Month: September 2016
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Eye Candy for Today: John Hamilton Mortimer pen drawing
Reclining Female Figure in an Italian Landscape, John Hamilton Mortimer Pen and black ink on cream paper; roughly 9 x 12 inches (22 x 32 cm). Link is to original in the Yale Center For British Art, which has both zoomable and downloadable versions on the website. There is also a zoomable version on the…
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Robert J. O’Brien
Robert J. O’Brien is a painter working in watercolor, originally from New York and now living and working in Vermont. O’Brien has a particular focus on architectural and floral subjects. The apparent perfection of flowers are contrasted with his choice of architectural subjects, which are often intimate, close-in views of buildings or other man-made objects…
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Didier Graffet
Didier Graffet is a French illustrator, recognized in particular for his fantasy and steampunk themed work. Well known in his native France, Graffet is undeservedly less familiar here in the U.S. Graffet uses a keen sense of value relationships, a muted palette and a good amount of intricate, textural detail to create arresting images that…
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Eye Candy for Today: Parmigianino’s Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror
Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror; Francesco Mazzola, called Parmigianino Oil on curved wooden panel, roughly 9 inches (24 cm) in diameter (without frame). Link is to zoomable version on the Google Art Project; there is a downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; the original is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, which also has both zoomable and…
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Donald Jurney (update)
Donald Jurney is a Boston-based painter who I have featured previously on Lines and Colors. Jurney paints landscapes that have something of a subtle, 19th century European feeling, while still being assuredly contemporary. His paintings are enriched by his masterful command of color, texture and value relationships. It’s the latter, I think, that is the…
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Eye Candy for Today: Willem Kalf’s Still Life with Ewer
Still Life with Ewer, Vessels and Pomegranate, Willem Kalf Link is to the original in the Getty Museum, which has both zoomable and downloadable versions. There is also a zoomable version on Google Art Project, and a downloadable version of that file on Wikimedia Commons. I have not had the pleasure of seeing the original…