Month: December 2013
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Simon Stålenhag
For several years Swedish concept artist and illustrator Simon Stålenhag has been working on a series of digital images that, though initially just fanciful works done for practice or his own amusement, gradually evolved a common theme. The images portray somewhat dystopian times involving futuristic machinery, slightly retro vehicles and suggestions of gleaming cities… and,…
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Jeremy Lipking (update)
WhenI first wrote about contemporary American painter Jeremy Lipking back in 2006, I was struck in particular with his subtle and masterful understanding of value, and its relationship to color. That impression has only been reinforced by the work I’ve seen from Lipking since then. His figures and faces, along with an occasional still life…
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Self-portraits #7
“Selfies” were in the news again today, as the press evidently felt that the U.S. president taking one of himself and some other world leaders at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service was a newsworthy event (sigh). Here are some more artists’ “selfies”, done with brush or graphite. (Images above: Diego Rivera, George Tooker, Frits Thaulow, Jean…
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Calder and Abstraction
Long time readers of Lines and Colors will know that, with a few exceptions, I’m not particularly fond of modernism — especially post-war American modernism. Sculptor Alexander calder is certainly one of the exceptions. I’ve loved his work since I was introduced to it when I was in high-school, where we were encouraged to make…
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Harry Anderson Art
When I wrote about the terrific mid-20th century American illustrator Harry Anderson back in 2007, there were limited sources for images of his work on the web (though Leif Peng’s Flickr set is still going strong). Thanks, to Jim Pinkoski there is terrific site devoted to Anderson and his work called Harry Anderson Art. The…
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Edible art supplies
Ever think your paints looked yummy enough to eat? Bad idea, of course — but not with these chocolate confections in the form of paint tubes and pencils— created by Nendo Design, in cooperation with patissier Tsujiguchi Hironobu. [Via Neatorama]