Month: October 2013
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Don Kenn (update)
OK, here’s your Halloween treat: a revisit to Don Kenn (AKA John Kenn Mortensen), who continues to fill Post-It pads and other odds and ends of office supplies with pen drawings of his delightful ghouls, ghosts, demons and big furry monsters. See my previous post on Don Kenn.
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My Articles on Painting for Answers.com
As an adjunct to their long-established model of direct questions and answers, Answers.com has launched a new “Category Expert Writer” program, in which writers with expertise in various areas contribute an ongoing series of short, informative articles in their field. (As far as I know, they are still expanding the program. The information on applying…
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Eye Candy for Today: Tiepolo's Joseph and Pharaoh
Joseph Receiving Pharaoh’s Ring, Giambattista Tiepolo (Giovanni Battista Tiepolo) On Google Art Project. Also downloadable high-res from Wikimedia Commons. Original is in the Dulwich Picture Gallery.
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Maike Plenzke
German illustrator Maike Plenzke is still in the early stages of her career, as evidenced by the presence of some school related projects on her blog and website, but she is off to a very promising start. Her nicely stylized approach uses a muted color palette, theatrical application of lights and darks and a vibrant…
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Vermeer's Young Woman Seated at a Virginal on view at Philadelphia Museum of Art
Museum goers here in Philadelphia will have a rare opportunity to see a Vermeer at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, as the painting Young Woman Seated at a Virginal, along with work by Frans Hals and Rembrandt pupil Gerbrand van den Eeckhout will be on loan from the Leiden Collection until March, 2014. Those of…
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Eye Candy for Today: Pissarro poplars
Autumn Poplars, Eragny; Camille Pissarro On Google Art Project. Also high-res downloadable on Wikimedia Commons. Original is in the Denver Art Museum.