Month: July 2018
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Rebecca Giles
Rebecca Giles is a painter based in southeastern Pennsylvania, just outside of Philadelphia. She paints primarily still life and is particularly fascinated with the effects of light as revealed in surface texture and as filtered through transparent and translucent objects. She will often backlight her subjects in a way that makes them appear to glow.…
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Eye Candy for Today: View of Naples by Antonino Leto
Naples, Antonino Leto Link is to Wikimedia Commons page that has a link to a large image; original is in a private collection. Leto’s view of the Bay of Naples and a smoky Mt. Vesuvius is a study in atmospheric effects. I love the difference between the intensity of the color in the foreground water…
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Gaby D’Alessandro
Originally from the Dominican Republic and currently based in Brooklyn, Gaby D’Alessandro is an illustrator whose clients include The New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The National Audubon Society, NPR and The American Museum of Natural History. D’Alessandro has a particular strength in her depictions of scientific concepts and historical figures.…
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Rembrandt Peale’s portraits of Thomas Jefferson
Rembrandt Peale was named by his father, pioneering American artist Charles Wilson Peale, after a famous European artist from the past, like his brothers Raphaelle Peale, Rubens Peale and Titian Peale. Like his father, Rembrandt Peale painted important figures of the American Revolution, who they associated with at the time, including George Washington and Thomas…