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  • Paulo J. Mendes

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    Paulo J. Mendes is an avid urban sketcher based in Matosinhos, Portugal. His blog and Instagram feed have a subheading of “Stealing landscapes with a sketchbook”. I’m not sure if that’s intentional or an algorithmic translation for something more like “capturing landscapes”. (The original Portuguese reads: “A roubar paisagens com um caderno”.) [Addendum: a Portugese…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Martin Johnson Heade – Magnolias on Gold Velvet Cloth

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    Magnolias on Gold Velvet Cloth, Martin Johnson Heade Oil on canvas, roughy 15 x 24 inches (54 x 77 cm) Link is to Wikimedia Commons page with access to high a resolution image. There is also a zoomable version on the Google Art Project. The original is in the collection of The Museum of Fine…

  • Johannes Helgeson

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    Originally from Sweden and now based in Copenhagen, Denmark, Johannes Helgeson is a concept artist and illustrator working in the gaming industry. in his online presence, Helgeson emphasiszes character and costume design. His style can be springy and cartoon-like, brushy and textural or highly rendered — sometimes all at once. Many of the images on…

  • Aaron Douglas

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    Aaron Douglas was an American painter, illustrator and muralist active in the early to mid 20th century. He was a notable artist among the group collectively identified as the Harlem Renaissance. Much of his work centered on social issues affecting African Americans and often utilized African motifs, as well as Jazz-age imagery and Cubist and…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Alma Tadema’s In a Rose Garden

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    In a Rose Garden, Lawrence Alma Tadema Oil on panel; roughly 15 x 20 inches (37 x 50 cm). Link is to Wikimedia Commons page from which you can access a larger image. This was sold through Christies in 2012, so I assume it’s currently in a private collection. The painter reveled in flowers and…

  • The Watercolor World

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    It’s sometimes easy to forget that painting and drawing once served the function we now assign to photography of recording places and events for reference or posterity. Watercolor, a portable medium that could easily be used for location painting, was a favored vehicle for reportage and documentary subjects. A recently established UK based non-profit project…