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Simon White – A versatile artist

Today we meet a versatile Australian artist who can make the transition from large scale public murals to beautiful landscape paintings and portraits in charcoal......

Australian Artist

Emanuel Phillips Fox – Prolific Australian Impressionist

Today we learn about Emanuel Phillips Fox, an Australian artist who was a contemporary of the The Heidelberg School and married another artist, the well known Ethel Carrick.

Impressionism

Joaquin Sorolla - Master of Light

Today we learn about a Spanish Impressionist painter who achieved fame during in his lifetime, before other well known names such as Picasso, Dali and Miro took over.

Portraits

Sergei Cadenas – Two images in one!

Today we will look at the mesmerising work of a Spanish portrait painter - using a self taught technique to create two portraits in one!

Portraits

"Mischief" with Philip Johnson

Isn't it just wonderful when art gets "taken outside"! But when a giant portrait of a small delightful child gets "hung" in a public garden by a lake - now that's magic. And magic is the word when you see the portraits created by English artist Philip Johnson.

Portraits

Belinda Wiltshire - Portraiture and Ceramics

Today we meet a young Melbourne based artist whose diversity in working across both paintings and ceramics is astounding. Image: Belinda Wiltshire, Facebook.

Women Artists

Not just her father’s daughter – Nora Heysen

Today we meet Nora Heysen, famous in her own right for her achievements in art, despite being the daughter of famous artist Hans Heysen.

Mailbag

October 2022 Mailbag No 2

October Mailbag No2 is mainly about people - famous people in the main - and a couple we hope will become very famous in the art field. If you like portraits you will enjoy this post. Links to Jane's trip to Tanzania are also given for those of you who missed these amazing posts.

Celebration

Celebrating Queen Elizabeth II and the Royal family of UK in Art

QE II was a beloved figure not only to Britain but across the world. She supported & endorserd arts organisations. Today we offer some articles from ArtUK about the Queen and other Royals as they have been depicted in art.

Realism

A new perception of perspective and reality, from Alexa Meade!

Today we meet a contemporary artist who challenges our concept of dimensions and reality by making 3D installations look like 2D canvases. Image: Alexa Meade Art, Instagram.

Landscapes

Toss Woollaston, New Zealand

Today we look at the art of a well known New Zealand artist who dedicated his life to art. Image: The Prow

Impressionism

Renoir's women....

Today we revisit the life and extraordinary work of Auguste-Pierre Renoir in some of our previous posts. We also view a summary of one aspect of his work in an Arts&Emotions video - his beautiful portrayal of women. Image: Arts&Emotions Facebook.

Landscapes

Beautiful Dutch Vermeers

Today we look at the intrigue surrounding the forgery of the paitings of Dutch painter, Vermeer. You will also gain an overall appreciation of his iconic work in an Arts&Emotions video. Image: Arts&Emotions Facebook.

Exhibition

Archibald Prize 2022

Showcasing the remarkable portrait of artist Karla Dickens by Blak Douglas which won the 2022 Archibald Prize.

Portraits

Norman Rockwell Reflections

Enjoy one of my favourite artists - Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) - a brilliant illustrator for "The Evening Post as showcased today. Plus a little quiz to test your recognition of famous portraits.

Portraits

Controversial Modigliani

Today we look at a snapshot of Amadeo Modigliani's portraits of women in an Arts&Emotions video. People either love or hate his modern stlye - what do you think? Image: Arts&Emotions

Portraits

"My Meeting with Nadine de Koenigswarter" by Hannah Starman

Hannah Starman enthralls us again with her engaging interview with Nadine de Koenigswarter who describes being a young "autodidact" searching for a way to satisfy her passion to create in a visual medium.

Post Impressionism

Spotlight on Van Gogh

Today is Van Gogh's birthday, so to celebrate, we bring you two videos which showcase two aspects of Van Gogh's work - houses and self-portraits. Image: Arts&Emotions

Post Impressionism

The portraits of Gustav Klimt

Today we showcase the portraits of Gustav Klimt in a beautiful video from Arts&Emotions. Image: Arts&Emotions

Portraits

The Archie 100: A mammoth exhibition

Today we look at an exhibition that is touring Australia. It is celebrating 100 years of the Archibald Prize, awarded each year for portraiture since 1921. Image: Art Gallery of NSW.

Portraits

Portrait, self-portrait by Hannah Starman

A challenging & inspirational interview conducted by Hannah Starman for "Arteez". It provides a remarkable view into the thoughts of the curators and artists involved in the exhibition "Portrait, self-portrait" at the Jenisch Museum, Vevey, Switzland. Image: Musée Jenisch Vevey

Portraits

Sir David Attenborough by Philip Johnson

A wonderful pencil sketch portrait of the incredibly inspiring David Attenborough created by the incredibly talented English artist Philip Johnson.

Portraits

Magical Realism and that Mona Lisa Smile

Everyone knows the Mona Lisa portrait painted by Leonardo da Vinci in the early 1500s. Today we look at this small but probably most famous painting of all time through a slightly different lens. Image credit: crimemuseum.org

Portraits

Jos Coufreur Portraits

Portraits have been created for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years and the variety of techniques used to recreate a face would seem to be limitless. Jos Coufreur uses a unique style that combines Realism with Expressive Abstraction. Image credit: jos-coufreur.com

Portraits

Shai Yossef

Meet Israeli artist Shai Yosseff who creates portraits in a sculptured style. View his Michael Jackson and Nina Simone and be enthralled by his portrait of African children looking at the stars based on a photograph by Anthony Asael who founded "Art in All of Us".

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