Jill Hadley Hooper
I came across an intriguing image on Art Listings Professional by Jill Hadley Hooper. There’s something quite haunting about it. I’m reminded of the odd visual effect of seeing snow fall in front of a dark wall – against the sky,…
Chuck Close by Eric Fischl
Thinking about what to write about today, I remembered Eric Fischl. When I was in art school he was one of my favourite painters, but I don’t hear much about him so I tend not to think that much about him….
Chuck Close – Francesco I
Chuck Close is a pretty interesting painter, insofar as most of his career has been about not being a painter in the traditional sense. When he was doing his MFA at Yale he was known for his excellent brushwork, so…
Martin Wittfooth
Martin Wittfooth is a painter who lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He was born in Toronto, Canada in 1981 but spent most of his childhood in Finland. He’s a heck of a painter, with a focus on animals and apocalyptic…
James Rosenquist F-111
So hey, I’m back from New York! On an artistic level my visit to the MoMA was unquestionably the high point, not only because they have a number of my favourite modernist art works on display, but for the current…