Month: December 2017
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Eye Candy for Today: James Peale miniature portrait
Elizabeth Oliphant, James Peale Watercolor on ivory, roughly 3 x 2 inches (7 x 5.8 cm ). Link is to Wikimedia Commons, original is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum. In the late 18th, and through the mid 19th centuries, there was a demand for miniature portraits, both in the U.S. and in Europe. These…
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Alina Gizatoulin
Alina Gizatoulin is a concept artist and designer living in Tel Aviv, Israel. She has a relaxed, cartoony illustration style, with muted color contrasts and subtle textures. Her illustrations of imaginary animals, people and things in between have an appealing visual charm.
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Eye Candy for Today: Turner’s Dort Packet-Boat
Dortdrecht: The Dort Packet-Boat from Rotterdam Becalmed, J.M.W. Turner In the collection of the Yale Center for British Art, which has both a zoomable and downloadable image on their site. There is also a zoomable image on Google Art Project, and a downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons. This was painted in 1818, just a few…
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Reciprocal Museum Membership Programs
This is a time of year when many people join or renew art museum memberships, or receive them as gifts. Most art museums offer membership at various levels, each of which comes with perks to encourage the purchase of more expensive membership levels. What’s not always obvious is that some of those levels often include…
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Eye Candy for Today: William Henry Hunt watercolor and gouache still life
Apple, Grapes and a Cob-Nut; William Henry Hunt Watercolor and gouache over graphite; roughly 5 x 7 inches (13 x 19 cm); in the collection of the Yale Center for British Art, which has both a zoomable and downloadable version of the image on their site. Early 19th century English artist William Henry Hunt painted…
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Tianhua Xu
Tianhua Xu is a concept artist, art director and production designer based in Beijing, China. His digital painting approach is nicely atmospheric and carries a flavor of painterly traditional media. That, and a nicely honed sense of visual drama give his visions of dragons, spirits, warriors and monsters a vibrant presence.