Copyist Easel at Philadelphia Art Museum with Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema A Reading from Homer

Philadelphia Road Trip – Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Rodin Museum

March 17, 2014 · by · in , , ,

I went on a 4-day road trip to Philadelphia last week, and amongst other things, saw a lot of really good art. Of course I went to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, my main motivation being that they have an…

Chuck Close - Phil (2011-12) - work & detail

Chuck Close – New Work, New Show, New York

November 26, 2012 · by · in ,

I’ve written about Chuck Close before. He’s amazing, in short. He has worked with really large portraits of peoples’ faces worked in different kinds of grid treatments since the 60s, really playing with the line between theory and craft. It’s…

Eric Fischl - Chuck and Sienna (2012 Oil on Linen 82x68' )

Chuck Close by Eric Fischl

July 9, 2012 · by · in ,

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 (oil on canvas, 1987-1988, 100x84") etail 1

Chuck Close – Francesco I

July 8, 2012 · by · in ,

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…