Author: cparker
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Eye Candy for Today: Idyllic Walter Moras Landscape
Spreewald Village in Autumn, Walter Moras. Oil on canvas, 24 x 39 in, ( 60 x 100 cm). Link is to MutualArt, larger image on GoodFon. Yes, I know it can initially look a bit, um… picturesque (and yes, I know there are ducks), but I like it. The more I look at the large…
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Color woodcuts by Émile Antoine Verpilleux
Émile Antoine Verpilleux was an English-Belgian artist active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Though also a painter, he was noted for his color woodcuts with their subtle but striking use of atmospheric perspective. He seems to treat the layers of distance in his images as distinct planes, almost like a stage set.
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Eye Candy for Today: Andrew Wyeth drybrush watercolor
Noah’s Ark Study, Andrew Wyeth, drybrush watercolor on paper. Original is in the collection of the Wyeth Foundadion for American Art, I don’t know the size. Image is referenced from a page on the site of the local PBS affiliate, WHYY. The full size image is here. Starting in 2023, the Brandywine Museum of Art…
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Minna Sundberg
Minna Sundberg is a Danish comics artist and illustrator with a lively, visually charming style. In the illustrations featured in her DeviantART portfolio and the portfolio of her work on Character Design Reverences, I find a fascinating tendency to work with strategically limited palettes. Sundberg is the author and artist of a number of webcomics.…
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How The World’s Most Expensive Colors Are Made
This YouYube video from Business Insider goes into the history and making of several of the most expensive artist pigments and materials. I found the first 10 minutes particularly of interest for going into greater depth than usual in describing the mining and refinement of Lapis Lazuli, the semi-precious stone used to make the original…
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Eye Candy for Today: Christian Molsted canal scene
The Canal at Holmes Bridge, Christian Mlested, oi on canvas, roughly 38 x 34 inches ( 96 x 87 cm). Image is sourced from Wikipedia. This painting was auctioned in 2011; I assume it’s currently in a private collection. Danish painter Christian Molsted, who was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, gives…