Category: Gallery and Museum Art
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James Gurney’s Painting Animals from Life
James Gurney has an uncanny ability to take on challenging painting subjects, and then make his methods clear and easy to understand in low cost, high quality instructional videos. In his newest video, Painting Animals from Life, he tackles the problems of painting animal subjects that move and change position, and shows how to successfully…
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Eye Candy for Today: Carlo Ferrario pencil drawing
A Natural Stone Arch Beside the Sea, Carlo Ferrario Pencil on paper; roughly 8 x 12 inches (21 x 31 cm); in the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum, NY. 19th century artist Carlo Ferrario is known for his drawings for the designs of operatic stage sets. This drawing is a natural scene, possibly…
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William Maughan
William Maughan is a painter, pastellist, illustrator and teacher from California. Unlike many artists who have transitioned from a successful illustration career to gallery painting, Maughan continues his illustration practice. His clients in that field include General Motors, CBS Television and Dream Works, along with publishers like Pinnacle, Doubleday and Harlequin and numerous editorial clients.…
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Eye Candy for Today: Abraham Bloemaert’s flute player
The Flute Player, Abraham Bloemaert Roughly 23 x 27 inches (58 x 69 cm), link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project, downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Centraal Museum, Utrecht. In a composition somewhat similar to those of his contemporary Georges de La Tour, 17th century Dutch painter Abraham Bloemaert…
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Elizabeth Robbins
Utah-based painter Elizabeth Robbins focuses primarily on floral still life, and also paints portraits and Western Art subjects. In her still life paintings, she take a direct, painterly approach, often with dramatic chiaroscuro contrasts. I particularly enjoy her use of soft and hard edges and her handling of crokery and transparent vessels. Robbins conducts workshops,…
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Matthew Cook (update 2018)
Matthew (Matt) Cook is a UK artist and illustrator who I have featured previously (and here), mostly in reference to his fascinating role as a reportage illustrator in the middle-east war zones. In this post, I’d like to focus instead on his more recent travel sketches and paintings. Most of these are done in a…