Young Woman with Flowers, Roger Worms, 1943

This vast and hugely informative Tumblr archive Still Life Quick Heart is sheer delight for anyone who loves flower paintings, (just click on each painting to find out more).  But as Simon posted recently about not knowing where to start looking for the domestic paintings to which he feels drawn, I picked out this 1940s interior for him ... sorry Simon, I know nothing about the artist except that he was French.

Silver and Spode, Allan Douglass Mainds, 1942

And this one, from Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, with its suggestion of maintaining high standards on the home front .. even if the sultanas in the fruit cake were sparser than usual.

Do have a browse here. But be warned, one painting leads to another and before you know it an hour has passed.