Fauna and Flora in Tiffany Bozic Delicate Illustrations. Beautiful paintings of witches, myths and devilish temptation. ‘Witch and Cat’ (1893).
Let’s dig the scene. It’s the late 1800s—the fin de siecle. Art is all Symbolism and Decadence. You’re an artist. You hang with your buddies. You and your buddies have your own little club. Sounds, colors, and words have a miraculously expressive power beyond all representation and even beyond the literal meaning of the words. That’s your scene. You are Paul Ranson (1864-1909)—a French artist who takes his lead from Paul Gauguin, mysticism, the occult and spirituality. ...when it possessed style.That is to say when the artist had succeeded in changing the shape of the objects he was looking at and imposing on them contours or a color that expressed his own personality.
This is what you think of as magic—personal magic. In some respects Les Nabis anticipated the Fauves, a little Art Deco and more directly Abstract Expressionism—with its emphasis on the artist’s experience expressed through the abstract. ‘Witches in Saturnalia’ (1891). ‘Witch in her Circle’ (1892). Anatomy 360. ', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview');
The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision. Artist Doug Blanchard's series of 24 paintings depicting Jesus as a contemporary gay man in a modern city add a realistic backdrop to the emotional drama of the story.
His work reimagines the dramatic events of Palm Sunday, the Last Supper, and Jesus' arrest, trial, crucifixion, and resurrection. These portraits still strike a nerve. An ad for the series was recently banned from Facebook, which initially classified it as an "adult product" that sought to "promote pornography. " Ultimately, Facebook approved the ad after an appeal was submitted. In correspondence with The Advocate, a Facebook representative made note of the ad's final approval, without offering a reason for its initial rejection. The recently released book The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision includes Blanchard's paintings and text by Kittredge Cherry of JesusInLove.blogspot.com.
Interview: Johanna Basford, Author Of 'Secret Garden' And 'Enchanted Forest' Hide caption A spread from Enchanted Forest: An Inky Quest and Coloring Book by Johanna Basford.
Sam Brill/Courtesy of Laurence King Publishing Hide caption A spread from Enchanted Forest: An Inky Quest and Coloring Book by Johanna Basford. Sam Brill/Courtesy of Laurence King Publishing Hide caption A spread from Enchanted Forest: An Inky Quest and Coloring Book by Johanna Basford. Sam Brill/Courtesy of Laurence King Publishing Hide caption A spread from Enchanted Forest: An Inky Quest and Coloring Book by Johanna Basford. Sam Brill/Courtesy of Laurence King Publishing Hide caption A spread from Enchanted Forest: An Inky Quest and Coloring Book by Johanna Basford. We've learned about a secret some of you have — a secret that involves crayons, markers and colored pencils. Johanna Basford describes herself as "an illustrator and ink evangelist who prefers pens and pencils to pixels.
" itoggle caption Sam Brill/Courtesy of Laurence King Publishing Well, you're not alone. Visual dictionary. A woman from inside out at Pelourinho.com - StumbleUpon. Solitude - 2010/2011 - A work in progress on the Behance Network - StumbleUpon. Time-lapse of a great painting. Video - StumbleUpon.