Author: cparker
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Winter Solstice Eye Candy: Monsted’s Winter
Winter, Peder Mork Monnsted, oil on canvas, 32 x 48 inches (84 x 122 cm). Link is to 2023 past auction on Sotheby’s; large image here from this article on the At Sunnyside blog. Peder Mork Monsted, the wonderful Danish landscape painter, was noted for his snow scenes and their remarkable fidelity to the light…
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Ibuki Satsuki
Ibuki Satsuki (handle: Moyu Zhai) is a Chinese digital artist whose works are often wistful, whimsical and evocative. Though the characters are manga/anime influenced, they’re not overly stylized. Of most interest to me, though, are the backgrounds and environments. These range from fantastical to more identifiable real world scenes., often with dramatic lighting and Art…
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Eye Candy for Today: Wyeth’s Evening at Kuerners
Evening at Kuerners, Andrew Wyeth, drybrush watercolor, 25 x 40 in. ( 65 x 101 cm). Link is to a page on Artistic Junkie, large image here. This is one of my favorites of Andrew Wyeth’s drybrush watercolors, which is saying something, given how much I love those paintings. This is Kuerner Farm, where Wyeth,…
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Francesc Masriera
Francesc Masriera i Manovens was a 19th century Spanish painter, noted for his full length portrayals of women in ornate dress or costume, leading him to often being described as an Orientalist. He was particularly fascinated by the texture and sheen of the fabrics and rendering of the acoutremonts in which his models are arrayed.
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Eye Turkey for Today: J.C. Leyendecker SEP cover
Begging for Turkey, J.C. Leyendecker, illustration for Saturday Evening Post Thanksgiving cover, December 2, 1933, oil on canvas, 32 x 24 inches (82 x 60 cm). Link is to the artwork on The Illustrated Gallery, large image here. Another wonderful display of illustrative finess by the great American illustrator. Leyendecker seems to be way less…
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Eye Candy for today: Van Gogh rock drawing
The Rock of Montmajour with Pine Trees, Vincent van Gogh, pencil, pen, reed pen and brush and ink, on paper, 19 x 24 in. (49 x 61 cm), in the collection of the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. As much as I enjoy the color in Vincent Van Gogh’s later works, for which he is justly…