Author: cparker
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Glenn Dean (update)
I first wrote about California artist Glenn Dean in 2010. Since then he has continued to add to his website portfolio more examples of his subtle, atmospheric evocations of the American West and the California coastline. His work is featured in a new solo show at the Maxwell Alexander Gallery in Culver City, CA, titled…
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Eye Candy for Today: Bonvin Birds
Birds Resting on Bushes, Léon Bonvin Watercolor with gouache and ink over graphite. In the Walters Art Museum. Click “Explore Object” in upper left for high-res version.
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Torstein Nordstrand
Torstein Nordstrand is an illustrator and concept artist based in the Bergen area of Norway. His clients include St Martin’s Press, Random House, Wizards of the Coast, Upper Deck, White Wolf Publishing, Cappelen Forlag and Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. There are portfolios of his work on his own website, the Shannon Associates site and on CGHub.…
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Eye Candy for Today: Waterhouse’s Gather Rosebuds
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May, John William Waterhouse The title is from the famous first verse of Robert Herrick’s poem, “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time“: Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today, Tomorrow will be dying. On Wikipaintings. Original is…
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Andrea J. Smith
Originally from Australia, Andrea J, Smith has studied and taught in the U.S. and Europe, and now lives in Rome where she founded and directs Atelier Canova. In addition to studies at the Florence Academy of Art, where she later became an instructor in drawing, she studied in the U.S. with Michael Aviano, Michael Grimaldi…
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Douglas Smith
There is something special about the appeal of scratchboard. In skilled hands it can combine some of the visual charm of woodcuts or engravings with the best characteristics of pen and ink. The work of Douglas Smith is a prime example of the medium’s strengths. Smith is an illustrator, originally from New York, who established…