Month: January 2011
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The 50 best comic covers of 2010 on Robot 6
Comic book covers, like the covers of books and magazines, have a singular purpose, to attract your attention, get you to pick up the book and plunk down your hard earned dollars in exchange for the promised wonders within. Comic book covers are important enough that, though they are sometimes created by the artists who…
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Charles Kaufman
Charles Kaufman is a painter, cartoonist, illustrator and comics artist. His work has appeared in a long list of publications, from underground comix and CARtoons to the Wall Street Journal-Europe, Focus, Computer Artist, Editor & Publisher, New Media and a host of others, along with a range of commercial clients. His is the creator of…
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Oswald Achenbach
Oswald Achenbach was a 19th Century German landscape painter who found his greatest inspiration in italy, in particular in the area around the Bay of Naples, with it’s dramatic vistas of Mt. Vesuvius, and Rome and its environs. He found drama in landscapes and cities of Southern Italy as well as the daily lives the…
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Peter Van Dyck
Painter Peter Van Dyck studied at Wesleyan University and at the Florence Academy of Art, and is currently a member of the faculty of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. His academic background shows in his dynamically balanced compositions, superbly handled color and refined draftsmanship. Though his subjects include portraits and still life, he…
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Dyana Hesson
I’m not always appreciative of floral subjects in paintings, too often they focus on the pretty at the expense of the beautiful. Dyana E. Hesson is an artist who was born in California and is now living in Arizona, where she earned her degree in art from Arizona State University. She paints floral and botanical…
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Scott Anderson
Scott Anderson is an illustrator based in Santa Barbara, California. He is also a faculty member of the art department at Westmont College. Anderson’s refined, carefully crafted illustrations are done in oil on gessoed illustration board. In addition to the portfolios on his website for illustrations and sketches, you will find additional images on his…