Author: cparker
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Eye Candy for Today: Carl Blechen interior
Interior of the Palm House, Carl Blechen On Google Art Project. Downloadable high-resolution version on Wikimedia Commons. Original is in the Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. I had seen reproductions of this painting before, and has assumed it was a watercolor from the translucency of the leaves and the graphic nature of some of…
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Duane Keiser (update)
I first wrote about Virginia painter Duane Keiser back in 2005, when I noticed his blog, a painting a day, on which he was featuring small, postcard size paintings — one a day as he painted them on a makeshift cigar box easel — and placing them for sale on eBay. At the time, this…
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Scott Kikuta
Scott Kikuta is a concept artist and illustrator working in the video gaming industry. His credits include Scribblenauts Unlimited, Dungeon Siege II: Broken World, Dungeon Siege II, Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna, and Halo 3. In a field that is often dominated by heavily rendered approaches, Kikuta has a deft, light touch. He often contrasts…
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Renato Muccillo
The first thing that struck me about the paintings of Canadian artist Renato Muccillo was his wonderfully subtle sense of value, as well as the range of expression he achieves with an understated use of color. Though some of his compositions are dramatically lit, with dynamic cloud formations portrayed in a full range of values,…
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Eye Candy for Today: Boucher’s Madame Bergeret
Madame Bergeret, François Boucher On Google Art Project. Downloadable high-resolution version on Wikimedia Commons. Original is in the National Gallery of Art, D.C. I think Boucher’s middle name was “Eye Candy” (or perhaps “friandise visuelle”). Many of his paintings were such calculatedly overt bonbons that you just have to give in and enjoy without worrying…