Author: cparker
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Edwin Longesden Long
19th century British painter Edwin Longesden Long began his career as portrait painter. He became friends with painter John Phillip, who was noted for his portrayals of life in Spain, and accompanied him on trips there, where he painted Spanish genre scenes and was introduced to the works of Velázquez and other great Spanish painters.…
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A Year of Sun with Mr. Persol (Kevin Dart)
A Year of Sun with Mr. Persol is a beautifully realized animated ad for Persol sunglasses, directed by illustrator Kevin Dart and Stéphane Codëdel, and designed by Dart and illustrator Chris Turnham. At first I thought it might be intended as a web only ad as the richness and variety of the illustrations gives the…
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Irena Roman
Irena Roman paints bright, crisp, transparent watercolors, both as illustrations and for gallery display. She particularly excels at the challenge of portraying the play of light across, through and around transparent or translucent objects and their often complex shadows. You can find a selection of her work on The iSpot, though the images a bit…
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The Monster Engine (Dave DeVries)
The Monster Engine is a project by illustrator and comics artist Dave DeVries that originated in a simple concept. In looking through the drawings and doodles that his young niece had made in his sketchbooks, he wondered what it might look like if children’s drawings were finished off by an accomplished adult artist. Since then,…
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John Singer Sargent on Met Museum website
Today is John Singer Sargent’s birthday. A search for his work on the wonderful, recently redesigned website of the Metropolitan Museum of Art brings up over 600 images. Yes, the iconic and astonishingly accomplished society portraits are well represented, and if you want to focus on those, you can limit your search to show only…
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Patrick Woodroffe (update)
English artist and writer Patrick Woodroffe is self taught as an artist, having studied languages at the University of Leeds. He is noted for his illustrations for books and record album covers, basically in a fantasy vein, but with a unique approach and artistic roots in artists like Bosch and Bruegel as well as Surrealism…