Flowers The puzzle surrounding three tulips Jacob Marrel (1614 – 1681) was a German still life painter active in Utrecht during the Dutch Golden Age who specialized in ‘portraits’ of tulips in bloom. Image credit: metmuseum.org
Sculpture Wondrous wind walkers.....! Today we marvel at the huge, clever sculptures of Theo Jansen, which combine art and engineering to "walk" along the beaches of the Netherlands, and are now also exhibited around the world. Image: YouTube.
Landscapes Nugent H. Welch Yesterday you saw WWI paintings created by New Zealand's first war artist Nugent H Welch. Today I share some of his landscape and seascape paintings. Image credit: nzhistory.govt.nz
Travel Beautiful Slovenia What beckons is a tour through the beautiful and stunning scenery of Slovenia which according to our tour guide, Rick Steves, is the least visited and most underrated of Europe's alpine countries. Some interesting architecture and murals for you to learn about.
Environment EARTH A reflection today reminds us of keeping our hands and feet close to the earth so that we can rejoice in the fruits of our labour. Image credit: Photo by Gabriel Jimenez / Unsplash
America The Beauty of the Heart of California Enjoy some visuals on one of the most beautiful vallyes in the world - Central Valley, California - home to glorious farming landscape and the San Joaquin Valley. Image credit: visitcalifornai.com
Texture Featuring Texture Texture gives our environment character and today thanks to images from Caroline we can look a little closer at some of the textures she discovered in her trip into the country. Ben Quilty, a texture artist, gets a mention. Photo: Caroline
Nature It's Snowing Nothing beats the beauty of snow. "...It reaches to the fence, It wraps it, rail by rail, Till it is lost in fleeces; It flings a crystal veil..." (Emily Dickinson)
Landscapes A Sense of Place Part Three: En Plein Air Replaces The Studio In my examination of "a sense of place" particularly as it influences artists, today we look at the artists who pioneered "en plein air": Constable, Monet, Renoir, Sisley, Bazille followed by Pissarro, Cezanne, Guillaumin.
Travel Showcasing the natural beauty of the Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia Showcasing the glorious scenery around Coles Bay in Freycinet National Park, Tasmania, Australia.
Nature Remembering Our Forests In the stark reality of the bushfires enveloping Australia we stop to remember that the destruction to our forests, especially the rain forests of Southern Queensland, is of huge significance. Ann Arnold and Anna Salleh write about trees. Images of the Australian Eucalyptus trees.
Seasons and Weather RAIN Praying for rain and watching Maria Raczynska paint a rain picture. Also "Rain Dance" by EJ Cairns and introducing Rosella Namok from the Lockhart River in Cape York Peninsula, Queensland.
People Remembering the Emergency Service People Remembering the people from the Emergency Services who work to keep us safe. Shown are an early painting of a bsufhre by von Guerard, the Three Sisiters Blue Mountains by John Wilson, a firefighter by Ben Hoole,
Environment Frans Krajcberg: Eco Artist Frans Krajcberg (1921–2017) was a Polish Brazilian painter, sculptor, engraver & photographer. Known for his environmental activism, Krajcberg denounced the destruction of the Brazilian forests, using materials such as burnt wood from illegal forest fires in his artworks.
Photography Ansel Adams: Photographer and Environmentalist Yosemite Falls (Yosemite National Park, California) taken by Ansel Adams in about 1950. Ansel Eston Adams (1902-1984) American photographer and environmentalist especially known for black-and-white images of the American Southwest grew up near the Golden Gate.
How to Draw and Paint Creating, Controlling, Capturing Clouds Every landscape painter knows that the sky illuminates the scene. Think of it as a household lamp. The sun represents a warm light bulb, the ozone a blue lampshade surrounding the light bulb and clouds a decorative pattern suspended upon the lampshade. (Artistsnetwork)
Multimedia Peter Kogler: Spatial Illusionist end our week of illusion (thanks to Escher and Nendo) by taking a look at some of the works of Austrian artist Peter Kogler. And taking a dip in his pool as a starter! The one below titled Dream was on exhibit at the Chiostro Del Bramante, Rome in 2018.
Disasters Disasters & Renewals Showcasing My Country by Dorothea Mackeller; photo of firefighter by Lilli Waters; Fred Williams' Approaching Bushfire paintings; photo of a King Billy pine by Rob Blakers, Across the Top End by Astrid Dahl.
Environment Perception of Artists: Do they like Rubbish Dumps? real world These illustrate much about out the outside world perceives what artists want for an arty getaway.
