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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Durer’s Rhino Revised
In 1517, Mr. Albrecht Durer made a woodcut of a rhinoceros. He had never seen one but worked from sketches and descriptions of travelers to Lisbon where one had been on display. Until that time, the rhinoceros (which hadn’t been seen … Continue reading
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Tagged beast, Durer, fantasy, horns, illustration, ink, michealangelo, mythic beasts, pen and ink, rhinoceros
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The Diner Bird
I am one of those people who think that, if you are an artist, it is OK to draw anywhere. This probably comes from when I was a kid and was admonished not to doodle in class or at social … Continue reading
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Tagged bird, drawing, pen and ink, sketch, spontaneous, wings
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The Blue Smock
About a week after I began working on this painting (which, by the way, is based on a preliminary sketch completed a year or so ago), I came across a similar painting by Mark Rothko in the Brooklyn Museum. It was one … Continue reading
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Tagged Arshile Gorky, Art Students League, Brooklyn Museum, figurative, Max Weber, Rothko, Subway Series
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Relationship #04
“Good artists copy. Great artists steal.” Picasso is reported to have said this. Making art is a constant dialogue between what has gone before and what is going on now. In varying degrees, we all steal from one another and … Continue reading
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Tagged human relationship, Keith Haring, Kubin, pen and ink, Redon
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Bird – Hot off the press
Last time I posted, it was a bird that I had drawn some time back. This one is brand new. That said, I could easily have done it years ago. I found a couple dated 1980. I keep it fresh … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient, bird, fantasy, figurative, ink, pen and ink, watercolor
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Mythic Bird From 2008
Did I mention that I have been doing mythic birds of one sort or another for years? And, I mean years. Well this is another. And, it is one that I unearthed from 2008. I know that it is from … Continue reading
