Month: December 2025
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Ibuki Satsuki
Ibuki Satsuki (handle: Moyu Zhai) is a Chinese digital artist whose works are often wistful, whimsical and evocative. Though the characters are manga/anime influenced, they’re not overly stylized. Of most interest to me, though, are the backgrounds and environments. These range from fantastical to more identifiable real world scenes., often with dramatic lighting and Art…
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Eye Candy for Today: Wyeth’s Evening at Kuerners
Evening at Kuerners, Andrew Wyeth, drybrush watercolor, 25 x 40 in. ( 65 x 101 cm). Link is to a page on Artistic Junkie, large image here. This is one of my favorites of Andrew Wyeth’s drybrush watercolors, which is saying something, given how much I love those paintings. This is Kuerner Farm, where Wyeth,…
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Francesc Masriera
Francesc Masriera i Manovens was a 19th century Spanish painter, noted for his full length portrayals of women in ornate dress or costume, leading him to often being described as an Orientalist. He was particularly fascinated by the texture and sheen of the fabrics and rendering of the acoutremonts in which his models are arrayed.