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Maxfield Parrish's Edison Mazda Calendars
The Edison lightbulb company commissioned American illustrator Maxfield Parrish to create paintings for a series of calendars, which were published starting in 1921. The theme...
3 days ago - Gurney Journey
George De La Tour
March 19, 1593. Georges de La Tour was a French Baroque painter, who spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which was temporarily absorbed into France between...
8 days ago - Chez Namaste Nancy
The Meeting Scene
Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506), The Court of Mantua via Wikipedia I love how realistic this is. I discovered it in Paul Johnson's "Art: A New History" where he tells us: The...
20 days ago - Happy Catholic
New Blog Series on Color, Part 9: White
View in browser Whites by Gamblin Artists Colors (This is the final post in my series on color. Next, I'll start a series on giving plein air paintings extreme makeovers!) Not...
24 days ago - Michael Chesley Johnson
While Vermeer's ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring' Is on Loan, the Mauritshuis Showcases 170 Imaginative Renditions in Its Place
Ankie Gooijers. All images courtesy of the Mauritshuis While Johannes Vermeer's “Girl with a Pearl Earring” is on loan to Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum for the largest-ever...
26 days ago - Colossal
Meander the Halls of Europe's Grandest Homes in Gretchen Scherer's Paradisiacal Paintings
“Doria Pamphilj” (2021), oil on panel, 24 x 30 inches. All images © Gretchen Scherer, shared with permission, courtesy of Monya Rowe Gallery, New York In the maximalist...
27 days ago - Colossal
New Blog Series on Color, Part 8: Black
View in browser Blacks and Greys by Gamblin Artists Colors So many of us plein air painters, working in the Impressionist tradition that dominates our craft, have been warned...
1 month ago - Michael Chesley Johnson
After Sitting in Storage for More Than Three Decades, an Art Amusement Park Is Finally Going On Tour
Walls and a carousel designed by Keith Haring. All images courtesy of Phaidon In the summer of 1987, a carnival like no other popped up for thirteen weeks on a public green in...
1 month ago - Colossal
New Blog Series on Color, Part 7: Green
View in browser Greens from Gamblin Artists Colors Every plein air painter knows the dangers of Green in the Landscape: It's ubiquitous, often choking the landscape like a bad...
1 month ago - Michael Chesley Johnson
"Acropolis" by Contemporary Impressionist Niki Gulley
"Acropolis," Athens, Greece ©2022 Niki Gulley9" x 12" oil painting on panel On the first full day of our plein air painting and photography workshop in Greece, we visited the...
1 month ago - Daily Painters of Texas
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Estasi di Santa Teresa
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A Run on the Bowl
Trees!
I feel as if this tree knows everything I ever think of when I sit here. When I come back to it, I never have to remind it of anything; I begin just where I left off. ~Willa...
Annibale Carracci - part 4
Self Portrait with Father and Nephew Antonio oil in canvas Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan "Neither clean nor well-dressed, with his collar askew, his hat jammed on any old way and...
Contemporary Portrait Painting "Cup of Friendship" by Intuitive Artist Joan...
FRESH OFF THE EASEL Acrylic on Paper/SOLD
"Moving Expectations" Contemporary Floral Painting by Niki Gulley
"Moving Expectations" ©2023 Niki Gulley20" x 30" Textured Mixed Media on Canvas Taking the ideas that I started in this new series from inside my studio to outside in my...
AI Fears: A Tool to Help
View in browser Here's an image of a painting of mine that I cloaked. Top is the original, and below are two different degrees of cloaking. Can you tell the difference? Down...
Abstract Painting, “Instant Karma
12"x9" Mixed Media on Paper
Off to See the Wizard
Green study
In this green color study, I used sap green and quin magenta for the darks and sap green and permanent orange for the mid value. I really like the harmony of this one.
Contemporary Animal Painting “ON THE PROWL” by Oklahoma Artist Nancy Junkin
30"x40"x1.5" Acrylic on Canvas This painting is SOLD, however, commissions are welcome. Reach out through my website at the link below.