Author: cparker
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Eye Candy for Today: Henry Tanner’s Flight Into Egypt
Flight Into Egypt, Henry Ossawa Tanner Oil on canvas, roughly 29 x 26 inches (74 x 66 cm). Link is to a reasonably large file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Metropolitian Museum of Art As he did in many of his biblically themed canvasses, Tanner brings to bear his uncanny touch with light…
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Jerry Pinkney
Jerry Pinkney is a renowned American children’s book illustrator and writer — winner of numerous awards including the Caldecott Medal, Caldecott Honors and Corretta Scott King Awards, as well as awards from The New York Times, the Society of Illustrators and others. His illustration credits include over 100 books as well as editorial and institutional…
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Edward Mitchell Bannister
Edward Mitchell Bannister was a Canadian-American painter active in the late 19h century. Born in New Brunswick, he emigrated to the U.S. — initially to Boston — and spent much of his life and career in Providence, Rhode Island. Though he painted a variety of subjects, Bannister is known primarily for his serene pastoral landscapes,…
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Eye Candy for Today: Bierstadt’s Mountain Brook
Mountain Brook, Albert Bierstadt Oil on canvas, roughly 44 x 36 in (12 x 92 cm), in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, whose site includes both a zoomable and downloadable version of the high-res image. German-American painter Albert Bierstadt, who is associated with both the Hudson River and Rocky Mountain schools of…
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James Gurney’s Color in Practice, Part 1, Black, White, and Complements
Anyone who has read my previous reviews of books and videos by James Gurney will not be surprised that I have high praise for his latest instructional video. Color in Practice, Part 1, Black, White, and Complements is — quite obviously by its title — part of a multi-part tutorial. Whether it is to consist…
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Eye Candy for Today: Sorolla’s Sewing the Sail
Sewing the Sail, Joaquin Sorolla Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project, there is a large file here, as part of this article: https://arthive.com/exhibitions/3512 This beautiful painting by Spanish painter Joaquin Sorolla makes it easy to see why he is sometimes referred to as “master of light”.