Author: cparker
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Herbert James Draper
Herbert James Draper was a late Victorian / early 20th century artist who specialized for much of his career in mythological subjects. His most famous painting, The Lament for Icarus (above, top with detail) is in the Tate (high-resolution version on Google Art Project and Wikimedia Commons). Earlier in his career he was an illustrator.…
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“Picturing Dinosaurs” on Tor.com
As the latest installment of her wonderful ongoing series of themed “Picturing…” posts on Tor.com, Irene Gallo has posted “Picturing Dinosaurs“, a theme near and dear to my heart (or more accurately, near and dear to the fevered brain of the 10 year old kid in me that still holds major sway over what I…
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Ed Binkley (update)
It’s been a while since I checked in on fantasy and concept artist Ed Binkley, so I thought I’d pull back the deep forest undergrowth and see what’s happening under the leaves. The good news is that Binkley has posted additional images to his blog and his Holy-Men and Monsters gallery. Binkley’s wonderfully textural evocations…
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Glenn Gustafson
Glenn Gustafson is an illustrator from North Carolina whose crisp clear illustration style takes advantage of the graphic properties of vector art, along with a keen sense of light and atmosphere, to produce a range of work that has both punch and subtlety. In his website’s portfolio section you will find subsections for various subjects…
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Eye Candy for Today: Caravaggio’s Medusa
Medusa, Cagavaggio Merisi On the Google Art Project. Click in the lower right of the image for zoom controls. The original is in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Students of drawing and anatomy may feel, as I do, that the mouth of the Medusa is painted as if from a head that is facing the…
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Linda Tracey Brandon
Linda Tracey Brandon is an Arizona based painter who works in portraiture, figurative subjects, landscape and still life. Work on her website is divided into those sections, along with a section of oil portrait sketches. You will also find sketches, works in progress and other related topics on Brandon’s blog. Her figurative work has an…