Lines and Colors
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Michael Cheval (update)
Michael Cheval, who I first featured back in 2014, is a contemporaty painter, born in Russia, raised in Germany and who studied at the Ashgabad school of Fine Art in Turkmenistan. I often look sideways at contemporaty artists who call entmselves “Surrealists”, without adhearing…
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Eye Candy for Today: Edith Hayllar’s Five o’clock tea
Five o’clock tea, Edith Hayllar (1860–1948), oil on canvas, 18 x 14 in. (46 x 35 cm). Image is from a 2011 Christie’s auction. I assume the original is in a private collection. My eye imediately goes to the the almost sihlouetted woman sitting at the top of a small flight of…
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Eye Candy for Today: Andrew Wyeth’s Flat Boat
Flat Boat, Andrew Wyeth, watercolor, drybrush on paper; 22 x 29 inches (56 x 74 cm). Image is from Sotheby’s past auction. Original is likely in a private collection. Another of Andrew Wyeth’s deceptively simple drybrush watercolors, singing with texture, harmonized with muted…
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Eye Candy for Today: Rembrandt’s Sleeping Puppy etching
Sleeping Puppy, Rembrandt van Rijn, etching and drypoint, 1 1/2″ x 3″ (4 x 8 cm). This print is in the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum, NY. From their page, you can zoom or download the large image. This tiny etching of a sleeping puppy, hardly the expected subject…
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Debbie Tsoi
Debbie Tsoi is a concept artist based in Sweden. I don’t know if the exampl images I’ve shown here here are for specific projects, or for her own enjoyment. Her work can be dramatic, but it often subtle, with a nuanced play of light and shadow. Her style has elements in common…
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A few Autumnal paintings
OK, so I missed the 2026 Autumnal Equinox by two days, but I can still celebrate. Here are a few paintings of Autumn landscapes, mostly from the 19th century. You can find many of them larger from this Wikimedia Commons page (scroll down and notice the link to “next page” at…