Whistlejacket – about 1762, George Stubbs
Whistlejacket was foaled in 1749. His most famous victory was in a race over four miles for 2000 guineas at York in August 1759. Stubbs’s huge picture was painted in about 1762 for the 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Whistlejacket’s owner and a great patron of Stubbs. According to some writers of the period the original […]
Top Drawings From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
“Greuze [1725–1805] is normally known for genre pictures, but here he’s trying to embrace a mythological subject, showing Aegina visited by Jupiter,” Woodall explains. “It’s a study for a painting in The Met, and the drawing focuses on the figure. It looks back to classical statuary, reminding you of images like the Vatican Ariadne. This […]
Abstract Art and Beyond
by Jo Toye Limiting the changes that you make from one painting to the next can greatly enhance your growth as an artist. Today I want to share why I believe working in a small format while learning, can yield big results, for abstract art and beyond. In my art classes and painting workshops, I […]
SWOON AND MONICA CANILAO “WITCH-WIFE”
“Witch-Wife”, the bygone term for a woman that practices witchcraft, is a light-hearted reference to herself and her longtime collaborator, artist Monica Canilao. Working together on the installation, they create an otherworldly panorama that centers on a sculptural haven containing dreams. These dreams were collected from Swoon’s Dream Reliquary where strangers anonymously share their stories. […]
ADONNA KHARE: A VOICE FOR THE WILD
Studies show that limited childhood exposure to nature influences the degree to which young people support efforts to protect the environment, so it appears that Khare is putting her winnings to good use. Her penciled portrayals of animals are not cute or precious but respectfully rendered, the many fine strokes delineating detail and depth. Whether […]
THE HORROR OF SARAH SITKIN
Sarah Sitkin is a Los Angeles based artist. Her sculptural works are made in wide variety of media including but not limited to silicone, clay, plaster, resin, and latex.
MAÏMOUNA GUERRESI
Guerresi’s subjects appear mystical, infused with references to Sufi Islam, a religion she converted to from Catholicism when she married a Senegalese man. On her work, Guerresi says, “My moods are expressed in my work as faces, color, and emotions, where the body is no longer a prison of the soul, but rather like a […]
HIDING BEHIND FLOWERS
Her work is a combination of paint and collage and she enjoys the possibilities of repurposing bits and pieces of the world in her work. She was inspired to paint her Wallflower series by vintage wallpapers. On the series, she writes, “seeing a body without the face that goes with it feels voyeuristic and incomplete.” […]
GOTHIC PORTRAITS AND STILL LIFE
Her work is dark, and she finds her inspiration in “the turmoil that is so often a part of the mortal experience.” She often creates narrative in her paintings, but is also drawn to the purely aesthetic. Rachel Bess makes small, detailed oil paintings using classical techniques, but portraying the gothic and dark. Her paintings […]
ANATOMY OF WAR
Noah Scalin’s series “Anatomy of War,” includes sculptures that question our culture of violence. He has sculpted two weapons, an AK47 and a Smith & Wesson, “clinically dissected, revealing a remarkably human set of internal organs,” though “with a conspicuously absent brain.” With these alterations, Scalin says, “The objects become as fragile as the lives […]