Month: December 2006
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George Inness
At a time when his fellow Hudson River painters were searching for the most wild, untamed and and dramatic landscape subjects they could find (or sometimes combine and invent, in the case of Frederic Church), George Inness chose to paint settled and cultivated lands, the farms and fields in which both God and man had…
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Archie’s “new look”
OK, everybody knows Archie, right? That wonderful comics character with round bulges on top of his head to suggest large curls of bright orange teenage hair, eyes drawn with simple arcs and dots, a mere suggestion of a nose, and those bizarre checks on his head, as if he’s been sleeping on a waffle iron?…
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Sergei Aparin
Sergi Aparin is a contemporary Russian painter currently living and working in Belgrade. Unlike many of the newer artists who are often classed as “Pop Surrealism”, Aparin is working firmly in the vein of the classic Surrealist artists like Dali and Magritte. In particular his work shows the influence of the Spanish Surrealist, but not…
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Alina Chau
Alina Chau works as a 3D character animator, storyboard artist and concept artist. She also teaches CG animation classes at a university. When she’s not doing that she’s… drawing. Her blog, Ice Cream Monster Toon Cafe, seldom features her professional work but is, instead, focused on the drawings and designs she does for the joy…
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
In spite of the fact that he grew up in the fantastic city of Venice, Giovanni Battista Piranesi was even more fascinated with the amazing city of Rome. He moved there in 1740, when he was twenty, and the city itself became his subject and inspiration. In the course of his career he would create…
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Stephen Gjertson
Stephen Gjertson is a contemporary realist who paints portraits, genre scenes, still lifes, landscapes and biblical themes. Interestingly, his detailed and sometimes elaborate paintings of biblical themes seem more modern in feeling and execution than his contemporary portraits. His portraits and quiet domestic scenes, often centered on mothers and infants, have a feeling of subtle…