Month: September 2011
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L.D. Austin
Laurel D. Austin is a concept artist, illustrator and sculptor originally from Canada, based for several years in the UK where she was Senior Concept Artist for Splash Damage, and now living in California where she will be working with Blizzard Entertainment. Here website has galleries of illustration, concept art, sketches and 3D work. The…
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Landscapes at John Pence Gallery
Landscapes is a group show currently at the John Pence Gallery in San Francisco that offers a wonderful selection of contemporary painters, as well as including a work by John Fabian Carlson. Landscapes is on view until October 8, 2011. (Images above: John F. Carlson, Travis Schlaht, John Morra, Bennett Vadnais, Steven J. Levin, Donald…
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Art Out Loud 7
Art Out Loud 7 is the latest in a series of group demonstrations by well known illustrators at the Society of Illustrators in New York. Art Out Loud 7 takes place on Saturday, September 24, 2011 from 1 to 5pm. Participating artists for this event are Donato Giancola, Greg Manchess, Rick Berry, Boris Vallejo and…
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Women Painting Women
Women Painting Women is an excellent art blog featuring just what the title implies, women artists painting women as their subjects. The selections focus on contemporary artists working in the figurative tradition. The range of style and approach is nicely varied and the calibre of the work is consistently high. As much as I like…
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Jonathan Koch (update)
When I first wrote about him in early 2010, painter Jonathan Koch had recently started posting his small paintings online, at the time listing his name as J. Bernard Koch. Shortly after that he seemed to take a hiatus of sorts to work on larger projects, but is now back to posting his small works…
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The 911 Report: A Graphic Adaptation (paperback)
If you are: A) Not already overloaded with information about 9/11 B) Interested in the official 911 Report issued in 2005 by the 911 Comission C) Not inclined to wade through the original report’s 800 plus pages, and would rather have the report summarized in a convenient 144 page graphic story format then here is…