Lines and Colors art blog

Month: September 2006

  • Qi Baishi (Chi Baishi, Ch’i Pai-shih)

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    Qi Baishi was a Chinese painter whose long life and career extended from the mid 19th to mid 20th centuries. When he was young his frailty made him incapable of working the lands of his family farm and he was permitted to apprentice to a carpenter. He went on into cabinet making and carving and…

  • Esao Andrews

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    Esao Andrews’ work fits loosely into a branch of contemporary fantastic art called “pop surrealism”. His work often involves portrait-like images of young women in conjunction with odd elements, such as objects that are combinations of plant and animal forms, apparently intended to be a bit disconcerting. Some of his paintings are more straightforward, almost…

  • Peter Popken

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    Peter Popken is a concept artist, illustrator, visual development and storyboard artist for the film industry. He has worked on films like V for Vendetta, Aeon Flux and The Bourne Supremacy. Many of the film concept images on his site are dramatic landscapes or cityscapes, painted in widescreen ratios. There are also character designs, storyboards…

  • Chet Phillips (update)

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    Writing about scratchboard a few days ago prompted me to check back in with illustrator Chet Phillips, who I first posted about back in October of last year. Phillips uses Corel Painter to create what he terms “Digital Scratchboard”, using the digital painting programs customizable tools to incise sharp edged linework as if scraping with…

  • Ilene Meyer

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    I mentioned in my post on Jacek Yerka that contemporary artists who become fascinated with the work of a particular Surrealist seldom produce work of note. Just to prove that all rules have an exception, sometimes a shining one, there are the beautiful paintings of Ilene Meyer. Meyer is obviously fascinated with the work of…

  • The Castle of Cagliostro

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    Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (Rupan Sansei: Kariosutoro no Shiro) was the first feature length animation by Japanese master Hayao Miyazaki. Released in 1979 and soon overshadowed by films like Nausicaa, Laputa and Totoro, The Castle of Cagliostro is often overlooked in Miyazaki’s oeuvre, but undeservedly so. It’s a terrific film and one of…