art

  • Drawing – Seeing vs. Knowing | Zen School for Creative People

    When we draw, there is often a conflict between what we see and what we know.  The top sketch shows the head tilted back so far it cannot be seen.  The body is “foreshortened” with the legs appearing longer and… Continue reading

    Drawing – Seeing vs. Knowing | Zen School for Creative People
  • Henri Martin

    Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin (August 5, 1860 – November 12, 1943) was a renowned French impressionist painter. Born in Toulouse to a French cabinet maker and a mother of Italian descent, Martin successfully persuaded his father to permit him to become… Continue reading

    Henri Martin
  • The look of music | Harvard Gazette

    Thanks to my good brother, John C., who pointed this out for me. John did some studies with my mentor and myself on the Philosophy of Music and Silence. Always a rare treat to sit and converse with him. We… Continue reading

  • Autobiografia: Recluse of History | Saffronart Blog

    New York: The exhibition, Autobiografia: Recluse of History, is an intriguing group show of artists from different eras. Simplistic and powerful, it stimulates one’s historical chord through classic drawings of soldiers during World War I, with titles such as ‘le commencement… Continue reading

    Autobiografia: Recluse of History | Saffronart Blog
  • Alphonse Mucha

    …Mucha produced a flurry of paintings, posters, advertisements, and book illustrations, as well as designs for jewelry, carpets, wallpaper, and theatre sets in what was termed initially The Mucha Style but became known as Art Nouveau (French for “new art”). Mucha’s works… Continue reading

    Alphonse Mucha
  • The Way We Talk | Louis C.K.

    Of course, NSFW.   Continue reading

    The Way We Talk | Louis C.K.
  • Gallery 17 August 2013

    Write text here… Related articles Gallery for Christopher (keithwaynebrown.com) Maxfield Parrish (keithwaynebrown.com) Ernst Fuchs (keithwaynebrown.com) Art Talk: MoMA’s Mea Culpa to Hopper and O’Keefe (wnyc.org) In the Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo opened an interactive exhibition (photovide.com) MoMA Plans Ileana Sonnabend Show… Continue reading

    Gallery 17 August 2013
  • And When You Lose Control: Drawing by Davit Yukhanyan

    Faith is Torment | the Art and Design Blog puts up a gallery of great interest: A drawing of a goat made of hundreds of smaller drawings. Click the jump to examine sections of the drawing and see what parts make… Continue reading

    And When You Lose Control: Drawing by Davit Yukhanyan
  • Acrylic Storm – Michelle Manly

    Texas-based artist Michelle Manley explores the intensity of nature through dramatic acrylic paintings. In her Storm series, she uses earthy color palettes to create landscapes filled with dark clouds swirling together into distant and powerful storms. As the severe weather… Continue reading

    Acrylic Storm – Michelle Manly
  • Rasputina – The New Zero feat. Karloff and Lugosi – YouTube

    I did not put this video together. The quote below is from the person who went to the trouble. Love Rasputina, have ever since my good brother Eric F. gave me a copy of their album way back when. Pretty… Continue reading

    Rasputina – The New Zero feat. Karloff and Lugosi – YouTube
  • Hunter Wild

    Astride the Whisper of Chaos, a statement. Drawing upon a Platonic sense of the Erotic as a striving toward the Infinite, this series connects the development of the human form to a relentless desire to explore and traverse the unfolding Universe.… Continue reading

    Hunter Wild
  • The Arts United, Issue 3: Metaphysical Expressions

    My good brother in the spirit, Will Bermudez, is Creative Director for The Arts United Journal. (He is also a bad ass photag–one of my favorites, actually). The whole Arts United team–Daniela Riojas (Director), Viktoria Valencuela  (Chief Editor), Jose Mojica (Production… Continue reading

    The  Arts United, Issue 3: Metaphysical Expressions
  • The Power Of Art – Picasso | BBC

    Born in Malaga, Spain, Picasso’s many styles and prolific work rate have marked him out as one of the most recognised artists of the twentieth century. Not limited to one medium he created sculptures, etchings and prints. His artistic career… Continue reading

    The Power Of Art – Picasso | BBC
  • Ernst Fuchs

    Ernst Fuchs is a fascinating and visionary artist in the tradition of the mystic intellectual and seeker. He is one of the founders of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism and has made some of the most intriguing religious paintings… Continue reading

    Ernst Fuchs
  • BBC Documentary on Photographer William Klein | Petapixel

    William Klein is a pioneer several times over. For that reason, the documentary has been titled The Many Lives of William Klein. He’s been called one of the fathers of street photography. His fashion photography is considered among the most… Continue reading

  • Public Art, Private Expression | Advocate.com

    The history of authors and artists who are attracted to others of the same gender is long though still not very well known by many. I make the rather clunky “attracted to others of the same gender” because a) homosexual… Continue reading

  • Gallery for Christopher

    From conversations with my buddy-friend-guy, Christopher, a small gallery comparing the work of two contemporary artists in 1973 with a few pieces by an old European master from c. 1500. Enjoy! Related articles The Domestic Cat in Early Modern Period… Continue reading

    Gallery for Christopher