Been looking at a fair amount of art lately, and was especially thrilled last week by the plum blossoms, willows, and critter-renderings of 18th c. Chinese artist Luo Ping at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. If you're in NYC, check it out, and while you're there do not miss the amazing Astor Court—a hidden treasure nestled deep in the quiet recesses of the museum's Asian galleries.
Meanwhile, a bit closer to home—on the desktop, in fact—I've been enjoying the paintings and drawings of Zane York, a Brooklyn-based artist whose wide-ranging interests include bugs, birds, and critters of the mammalian persuasion.
What I like about this work is its meticulous accuracy and intelligence, through which, in subtle ways, a sense of appreciation and fondness for the subject matter percolates through.
Some of my favorites are:
A dragonfly.
A squirrel.
A hapless bug stalked by two cats.
An oil painting of a dead blue jay that evokes a 19th century specimen study, but with heart.
A horned beetle rendered in all its talismanic glory.
An in-your-face blowfish.
10.26.2009
Artist of the Day
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These works are fab!
I think so, too. So much so that I acquired the blowfish! And, best of all, I became aware of this artist through a beekeeping connection, proving once again that bees are highly social insects.
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