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Author: cparker

  • Peter Van Dyck

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    Painter Peter Van Dyck studied at Wesleyan University and at the Florence Academy of Art, and is currently a member of the faculty of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. His academic background shows in his dynamically balanced compositions, superbly handled color and refined draftsmanship. Though his subjects include portraits and still life, he…

  • Dyana Hesson

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    I’m not always appreciative of floral subjects in paintings, too often they focus on the pretty at the expense of the beautiful. Dyana E. Hesson is an artist who was born in California and is now living in Arizona, where she earned her degree in art from Arizona State University. She paints floral and botanical…

  • Scott Anderson

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    Scott Anderson is an illustrator based in Santa Barbara, California. He is also a faculty member of the art department at Westmont College. Anderson’s refined, carefully crafted illustrations are done in oil on gessoed illustration board. In addition to the portfolios on his website for illustrations and sketches, you will find additional images on his…

  • Kekai Kotaki

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    Hawaii born Kekai Kotaki is an illustrator and concept artist for the gaming industry now living and working in Seattle. He is currently working as Lead Concept Artist on Guild Wars 2 for Arena.net. He has previously done work for Wizards of the Coast, Tor Books, Blur DC Comics, Fantasy Flight Games and Ballistic Publishing,…

  • Harvey Dunn

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    The great American illustrator Howard Pyle was influential both in his own work and as a teacher whose ranks of students contained a generation of America’s finest illustrators. Artists like N.C. Wyeth, Frank Schoonover, William James Aylward, Elizabeth Shippen Green, Jessie Wilcox Smith, Violet Oakley, Maxfield Parrish, Ellen Thompson Pyle, Olive Rush, Phillip Goodwin, Stanley…

  • Adrie Hello

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    Adrie Hello ia a watercolorist based in Dordrecht, Netherlends. He paints townscapes of his city with atmospheric transparent watercolor and occasional touches of gouache. Hello often finds interesting subjects in streets and canals seen through mist or light rain, using soft washes of muted color contrasted with accented edges on the objects he wants to…