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Author: cparker

  • Armand Cabrera

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    Originally from California and now living and working in Virginia, painter Armand Cabrera brings several aspects of his background into play when creating his vibrant, painterly landscapes, still lifes and figurative works. He draws on his 20 years of experience as a visual development artist for the entertainment industry, in which his clients include LucasFilm…

  • Ashley Edge

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    Ashley Edge is an artist based in Manchester, U.K. who works primarily in graphite on board. He has begun to post illustrations to a blog, beginning with some interpretations of stories by Angela Carter and H.G. Wells. You will also find some graphite portraits, and reference to a project he is working on with designer…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Hubert Robert’s Hermit

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    A Hermit Praying in the Ruins of a Roman Temple, Hubert Robert. On Google Art Project, click in lower right of image for zoom controls. Original is in the Getty Museum. On the museum’s site they suggest Robert may have taken inspiration for the monumental scale of the temple from the prints of his contemporary…

  • Istvan Banyai

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    Istvan Banyai is an illustrator and animator originally from Hungary and now living in the U.S. His extensive client list includes The New Yorker, The New York Times, Washington Post, Atlantic Monthly, Vanity Fair, Playboy, Mother Jones, Rolling Stone, Time, Fortune, Sony Records, Capitol Records Viking Books/Penguin Books, NBC, Random House and many others. His…

  • Sam Burley

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    Sam Burley is an illustrator who was formerly an matte painter; beyond that, his website offers little information. His work shows his matt painting history, with beautifully realized landscapes and environments, but he also populates them with dynamic and wonderfully rendered creatures. Fortunately, Burley provides good size images on his site, as his work shows…

  • Tom Betts

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    Utah based painter Tom Betts sees the world in a teacup, or at least finds fascination with light playing across the forms of teacups in various situations — in water, on tables, whole and broken. He also finds meaning and emotional resonance in the compositions he creates with teacups, seeing them as metaphors for aspects…