Lines and Colors art blog

Month: August 2021

  • Vermeer restoration unveiled with revealed Cupid

    Johannes Vermeer, the remarkable 17th century painter from the city of Delft in the Netherlands, is revered for his transcendent portrayals of the effects of light and atmosphere in domestic scenes. He is best known for his series of compositions in which people, predominantly young women, are seen engaged in simple activities in front of…

  • Eye Candy for Today: luminous Howard Pyle painting

    Why seek ye the living in a place of the dead?, Howard Pyle Source for this version of the image is Fleurdulys Tumblr (large image here); original is in the Kelly Collection of American Illustration Art. This was an illustration for the April 15, 1905 Easter themed issue of Colliers. Whether it accompanied a particular…

  • James Patterson

    Scottish artist James Patterson, who was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was known for his atmospheric landscapes, concise insightful portraits and tactile still life subjects. Patterson studied at the Glasgow School of Art and also in Paris. He was adept at painting with both watercolor and oil. The best online representation…

  • Eye Candy for Today: J.C. Leyendecker’s Rowers

    Another great Saturday Evening Post cover by the inimitable American Illustrator, J.C. Leyendecker. As usual, Leyendecker is walking a line between naturalistic representation of anatomy, cloth and other objects, and stylistic touches. In this image, I note the small streaks of light across areas of the arms legs and clothing of the figures, as well…

  • Cathy Hillegas

    Cathy Hillegas is a painter in watercolor based in Indiana, who combines vibrant color with a tactile sense of texture in her paintings of flowers, trees, woods and fields. Particularly appealing to me are her paintings of small natural elements, leaves, branches, the heads of ferns and other aspects of nature, seen up close. In…