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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".

Celebration

Celebrating Fathers Day

In celebrating "Father's Day" and acknowledging all the great dads we bring you works by Mary Cassatt, Carl Larsson, Paul Cezanne, Jean-François Millet, Van Gogh. And be introduced to the works of Israeli artist Shai Yossef.

Portraits

Philip Johnson Portrait Painter Extraordinaire

English artist Philip Johnson will amaze you with his amazing portraits of well known characters and engaging others. You will be amazed at Philip's skill in capturing the inner essence of a character.

Tribute

Mikha Singh by Soumya Kundu

Today we remember through the watercolour painting by Soumya Kundu - Mikha Singh - India's greatest athlete. Rest in Peace Mikha Singh.

Award

Archibald Time Again 2021: for the 100th Occasion

Artist Peter Wegner has won the 2021 Archibald Prize in celebration of its 100th year. The subject is 100 year old artist Guy Warren who won the Archibald in 1985. The Packing Room prize goes to Kathrin Longhurst for her painting of Kate Ceberano. Image credit: artgallery.nsw.gov.au

The Netherlands

Dutch artist Charley Toorop - created powerful portraits

Born in the Netherlands in 1891, Charley Toorop was a talented violinist but also a self-taught painter and lithographer who became affiliated with the Bergense School from the 1910s through the 1920s. Image credit: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

Disability

David Oakley - More than animal portraits - Part 1

David Oakley experienced a significant event approx. 20 years ago which had a severe impact on him both mentally and physically. In part 1 today we look at his animal portraits. Image credit: David Oakley 2021

Portraits

A rare work of art from a chance meeting......

Today we have special permission from two sisters in California to showcase a very rare, very beautiful portrait of their French mother by Julie Manet - the little known daughter of French Impressionist Berthe Morisot. Image copyright: Chantal Sagouspe and Claudine Mariscotti.

Award

The Young Archies 2020

Beginning in 1983 there is also The Young Archie competition which invites budding artists between the ages of 5 and 18 to submit a portrait. Credit image: artgallery.nsw.gov.au

Patterns

The flip side of disability: Ability!

In this story, a nine year old American boy, shows how he has turned a disability into his "superpower," creating mosaic portraits using hundreds of Rubik's cubes! Image: todayonline.com

Celebration

Art is for everyone ......

This is a heart warming story about two artists who combined their very special abilities and qualities to produce a painting that was listed as one of the finalists for the Archibald Prize 2020. Image credit: digbywebster.com

Dynasty

Jamie Wyeth Master of Portraits, Place & Pets: Part One

We complete our review of the Wyeth Dynasty of artists with Jamie Wyeth whose paintings often provoke intrigue. His versatility is far reaching; his technique is stunning. JFK by Jamie Wyeth (artspace.com)

Performing Arts

Alicia Rhett: From Movies to Portraits

Today we learn a little about Alicia Rhett, who chose to shun the glamour of a Hollywood career after a taste in a minor role in a blockbuster. Instead, she chose to devote herself to portrait painting and her local performing arts. Image: Military Cadets, The Citadel (W.T homas McQueeney)

Dynasty

A Forgotten Wyeth: Henriette

Henriette Wyeth Hurd was a sister of Andrew Wyeth & considered by many to be one of the greaterst women painters of the C20th. Her portraits & still life studies are magical. Image: Self Portrait (pinterest.co.uk)

Portraits

Monday's Art Work: Laughing Child by John Brack

Can you imagine what it would be like growing up as a child of a famous artist? Can you imagine what it would be like to be an adult and see a painting of yourself as a 4 year old - a painting you have never seen before? Read all about it today. Image: Laughing Child by John Brack (en.wikipedia.org)

At Home

For the love of creating.......

Today we recognise the talents of artists who work from home. Most will never be famous, but devote long hours to their passion, purely for the joy and satisfaction of self-expression. Photo: from Julie.

Portraits

Lots More Mothers

The art world abounds with images of mothers & their children. Today we look at "mothers" depicted by Whistler, Van Gogh, Hockney, Chagall, Picasso, Warhol... Image: The Madonna of the Candelabra by Raphael (magnoliabox.com)

Celebration

Mother's Day

Today we celebrate Mothers all around the world and the invaluable influence they have on their children. Featuring the poem "Mother's Day" by Jan Beaumont and images of paintings by Frances Hodgkins.

Portraits

Christian Hook

Christian Hook, born 1971 in Gibraltar - yet another contemporary artist. awarded the Freedom of the City of Gibraltar. cites Cezanne Antonio Lopez, Lucien Freud, Frank Auerbach, Richard Diebenkorn, Francis Bacon and Gerhardt Richter** as influences

Portraits

The Gustav Klimt Mystery

Telling the story of the stolen painting by Gustav Klimt titled "Portrait of a Lady", Revealing that this painting led to another portrait underneath of Klimt's mistress.

Mailbag

From the Mail Bag

The mail bag today brings you how to paint using a mop - it's called Swob Art. Plus we learn a little more about Van Gogh's postman Joseph Roulin and his familhy.

Women Artists

The Art Scene in St John's Wood, London

Introducing you to Elíseo Abelardo Alvarez Calderón and Bernard Evans Ward who established the St John's Wood School of Art. Paintings by Vanessa Bell and Lewis Christopher Edward Baumer included.

Tribute

Vivian Leopold James is dead: Long may the talent of Clive James live on

Remembering Clive James, brilliant writer. poet, critic and comedian. Includes Jeffrey Smart's portraits and sketches of Clive James and a video of James' poem - Japanese Maple.

Portraits

Helene Schjerfbeck: "Intimacy and Interiority... What matters is at an angle"

Helena Sofia (Helene) Schjerfbeck painted in a realistic style and is best known for her portraits, especially self portraits. (Credit: en.wikipedia.org)