Author: cparker
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Samuel Peploe
In the course of a career that bridged the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Scottish painter Samuel John Peploe moved his style from more straightforward realism into a painterly Manet-like approach — particularly to still life — that was marked by a striking economy and brushy, calligraphic paint marks; then to a flattened, boldly…
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Eye Candy for Today: Qui Ying landscape
Fishing under Chinese Sweet Gums, Qui Ying On Google Art Project; high-resolution downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons, original is in the Hunan Provincial Museum (“Painting of Fishing by the Brook”).
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Ty Carter
Tyler Carter is concept and visual development artist, originally from Utah. While he was still in school, he interned at Disney Feature Animation and Pixar Animation Studios. On graduation, he began working with Blue Sky Studios, where he has worked on projects like Ice Age 4 and Epic, and is currently working on their new…
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Eye Candy for Today: Thomas Lawrence portrait
Elizabeth Farren, Sir Thomas Lawrence In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Use fullscreen or download links under image. A beautiful portrait in “the grand manner”. I love the brushwork in the hair, fur and fabric.
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Régis Pettinari
Régis Pettinari is a French painter whose work I have admired for years, but am just now writing about — perhaps because every time I visit his blog, I find myself spending way too much time looking back through his extensive archive of work instead of writing my post. Pettinari is a painter of Paris,…
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Eye Candy for Today: Gainsborough ink and wash landscape
Wooded Landscape with Country Cart and Figures Walking down a Lane, Thomas Gainsborough On Google Art Project. High-resolution file on Wikimedia Commons. Original is in the Yale Center for British Art. There’s something about ink and wash drawings like this one that feel… complete, like a form of painting with all the visual charm of…