Mark Tansey on Illustration
Mark Tansey is an American painter whose work is usually considered within the context of realist representationalism, but goes beyond that into a sort of hypercritical allegorical mode strongly informed by art history, philosophy, and art theory. I really enjoy the…
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Christina Bothwell
I first noticed Christina Bothwell’s work on Pinterest, a cast glass and ceramic sculpture of what looked suspiciously like a woman’s spirit rising from her dead body. Of course, being Pinterest, there was no info on the artist or even…
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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,…
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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….
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Happy Father’s Day – Max Ernst, “Pieta” or “Revolution by Night”
Happy Father’s Day! There is some irony in posting about Max Ernst’s portrait of his father in “Pieta” or “Revolution by Night” (1923). For one thing, Ernst thought his father was an idiot. Take it as you will, this definitive…
