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Patteef mixes fine arts with pop culture. All collages are made under 5 minutes, on an iPhone.

05/09/2025

Royalty

03/09/2025

Miss Virginia Gammell
Sir James Jebusa Shannon

She’s not just sitting pretty — she’s staring you down.

In Miss Virginia Gammell, Sir James Jebusa Shannon gives us more than a portrait. This is poise weaponized. The velvet chair, the heavy drapery, the delicate dress — all classic signals of wealth and refinement. But it’s Virginia’s gaze that owns the room. Calm. Cool. Borderline intimidating.

Shannon was known for painting society women, but this one hits different. There’s an edge — like she knows exactly how she’s being seen, and lets you look anyway.

It’s all control: the flawless surface, the softness of the textures, the razor-sharp stillness. But under that polish? Power.

Now imagine her with ink peeking out from under those sleeves. Like I did here.

29/08/2025

Perseus holding the severed head of Medusa

When you look at this piece, you see two worlds colliding. On one side, Perseus holding the severed head of Medusa—an ancient myth etched into history, a symbol of both fear and triumph. On the other side, modern ink culture: tattoos as armor, expression, rebellion, and identity. Both tell stories carved into the surface, both meant to last, both a kind of protection.

I love blending classical art with the raw honesty of tattooed bodies because it reveals how little has changed. People have always marked themselves, whether in marble, paint, or skin. Medusa wasn’t just a monster; she was also power, rage, and transformation. Tattoos, in their own way, carry that same energy. They turn scars into beauty, silence into voice, and pain into design.

This collage is about finding that intersection—where ancient myths meet the ink of today. Where stone meets skin. Where history feels alive again.

Would love to hear your take: art, tattoos, or both?

28/08/2025

LIZ

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27/08/2025

The Balcony
Édouard Manet

When Manet dropped The Balcony in 1869, it hit like a glitch in the system. At a time when everyone was painting polished scenes of upper-class life, he gave us this: friends of his, staring blankly, disconnected, dreamlike. No storyline. No drama. Just presence.

Front and center is Berthe Morisot — this was her first appearance in his work, but she’d go on to be one of his favorite muses. The vibe? Unsettling. Still. Almost like they’re ghosts behind the glass.

Critics hated it. One shouted “Close the shutters!” Another compared Manet to a house painter. Why? Because of the raw color clashes: neon-green shutters, bright white dresses, a slap of blue in the tie, and details where you wouldn’t expect — like the flowers getting more love than some of the faces.

Manet was flipping the bird to tradition. No hierarchy. No neat realism. Just pure visual tension.

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31/07/2025

Resting Venus with Cupid
Nicolas Poussin

Nicolas Poussin’s Resting Venus with Cupid (c. 1626–1627) blends classical mythology with quiet sensuality. Painted during his early years in Rome, this work shows Venus reclining in a dreamlike landscape, her body idealized in the tradition of ancient sculpture. Cupid rests beside her, his bow and quiver set aside — a rare moment of calm for the god of love. Poussin, a key figure of French Baroque classicism, drew heavily on Greco-Roman art, infusing his mythological scenes with balance, clarity, and restraint. Here, the composition is carefully staged: the curve of Venus’s body mirrors the rolling hills behind her, while soft light caresses her skin, emphasizing both her beauty and her stillness. Unlike later, more dramatic interpretations of Venus, Poussin’s version feels introspective — more about contemplation than seduction. It’s a painting that speaks to serenity, order, and the timeless allure of the classical world, captured through the lens of 17th-century idealism.

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28/07/2025

A carousel to start your weekend

1 Adèle Kindt - Portrait of a Girl
2 Annibale Carracci - The Choice of Heracles
3 Elephants hold trunks
4 Michelangelo - The Creation of Adam
5 René Magritte - Portrait d’Arlette Magritte
6 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Women Bathing Between White Stones

Models are tagged in the pictures

24/07/2025

Woef

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Shoutout to everyone sharing this in their Stories. Out here, creators like me are often treated like stray dogs—kept outside the algorithm’s gate for not playing by the rules. But every share? It’s a crack in the fence. A way in. One tap from you, and suddenly we’re not barking at the edges—we’re being heard.

23/07/2025

She’s got Botticelli energy, butterfly tattoos, and a playlist full of Fleetwood Mac.
He’s got Van Gogh’s soul, scratchy knees, and a heart that beats in brushstrokes.
Together? They’re rolling through life in a rust-toned campervan with nothing but a tank full of gas and too many feelings. 🚐💨

This isn’t just a selfie. It’s a love letter to freedom, to found family, to art that escapes the frame and starts living. They’re not running away — they’re chasing sunsets, flea markets, and gas station coffee. Inked memories on skin, and masterpieces behind the eyes.

Because sometimes the greatest museums are the ones with wheels.

I scroll, find inspiring pictures of tattooed people and mix them with classic art. All made on an IPhone with a simple app that allows to layer. Under 5 minutes.
No desktop-photoshop-Ai-…

Hope you enjoy

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22/07/2025

Festival Season is upon us

The Werl Triptych
Robert Campin

Imagine walking into a medieval club and getting hit with sacred techno vibes. 🪩 This is The Werl Triptych (1438) by Robert Campin — a Flemish altarpiece that lowkey slaps. The central panel gives us Saint Sebastian looking like a grayscale rave statue, while the flanking saints and donors pull up with peak piety energy. Swipe left on realism? Nah — Campin served hyperreal textures and divine lighting before it was even a thing.

Also, peep the angel DJ’ing in the background with those manuscript decks. Honestly, if techno ever had a patron saint, it might be this moody triptych. Gothic vibes. Holy icons. Shadows deeper than a Berghain basement.

This isn’t just medieval art. It’s a pre-Renaissance moodboard with grayscale filters and spiritual side-eyes. Bless up.

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18/07/2025

Stretching 🐈‍⬛

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18/07/2025

Selling Slaves in Rome” (ca. 1884)
Jean-Léon Gérôme

This unsettling masterpiece by Jean-Léon Gérôme (Selling Slaves in Rome, c.1884) forces us to confront the raw spectacle of human commodification. A young woman stands exposed and vulnerable on an auction block, her body scrutinized by Roman citizens like merchandise. Gérôme’s technical precision and theatrical lighting draw us in—but the deeper story is anything but beautiful. It’s a haunting reflection on the dehumanization embedded in both ancient and modern systems.

Look closely: the auctioneer gestures theatrically, the crowd debates value, and one figure sits cloaked in darkness, perhaps a silent witness or future victim.

This isn’t just a window into ancient Rome—it’s a mirror. Gérôme invites us to ask uncomfortable questions about power, spectatorship, and objectification. How far have we really come?

Model

Adres

Antwerp

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