Lines and Colors art blog

Month: July 2016

  • Marco Carloni

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    Marco Carloni is a painter based in Rome, whose work is appealing because of his clear, direct observation, economical notation and sensitivity to subtle relationships of light and dark. After studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, Carloni worked for years as an illustrator, matte painter and 3D digital artist before transitioning back…

  • Jack Davis, 1924-2016

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    Cartoonist, caricaturist, comics artist and illustrator illustrator Jack Davis had a pen that connected directly to the funny bone. Noted for his horror comics work for EC Comics and Warren magazines, his movie posters, TV Guide covers, celebrity caricatures and, in particular, his loopy, wild, frenetic, over-the-top and uncannily hilarious comics and covers for Cracked…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Meléndez still life with plums

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    Still life with plums, figs, bread, keg, jug and other containers, Luis Egidio Meléndez Link is to a downloadable high-resolution image on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Museo del Prado. This is another entrancing and deceptively simple still life by the 18th century Spanish master. I have said that my favorite still life painter…

  • Bastien Grivet

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    Originally from Switzerland, Bastien Grivet is a concept artist and illustrator based in Montpellier, France. Grivet’s work ranges from loose and gestural, with deft use of flat, geometric areas of color, to intricately detailed, with a dynamic sense of scale. He also makes use of dramatic lighiting to focus attention on the key points of…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Bernardo Bellotto Venice cityscape

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    The Campo di SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice; Bernardo Bellotto Link is to the original in the National Gallery of Art, DC, which has both a zoomable and downloadable version. There is also a zoomable version on Google Art Project. Following in the footsteps of his more famous uncle and teacher, Canaletto, Bernardo Bellotto created…

  • Ian Ramsay

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    Ian Ramsay was born in England, emigrated to the U.S. where he studied at the University of Utah, and now lives and works in Utah’s Salt Lake Valley. Ramsay’s background in architecture shows in his confident handling of complex urban and architectural subjects. His strong draftstmanship also affords him the ability to work with loose…