Author: cparker
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Eye Candy for Today; Durer’s Tuft of Cowslips
Tuft of Cowslips, Albrecht Durer Gouache on vellum; roughly 8 x 7 inches (19 x 17 cm); in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, DC, which has zoomable and downloadable images. There is also a zoomable version on the Google Art Project. Like his more well known but equally wonderful “Large Piece of…
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John Donohue’s “All the Restaurants in New York”
Since 2017, New York based artist and writer John Donohue has been pursuing his — admittedly unlikely — quest to draw all of the restaurants in New York City (estimated to number around 24,000, not counting ongoing closings and openings). He takes this on by sketching on location in pen and ink, without preliminary pencil…
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Eye Candy for Today: Rosa Bonheur’s The Horse Fair
The Horse Fair, Rosa Bonheur, oil on canvas, roughly 96 x 200 inches (245 x 507 cm), Study for “The Horse Fair”, chalk and wash with gouache highlights on paper, roughly 5 x 13 inches (14 x 34 cm); both in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Rosa Bonueur was the best known…
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James Gurney’s Living Sketchbook, Volume 3 – Court Report
When I first met author and artist James Gurney some years ago, I had the opportunity to leaf through one of his sketchbooks. Gurney is so accomplished that his sketchbooks often consist of page after page of beautifully realized paintings and sketches, usually in gouache or casein. My immediate thought was that he should publish…
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Eye Candy for Today: Albert Anker still life with Coffee and Potatoes
Stilleben, Kaffee und Kartoffeln (Still life with Coffee and Poratoes), Albert Anker Link is to Wikimedia Commons page with high-res image. This domestic still life by 19th century Swiss artist Albert Anker at first looks smoothly refined, but on closer inspection reveals itself to be quite painterly.
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Kenneth Cadwallader
Kenneth Cadwallader is a painter with a fresh, confident approach, and a vibrant use of color. The galleries on his website are divided into paintings from his travels in China, figures and floral still life. I particularly admire the strong value contrasts in many of his townscape and still life paintings.