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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2015 16:56:07 GMT -5
Hieronymous Bosch....Temptation of St. Anthony  I've always felt Bosch was a forerunner and likely a major influence of Escher, Dali (and surrealism in general), Giger and others -M |
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Post by Jesse on Jan 22, 2015 17:44:49 GMT -5
Continuing with the theme of things I used to have hanging on my walls in high school and college which has made me quite nostalgic. We used to make 11 x 17 prints, not for resale but for ourselves. (In college people abused the free prints policy so much that the school had to start charging for them.) Among the posters I made I had a few Boris Vallejo pieces. I'll post them in spoiler tags because they contain mild nudity and are NSFW. "Birth" 1980
Oil on board"Hookah, Opium Dream" 1981
Oil on board"Alone" 1980
Oil on board"First Love" 1981
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2015 20:01:53 GMT -5
I'm a big fan of Computer Driven Artform I have a 11 x 17 reproduction of this artwork. It's from one of the greatest movies ever - The Wizard of Oz.
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Post by Action Ace on Jan 22, 2015 22:33:16 GMT -5
Norman Rockwell  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2015 7:37:24 GMT -5
One of my favorite current fantasy artist is Rick Sardinha.... this piece is called Endless Skies  another Lovecraftian inspired piece...  this one entitled Sun Singers...  he also does rock sculpture faux fossils...   -M |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2015 7:48:54 GMT -5
Another favorite of my wife, whom I like quite a bit as well is Ruth Thompson. These two prints hang in our studio...   and her series of painting concerning angelic lore collected in this volume...  is amazing and on display on one of the shelves in the comic library. This is a depiction of the host of archangels battling the Morningstar...  and a portrait of Micah-El (or Michael) the archangel...  she also does quite a it with fairies (a favorite subject of my wife) and other mythic beasts...  -M |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2015 7:54:57 GMT -5
Among my favorite artists who have done album covers (or whose work has been used for album covers) is Frank Kelly Freas-his art on Queen's News of the World (one of the earliest albums I ever bought on vinyl) is what set the stage for my love of classic album cover art (though the fact many pieces by Frazetta and Whelan have been used doesn't hurt)  inspired/expanded from this...  -M |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2015 8:04:16 GMT -5
Also stemming form classic album art, I am a big fan of Roger Dean's art and fantastic landscapes. Usually associated with Yes albums, Dean's ouevre is much more...  this one is from Uriah Heep's Demons and Wizards...  from Asia's Astra...   -M |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2015 8:09:22 GMT -5
Another fantasy illustrator I discovered through his covers for Dragon Magazine when I was in high school was Clyde Caldwell...   -M |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2015 8:14:49 GMT -5
And around the same time I discovered the work of Greg and Tim Hildebrandt, initially from their Tolkien calendars but also from paperback covers for Terry Brooks Shanara books and their Star Wars work...    and a take on Barberella  -M |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2015 8:19:19 GMT -5
Michael Whelan... from a Lovecraft collection paperback cover...    -M |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2015 8:32:33 GMT -5
I mentioned Sante Fe earlier, particularly the cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi there. Here is a pic of the Cathedral...  which inspired this painting I stumbled across elsewhere...  the interior of the Cathedral....  the altar and wall of New World saint portraits in the form of a basilica screen...  the Cathedral's rose window...  one of the paintings forming the Stations of the cross done in a Spanish southwest style interpreting classic medieval art...  the bronze sculpture of St. Francis outside the Cathedral...  the whole place is a visual masterpiece of sacred art and architecture with a Spanish southwest flavor... -M |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2015 8:43:04 GMT -5
Looking out from the Cathedral, much of the downtown architecture is dsigned to emulate that Spanish New World style with adobe facades...  much of the downtown area continues this style, and when combined with the breathtaking view of the mesas surrounding the city itself, the view/artistry of the city is majestic...  of course the best view in the city is the opera house at sunset...   the shows are timed so the house lights come up just as the sunlight is fading. We saw the Marriage of Figaro there while visiting and the architecture is amazing and designed to compliment the natural beauty of the surrounding landscape. an exterior view of the Opera House...  Not quite the spectacle of the monumental architecture of antiquity, but amazing art all the same.... -M |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2015 8:50:03 GMT -5
And lastly, some samples of the Day of the Dead art stylings from the Sante Fe region...   much of which can be found here....  the Sante Fe International Folk Art market and elsewhere throughout the city...(the official market started after I visited the city, but there were several smaller local markets running when I was there.... -M |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2015 8:55:34 GMT -5
Stepping back to more classical art and my last post on this for the time being...I was always particularly fond of Boticelli... especially his stuff inspired by Dante's Inferno...  and the Adoration of the Magi.... .jpg) although it is his Venus on the halfshell that most people will recognize or think of first when he is mentioned. -M |
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