6.29.2003
 
Thought that I should post some rather amazing paintings that I've come across online (and these people are all the ones I have to be better than... thank god I started seriously studying art early).

Paul McCormack - "Hope": There is no way in HELL that that piece is watercolor. ::jealous::

Yuqi Wang - "The Year of the Dog": Chinese imagery with chiaroschuro and dramatice renaissance techniques? I'm in love.

Patricia Watwood - "Summer Peach": Normally I can't stand still lifes since most people do shite jobs on them, but this one had a strange sense of melancholy that I couldn't resist.

Richard Whitney - "Sandy": The values are down-right goregous. And for such a small painting (9"x6") the detail is astounding.

Marvin Mattelson - "Plughead": A marriage of realism and surrealism like a Magritte painting with Dali technique.

Han Wu Shen - "Mother's Bracelet": God... look at those hands.

Jacob Collins - "Self Portrait with Palette": The lighting... oh the lighting.

Thanks to the Art Renewal Center for the amazing images.

Now I don't know which is worse: a growing sense of despair or my ambition flaring up.

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