Author: cparker
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Lisa Ericson
Portland, Oregon based painter Lisa Ericson draws on her background in illustration and graphic design to give her compositions a strong graphic punch, often setting high-value and high chroma subjects against deep black backgrounds. The work currently showcased on her website highlights two particular themes involving juxtaposed hybrid animals — fish crossed with corals and/or…
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Eye Candy for Today: Peter Lely’s Portrait of Louise de Keroualle
Portrait of Louise de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth; Peter Lely In the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum. The museum’s website has both zoomable and downloadable versions available. The largest available download version is truly high-resolution, but be aware that it is large in file size at 98mb. I haven’t had the pleasure of…
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Bob Rudd
Bob Rudd is a British painter who works in both watercolor and oil, though watercolor is his primary focus. His colorful landscape and architectural subjects are depicted with an interesting range of technique, from loose and free to more exacting. In what I feel are some of his most interesting compositions, he combines in the…
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“World War I and American Art” at PAFA
“World War I and American Art” is an exhibition currently at the Museum of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts here in Philadelphia. Drawing partly from their own collection and partly from loans, the Academy’s Museum of has mounted an exhibition that delves into the response of American artists to the First World War…
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Some wise suggestions for artists from Neil Gaiman’s 2012 address to the University of the Arts
For those who are dismayed, as I am, at the recent turn of events, and the likely devastating effect it will have on the state of the arts here in the U.S. (see my before the fact storm warning to that effect), I offer some insightful suggestions about art in the face of adversity from…
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Eye Candy for Today: Bosch’s vision of Hell
Hell (Right panel of tryptich, The Garden of Earthly Delights); Hieronymus Bosch Link is to downloadable file on Wikipedia, which also has a page devoted to the entire work. Original is in the Museo del Prado, but they don’t offer a high resolution version on their site. There is a high-resolution file of the entire…