Author: cparker
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Vermeer’s The Lacemaker
Because of his astonishing skill and the unfortunately small number of his known works, the enigmatic Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer probably has one of the highest masterpiece/oeuvre ratios in the history of art. Among Vermeer’s (and the art world’s) most notable masterpieces is a small jewel of a painting called The Lacemaker. It has on…
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The 50 best comic covers of 2011 on Robot 6
Kevin Melrose, writing on the excellent comics blog Robot 6, part of the Comic Book Resources site, at the end of the year presents his list of the 50 best comic book covers of the year. Comic book covers occupy a particularly fascinating niche in publishing, inheriting some of the lurid, lure you in with…
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Arkhip Kuindzhi
Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi was a highly regarded Ukrainian/Russian landscape painter and a member of the amazing group of Russian painters known as the Peredvizhniki (“Itinerants” or “Wanderers”, see my related posts). Kuindzhi was noted for his unorthodox compositions and daring experiments with lighting effects, perhaps partly stemming from his limited formal training. He grew up…
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Laura Fantini
Italian artist Laura Fantini, who divides her time between Bologna, Italy and Brooklyn, NY, creates large scale images of intimate still life subjects. Her compositions feature unassumingly simple objects like leaves, seed pods and flower blossoms, rendered in large sizes, perhaps 30×40 inches (74x98cm). Her subjects are observed with the precision of botanical art, but…
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Craig Phillips (update)
Australian illustrator Craig Phillips has a crisp, clear style that ranges from the simplicity of line and color fill to slightly more rendered, but always has a strong sense of design and negative space. Phillips uses limited color ranges to great effect, often creating dynamic composition is what amounts to duotone. Not only do his…
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Viktor Bykov
Viktor Bykov is a Russian painter living in the general vicinity of Moscow. He studied at the Cheliabinsk Art College and the Stroganov Art and Design Institute in Moscow. Outside of that I can find little information, at least in English. Bykov paints landscapes in oil that walk an interesting line between naturalistic and invented…