Month: December 2015
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Chris Dunn
Chris Dunn is an English illustrator and gallery artist whose most recent project is a series of watercolor paintings inspired by the classic children’s story The Wind in the Willows. Dunn has a wonderfully finessed style, combining a visceral, tactile realism with a delightful portrayal of his anthropomorphic animal protagonists. There is a warmth and…
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Eye Candy for Today: Peter Birmann’s The Devil’s Bridge
The Devil’s Bridge in the Schöllenen Gorge on the Way across the St. Gotthard Pass with a Mule Train, Peter Birmann Pen, brush, gray and brown inks. Link is to zoomable version on the Google Art Project; downloadable version on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Albertina, Vienna. Though the rendering is distinctly european, the…
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Tom Roberts at the National Gallery of Australia
Tom Roberts was an English/Australian painter who was one of the foremost of the Australian painters known as the Heidelberg School, or “Australian Impressionists” — a remarkable group of 19th century painters who we hear too little of here in the U.S. The group, and Roberts in particular, are much better known in Australia, of…
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Illustrators Magazine Issue Eleven
Illustrators is a quarterly magazine published in the UK, that I previously wrote about when they published their first issue in 2013. Calling Illustrators a “magazine” is a bit misleading, as it’s a 96 page perfect bound format that feels more like a large trade paperback. I was delighted to receive a review copy of…
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Eye Candy for Today: Michele Pace del Campidoglio still life
Still Life with Melons, Peaches, Figs, and Grapes; Michele Pace del Campidoglio Link is to zoomable version on Google art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. To me, this wonderful 17th century still life by the Italian painter Michele Pace del Campidoglio has a remarkably contemporary…