Month: February 2013
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Eye Candy for Today: Tenniel hand colored Cheshire Cat
Cheshire Cat in the Tree Above Alice, by Sir John Tenniel — a hand-colored proof for The Nursery “Alice”. I had never seen this before. Wonderful. In the collection of the Morgan Library & Museum. Look for the “Full Screen” and Zoom controls under the image. [Via The Morgan Library on Twitter: @MorganLibrary]
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Ladies of Animation, GR Works
GRworks is a gallery and curatorial venture by Gennie Rim, an animation professional who is endeavoring to bring animation artists into the gallery community with shows like the current Ladies of Animation exhibition that opens with a reception this Saturday, February 9, 2013 in Los Angeles and runs until March 2nd. Though the selection of…
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Eye Candy for Today; Cabanel portrait
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe by Alexandre Cabanel. Late 19th century full-length portraits like this were said to be done in the “Grand Style”, pulling out the stops to make the best presentation of the subject. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Click “Fullscreen” and zoom or use download arrow.
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New improved blog list (well, updated anyway)
In the left hand column of this blog, about halfway down, under the long lists of categories and the longer list of archives, is a list of links under the heading “Relevant Blogs”. This has long been ignored, both unduly so by myself, and perhaps rightly so by those who have clicked on many of…
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Yan Nascimbene, 1949-2013
Yan Nascimbene’s beautiful, elegant and deceptively simple illustrations and watercolors capture nuances of light and color that give you an immediate feeling of place and time, and often evoke an emotional connection to events or places in your own life. Nascimbene died last Thursday, January 31, 2013, at the age of 63. For more, see…
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Eye Candy for Today: Watts landscape
An Old Bridge at Hendon, Middlesex by Frederick Waters Watts. For those who could use a little reminder of summer. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art.