The Damsel of the Lake, Called Nimüe the Enchantress
Frank Cadogan Cowper
I love the way the fabric is painted.

The Crystal Ball
John William Waterhouse
I need to dust off my crystal ball.

The Magic Circle (Study)
John William Waterhouse
This one draws me right in ~ I should be there!

Circe
John William Waterhouse
I should be doing this...

The Favourite Poet
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
What I'd love more than anything is to hang with my friends.

Valkyrie
Anthony Frederick Sandys

The Lady of Shalott
John William Waterhouse
I have an unhealthy obsession with this painting. The curse is on me, alright...

The Valkyrie's Vigil
Edward Robert Hughes
Valkyries are all around me these days...

The Siren
John William Waterhouse
I love the composition of this one and the skin tones.

Brunhild (The Valkyrie)
Odilon Redon

Veronica Veronese
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Look at the richness of the fabric.

Sleeping Beauty
Henry Meynell Rheam
I am drawn to blue paintings and tend to use crazy amounts of blue in my own work.

Helen of Troy
Evelyn Pickering De Morgan
The colors in this one make me high.

The Virgin
Gustav Klimt
I usually find Klimt too stylized for my taste, but the colors in this one sing.

Chimera
Nikolai Konstantin Kalmakoff
WOW!  I love the color and the movement in this one, as well as the subject.

Rapture
Henry John Stock
The name says it all - amazing!

Girl with Rose Basket
George Lawrence Bulleid
This one is all about the pink - my favorite color.

Invocation
Frederic Lord Leighton
The color in this one and the use of light make my mouth water.

Sleeping
Sir John Everett Millais
All lines lead to that sweet baby's face.

Night with her Train of Stars and her Great Gift of Sleep
Edward Robert Hughes
This one is dark, but I like that sfumato quality of it.

Divine Light
Baron Arild Rosenkrantz
This one has many of my favorite elements in it - an iconic female image, blue, a boat, light reflected on water, a glowing effect and a feeling of ecstasy.

Loie Fuller
Kolomon Moser
I love the form and the movement of this one, but mostly I like the gold wings.

Day and the Dawnstar
Herbert Draper
This one reminds me of the Lady of Shalott - as soon as Apollo bends to kiss her, the Dawn Star dies.

Harem Woman
Georges-Jules-Victor Clairin
I like the colors and the subjects of this one - I'm very drawn to Odaliques as a theme in painting these days.

The Grotto of Manacor, Mallorca
William Degouve de Nuncques
This one is all about blue.

A Pastoral Scene
John Reinhard Weguelin
Blue, blue, soft, glowing blue.