May 6, 2008
Hajieelkhe - renewed: “…Hajieelkhe is part of one of my longest running plots…I decided to be brave with the colours…here he is…rebellious but delicate, heartbroken though insolent, passionate and warmdarkhearted.”
on saturdays: “on Saturdays, I take my gun, my attitude, and then I change someone’s life.”
Papier Mache Masks [Gallery of Papier Mache Masks]
Whoo.
Linda Bergkvist got her first Wacom on her 20th birthday. At first, she told her parents there was no way she could ever paint on the device. A week later, she was hooked.
Linda loves painting and generally does it for fun. When she works, she sometimes references from photographs. This used to regularly be fashion photography. Now she takes her own photos and sticks loosely to them.
She’s planning a book on dark fairytales. All the images are part of a world she’s created.
In her spare time, Linda (who’s Swedish) spends time with friends, and her cat Azrael. She thinks she’s an easygoing girl — somewhat temperamental, but one who’d do anything for her friends, family, and cat.
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May 1, 2008
1. Daughter of the Deep
2. Psyche Dreaming - “Having found true love in each other, Psyche and Eros float down the river of life forever.”
Josephine Wall has always had a passion for light and colour, fantasy and visual story telling.
Her first employment upon leaving Art College was at Poole Pottery. She painted the dynamic and boldly colored designs of the now famous Delphis ware. They are collectible s and fetch high prices at specialist auctions.
Aside from painting, Josephine directs her creative energies into pottery figures, sculpture and stained glass panels. She also has customised items of clothing.
She lives contentedly with her husband at Wysteria Cottage, where she works in an attic studio.
In 2005, Pop Icon Britney Spears requested the use of a number of images for use on her website, www.britneyspears.com. Britney also purchased a number of Limited Edition prints. Josephine is working on an original painting for her.
PS: There’s a collection of art wallpapers by Josephine Wall, on Wallcool.net.
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May 1, 2008
Wallcoo.net has over 50,000 High Quality Free Wallpapers.
I’m not sure where these were taken, but yes they are real nature shots.
Many interesting wallpaper albums, such as Fantasy World, Fantasy Dreamscape, Japanese Style paintings, and of course — the Art Wallpapers section.
* Much thanks to DB for the link.
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April 26, 2008
I received an e-mail, so I’m helping to spread the word.
Duirwaigh Gallery is a publisher of a variety of fantasy, or “mytho poetic” art. Illustrators include Brian and Wendy Froud, Linda Ravenscroft, David Delamare, Kinuko Craft, Amy Brown, Christophe Vacher, etc.
Duirwaigh is preparing for a cross-country move (office, storage and inventory). In this moving sale, items are being sold at a real and incredible value. Many pieces start at the online auction for a tiny fraction of what they are worth. For a serious collectible and art collector, this will be a real treasure hunt.
From May 1 to May 14, Duirwaigh Gallery will be listing an assortment of paintings, posters, drawings, dolls, chess sets, signed prints, sculptures, figurines, ornaments, houseware, fabrics, dresses, shoes, books, garden statues, and more (!). Most items start at $9.00 - those with a value of hundreds start at low prices too.
Announcements will be up on the Duirwaigh Blog: http://messagefromthemuse.typepad.com/duirwaigh/
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April 8, 2008
From: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Howard Pyle was born in Wilmington, Delaware on March 5, 1853. The Pyle home was in the country just outside of town next to a rich garden filled with flowers, fruit trees, vines, and a summerhouse. The images of his idyllic childhood would stay with Howard all his life.
Howard left for New York in October 1876. After nearly a year in New York, Howard began having doubts about his ability in his chosen career. He considered being an author instead. By early 1877, such thoughts vanished. He had met Charles Parsons, the art director at Harper and Brothers, the largest publisher in the country.
Howard later remarked, “I think it was not until I stood in the awful presence of the art director himself that I realized how this might be the turning point of my life.” Parsons published a sketch that Howard worked on for 6 weeks, as a double-page spread in Harper’s Weekly on March 9, 1878.
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March 31, 2008
Swami Haridas, Tansen and Akbar in Vrindavan, a leaf
from Jaipur-Kishangarh mixed style, circa A.D. 1750
Miniatures paintings are intricate, small, and meticulously executed with delicate brushwork. They existed in the forms of colorful illuminations (drawings included in a book, especially in medieval manuscripts) or paintings. The fine brush strokes conveyed themes from the Ragas — the musical codes of Indian Classical music.
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