Archive for June, 2009
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I prefer to be called Artiste LangdonArt because I created my own style as an invention in painting!
It took many years to try to find something that another artist did not do, and it’s this: two different landscapes in each painting; that is LangdonArt! In some ways it represents the World Upside Down, and/or the [...]
Mystery Artist: Water Lilies
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Can you name the artist who painted these water lilies? I’ll send a deluxe Dinotopia map to the first person who guesses the correct answer.
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Addendum: Zelas correctly identified the Russian painter Isaac Levitan (1860-1900). The painting is 95cm x 128cm and was painted in 1895, before Claude Monet’s famous water lily paintings.
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Early at the Tunnel
Submitted by foothills & highlands
7″x5″ oil on RayMar panel, painted en plein air, alla prima, on June 24th (completed at 8:20am)…$35 including shipping…The historic Tunnel Hill railroad tunnel is hidden in this plein air study, but is somewhere beyond the darkness on the lower left side. The sun had cleared Chetogeeta Mountain, turning the [...]
Tinker Boy
Submitted by BRENDA YORK’S PAINTING A DAY
20×16″ oil on canvas, purchase info on my website
Well, as usual, summer is crazy-busy around here. And I find it just a bit challenging to paint in the middle of the circus…although “the circus” provides no shortage of material for upcoming paintings, for now many of those ideas are [...]
Cleaning the Slate
Submitted by Art Blog By Bob
William Glackens, A Headache in Every Glass, 1903–1904, Charcoal and watercolor heightened with white gouache on cream wove paper, 13 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. (33.7 x 49.5 cm) Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1992.170
“We’ve come together because we’re so unlike,” wrote Robert Henri in a [...]
The Quixote Effect
Submitted by Ancient Artist: Developing an art career after 50
Cervantes’ humorous story of Don Quixote follows a country gentleman in his fifties as he sets off on an imaginary quest. The initial exploits are met with amused tolerance by the townsfolk, supporting the aging Quixote’s belief that he’s a knight-errant on grand chivalrous quests. Despite [...]
“A Walk Through the Canyon” ~ 2/27/09 A Painting a Day Hudson River School Landscapes by Connie Tom
Submitted by A Painting for You!
“A Walk Through The Canyon” was a delight to do. With all the delicious colors, harmonizing the cool colors with the warm colors, I think I understand what Delacroix was talking about when he wrote in his journal, that “Colors are the music of the eyes.” I try to thank [...]
The Elgin Marbles and the Parthenon
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Here’s the debate in a nutshell: the Parthenon is perhaps the most famous icon of Athens.
Between 1801 and 1812, during the Ottoman occupation of Greece, Thomas Bruce, the 7th Earl of Elgin removed many of the Parthenon’s sculptural elements and took them to London. The so-called Elgin marbles now reside in the [...]
Fat Bottomed Girls
Submitted by Art Blog By Bob
Oh, you gonna take me home tonight?
Oh, down beside that red firelight?
Are you gonna let it all hang out?
Fat bottomed girls, you make the rockin’ world go round.
—From “Fat Bottomed Girls” by Queen
Beauty is truly in the eyes of the beholder, especially ideals of female beauty, which vary by culture [...]
Church and the Mirror
Submitted by Gurney Journey
I had supper last night with the great-granddaughter of Frederic Church at her home less than a mile from Olana. She said she found one of Church’s journals from his Near East expedition as she was exploring the attic a year or two ago.
“The reason I liked him,” she said, “is he [...]
Blackfriar Pub
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Here’s a pencil sketch of The Black Friar Pub in London. What attracts me to a scene like this is the weird juxtaposition of elements. The wedge-shaped art nouveau landmark stands alone, surrounded with stark geometric postwar forms.
I used two grades of graphite pencils, an HB and a 3B. I sharpened the [...]
Daguerre, Painter
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Louis Daguerre is best known as one of the pioneers of photography, but he was first a painter.
In 1803 he became a pupil of Degotti, a scene painter for the Paris Opera, and soon began he working on panorama paintings. He created enormous realistic depictions of cities and historical scenes.
To add to [...]
“Autumn Twilight on the Hudson River” ~ 36″ x 24″ A Painting a Day Hudson River School Garden New York Landscapes by Connie Tom
Submitted by A Painting for You!
This was another intense study I did of one of Hudson River School Master painters, Jasper Cropsey. I loved the color, light, mood and atmosphere as well as detail in the trees, leaves and grasses. I hope you enjoy this painting as much as I enjoyed painting it! ~ Connie
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“Spirit of the West” ~ 30″x24″ A Painting a Day Hudson River School Western Landscapes by Connie Tom
Submitted by A Painting for You!
Imagine yourself being in the Old West, standing out in the open prairie, with the wild open plains, horses running free, the drama in the sky and clouds, teepees on the horizon… It’s anybody’s guess what could happen next. Enjoy!
Prints of this painting are now available in several sizes and [...]
“Sailboats in the Sunset II” ~ 12″x24″ A Painting a Day Hudson River School Landscapes Paintings by Connie Tom
Submitted by A Painting for You!
This is the second in a series of paintings entitled the “Sailboats in the Sunset Series”. This work pictures a beautiful sunset that is also reflected in the ocean. There are sailboats along the horizon and breakers are making their way to the shore. Sunsets and sunrises are my favorite [...]
Tor Gallery
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Tor.com has just posted a set of my images in their web gallery. The TOR Gallery is a great place to survey what’s going on in contemporary fantasy art. My pictures can be seen here, and all of these will be included in the upcoming book.
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Rear View Tip
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Here’s a handy way to get a fresh look at a painting. For just a few dollars at an auto part store you can get one of these stick-on convex mirrors.
They help you see your work in a new way because they both reverse and miniaturize your composition, making it immediately clear [...]
Private Dancer
Submitted by Art Blog By Bob
“Different men are moved or left cold by lines according to the difference in their natures,” wrote Robert Henri. “What moves you is beautiful to you.” Born June 24, 1865, Henri found women dancers moving in their beautiful, graceful movements and bodily freedom. Henri and the several other of The [...]
Sal Westrich
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Art students at Pratt Institute in New York will know Sal Westrich. He teaches history there during the school year and then spends the summers in southern France, enjoying the delights of tomates à la Provençale and salade niçoise. What could be a better life?
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First Hay of Summer
Submitted by foothills & highlands
8″x10″ oil on RayMar panel, painted en plein air, alla prima, on June 18th (completed at 9:10am)…$85 for painting only, $120 framed (as shown)…The hay was freshly cut and the meadow lay golden in the morning sun. Crickets and birds were the only sounds heard, except for the westbound freight train.
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Pen Disaster
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Just heard a scream from the laundry room upstairs. Looks like I left my fountain pen in a load of whites. It busted up and bled in the spin cycle. Now we’ll be walking around covered in strange brown spots.
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Among the Tree Shadows
Submitted by foothills & highlands
10″x8″ oil on RayMar panel, painted en plein air, alla prima, on June 17th…completed at 9:30am…$85 including shipping. The house hidden behind the trees is the Clisby Austin House, located in Tunnel Hill GA. The adjoining property hosts the annual “Battle of Tunnel Hill” Civil War reenactment in September. As shown [...]
City Dweller
Submitted by BRENDA YORK’S PAINTING A DAY
8×6″ oil on canvas, $100
I tried something new with this painting. I wanted just a bit of sparkle in the abstract cityscape in the background so I added a tiny bit of gold leaf. Pretty fancy, huh? I like the way it looks but of course, the photo doesn’t [...]
The Man Without a Country
Submitted by Art Blog By Bob
Although Henry Ossawa Tanner rose to prominence as the first great African-American artist, in the minds of many of his contemporaries, he always remained exactly that—an “African-American” artist and not just an artist. Born June 21, 1859, Tanner painted to escape from the prejudices of his time, but still found [...]
Worth the Read
Submitted by Ancient Artist: Developing an art career after 50
Every now and again I come across articles that offer useful information. I want to pass along “Silencing a Voice that Says You’re a Fraud,” by Melinda Beck, printed in the Wall Street Journal. It’s worth the read.
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