Art Reviews
Peace, the Man and Hope by Brook Andrew
The issue represented in Brook Andrew’s “Peace, the Man and Hope” are not clear upon first look. The screen print was made in 2005, in response to the war in Iraq. This information is clear when we take a closer look and we can see two books on either …
June Dudley’s “Sunkissed”
“Sunkissed” a remarkable painting by June Dudley, not only brings me back to a time of innocence as a child, but creates a peace inside of me that seems like it is hard to find in everyday life. Warming and tranquil, this painting of a child’s innocence is sure …
Josephine Wall’s “Titania and Oberon 2″ Painting
Josephine Wall’s painting entitled “Titania and Oberon 2” is a magical painting that captures the famous characters of William Shakespeare’s play, “Midsummer Night’s Dream”. Viewers can be clearly wrapped up in the beauty of the play and the wonder of the characters. Josephine Wall has done an extremely remarkable …
“They only come out at night” by Jim Warren
“They only come out at night” painted by Jim Warren is a fantasy painting of the belief that when the sun sets on the human world, the world of magic and all that includes comes out.
First, I love the colors of the magical world: there is a beautiful shade …
Detroit Institute of Arts
Did you know that the city of Detroit has the nation’s fifth largest fine art museum? The Detroit Institute of Arts is located on Woodward Avenue in the arts and cultural up-town area.
The DIA is a small, relaxing museum. It’s small enough that I don’t get tired walking around, …
Art 1st Sketch Diary
I am someone that does a lot of drawing. I really love using this sketch diary. It allows me to easily draw without a lot of hassle. It has the design of a tablet so I’m able to easily flip through it and find …
Musée d’Orsay (The Orsay Museum) in Paris, France
I am a huge fan of Impressionism, so when I had a 15 hour layover in Paris, I knew Musee d’Orsay was my number one destination - and I was not disappointed. This beautiful art museum located not far from the Eiffel Towar (and many other popular attractions in …
Artist’s Loft gouache paints
Gouache paints are basically opaque watercolours. That have a binding agent and a higher ratio of pigments to water; white pigment is added to them to make them opaque. Designers and illustrators initially used gouache however many artists are switching to a digital format now a days.
Artist’s Loft brand …
“Evening Lounge” by Brent Lynch
“Evening Lounge” by Brent Lynch is a painting of a mysterious woman at a bar holding a martini in her hand.
First, I love the richness of the colors used in this painting as well as the intensity. I love the fire engine red color of the back wall of …
Taylor’s Do-It Center Paint Thinner
There are a few things that are absolutely necessary when oil painting. One of the very most important, is turpentine. The only problem with turpentine though, is that it is very toxic and smells terrible. So, what my art teacher taught me was that rather than using turpentine, I …
Josephine Wall’s “Heart and Soul” Painting
Josephine Wall has mesmerized me yet again with this magical painting entitled “Heart and Soul”. There is nothing short of wonder and beauty behind this painting that is taken straight out of fairy tale dream. With so many aspects of this painting, and the intricate details that the artist …
“Mulberry Tree” by Vincent Van Gogh
“Mulberry Tree” painted by Vincent Van Gogh is one of his emotional pieces to me. At first glance you immediately think of winter which is usually a gloomy and sad time of the year, but the more you study the painting you begin to realize how sad it …
Josephine Wall’s “Wisteria Moon” Painting
The painting entitled “Wisteria Moon” by Josephine Wall catches the love that has fallen over two fairies out for a nightly boat ride. Not only are the figures painted to perfection, but the canvas tells a story that is not only magical, but enchanting in the love that is …
“The Masters” Brush Cleaner and Preserver
I bought this cleaner primarily because I’ve started taking a painting class at my college, so I use oil paints quite frequently. Oil, like charcoal, is a very difficult material to wash off of anything - especially brushes. Normal soap just doesn’t work at all, and other brands (like …
The Old Guitarist by Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso’s work has always been amazing and far out of the ordinary from what everyone was used to seeing. The Old Guitarist is no exception to it either but like every one of Picasso’s painting they each hold a unique message to the viewer. Perhaps his message is …
Leonid Afremov’s “Clown” Painting
The painting entitled “Clown” by Leonid Afremov stirs up something inside of me that brings me back to child like dreams of fantasy and wonder, as well an un-doubtable sadness. The colors are brilliant and swirl to truly create something straight from the imagination.
It is not secret that …
Wyland artist
I have been a long time dolphin and whale lover, so I try to fill my home with pictures of them, but there is one artist who is above and beyond one of the best undersea artists in the world. His name is Wyland. I have tons of real …
Las Vegas Madame Tussauds Wax Museum
Madame Tussauds Wax Museum at Las Vegas is a variety entertainment destination right at the heart of Las Vegas strip. I got a free ticket to visit this place when I purchases Blue Man group show. Even though this museum is right across the Venetian, it is not very …
“The Bedroom At Arles” by Vincent Van Gogh
“The Bedroom At Arles” painted by Vincent Van Gogh is a painting of his room in the place he was staying in Arles. I think the painting captures how modest his living arrangements were.
The thing I like about “The Bedroom At Arles” is how “normal” Van Gogh appeared. Even …
“The Birth of Venus” by Sandro Botticelli
“The Birth of Venus” painted by Sandro Botticelli is one of my favorite mythological paintings. I was not into Greek mythology until the television show “Hercules” starring Kevin Sorbo aired in the mid to late nineties; however, it has become one of my favorite subjects in history. It also …
Josephine Wall’s “Dragonship” Painting
Josephine Wall has amazed me yet again in this fun and magical painting she has called, “Dragonship”. There is nothing short of brilliance and fantasy in this painting that reminds me very much of my dream world, or any dream world in general. Her use of colors and fantastical …
Walsall Art gallery West Midlands England
If you’re an art lover and visit art galleries I just wanted to take the time to give advice about Walsall art gallery. The gallery has been around for many years and in my opinion looks great by its website and advertisements however it’s not run all that well. …
The Persistence of Memory by Dali
Surrealism is an art form which seems to be quite “love it or hate it”. For me personally, I love this piece, though at first I found it quite visually disagreeable.
Lovers of more conservative art will most likely not enjoy this piece, as it is highly experimental. Through its …
Boats Leaving the Harbor by Claude Monet
This painting depicts two sailboats sailing away on a colorful green-blue ocean below a sky of breaking clouds, perhaps at sunrise. It is somewhat different from Monet’s normal style - less vague and “fuzzy,” more clear and precise; but it still has Monet’s characteristic atmosphere of calm beauty.
I like …
“Wheatfield and Mountains” by Vincent Van Gogh
“Wheatfield and Mountains” painted by Vincent Van Gogh is one of your basic scenic paintings from him. If you’re someone (like me) who has never been to the mountain regions, you would think this is one of the most spectacular views of what you hope to one day experience.
I …
National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts
For anyone who grows up in New York City, a museum is a way of life. I love the Met, MOMA, Guggenheim Museum and all of the rest of the well known ones, but I also like to find the more unusual. And that is one thing you can …
Thomas Eakin’s The Gross Clinic painting
Thomas Eakin’s The Gross Clinic is upon first glances exactly as the name sounds, gross. With dark colors, this painting sets an extremely grim and foreboding setting. The second my eyes are set onto the painting when I visit the Philadelphia Art Museum, I am transported to a time …
Josephine Wall’s “The Discovery”
Josephine Wall’s painting entitled, “The Discovery”, is not only part of her more mysterious and colorful of paintings, but one that opens up a world that really has no bounds. Her use of color and technique with the paint brush is one that cannot really be summed up in …
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
The Oklahoma City Museum of Art is located in downtown Oklahoma City. One of the exhibits now showing there, as of April, 2006, is the Chouhuli glass exhibit. This is beautiful, and well worth the price of admission.
The museum has traveling exhibits, most recently of Mexican painters, …
Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay
We were frequent visitors to this Gallery when we were living in Bombay. The Gallery is centrally situated in South Bombay and is part of the Art District of Bombay. The approach to this place is itself littered with various art pieces where the artists keep trying to exhibit …
Expressionist Painter Joshua Serafin
Going through the Internet to find artists of today, I found an outstanding painting entitled “HB Tribute” by expressionist oil painter Joshua Serafin, a 25-year-old residence of California Huntington Beach, was chosen as the selected entry in the city’s annual Senate Art Competition. A work of its own, this …
Deviantart.com
Deviantart: http://www.deviantart.com is a website which allows all artists to put up their artwork. This could be anything from a photo to fanart, to a sketch, to even a flash animation. The advantage of this website is that many forms of art is accepted. The basic Deviantart account is …
Josephine Wall’s “Bubble Tree” Painting
The painting entitled “Bubble Tree” by Josephine Wall is a beautiful painting depicting the almost wishes or moments in time of the human race. To me, this painting represents a sad longing that is found in many hearts, as well as beautiful reminder that somewhere out there the future …
“Connections I” by Eva Shpritser
“Connections I” painted by Eva Shpritser is a geometric abstract painting created in medium-tone colors.
First, I like the medium tones of the painting: there is a mixture of burgundy, olive green, brown, and tan. The thing that is most interesting about this abstract painting is how the colors seem …
Tinik Ng Teatro (TNT)
Have you ever had an acting class? Have you ever joined and act in a theater? Well, I have joined and I act once and It’s a WOW feeling! I joined Tinik ng Teatro (TNT) in 2000 at Adamson University when I was still studying in college.Let me introduce …
San Antonio Children’s Museum
I recently took my two children ages 4 and 14 to the San Antonio Children’s Museum and to my surprise both children had a blast. Who would have guessed I could find a place that a toddler and a teen would enjoy equally. There is something there …
The Coiling Gizmo Econo
I have lots of spare time. Until recently I mostly used my spare time on the computer or in the bed (to excuse myself when I said lots of spare time this does not mean the whole day - a few hours a day). Although it did take me …
Musée du Louvre
No trip to Paris can or should be contemplated without a visit to Musée du Louvre, and it had been a dream of mine since I was a small child. I did discover, though, that if you are on a limited time frame for seeing the city, as I …
“Landscape With Olive Trees” by Vincent Van Gogh
“Landscape With Olive Trees” painted by Vincent Van Gogh is a landscape painting with an eerie feel to it. I love Edgar Allen Poe’s stories and the degree of eeriness in Van Gogh’s painting reminds me of that feeling when I read Poe’s stories.
The thing I like about “Landscape …
“The Red Vineyard At Arles” by Vincent Van Gogh
“The Red Vineyard At Arles” painted by Vincent Van Gogh is an emotional painting because the subject at hand. From the looks of it, it appears to be about slavery; however, I don’t know much about France’s history but that’s my take on it.
I think “The Red Vineyard At …
Josephine Wall’s “Dreams of Atlantis” Painting
Josephine Wall’s painting entitled, “Dreams of Atlantis” is a magical painting that depicts life as a mermaid. It’s beauty and grace, and sea green landscape make for a dream like scene, where you are seeing the image but yet not really taking it all in. If any painting captures …
“Olive Trees” by Vincent Van Gogh
“Olive Trees” painted by Vincent Van Gogh is another emotional piece that is really unsettling to me. The fact that “Olive Trees” is unsettling to me is weird because when you think of a vineyard, you’re supposed to have happy thoughts when you’re taking in the scenic view …
Red Heart Acrylic Yarn
I’ve been using Red Heart yarn for the last year or two. Over that time, I’ve found that the company produces more types and colors of yarn than I can count. And so far, all of the yarn that I’ve used for my various knitting projects has been high …
Leonid Afremov’s “Pink Snow” Painting
The painting entitled “Pink Snow” by Leonid Afremov is a touching piece of art that gives a new twist to paintings of snow. This winter scene is sure to give you a the urge to brew some hot chocolate and enjoy the wonders of winter before the seasons change …
La Doll Premier Polymer Light Weight Stone Clay
This certain type of polymer clay was purchased from a local crafting store. I was attracted to the idea of creating all sorts of different little figurines and jewelry, similar to the kind that I admire online when browsing sites popular with clay aesthetics. The many possibilities filled my …
Josephine Wall’s “Spirit of Flight” Painting
Josephine Wall’s mystical painting entitled “Spirit of Flight” is not only magically designed to stir the imagination, but creates a sense of the unknown world all around us. This feeling is a feeling that most adults rarely come across upon leaving childhood behind. We begin to rationalize reality and …
“Seascape At Saintes-Maries” by Vincent Van Gogh
“Seascape At Saintes-Maries” painted by Vincent Van Gogh is a beautiful painting of sailboats out at sea.
First, I am an enormous lover of water–no matter if it is in a bathtub or the unknown depths of the ocean–and I loved the fact that Van Gogh did another painting of …
Washington Art Museum Washington DC
There are a bunch of museums in Washington DC. Some of them are about 1 hour to 2 hours away from the white house itself. One of the ones that really stick out is the art museum because of the beautiful building and artworks itself. I would expect artworks …
“Tropical Terrace for Two” by Sung Kim
“Tropical Terrace for Two” by Sung Kim is a painting of an ocean front view from the terrace of someone’s home.
First, I like how vibrant the colors are which coincides with the theme of the painting. I like the navy blue further back in the ocean, and I like …
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