Oliver Bonhomme
Oliver Bonhomme is a French illustrator and art director with a long client list that inludes le Monde, the New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, Apple and numerous others.
His illustrations look at first to be high in chroma, but then you realize the colors are not actually that intense, but are made to appear so by the artful juxtapositon of complimentary colors.
His subjects are often imaginative and surreal, but sharply delineated and graphically strong.
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Eye Candy for Today: Martin Heade orchid
Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds, Martin Johnson Heade, oil on wood, 14 x 18 in. (35 x 46 cm), in the collection of the National Gallery of art, DC. which has a large downloadable image.
Though he also painted wonderful landscapes, Martin Heade’s standout subjects are his portrayals of exotic flowers and birds. Here, he sets a striking pink orchid against a mist enshrouded forest, and includes three rare hummingbirds and a nest with eggs.
Angela Hao
Angela Hao lives and works in the U.S., but makes virtual visits to Japan via Google Street view, capturing the charm of small, quirky storefronts in digital ink and watercolor style illustrations she creates in Procreate.
These are delightlfully whimsical and take note of the small details that give each little store its own personality.
She has prints available on inPrint.
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constellation by Alex Andreev
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Eye Candy for Today: Edward Seago scene of Rome
Ponte Sant’Angelo, Rome, Edward Seago; 20 x 30 in. (51 x 77), link is to Bonham’s auction from 2019. I assume it’s currently in a private collection.
Edward Seago, a British painter active in the early to mid 20th century, is one of my favorite landscape painters. I particularly love his brushy, painterly application of paint, as is evident in this view of the famous bridge in Rome.
Emilio Ocón y Rivas
Emilio Ocón y Rivas was a 19th century Spanish artist specializing marine subjects, perhaps unsurprisingly as he lived in Malaga, the bustling port city on Spain’s Medterranean coast. He is considered responsible for founding the School of Marine Artists there.
He had a particular touch for atmosphere and his paintings show the moods of the sea, sunny and tranquil, stormy and dark.
Cautionary note to contemporary painters: Ocón died of lever disease brought on by the ingestion of paint – due to his habit of bringing his brushes to a point in his mouth.
lamp by Alex Andreev
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gap in a double solid road marking line by Alex Andreev
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Eye Candy for Today: Mucha’s The Seasons: Spring
Alphonse Mucha, who is the most widely recognized figure of the style we know as Art Nouveau, at one time called “Le style Mucha”, created three series of posters in which he portrayed the fourseasons as young women surrounded by elements associated with the season.
This is his interpretaion of Spring from the first of these series (and my favorite), published in 1896. This epitomizes all of the grace and decorative flair we associate with the Czech artist.
There is a page devoted to the work in the Mucha Foudaiton website.
Taking that image as my cue for color fidelity, I found an...
10 000 by Alex Andreev
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