artists – One Book a Week

Lucian Freud

I was reading through a magazine and I came across this picture of Lucian Freud. I’ve never seen him before though I have seen his artwork in the London museum of art. He’s so handsome! 🙂 And apparently he had quite a talent at surrealism, neo-romanticism and realism. Too many big words? He painted theContinue reading “Lucian Freud”

Mr Peabody and Sherman Concept Art

While doing some research for concept art, I ran into a few designs for Mr. Peabody and Sherman. Check out this site: http://conceptartworld.com/?p=32439 and the artist’s Brian Lashelle for more images. Here are my favorites: Poster Black Hole Nursery The Trojan Horse Design

The art of Karl Bang (Fantasy Drawings)

“To me, women depict peace of mind, natural beauty, and variance of emotions.” Karl was born as Bong Ka in Shanghai in 1935. He was formally trained by the master artists of Chinese painting and he also formally trained in the European painting tradition in France and Belgium. These multiple styles led to Karl Bang’sContinue reading “The art of Karl Bang (Fantasy Drawings)”

A little set of Ultra-realist paintings – Gottfried Helnwein

Gottfried Helnwein (born October 8, 1948 in Vienna) is an Austrian-Irish fine artist, painter, photographer, installation and performance artist. Helnwein studied at the University of Visual Art in Vienna (Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Wien). He was awarded the Master-class prize (Meisterschulpreis) of the University of Visual Art, Vienna, the Kardinal-König prize and the Theodor-Körner prize.Continue reading “A little set of Ultra-realist paintings – Gottfried Helnwein”

Cartoon Characters as seen by artists

I ran across a really good blog on my daily scavanging hunt and just to show you a few of the masterpieces available, take a look below. (the blog is http://jirkavinse.wordpress.com/category/self-directed/)