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October 31st, 2011 · 1 Comment

Beautiful new work by one of my favorites, Jennie Ottinger, at Eleven Fine Art based on scenes from Vanity Fair, Moby Dick and Pride & Prejudice and Jane Eyre.

“Presenting paintings of scenes from the classic tales she gives viewers a snap shot of the book’s contents where a few words and images suggest the infamous story lines.”  – Eleven Fine Art

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This last painting is from Jane Eyre. I caught the latest film version this weekend and enjoyed it (despite this terrifying scene).

artist crush: wtftw

September 27th, 2011 · No Comments

I like a lot of aesthetically-pleasing art and am not afraid to admit it. But to ignore art because it’s crude or grotesque is to miss out on a lot of intellectually challenging work like these paintings by WTFTW.

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artist crush: maximo pedraza

September 20th, 2011 · No Comments

Maximo Pedraza works in acrylic and watercolors but his approach at times reminds me of etchings.

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