Lines and Colors art blog

Month: September 2009

  • Velázquez (Self?) Portrait Rediscovered

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    It may be disconcerting to some, but I actually enjoy the fact that art history, like history in general, is a fluid landscape. New discoveries and the reinterpretation of existing information can make textbooks obsolete overnight and reverse the fortunes of collectors and museums; and can also lead to excitement, disappointment or simply clarification. A…

  • Terrible Yellow Eyes

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    Terrible Yellow Eyes is a blog established by illustrator Cory Godbey to express his fascination and admiration for the work of Maurice Sendak, and in particular, his classic Where the Wild Things Are. The blog is a growing collection of artwork from a variety of artists, each expressing their own admiration for Sendak’s work with…

  • Maurice Sendak

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    Maurice Sendak has been a window dresser for F.A.O. Schwartz, an illustrator for All-American Comics, and, since 1951, the author and illustrator of some of the most well-known and influential books in children’s literature. A fair bit of attention is currently focused on Where the Wild Things Are, his award winning and controversial classic that…

  • RK Post

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    Randy “RK” Post is an illustrator who has a fascination with monsters and a penchant for the gruesome and grotesque, an inclination that serves him well in his role creating fantasy and gaming illustrations for clients like TSR, Wizards of the Coast, LucasFilm, 20th Century Fox, Sega, and others. He also counts comics companies like…

  • Todd Bonita

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    Todd Bonita is a New Hampshire based painter who studied at the Art Institute of Boston, and here in Philadelphia at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He has worked as a muralist, designer, sculptor, painter and illustrator, and has over 30 books to his credit. As an oil painter, Bonita paints a variety…

  • Dan Santat

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    Dan Santat is a California based illustrator and children’s book writer. His clients include The Wall Street Journal, Esquire, The Village Voice, Harper Collins, Simon and Schuster and many others. Santat is also the creator of the Disney Channel animated series, The Replacements. Santat’s style ranges from detailed to quite spare, but always seems to…