Lines and Colors art blog

Category: Gallery and Museum Art

  • Sean Beavers

    Sean Beavers is an artist who plays with context, juxtaposing his still life subjects in particular, with boxes, paintings of them resting on drawings of similar subjects, or in other backgrounds that accomplish one of the things that art does best — allowing us to see the commonplace with fresh eyes. Beavers says in his…

  • Adam Hargreaves

    Adam Hargreaves is an English painter whose focus is on landscape, and in particular, trees. Though not present in all of his compositions, trees are often the primary subject. Hargreaves finds special fascination in trees with gnarled, twisted trunks, roots covered in moss and wonderful textural elements that give his landscapes a great deal of…

  • Thomas Hovenden

    19th century painter Thomas Hovenden was noted both for his work as an artist and for his role as a teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. As a painter, Hovenden painted domestic scenes, historical events and to some extent still life subjects. He is noted in particular for his depictions of African…

  • Janet Ternoff

    Self taught New York artist Janet Ternoff finds great fascination in the facades and interiors of buildings. She works in a realistic style, at times with considerable detail. She works in a range of sizes, from 8×10 to considerably larger. Her series of exteriors of bars, stores and restaurants feel in a way as if…

  • Carel Fabritius

    Carel Fabritius was a Dutch painter whose adopted name comes from the latin for carpenter, or if more broadly used, craftsman. Fabritius studied in the the studio of Rembrandt, and is generally considered to be Rembrandt’s most talented pupil, and the only one to really break free of the master’s influence and develop his own…

  • Anthony S. Waters

    Anthony S. Waters is a California based concept artist and illustrator who does work for the gaming industry. He has worked with companies like Sony On-Line, DNA Productions, Lucasfilm, Electronic Arts, Microsoft and Hasbro, among others. Waters works in both traditional and digital media, and often works with a bright palette, though at times almost…