Pearls

Pearls are beautiful, round, precious gems that are formed by oysters to protect them from the pain of an irritation, usually a grain of sand. We are Pearls, each having dealt with our own form of sand.

         The greatest struggle of my adult life has been to feel good about the way I look; to love, accept, and admire my body the way it is, whether or not that shape and size reflects my society's standards of beauty.  One nice way to accomplish this is to search out images that pay homage to the big, beautiful woman, respectfully - not as a fetish, but as a standard of beauty in her own right.  

         I love finding non-pornographic, artistic images of beautiful women who aren't skinny, either.  I think it's telling that most of the portraits I find are from days long past.  I guess the saying is true: I should have been born several hundred years ago - I would have been a Goddess!  

         I hope you enjoy these beautiful portraits as much as I do. 

Jean-Lon Grome, "The Bath"

Titian, "Venus of Urbino"

"Ingres, "Turkish Bath"

Cabanel - "The Birth of Venus"

"Satyr and Nymphs"

           And finally - what collection of paintings of large, lovely ladies would be complete without a painting by Rubens?

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