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New Pochade Boxes Special Featured Article
In the past I’ve done several articles on pochade boxes and other painting systems. I’ve tried over time to follow up with update articles as the market changes, but I finally realized the usual post format wasn’t ideal for this.
So I’ve created a separate permanent page, rather than a temporary post, that consolidates what I’ve found. I intend to keep updating this as time goes on.
I’ve tried to give an overview of most of the major commercial pochade boxes that I am aware of. These are not reviews, but simply overviews based on the information I can...
Dragonwatching 🐉👀 by Daniele Turturici
Toward the end of spring, the ancient dragon Dorain begins his yearly migration to the cooler lands. If you happen to be there at just the right time, you can witness the full spectacle as he crosses the Montyr Mountains. Over the years, dedicated dragonwatchers have mapped out countless viewing spots along the route, always discovering new vantage points to catch a glimpse of this incredible event.
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N.C. Wyeth’s Independence Day
Independence Day (At Concord Bridge), N.C. Wyeth, oil on canvas, 33 x 30 in. (85 x 77 cm), Image is from a Sotheby’s auction in 2021. (Click on the image twice to get the larger version.) Presumably the original is in a privete collection.
The great American painter and illustrator N.C. Wyeth, like his teacher and mentor, Howard Pyle, painted a number of paintings depicting the fledgling years of our republic.
Here, he shows the Colonial Militia at Concord’s North Bridge, ostensibly on Independence Day, even though the initial battle of the bridge actually occurred more than a year...
Dorothea Lange. Tulare County. FSA camp for migrant agricultural...
Dorothea Lange. Tulare County. FSA camp for migrant agricultural workers. Nursery. 1939
"Steelborn" by Artem Chebokha
Two covers for "Steelborn", a book by Taylor J. LaRue
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John Mattos (update)
John Mattos is an award winning illustrator with an impressive client list, based in California, who I first featured back in 2008.
He works in a beautiful Art Deco influenced style that takes advantage of the crispness and smooth areas of gradients made possible by vector art.
His striking compositional sensibility has produced a number of famous and influential posters, and his work is featured in the collections of museums and of influential figures in film, technology and other sectors.
I particularly enjoy his often subtle value relationships, that make his work both bold and refined simultaneously.
I came across...
Eye Candy for Today: Godward’s Under the Blossom…
Under the Blossom that Hangs on the Bough, John Willian Godward, oil on canvas, 24 x 32 in. (61 x 81 cm). Link is to file page on Wikimedia Commons, original is in a private collection.
Neo-Classical Victorian painter John William Godward was known for his portrayals of beautifully dressed women lounging amid idyllic classical architecture, much in a similar vein to Lawrence Alma-Tadema.
Here the model is surrounded by blossoms, both in the tree overhead and the irises in the foreground. I like the little touches of fallen blossoms at the base of the structure under the urn.
Horace Knowles
Horace J Knowles was a British writer and illustrator active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his illustrations for fairland and fairy tales, as well as biblical illustrations and pieces to accompany poetry.
He worked in black and white, in a style that shows the influence of Art Nouveau as well as that of other Golden Age illustrators.
I couldn’t find many sources of his work online, and a number of the available reproductions are uncorrected scans from pages that have yelklowed, Still, they can be quite beautiful, ranging from delicate landscapes to bold figures.
Eye Candy for the Summer Solstice: Waterfall in Summer Mountains
Waterfall in Summer Mountains, Nakabayashi Chikuto, hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, 50 x 17 inches (126 x 43 cm), in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
19th century (Edo period) Japanese artist Nakabayashi Chikuto paints a beautifully subtle and evocative mountain scene with a strong, eye-leading composition.
My eye goes to the crest of the mountain, follows the verdant landscape down through the mist and cascades with the waterfall, leading me to the small lone figure sitting on a bridge in apparent contemplation of nature.
The small size of the figure in relation to the...
Florist by Daniele Turturici
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