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  • Lissy Marlin

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    Originally from the Dominican Republic, illustrator and visual development artist Lissy Marlin studied at the University of the Arts here in Philadelphia, and now resides in the U.S. Inspired by her love of animation, she has developed a lively, breezy style, with lots of springy curves and nice touches of linear and textural elements within…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Johannes Bosboom church interior

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    Southern aisle of the Great Church at The Hague, Johannes Bosboom In the Rijksmuseum; downloadable image also on Wikimedia Commons. The credits say “pencil, chalk and brush”, but it certainly looks like some watercolor to me. This is one of those drawing/painting combinations that is simultaneously loose and precise. There is also a beautifully subtle…

  • Jethro Knight

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    Contemporary British painter Jethro Knight takes delight in the sensual, visceral nature of thick paint. His plein air compositions often have a soft, almost tonalist feeling at times, but are rendered with marvelously textural slabs of color that define his forms in terms of their direction as well as their color. I particularly enjoy his…

  • Christie’s Comics and Illustration Auction, 14 March 2015

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    Christie’s auction house has announced an auction at their Paris location of “Bande Dessinée et Illustration” (Comics and Illustration), on 14 March, 2015. This looks to be a fantastic sale of originals by some of Europe’s foremost artists working in the field (as well as a few Americans), expertly selected by Galerie Daniel Maghen, a…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Anders Zorn’s The Girl from Älvdalen

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    The Girl from Älvdalen, Anders Zorn Link is to Wikimedia Commons, original is in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Another fine example of Zorn’s beautifully economical and richly painterly style. I love the way the water is so briefly notated, and yet feels so naturalistic.

  • Matthew Grabelsky

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    New York based painter Matthew Grabelsky studied both art and astrophysics, and spent four years in Florence studying classical painting techniques. His recent series of paintings presents scenes in the New York subway system, in which unusual juxtapositions occur among the passengers — animals, mythical figures intermix with the “normal” day to day appearance of…