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  • Dave Bruner (update)

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    I first encountered the reduction prints and wood engravings of printmaker Dave Bruner back in 2006 at a long running art even there in Philadelphia. I was delighted to run into him again at this year’s event and get a chance to come up to date on his current work. Reduction prints are multi colors…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Vermeer’s Girl with the Red Hat

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    Girl with the Red Hat, Johannes Vermeer, oil on panel roughly 9 x 7 inches (23 x 18 cm), in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, DC. Not as iconic as Girl with a Pearl Earring, so perhaps easier to see freshly, Vermeer’s Girl with the Red Hat is likewise a “tronie”, a…

  • Wenjun Lin

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    Wenjun Lin is a game development artist, illustrator and comics artist based in Shanghai. There is a portfolio on Character Design Reference, and another on Art Station I don’t know specifically which projects the images are from, but most have a delightful, innocent childrens book illustration vibe and a playful anime spirit. They’re lush with…

  • A few paintings from 1889

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    Wikimedia Commons, an offshoot of Wikipedia, is an extensive repository of media files: images, audio, video and even 3D models, to which anyone with a free account can contribute. The material must be either freely licensed or in the public domain. You may have noticed I refer to it often when providing links to works…

  • Alar Iko

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    Alar Iko (AKA Alariko) is an illustrator and background artist from Spain. He works with digital painting and drawing tools, primarily in Procreate, in a style that has the character of traditional ink and watercolor. His approach is at once loose and solidly grounded in good draftsmanship. In many of his architectural subjects, he will…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Emil Carlsen’s Still life with Brass Urn

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    Still life with Brass Urn, by Soren Emil Carlsen, oil on canvas, roughly 30 x 34 in. (76 x 86 cm). The image was sourced from a Christie’s auction in 2010, so I assume the original is now in a private collection. Another mind-bogglingly beautiful still life from the brilliant Danish painter Emil Carlsen, who…