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Month: September 2016

  • Hiroo Isono

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    Hiroo (Hirō) Isono was a Japanese painter and illustrator, known for his intricate and fantastical scenes of tropical jungles and animals. He traveled extensively in the South Pacific, Africa and North America. He is known in gaming circles for his work on the Mana series of games, including Secret of Mana and Heroes of Mana.…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Clausell’s Burgeoning Springs in Autumn

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    Burgeoning Springs in Autumn, Joaquin Clausell Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable version on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Museo Nacional de Arte. Joaquin Clausell was a Mexican artist who lived and worked in Paris during the time the French Impressionists were active. In this early Autumn scene, he shows…

  • Bryan Mark Taylor

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    Bryan Mark Taylor is a plein air painter based in California who focuses on cityscape and landscape. Taylor travels extensively and many of his subjects are from Europe as well as other locations in the U.S. His crisp, textural treatment of architectural and natural elements often takes on a sculptural feeling, with shadows and interlocking…

  • Dustin Van Wechel

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    I have to say that I am not often drawn to contemporary wildlife art. I find that too often artists will allow the inherent assumed appeal of the subject to outweigh considerations of the painting as a painting; and works are frequently a bit lacking in the characteristics that I find appealing in paintings. There…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Sargent’s Breakfast in the Loggia

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    Breakfast in the Loggia, John Singer Sargent Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project. The original is in the Freer/Sackler Gallery. Though the image linked from the latter page in not high resolution, there is a nicely large image linked from this post on the Smithsonian’s Bento blog (above the image, “6301 x…

  • Joon Ahn

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    Joon Ahn is a concept artist based in Los Angeles. He was formerly a concept and background artist at Disney, and is currently the Senior Concept Artist at Riot Games. As far as I know, he doesn’t have a dedicated website, but does have a portfolio on ArtStation. He also has a blog, but it…