Crimson River

Crimson River

Aquamarine

Aquamarine by *Jenya88 on deviantART

Vintage

Absinthe Bourgeois

Be yourself

Advice to sink in slowly is a series of posters designed by recent and established graduates of University College Falmouth for the purpose of passing on advice and inspiration to first year students.

clipped from www.advicetosinkinslowly.bigcartel.com An advice to sink in slowly poster by Jane Laurie

Smooth - a painting by Elizabeth Fiedel

There’s a wonderful world of contemporary art out there just waiting to be discovered. For a start, check out Philadelphia artist Elizabeth Fiedel’s lovely paintings, available for purchase on Etsy.

clipped from www.etsy.com

Transform

“There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.”

-Pablo Picasso

Rapt in awe

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.”

-Albert Einstein

Kinetic sculptor

Scientist-turned-artist Theo Jansen has crafted ‘animari’ that walk on the wind. Check out this amazing short clip.

“The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds.”

-Theo Jansen

Fantasy art

clipped from www.nenethomas.com

I’d like to introduce you to the striking and elegant work of Nene Thomas. Visit her site to view and purchase prints from her wonderful faery and fantasy collection. Use this link to browse a special gallery featuring her favorites.

Gallery find

clipped from www.orangecountyfineart.com

I discovered a wonderful online art gallery for prints and sculpture. Some of my favorites among the featured artists are Vladimir Kush, Pino (’Good Ole Days’ is shown above), Christopher DeCaro, Michael Parkes, and Amy Lynn. Take a look around - you’re bound to see something you like.

Women in art

Painted menagerie

Oudry’s Painted Menagerie is an exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum showcasing paintings by Jean-Baptiste Oudry, an influential court painter of animals and landscapes in the late 18th century.

Oudry’s animals, hunt scenes, and landscapes brought him to the attention and admiration of Louis XV. Most of the animal portraits on display feature specimens from the King’s menagerie at Versailles. One of the best known works is a life-sized painting of Clara, the rhinoceros who toured Europe in the mid-1700s.

Visit this link to view some of the paintings online, and to play Menagerie Switch, a test of your powers of observation.

Asian Art

Celebrate the artistic traditions of the East with a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection of Asian Art, a selection of outstanding works.

Seated Ganesha, 14th–15th century
Orissa, India
Ivory; H. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Klejman, 1964 (64.102)

Works of M.C. Escher

With this post, I’m trying a new service called clipmarks. You know me: I always have to try the new tools and gadgets.

clipped from www.mcescher.com CASTROVALVA Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) is one of the world’s most famous graphic artists. His art is enjoyed by millions of people all over the world, as can be seen on the many web sites on the internet. He is most famous for his so-called impossible structures, such as Ascending and Descending, Relativity, his Transformation Prints, such as Metamorphosis I, Metamorphosis II and Metamorphosis III, Sky & Water I or Reptiles. But he also made some wonderful, more realistic work during the time he lived and traveled in Italy. Castrovalva for example, where one already can see Escher’s fascination for high and low, close by and far away.

My Met Gallery

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a wonderful website. About 6,500 of the Met’s more than two million works of art can be accessed online, including art from all over the world, and all time periods.Every day, a different ‘Featured Work of Art’ is displayed on the home page. The ‘Timeline of Art History is another fantastic section of the site not to be missed. I could spend days exploring it. Register (it’s free, and requires only a user name, e-mail address, and zip code) for access to special features, including ‘My Met Gallery’ which lets you create a personal gallery featuring up to 50 of your favorites from the museum’s extensive online collection.

Two Young Girls at the Piano, 1892 Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Limoges 1841– Cagnes-sur-Mer 1919) French Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 (1975.1.201)