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The wreck of the Admiral Von Tromp at Saltwick Bay, Whitby, North Yorkshire

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The wreck of the Admiral Von Tromp at Saltwick Bay, North Yorkshire on a dark overcast day.

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The wreck of the Admiral Von Tromp at Saltwick Bay, North Yorkshire on a dark overcast day.

The wreck of the Admiral Von Tromp at Saltwick Bay, North Yorkshire on a dark overcast day.

One of Magritte's most common artistic devices was the use of objects to hide what lies behind them. For example, in The Son of Man (1964) an apple hides the face of a man wearing a bowler hat, and in The Pleasure Principle (1937) a bright flash likewise obscures a face. In The Human Condition, the cover-up appears in the form of a painting within a painting. Magritte had this to say of his 1933 work: "In front of a window seen from inside a room, I placed a painting representing exactly that portion of the landscape covered by the painting. Thus, the tree in the picture hid the tree behind it, outside the room. For the spectator, it was both inside the room within the painting and outside in the real landscape."

Van Tromp, Going About to Please His Masters by J.M.W. Turner, 1844. Oil on canvas.

Black Nab with the wreck of the Admiral Von Tromp in the foreground. Saltwick Bay, Yorkshire coast, England

The wreck of the Admiral Von Tromp looking towards Black Nab at Saltwick Bay, Whitby, North Yorkshire

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Black Nab at sunset. Saltwick Bay, England

I coined this phrase at a recent AMFEST 2023 convention!

New phrase coined at the AMFEST 2023 Convention.

Parody or song, Stuck in the Middle with You, from DAMN Dingleberries sitcom

TROMP on stage doing Karaoke Parody of Stuck in the middle with you.

The wreck of the Admiral Von Tromp at Saltwick Bay, North Yorkshire featuring Black Nab

Margan and I have noticed several new murals adorning walls around downtown Bethesda in the last couple of weeks. This one is on a hot dog restaurant about two blocks from where we live. I like the idea of public art! Leica D-LUX 6

Features TROMP, the Great 45's Avatar, and NEW face of the GOP.

This is the official logo for the animated sitcom series, DAMN Dingleberries.

This is a "tromp-l'oeil" (fool-the-eye) original artwork in acrylic painted directly on the asphalt in the city where I live (Montreal) by Susan Nimbley, Art des Rapides. Enjoy!