Author: cparker
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My article for the Summer 2013 issue of Drawing Magazine
I was delighted recently to have the opportunity to write a feature article for the Summer 2013 issue of Drawing Magazine. As of this writing the issue is available from the North Light Store, and should be in bookstores and newsstands shortly. The article, Illustrating Imaginary Worlds, highlights four contemporary illustrators who work in the…
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Hubert Robert
Early in his career, eighteenth century French painter Hubert Robert fell under the spell of the ruins of ancient Rome — their scale, suggestions of past grandeur and contrast with his modern times. Partly this was from his own experience while living in rome for eleven years, and partly from exposure to the similar fascination…
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Eye Candy for Today: Eakins sculls
The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull), Thomas Eakins In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Use Fullscreen link. One of Eakins’ fascinating exercises in river surface perspective on the Schuylkill River here in Philadelphia. This area of the river is still commonly used for sculling, though the bridges and the banks of…
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Zdeněk Burian trove
Someone has posted an absolute treasure trove of work by the great paleo artist and natural history illustrator Zdeněk Burian on Flickr! The set is extensive and includes numerous paintings and many drawings of his range of subjects, including dinosaurs, flying reptiles, prehistoric mammals, undersea life, prehistoric plants, primates, early humans and portraits of famous…
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Eye Candy for Today: Tissot’s Hide and Seek
Hide and Seek, James Jacques Joseph Tissot My fascination with this painting by Tissot (an underrated painter in my opinion), in not so much the ostensible subjects of the children playing as their mother reads, but the play of light among the wonderfully tactile surfaces and objects in this fascinating space, which is in the…
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Peter Ferguson (update)
Peter Ferguson is a Canadian illustrator and gallery artist whose illustration clients include the Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, Dow Jones Magazine, Chicago Tribune, Business Week, Los Angeles Times, TBWA Chiat Day, ITP Nelson, Prentice Hall and Marvel Comics. Originally from Montreal, Ferguson studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design. In his illustration…