Category: Eye Candy for Today

Spreewald Village in Autumn, Walter Moras. Oil on canvas, 24 x 39 in, ( 60 x 100 cm). Link is to MutualArt, larger image on GoodFon. Yes, I know it can initially look a bit, um… picturesque (and yes, I know there are ducks), but I like it. The more I look at the large…

The Canal at Holmes Bridge, Christian Mlested, oi on canvas, roughly 38 x 34 inches ( 96 x 87 cm). Image is sourced from Wikipedia. This painting was auctioned in 2011; I assume it’s currently in a private collection. Danish painter Christian Molsted, who was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, gives…

When painting or sketching, artists will often use a mirror to briefly reverse their view of a work that is difficult to see objectively because it has become too familiar from time spent working on it. I enjoy applying that same idea to works of art that have become so iconic and familiar they are…

Autumn Afternoon, the Wissahickon, Thomas Moran, oil on canvas, roughy 30 x 45″ ( 77 x 115 cm), in the collection of the Terra Foundation for American Art (click on image for an enlargement). There is a larger image on Wikipedia, though the color is off. I’ve taken that image and color corrected it to…

The Goldfish Bowl, Edward Perugini, oil on canvas. roughly 39 x 31 in. (100 x 79 cm). Link is to the Bonham’s auction page from 2010. Click on the image on the Bonham’s page for a larger version. Bonham’s at the time lists it as only “attributed to” Perugini, but all other references to it…