and all the crevices were filled with fat..eeww!Naturally Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15999271127735997770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390135910400025884.post-63291183765559643742011-07-06T07:59:51.114+10:002011-07-06T07:59:51.114+10:00What an interesting find with the picture. The pai...What an interesting find with the picture. The painting is really coming along. Fingers crossed the weather is kind to you this weekend. AngeAnge @ A Cream Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03805119761028543247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390135910400025884.post-16218659738596108582011-07-05T23:46:27.751+10:002011-07-05T23:46:27.751+10:00Very cool - super odd, but cool.Very cool - super odd, but cool.Tanya from Dans le Lakehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04380013339154808400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390135910400025884.post-91553152115310817452011-07-05T21:21:12.895+10:002011-07-05T21:21:12.895+10:00that picture is so bad it's good!
don't re...that picture is so bad it's good!<br />don't remind me about those awful aztec couches, they're right up there with blue and brown as a lounge room decor style with offset fake long twirly sticks in a huge tall vase...*ugh*Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03565814556356447975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390135910400025884.post-50835185781675446922011-07-05T20:04:27.674+10:002011-07-05T20:04:27.674+10:00Oh god, my aunty had a matador picture in her hous...Oh god, my aunty had a matador picture in her house which I remember from childhood. Don't understand either what the deal was with them. You house is looking fabulous, you must be so happy with it. Not so sows ear anymore!!! ;-)Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994986959213977781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390135910400025884.post-88032876286371638682011-07-05T20:01:57.758+10:002011-07-05T20:01:57.758+10:00That 'painting' will become even MORE valu...That 'painting' will become even MORE valuable in the years to come - they are just about to ban bullfighting in Spain.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390135910400025884.post-2254791693116395652011-07-05T18:59:54.430+10:002011-07-05T18:59:54.430+10:00It's pretty kooky isn't it? I wonder what ...It's pretty kooky isn't it? I wonder what that Neil Whittaker fellow would think if Katrina had borrowed it for one of her Block rooms. Super avant garde me thinks!Sarah Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12869923063594203447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390135910400025884.post-15214215573634403632011-07-05T18:19:26.828+10:002011-07-05T18:19:26.828+10:00Good choice in art work.
I've also asked that...Good choice in art work.<br /><br />I've also asked that question as to the prominence of Spanish bloodlust pieces in 60s interiors. I have no answer. Hemingway, do you think?<br /><br />I grew up living in a lounge room where that particular piece wouldn't have looked out of place.<br /><br />I love it as it is!Makeminemidcenturyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15304535583168822160noreply@blogger.com