Month: November 2014
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Andrew Wyeth’s windows
As I’ve mentioned before, I run hot and cold on Andrew Wyeth. I’m not particularly fond of the paintings that are generally regarded to be his major works — which tend to be figurative and conceptual, with narrative implications — but I do very much like some of his simple and direct observations of his…
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Eye Candy for Today: Pompeo Batoni’s Diana and Cupid
Diana and Cupid, Pompeo Batoni Mid 18th century. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Use zoom or download links under the image. Diana and Cupid, Met Museum
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Phil Sandusky (update)
Phil Sandusky is a New Orleans based painter who I have featured previously on Lines and Colors. I checked back recently to see that not only has he added recent work to his website, but a new series of prints as well. Sandusky’s plein air paintings have an appealingly informal, sketch-like feeling, due largely I…
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Ian Chiew
Originally from Malaysia, Ian Jun Wei Chiew studied here in the U.S. at Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and is currently working at Microsoft Turn 10 Studios. Chiew is adept at representing the the effects of both light and atmosphere, and I particularly enjoy those pieces in which he uses both together. His…
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Eye Candy for Today: Lofty Mount Lu, by Shen Zhou
Lofty Mount Lu, Shen Zhou On Google Art Project, downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons, Original is in the National Palace Museum. Ink on paper, 76 x 36 inches (194 x 98 cm). According to the accompanying description on GAP, the artist painted this to mark the 70th birthday of his teacher, in a compositional approach…
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Julio Reyes
Working in oil, tempera and graphite, California artist Julio Reyes achieves a delicate balance between visceral realism and etherial concept. In a solo exhibition titled “Vessels” that is on view at Arcadia Contemporary in NYC from tomorrow, November 13 through November 30, 2014, Reyes visits repeated themes of contemplative figures amid metallic balloons, perhaps suggestive…