Author: cparker
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New improved blog list (well, updated anyway)
In the left hand column of this blog, about halfway down, under the long lists of categories and the longer list of archives, is a list of links under the heading “Relevant Blogs”. This has long been ignored, both unduly so by myself, and perhaps rightly so by those who have clicked on many of…
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Yan Nascimbene, 1949-2013
Yan Nascimbene’s beautiful, elegant and deceptively simple illustrations and watercolors capture nuances of light and color that give you an immediate feeling of place and time, and often evoke an emotional connection to events or places in your own life. Nascimbene died last Thursday, January 31, 2013, at the age of 63. For more, see…
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Eye Candy for Today: Watts landscape
An Old Bridge at Hendon, Middlesex by Frederick Waters Watts. For those who could use a little reminder of summer. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Paperman
“Paperman” is a superb six minute Academy Award nominated animated short from Disney Animation that was shown in theaters before “Wreck it Ralph” last November. Disney has wisely posted it to YouTube for all to see. [Not any more; see my 2015 addendum, below.] Created by a small team at Disney led by first-time director…
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Eye Candy for Today: Thaulow’s Water Mill
I’m happy to say that after several months of being relegated to the stacks, one of my favorite paintings is back on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Water Mill by Frits Thaulow. I don’t think anyone handles the reflections, translucency and surface motion of small streams better than Thaulow. Unfortunately, the museum’s page…
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Jonathan Burton
Jonathan Burton is a British illustrator now based in Bordeaux, France. His clients include Time, Nature, New Scientist, The Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Folio Society, Penguin Books, Orion Books and many others. He was recently called on by The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to create the images for their…