Month: October 2011
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Atanas Matsoureff
Bulgarian watercolorist Atanas Matsoureff has a deft command of the medium that allows him to be simultaneously exacting and free, textural and spare. In his still life subjects, Matsoureff’s paintings have a feeling of quiet contemplation, in his landscapes, a sense of quietly observing and listening to nature, and in his figures and portraits, a…
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Craig Mullins (Goodbrush), new website
For reasons that are lost on me, concept and visual development artists for the film and gaming industries often go by “handles” (nicknames) when publishing their work online. “Goodbrush”, AKA Craig Mulllins, is by either name one of the most recognized and respected artists in the field. He is also one of the first to…
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Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsesssed
A few years ago, well known science writer Carl Zimmer was at a pool party with a scientist friend who studies genetics, and noticed a tattoo of DNA on his shoulder. It prompted him to wonder if other scientists had similarly chosen to have tattoos related to their scientific pursuits. He put the call out…
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Andrew Jones
New York based painter Andrew Jones finds beauty in architectural details, particularly those involving patterns like the iron railings that line the stoops in many of the city’s neighborhoods. He also finds fascinating patterns in the complex shadows cast by railings across the multiple planes of stairs in bright sunlight. The sections of his online…
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Bill Carman at Animazing Gallery
The wonderfully idiosyncratic and beautifully rendered work of Bill Carman is on display in an exhibit at the Animazing Gallery in New York. The show is called UnBalanced. It runs until November 30, 2011. Yon can see more of Carman’s work on his blog and in his Flickr galleries for paintings, drawings, book illustration, editorial…
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New series from Karen Hollingsworth
When I wrote an update on painter Karen Hollingsworth in early 2010, as a follow up to my original post from 2006, I was admiring her series of window paintings, luminous white-themed room interiors in which sunlight and air have a palpable presence. Hollingsworth is continuing with that theme, but this year has introduced a…