Month: October 2014
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Simon Kozhin
Russian artist Simon Kozhin takes a painterly approach, often roughly textural in his location paintings, as he works with a variety of landscape subjects — both from his travels across Europe and the Mediterranean, and near his home in Moscow. He also takes on figurative and narrative subjects, and you can find an extensive selection…
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Eye Candy for Today: JC Leyendecker illustration for Arrow Shirt advertisement
Illustration for Arrow Shirt advertisement, JC Leyendecker Need I comment? Image is from The Golden Age blog, where you can find many more (Timesink Warning!!)
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Fred Lynch, Drawings From the Road to Rome
There is something special and wonderful about pen and wash drawing, in particular when done with brown or reddish brown washes, that gives it much of the power of painting while simultaneously keeping the unique visual charm of drawing. I’ve occasionally pointed out particular favorites from history, but it’s great to have contemporary practitioners of…
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Eye Candy for Today: Daubigny landscape
Les péniches, Charles-François Daubigny Image on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Louvre. Sometimes I think history could have just bypassed Impressionism, and gone straight from Daubigny to contemporary plein air styles.
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Francisco Goya
The life and career of Spanish master Francisco José de Goya y Luciente bridge the end of the 18th century and beginning of the 19th, a time in Spain of wars, upheaval, inquisition and radical change. Goya chronicled much of it in a mercurial style — from elegantly finessed to slashingly rough — that reflected…
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Eye Candy for Today: Escher’s Three Worlds
Three Worlds, M.C. Escher Lithograph, roughly 14×10 inches (36x25cm). Image on Wikiart, larger here. While it’s not one of Escher’s more obvious brain twisting visual conundrums, it’s a teaser nonetheless — also beautiful, subtle, and one of my favorites. In addition to the thought provoking subject, superb drawing and beautifully handled reflection and surface perspective,…