William Claxton. Spike Lee. Los Angeles, CA. 1990I Am Collective...
William Claxton. Spike Lee. Los Angeles, CA. 1990
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Bruno Barbey. Boy sleeping on abandoned truck. Rome, Italy....
Bruno Barbey. Boy sleeping on abandoned truck. Rome, Italy. 1962
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Mary Ellen Mark. Erin ‘Tiny’ Charles. Seattle,...
Mary Ellen Mark. Erin ‘Tiny’ Charles. Seattle, Washington. 1983
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Eye Candy for Today: Walter Dexter still life
Still Life, Walter Dexter; oil on canvas; 14 x 18 inches (35 x 46 cm), in the colection fo the King’s Lynn Town Hall.
Engliah painter Walter Dexter was active in late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was known for his landscapes in oil and watercolor. He also painted other subjects, including still life; and this one just caught my attention.
I love how controlled and subtle this is. The colors of the fruit in the foreground look bright, but are actually quite muted. It’s the values and colors of the area surrounding them that makes them appear bright.
The shadows...
Agenzia Dufoto. Christo in the La Salita Gallery. Rome. October,...
Agenzia Dufoto. Christo in the La Salita Gallery. Rome. October, 1963
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Harris & Ewing Studio. John Joseph Pershing. 1924
Harris & Ewing Studio. John Joseph Pershing. 1924
Liu Tao 刘涛. A Weak Road #10. 2012.jpgI Am Collective...
Liu Tao 刘涛. A Weak Road #10. 2012.jpg
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A lesson from studying Richard Schmid
One of the things I often admire about advanced painters is their ability to infuse a single object with multiple colors and make it read well. It can be subtle or overt, but it done properly, it can give a painting a lively visual interest.
As a painter, I stuggled to understand how this was done. Every time I tried to emulate this effect, the result looked horrible – disjointed, splotchy and just plain wrong. I tried again and again, always without success, until I tried something on a whim.
On of the painters I admire who does this extremely well is...
Yang Yankang. Pious Old Woman Holding a Crucifix. Zhouzhi....
Yang Yankang. Pious Old Woman Holding a Crucifix. Zhouzhi. 1998.jpeg
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Paul Cohen-Portheim. Holiday crowds at Waterloo railway...
Paul Cohen-Portheim. Holiday crowds at Waterloo railway station.jpeg
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