Month: December 2007
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Volkan Baga
I wasn’t particularly surprised to find that, in addition to his other training and education, German illustrator Volkan Baga spent some time as a studio assistant to Donato Giancola. I say that not because I saw overt similarities in the work, but because of the presence of traditional old-school European painting techniques evident in the…
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Julian Beever (update)
Julian Beever is perhaps the best known “pavement painter”. He uses colored chalk to create complex drawings on sidewalks in public spaces. Like those of his contemporary Kurt Wenner, these sometimes are giant reproductions of old master paintings. The most interesting, though, take the form of large scale anamorphoses, images distorted in such a way…
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Jody Hewgill
Canadian illustrator Jody Hegwell’s illustrations seem almost constructed rather than simply painted, with subtle granular textures applied to curved sheets of delicately modeled color, which in turn are set into compositions in which the positive and negative spaces interlock like pieces of a puzzle, all set on a bedrock of solid cubist geometry. Her forceful…
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Michael Naples
Here is an interesting study in contrasts within the work of an artist that, to my eye, seems to be reaping the rewards of taking on the practice of daily painting, in terms of growth as an artist and noticeable increase in skill and confidence. Michael Naples has been doing portraits in graphite for ten…
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Arthur Adams
Art Adams first grabbed the attention of comic art fans with his work on the Marvel Comics’ mini-series Long Shot in the mid-80’s. He went on to work on major titles like X-Men and Fantastic Four for Marvel, as well as numerous titles for the other major American comic book publishers. In particular, he became…
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Robert F. Walters
Scientific illustration is sometimes thought of as mundane, but there is an area where it crosses over into subject matter that is more dramatic, bizarre and wild than the most fevered dreams of Surrealist painters, fantasy illustrators or movie concept artists, namely paleo art. Dinosaurs can capture our imagination like few other aspects of the…