Author: cparker
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Michael J. Lynch
Colorado painter Michael Lynch paints both in the studio and on location, but even his studio work has the kind of vibrant immediacy associated with plein air painting. Lynch’s paintings, particularly his smaller plein air pieces, have a wonderful surface character — in which the painter takes evident joy in the placement of his brushstrokes,…
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Eye Candy for Today: Ingres pencil portrait
Portrait of a Seated Lady, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres In the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Anders Andersen-Lundby
19th century Danish painter Anders Andersen-Lundby was known for his serene, atmospheric winter landscapes, often cast in the muted light of early evening.
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Jason Norton
Jason Norton is a Visual development artist based in California, who works in the gaming industry. Though there isn’t yet a great deal of work on his current or former blogs, there is enough of his sharp, lively style to leave me looking forward to more. [Via Concept Art World]
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Eye Candy for Today: Hans Hoffmann’s hare
A Hare in the Forest, Hans Hoffmann On Google Art Project; high-resolution downloadable file (21mb) on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Getty Museum, which has some background on the painting. Interesting to compare this oil painting by Hoffmann to Durer’s famous watercolor/gouache study of a hare, on which this, and Hoffmann’s own watercolor/gouache study…
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Greg Budwine
Greg Budwine is an illustrator and painter from Texas, whose gallery paintings evoke a sense of contemplative stillness. Working in acrylic, Budwine often chooses deceptively simple subjects, such as a single leaf, from which he constructs sophisticated statements. In many of his pieces, the presumably flat “background”, rich with texture and vibrant color, is as…