Focus on Nature XIII Exhibition

Yesterday we attended the preview opening of <a href="http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/illustrations/fon/exhibitions/">Focus on Nature XIII</a>, the exhibition of natural science artwork at the New York State Museum in Albany.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GhXw8bgsA4vSiMcqRS8CtexvIdtntIdV-LmCtH07MK7BZ-rv-xhnEdKoIBJX3JhbSmuwewibTA8NM89PDT74YfJhsyVICfDGBXz6EQnZY4-cWfQ4qIDfHTMjUpQfycBNbDI-6FoZ2U3I/s1600/banner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GhXw8bgsA4vSiMcqRS8CtexvIdtntIdV-LmCtH07MK7BZ-rv-xhnEdKoIBJX3JhbSmuwewibTA8NM89PDT74YfJhsyVICfDGBXz6EQnZY4-cWfQ4qIDfHTMjUpQfycBNbDI-6FoZ2U3I/s1600/banner.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The show presents 91 illustrations by 71 illustrators, hailing from 15 different countries. Many of the artists attended the event, some traveling all the way from Australia and Spain.<br /><br />The art is juried in on the basis of both artistic and scientific merit, and the show includes both digital and hand-painted images.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6h65IKeFQRyU3gzolM8zMonyyqzQ5RVaHy7s9PJaxGtOaJEHTtUzhNdZ6rqN8q0HoSoBOkwpCkV-44EufYbFX2yUMousYSS6axX2m_btUG2jtITURDpf4TfYdxc9kWdb6WWMnBxBsUW3H/s1600/IMG_8131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6h65IKeFQRyU3gzolM8zMonyyqzQ5RVaHy7s9PJaxGtOaJEHTtUzhNdZ6rqN8q0HoSoBOkwpCkV-44EufYbFX2yUMousYSS6axX2m_btUG2jtITURDpf4TfYdxc9kWdb6WWMnBxBsUW3H/s1600/IMG_8131.jpg" width="353" /></a></div>Artists were invited to share some stories about their work. Dorie Petrochko brought an actual horsehoe crab exoskeleton as she explained the creature's unique biology and how its blood is drawn for the medical industry. "This creature sacrifices a lot for science," she said. It's the oldest living fossil, and has survived twelve mass extinctions.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCttn-0qEPHQVibZYXxw5qVkkLuqFwGI31kvPdsMeWR_YfpwuLK_OdFB_TJpu6HO-N2h17zx18y1LBK0BF2dPVGeETiP7I1vCOLPZ1Q6UBmlpPil75zaVwMNj3H1kAv-9AFYI-BPKeYTdW/s1600/IMG_8138.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCttn-0qEPHQVibZYXxw5qVkkLuqFwGI31kvPdsMeWR_YfpwuLK_OdFB_TJpu6HO-N2h17zx18y1LBK0BF2dPVGeETiP7I1vCOLPZ1Q6UBmlpPil75zaVwMNj3H1kAv-9AFYI-BPKeYTdW/s1600/IMG_8138.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was surprised and thrilled that my painting of Kosmoceratops for <i>Scientific American </i>won a jury award. I described how I made a maquette of the dinosaur to study the cast shadows and the dappled light in the forest interior. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The show also includes my original gouache preliminary study for the Australian dinosaur stamps.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7m8AdQ-4I4HbLYSwB75ATOrW2ikTCsU1qz3Ip62MJwQfvOOgQZ_fXgURhV0E4miWNnps_DS-pqG6n_o3xNxePHx1l-xyyJ_Pld304UOOiHpseXe__sSaTOxAdEBsQblYRnIIY-uTIndH/s1600/IMG_8120.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7m8AdQ-4I4HbLYSwB75ATOrW2ikTCsU1qz3Ip62MJwQfvOOgQZ_fXgURhV0E4miWNnps_DS-pqG6n_o3xNxePHx1l-xyyJ_Pld304UOOiHpseXe__sSaTOxAdEBsQblYRnIIY-uTIndH/s1600/IMG_8120.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All the attending artists had a wonderful opportunity to visit behind the scenes at the museum, and we had a look at the Native American artifacts in the archaeology collection. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7dk_3L-hdRqu0tdENS6eZW4_LfG0d8jOFQFDkiINSRHqidHPBoI4QjjHytptWPEGVlqio8Q1TpP8UjR22fe8NqZ8LA7I8zhZIXHgckRUCHMHi5eKldwNhgs_lYzQ5r_lggtFknX_nY_8/s1600/IMG_8123.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7dk_3L-hdRqu0tdENS6eZW4_LfG0d8jOFQFDkiINSRHqidHPBoI4QjjHytptWPEGVlqio8Q1TpP8UjR22fe8NqZ8LA7I8zhZIXHgckRUCHMHi5eKldwNhgs_lYzQ5r_lggtFknX_nY_8/s1600/IMG_8123.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>The New York State Museum also has a very large insect collection well arranged in glass-topped boxes. Any artist or art student who would like to draw a study of a particular insect, plant form, or other biological specimen can make arrangements to visit behind the scenes in the collection. It's good to know in advance exactly what you're looking for because they have so much.<br />-----<br /><a href="http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/illustrations/fon/exhibitions/">Focus on Nature XIII</a> officially opens to the public tomorrow and will be up through January 4, 2015 at the New York State Museum in Albany, NY. Admission is free.<br />-----<br /><a href="http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/fon/exhibitions/fon13/FONXIII_Catalog.pdf">Download the PDF of the full catalog of the show.</a><br />----<br /><a href="http://www.ctnsi.com/">Dorie Petrochko is launching a natural science illustration program at the Yale Peabody Museum in New Haven, CT. </a><br />----<br />There's a detailed making-of video of my painting Kosmoceratops, that you can order on DVD from <a href="http://kunaki.com/Sales.asp?PID=PX007IXP77">Kunaki.com</a> (shipped internationally) or from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/How-Paint-Dinosaurs-James-Gurney/dp/B00EN45YMS/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1376998971&sr=1-1&keywords=How+I+paint+dinosaurs+by+james+gurney">Amazon.com</a>, or you can get the digital download of the video from <a href="https://gumroad.com/products/zLtj">Gumroad</a>.<br /><br /><br />

Focus on Nature XIII Exhibition

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Higgins Armory

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xs0TkY8HS0AA-r7yg3zTRCsUUHiNgBEr2bPxTc5wAFEppIel36XwvzVxofQcKkKGoMtzMSDtgkPeTNgsXR9oEfHoYwOLWqMfSZop4pEy_xQ3SeMPxbOMKn__Ecv-_BDdKjy8o6jux5_T/s1600/Jim+and+Jeanette+in+Armory.sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xs0TkY8HS0AA-r7yg3zTRCsUUHiNgBEr2bPxTc5wAFEppIel36XwvzVxofQcKkKGoMtzMSDtgkPeTNgsXR9oEfHoYwOLWqMfSZop4pEy_xQ3SeMPxbOMKn__Ecv-_BDdKjy8o6jux5_T/s400/Jim+and+Jeanette+in+Armory.sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">James and Jeanette Gurney painting at the Higgins Armory. Photo by Greg Shea</td></tr></tbody></table>Yesterday Jeanette and I joined a group of artist friends to paint at the Higgins Armory in Worcester, Massachusetts, the only museum in America devoted entirely to armor.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7NMLTd1KuzJMj-m8xqzy9IRWnWZw8vdN85H4Fpbb9XwwHcsE-wECHSjqnBmnwZtwBdOpr4-7Skiaqekyx75kNXbTgZlXq-gYnkDOsBXQUGaS8zWBPQQj5GcTGncPg3zBqsMBE4qSL9qf2/s1600/Armory.sm.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7NMLTd1KuzJMj-m8xqzy9IRWnWZw8vdN85H4Fpbb9XwwHcsE-wECHSjqnBmnwZtwBdOpr4-7Skiaqekyx75kNXbTgZlXq-gYnkDOsBXQUGaS8zWBPQQj5GcTGncPg3zBqsMBE4qSL9qf2/s400/Armory.sm.JPG" width="400" /></a><br />I was attracted to this pairing of 16th century German field armor poised for combat. What struck me first was the chiaroscuro: light-on-dark on the left, and dark-on-light on the right.<br /><br />I also liked the sense of action, and I thought I would develop that idea, imagining the scene taking place with real people outdoors.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgonfa8u6HQ111NLzJkGXHxqAtyOOmSkzsrUOHONHB-j58QbprIW7KAWnUpECNWP51_GSJ222U3-30d3reR_MyoVxVsT3XRqxV9eksQfHT81-8SxpTO-QMKcyd95PxLfvgSNVNajfsyhHpR/s1600/Field+Combat.mf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgonfa8u6HQ111NLzJkGXHxqAtyOOmSkzsrUOHONHB-j58QbprIW7KAWnUpECNWP51_GSJ222U3-30d3reR_MyoVxVsT3XRqxV9eksQfHT81-8SxpTO-QMKcyd95PxLfvgSNVNajfsyhHpR/s400/Field+Combat.mf.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I started the painting in watercolor, and finished in casein. It's 5x8 inches and took about five hours. I shot video of the process, so I'll edit that together for a future post.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwFNj-8k_fI2GhGJRtviEuV77HZcxBld3HK5RcM6S4YHpEa0Stc46SVDiFpMiZCleve-TNjCxrRkGZOtUJnCoKxGU97yjLy8KlceqY9XiqOnCvxQYFnqY9EXcIWI6KOsQspIiVMatZV5s/s1600/Armory+Gang.sm1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwFNj-8k_fI2GhGJRtviEuV77HZcxBld3HK5RcM6S4YHpEa0Stc46SVDiFpMiZCleve-TNjCxrRkGZOtUJnCoKxGU97yjLy8KlceqY9XiqOnCvxQYFnqY9EXcIWI6KOsQspIiVMatZV5s/s400/Armory+Gang.sm1.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />Our group, from left to right included: Sean Murray, Ken Laager, Jeanette Gurney, Marc Holmes, James Gurney, Greg Shea, Richard Scarpa, Chad Smith, Garin Baker, Joe Salamida (in helmet), John Caggiano.<br /><br /><strike>The Higgins Armory will be welcoming any artists who want to sketch from the collection this Saturday in non-oil media. Although Jeanette and I won't be there, other artists will be gathering. Don't miss seeing the collection before it closes forever at the end of the year.</strike> <span style="color: red;">Edit: I have heard that the museum officials have changed their mind and will not be able to allow artists to come on Saturday after all. Sorry for the confusion.</span>

Higgins Armory

James and Jeanette Gurney painting at the Higgins Armory. Photo by Greg Shea Yesterday Jeanette and I joined a group of artist friends to pa...

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Dinotopia art museum exhibition opens today

<br />Dinotopia has arrived at the Arkell Museum of Art in Canajoharie, New York. The exhibition of original artwork "<a href="http://www.arkellmuseum.org/upcoming-exhibitions">Dinotopia: The Fantastical Art of James Gurney</a>" opens today at 1:00.<br /><br />At 2:30, I'll be in attendance to give a family lecture on the making of Dinotopia, followed by a booksigning.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_U_95xqcoHD333APBgQh83BcH8qsx6WLS9xIXbUm4NNuhmozt3_z2BMIhuFsKAb3pE3RD3JdcDmwnPclRwNMgwujzRoN6CP_qov4Vg4nAjnTHZ8eN3OYMxm_iFSPZHtRLWlO2wsdMeOJD/s1600/Arkell+Museum.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_U_95xqcoHD333APBgQh83BcH8qsx6WLS9xIXbUm4NNuhmozt3_z2BMIhuFsKAb3pE3RD3JdcDmwnPclRwNMgwujzRoN6CP_qov4Vg4nAjnTHZ8eN3OYMxm_iFSPZHtRLWlO2wsdMeOJD/s400/Arkell+Museum.jpg" /></a><br />The exhibition will feature major works from Dinotopia, The World Beneath, and Journey to Chandara, along with maquettes, preliminary sketches, and plein air works that inspired the fantasy world.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3akuQRSrr-wgUPM1xbUqyyCV6Yl7Gzr_00upj_w48VnuKy7ropO01RWWyft5Qvodexu2pNVvdjXFY0hneapAbSL_2X61wNe0M9E10l784hkVPkNHlhkPFTCWk-rwUhaKpVcWGFYkfTV0p/s1600/Gulliver+Lilliput.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3akuQRSrr-wgUPM1xbUqyyCV6Yl7Gzr_00upj_w48VnuKy7ropO01RWWyft5Qvodexu2pNVvdjXFY0hneapAbSL_2X61wNe0M9E10l784hkVPkNHlhkPFTCWk-rwUhaKpVcWGFYkfTV0p/s400/Gulliver+Lilliput.jpg" /></a><br />To connect Dinotopia to the tradition of imaginative painting, the Arkell will also exhibit J. Georges Vibert's painting of <a href="http://www.vibertfamily.com/jgvgulliver.html">Gulliver on the Island of Lilliput</a>, which is featured in <i>Imaginative Realism. </i>I'll be visiting a local elementary school on Monday to talk dinosaurs.<br />----<br /><a href="http://www.arkellmuseum.org/events-calendar">More info on the lecture</a>

Dinotopia art museum exhibition opens today

Dinotopia has arrived at the Arkell Museum of Art in Canajoharie, New York. The exhibition of original artwork " Dinotopia: The Fantast...

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Society of Animal Artists Exhibition

Last weekend I had the privilege and responsibility of being a prize juror for the Society of Animal Artists' annual exhibition in Bennington, Vermont.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOVSr85Atu41RALLbbubMnxtwhyHVYqrBCjwBrok_rbCHZrlPszJx4pWWaNHJnlCY_lWw5P9MDmRa1g1sPfe0gNWWHuCUdIAaV_cvdc41Od6VHIuF2E7wnCpNScONQPqkPa0OnZk8tsEBx/s1600/Cindy+House+Flight+over+Dunes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOVSr85Atu41RALLbbubMnxtwhyHVYqrBCjwBrok_rbCHZrlPszJx4pWWaNHJnlCY_lWw5P9MDmRa1g1sPfe0gNWWHuCUdIAaV_cvdc41Od6VHIuF2E7wnCpNScONQPqkPa0OnZk8tsEBx/s400/Cindy+House+Flight+over+Dunes.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cindy House, "Flight Over the Dunes in Autumn," 16x20 inches, pastel </td></tr></tbody></table>In the prizewinning pastel above, the birds were set within a sumptuously textured landscape rendered in pastel.<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvVaDar1Hq69b0MRkYAOkhorgSz1jjCdkc0J1y78CV1D297hzrf05OuE5TirPgvjeh5abBSAWJOwuTKqm2D2DNl-HdOre6B0x7WFe1gEj9sP6i9qaXxsejDetK8w35bWkv6t_CsNSQmql3/s1600/Coheleach_Tiger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvVaDar1Hq69b0MRkYAOkhorgSz1jjCdkc0J1y78CV1D297hzrf05OuE5TirPgvjeh5abBSAWJOwuTKqm2D2DNl-HdOre6B0x7WFe1gEj9sP6i9qaXxsejDetK8w35bWkv6t_CsNSQmql3/s400/Coheleach_Tiger.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guy Coheleach, "Cooling Off," 24x36, oil</td></tr></tbody></table><div>The exhibit included animals of all shapes and sizes, from familiar large mammals such as lions, tigers, giraffes, and elephants, to less familiar subjects, such as diving gannets, a bronze octopus, and a flying fish. <div><br /></div><div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguMcjPHfOXyeCETa0Qo0jdtaDB2HoU1Grq4TxLevIgwVK1aWzPADc1lnaJC9yl2TgAzKusJLnfPgksg8x0NSNTVS_CmewcchUkBa8Q9ipGUEKVY1KVY-wNF14ZxKhU0CSwvSQfjZnEZEWw/s1600/Tucker_Bailey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguMcjPHfOXyeCETa0Qo0jdtaDB2HoU1Grq4TxLevIgwVK1aWzPADc1lnaJC9yl2TgAzKusJLnfPgksg8x0NSNTVS_CmewcchUkBa8Q9ipGUEKVY1KVY-wNF14ZxKhU0CSwvSQfjZnEZEWw/s400/Tucker_Bailey.jpg" width="312" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tucker Bailey, "Rocket Man," Bronze</td></tr></tbody></table>The organization encourages the portrayal not only of wild animals, but also of domesticated ones, such as this exuberant life-size bronze titled "Rocket Man," which won the hearts of everyone. Caught in joyous mid-leap, it portrays "Rocky," the mixed-breed offspring of a female dog who arrived pregnant on the artist's doorstep. Rocky sat in Tucker's lap as she sculpted him, and her knowledge of her subject really shines through.<br /><br />The exhibit will continue at the <a href="http://www.thebennington.org/">Bennington Center for the Arts in Vermont</a> through October 31, and then will <a href="http://www.societyofanimalartists.com/exhibits.html">tour to New Jersey, Arizona, and Georgia through 2014.</a><br />----<br /><a href="http://www.societyofanimalartists.com/index.html">Society of Animal Artists</a><br /><a href="http://tuckerbailey.com/">Tucker Bailey</a><br /><a href="http://www.cindyhouse.com/artwork/available-paintings/">Cindy House </a><br /><a href="http://www.guycoheleachart.com/gh/SlideShow+Desc=+auto=0+Username=guy2+Service=PhotoAlbum+ServiceName=RecentWork+PIC=13">Guy Coheleach</a><br /><a href="http://www.societyofanimalartists.com/artists53.html">List of participating artists</a></div></div></div>

Society of Animal Artists Exhibition

Last weekend I had the privilege and responsibility of being a prize juror for the Society of Animal Artists' annual exhibition in Benni...

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Dinotopia coming to the Arkell Museum in October

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXgnp68JnBIfIApjLZzqj95WB2aYdYGeTa-X5vsAd0R2tlV9twzLiD8GbMcv1XL8F5Axx7nhQ4CLYtefQEgBhslFfjHu6fA2-fPh_o0mt00UasuD3R6vNTEXzfFRW3FAcXEQAQysPYWPUt/s1600/New_Arkell_Museum_Dinotopia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXgnp68JnBIfIApjLZzqj95WB2aYdYGeTa-X5vsAd0R2tlV9twzLiD8GbMcv1XL8F5Axx7nhQ4CLYtefQEgBhslFfjHu6fA2-fPh_o0mt00UasuD3R6vNTEXzfFRW3FAcXEQAQysPYWPUt/s400/New_Arkell_Museum_Dinotopia.jpg" width="326" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm happy to announce that a big exhibition of original Dinotopia artwork will open October 27 at the Arkell Museum in Canajoharie, New York. I'll be doing a lecture and book signing there on the opening day, so I hope you can mark your calendars and make the trip. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzB91ghIHeEwjWvVtv8ICzr0DE-fAtfAMm6wHYKo1fBWQVpqyCaH_1cGAXP8pmKs_AOZO_Qc6FqQ6XwVLLBwnRyndNtDuuHQ6mii21auGxnlf3jIBexxSPHnqudQmCKL1ZUBbUgyMKbZAx/s1600/the_New_Arkell_Museum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzB91ghIHeEwjWvVtv8ICzr0DE-fAtfAMm6wHYKo1fBWQVpqyCaH_1cGAXP8pmKs_AOZO_Qc6FqQ6XwVLLBwnRyndNtDuuHQ6mii21auGxnlf3jIBexxSPHnqudQmCKL1ZUBbUgyMKbZAx/s400/the_New_Arkell_Museum.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />The Arkell has a fine permanent collection American art by Winslow Homer, Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, Maurice Prendergast, and Andrew Wyeth, as well as a full-size replica of Rembrandt's Night Watch.<br />------<br />The Arkell Museum is at 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie, NY 13317 Phone (518) 673-2314<br /><a href="http://www.arkellmuseum.org/upcoming-exhibitions">"Dinotopia: The Fantastical Art of James Gurney" at the Arkell Museum</a><br /><a href="http://www.arkellmuseum.org/events-calendar">Gurney lecture October 27</a><br /><br />

Dinotopia coming to the Arkell Museum in October

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Exhibition of vintage wedding dresses

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Wedding dresses haven't always been white. They have come in all colors, shapes, and sizes. The idea that a wedding dress should be white—and worn only once—got started in the second half of the 19th century, thanks to Queen Victoria.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR-UFBB1-dTVrSxIXNicGA8-ySZeMtwR-ekKVJ2iIIVQdOJCbQE6BZGJ-ulycux6ipnAu_IuI26LwSaIkN-u3VDzpijEn61oaFm2a8b6E2MqvPxd581AkkkpoAXfykBo1r5rd4hB5eXkpm/s1600/Wedding_Dresses.sm.W.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR-UFBB1-dTVrSxIXNicGA8-ySZeMtwR-ekKVJ2iIIVQdOJCbQE6BZGJ-ulycux6ipnAu_IuI26LwSaIkN-u3VDzpijEn61oaFm2a8b6E2MqvPxd581AkkkpoAXfykBo1r5rd4hB5eXkpm/s320/Wedding_Dresses.sm.W.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here are two vintage dresses that I sketched in watercolor and water-soluble colored pencil. The dresses date from 1889 and 1895. Look at those leg o' mutton sleeves on that one on the right: that young lady has got some excellent attitude.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York is hosting an exhibition of about 20 original wedding dresses. The show is called "<a href="http://info.vassar.edu/calendar/2013/05/30/20079-55253.html">For Better and For Worse: Sixteen Decades of Wedding Wear at Vassar</a>." It will be on view through June 9.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">-----</div>Tools: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HBWE60/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000HBWE60&linkCode=as2&tag=gurnjour-20">Schmincke Watercolor Pocket Set</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00134QBQO/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00134QBQO&linkCode=as2&tag=gurnjour-20">Caran D'Ache watercolor pencils</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/8883705629/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=8883705629&linkCode=as2&tag=gurnjour-20">Moleskine Watercolor Notebook</a>.

Exhibition of vintage wedding dresses

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Briclot and Banyai on Exhibition

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg53hHYs1-sPGr5ju3tZxxrkw1xEB9VbDWY7UdbkAvslLSV5IUd4of-WFebJ-SvalUJs3FgkPtuMSj1FClL264aLnt0MzhVPkowabWH3cqcVsq3uRXGUM_BUz67uDXN3BCWy0UilzMU8aL-/s1600/Briclot+Aleksi+Exposition.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg53hHYs1-sPGr5ju3tZxxrkw1xEB9VbDWY7UdbkAvslLSV5IUd4of-WFebJ-SvalUJs3FgkPtuMSj1FClL264aLnt0MzhVPkowabWH3cqcVsq3uRXGUM_BUz67uDXN3BCWy0UilzMU8aL-/s400/Briclot+Aleksi+Exposition.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> There's an exhibition of the work of French fantasy artist Aleksi Briclot called "Genèse: des croquis à l’œuvre" ("Genesis: From Sketches to Masterpiece,") at the <a href="http://www.ailleurs.ch/expositions/">Maison d' Ailleurs</a>, in Yverdon, Switzerland through August 25. The show focuses on the growth and development of Briclot's images through various techniques.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://www.nrm.org/2012/04/istvan-banyai-power-of-persuasion/objectivity_3_3/"><img src="http://www.nrm.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Objectivity_3_3-240x300.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And opening today at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts is "<a href="http://www.nrm.org/2012/11/istvan-banyai-stranger-in-a-strange-land/">Istvan Banyai: Stranger in a Strange Land.</a>" Hungarian-born Banyai's illustrations have appeared in <i>The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Playboy, Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, The New York Times</i>,  and many other publications. The <a href="http://www.nrm.org/2012/11/istvan-banyai-stranger-in-a-strange-land/">Banyai exhibition </a>continues through May 5.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><br />

Briclot and Banyai on Exhibition

 There's an exhibition of the work of French fantasy artist Aleksi Briclot called "Genèse: des croquis à l’œuvre" ("Genes...

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Lucas to build illustration museum

<embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" background="#333333" flashvars="si=254&&contentValue=50142204&shareUrl=http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50142204n%3Cbr%20/%3E" height="279" salign="lt" scale="noscale" src="http://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/cbsnews_player_embed.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425"></embed><br />(<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50142204n%3Cbr%20/%3E">Direct link to video</a>) CBS News reports that George Lucas will turn his attention next to opening a museum in San Francisco to share his large collection of golden age illustration, comic art, and movie development artwork.<br /><a href="http://firewireblog.com/2013/03/06/george-lucas-art-museum-is-coming-to-san-francisco/">More at Firewire blog</a><br />Thanks, Jodie!

Lucas to build illustration museum

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New Hampshire Institute of Art

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_DvMANaNJVyiJIjchEwaTLY3OpCOs3LoIEwuLd8pZEVGi5ui_aGDyMvaN-zflt8K4pIwJWeT0mokM2B7b7DgdV2DDUFjYCZhY9GIL_xFPnvbHfmw5UhokYM0rpBfYIrYtdsdQIkyAtrB-/s1600/NHIA+Sign.sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_DvMANaNJVyiJIjchEwaTLY3OpCOs3LoIEwuLd8pZEVGi5ui_aGDyMvaN-zflt8K4pIwJWeT0mokM2B7b7DgdV2DDUFjYCZhY9GIL_xFPnvbHfmw5UhokYM0rpBfYIrYtdsdQIkyAtrB-/s400/NHIA+Sign.sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">On Wednesday I visited New Hampshire Institute of Art for a demo and lecture. The school occupies 12 historic buildings in downtown Manchester, New Hampshire. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">NHIA offers BFA programs in Ceramics, Painting, Photography, Interdisciplinary Arts, Arts Education, Graphic Design, and Illustration. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKCN7otalMZdwgtsSoIGJvTmKN5D-7ToZOPBXqDruXVArmhcbXCPkzEdwVZCs4qhUqka-YxgplLgacvAHUmggMbTeJNLiH1pLnC7khAy3Tav2iKNJmQOA6ZtJmg3_Pnb2eK5oUPgSgUem/s1600/Faculty.sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKCN7otalMZdwgtsSoIGJvTmKN5D-7ToZOPBXqDruXVArmhcbXCPkzEdwVZCs4qhUqka-YxgplLgacvAHUmggMbTeJNLiH1pLnC7khAy3Tav2iKNJmQOA6ZtJmg3_Pnb2eK5oUPgSgUem/s400/Faculty.sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">There are 170 illustration majors out of a student body of 540. The Illustration faculty includes (from left to right) <a href="http://www.ryanorourke.com/">Ryan O'Rourke</a>, <a href="http://www.leighguldig.com/">Leigh Guldig</a>, <a href="http://www.jerrylofarodesigns.com/">Jerry LoFaro</a>, <a href="http://www.kristinacarrollart.com/">Kristina Carroll</a>, me, <a href="http://www.natalya.com/">Natalya Zahn</a>, <a href="http://jimburkeillustration.com/portfolio.htm">Jim Burke</a>, and <a href="http://www.dougsirois.com/Index/DAS_HOME.html">Doug Sirois</a>. Follow the links to see their work on their personal websites. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDZ799rFGAVq3zFXV6_r75vrv5kb3z8Abrqu9AykakuL8HgDaHqxrG_3SOKFgI8LrdfIjJHnivmaY5t8_xS97O4B5bFfsttRdjGeZoFgfTP1Dq9Ur8EGHnuDKtIzc9wfvp0Ih5XZRU_Dd/s1600/NHIA+Scifiart.sm.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDZ799rFGAVq3zFXV6_r75vrv5kb3z8Abrqu9AykakuL8HgDaHqxrG_3SOKFgI8LrdfIjJHnivmaY5t8_xS97O4B5bFfsttRdjGeZoFgfTP1Dq9Ur8EGHnuDKtIzc9wfvp0Ih5XZRU_Dd/s400/NHIA+Scifiart.sm.JPG" width="305" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kristina Carroll teaches courses on Science Fiction/ Fantasy and Worldbuilding. Above are some samples of student work. Kristina says: "Good technique is the foundation of all illustration, and concept is the heart of it. Regardless of style or subject matter, by learning the tried and true methods of the old masters and developing a strong process, students will acquire the tools to develop share their ideas clearly."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW125v6S3v6yi8cHtt5WcfWCimeo5vyiLwGr1dOSRD3FgftYASJZ3rD5zcPobI-PiGyyE4u5NzDMlWZhnRXBoAumSTvEDKUIBb-3AvtYZDkBmvTN0cx8kp4iRVo7XlZ6P9LnsTItySXs4C/s1600/DanielsBox.sm.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW125v6S3v6yi8cHtt5WcfWCimeo5vyiLwGr1dOSRD3FgftYASJZ3rD5zcPobI-PiGyyE4u5NzDMlWZhnRXBoAumSTvEDKUIBb-3AvtYZDkBmvTN0cx8kp4iRVo7XlZ6P9LnsTItySXs4C/s400/DanielsBox.sm.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Speaking of tools, one student named Daniel showed me the sketching box he improvised. He hot-glued watercolor half pans onto the inside of the lid at far right, and mixed the paint on the inside surface. Smart idea! Who needs to buy those expensive watercolor sets?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2TAdlVZlLhb5RiF0tI6FlkvvHyRb3Y9yZGwAqEwR_8Hy3hcCFHUhkEuWWfEvfE84zURg6UlD27Ywy1jiKOpt3fLgbbVpLykv4Gtdq_IA-N160XTVaiBf_Xs4HAH9xeA75-qXdR_45mgp5/s1600/Jim+NHIA+Gallery.sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2TAdlVZlLhb5RiF0tI6FlkvvHyRb3Y9yZGwAqEwR_8Hy3hcCFHUhkEuWWfEvfE84zURg6UlD27Ywy1jiKOpt3fLgbbVpLykv4Gtdq_IA-N160XTVaiBf_Xs4HAH9xeA75-qXdR_45mgp5/s400/Jim+NHIA+Gallery.sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">NHIA is also hosting a small show of 25 original Dinotopia artworks, including "Dinosaur Parade" (above, frame by <a href="http://www.staffordframes.com/89324/835168/gallery/james-gurneydinosaur-parade-project">Troy Stafford</a>), "<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr4F62ZlOkx6qU8Zp50nPdzp78ZOrVYcNTuxXVXyYDugfLk9qVg1DOZ1AJ8YLql5BuyN0TCyDIO69DzcJiq8YCckC3OFUuqva72yoRqCIUHeYUaUkerHU2T7hDaXDQq5UdZtbcjvncrWn6/s0/">Garden of Hope</a>," "<a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/wp-content/uploads/DinosaurBoulevard.sm_1.jpg">Dinosaur Boulevard</a>," "<a href="http://www.artrenewal.org/artwork/389/7389/41011/Gurney_Small_Wonder-large.jpg">Small Wonder</a>," "<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRcZRB50ON6jMOae3BJzAaCny6R2_O1lTTCLfwMVNyHTuqtEFEPKf9Rv8IJAIIDGrXffP2E1GbEjJ5j1siT20rDjGRHPPoOa0Jc8gDCqUG8NT0v_wzmsWvaJFDWYS8zQDjOEfl2LRNJi3E/s0/">Up High</a>," and "<a href="http://www.artrenewal.org/artwork/389/7389/41014/Gurney_WaterfallCityAftLight-large.jpg">Waterfall City</a>." There are also a few preliminary sketches and reference maquettes. The show, organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum, contains a completely different set of artwork from the recent show in Connecticut. The NHIA museum is located at 77 Amherst Street and will be up through March 13.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire_Institute_of_Art">Wikipedia on NHIA</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.nhia.edu/about-us/">NHIA official website</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.nhia.edu/dinotopia-the-fantastical-art-of-james-gurney/">Dinotopia exhibition at NHIA</a></div><a href="http://www.linesandcolors.com/2013/02/20/dinotopia-the-fantastical-art-of-james-gurney-at-nhia/">Lines and Colors announcement of the show, with closeups of Dinosaur Parade</a>

New Hampshire Institute of Art

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New Hampshire exhibit opens tomorrow

<a href="http://www.nhia.edu/dinotopia-the-fantastical-art-of-james-gurney/">New Hampshire Institute of Art</a> opens its Dinotopia exhibition tomorrow, Wednesday, February 20.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvD_-vsFzC49qWZ5mgWSGl8Owh_LIaCS8pg3RgkpiI-7mpn0gCqoDvJ3nwtliE4NZCXAhtv36tAGLdjDdcX3Uq4Wu1wNBE91lqyypjWb-Pyd2MSVjx1ZU8SEcz-YORWeKSRUhwk_aTa_AP/s1600/Dinotopia+at+NHIA.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvD_-vsFzC49qWZ5mgWSGl8Owh_LIaCS8pg3RgkpiI-7mpn0gCqoDvJ3nwtliE4NZCXAhtv36tAGLdjDdcX3Uq4Wu1wNBE91lqyypjWb-Pyd2MSVjx1ZU8SEcz-YORWeKSRUhwk_aTa_AP/s400/Dinotopia+at+NHIA.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The show of over 20 original Dinotopia paintings and drawings will be on view in the Amherst building through March 13.  Paintings include "Dinosaur Parade" (above, frame by <a href="http://www.staffordframes.com/89324/835168/gallery/james-gurneydinosaur-parade-project">Troy Stafford</a>), "<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr4F62ZlOkx6qU8Zp50nPdzp78ZOrVYcNTuxXVXyYDugfLk9qVg1DOZ1AJ8YLql5BuyN0TCyDIO69DzcJiq8YCckC3OFUuqva72yoRqCIUHeYUaUkerHU2T7hDaXDQq5UdZtbcjvncrWn6/s0/">Garden of Hope</a>," "<a href="http://www.dinotopia.com/wp-content/uploads/DinosaurBoulevard.sm_1.jpg">Dinosaur Boulevard</a>," "<a href="http://www.artrenewal.org/artwork/389/7389/41011/Gurney_Small_Wonder-large.jpg">Small Wonder</a>," "<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRcZRB50ON6jMOae3BJzAaCny6R2_O1lTTCLfwMVNyHTuqtEFEPKf9Rv8IJAIIDGrXffP2E1GbEjJ5j1siT20rDjGRHPPoOa0Jc8gDCqUG8NT0v_wzmsWvaJFDWYS8zQDjOEfl2LRNJi3E/s0/">Up High</a>," and "<a href="http://www.artrenewal.org/artwork/389/7389/41014/Gurney_WaterfallCityAftLight-large.jpg">Waterfall City</a>."<br /><br />After the opening I'll give an illustrated lecture about "Worldbuilding: How to Develop a Fantasy Universe." The lecture starts at 6:30 pm and costs $20 to attend. There will be a book signing afterward.<br /><br />I will also give a lecture on Thursday the 21st at <a href="http://www.wpi.edu/academics/imgd/news/imgdls.html">WPI in Worcester,</a> Massachusetts.<br /><div>-----<br /><a href="http://www.nhia.edu/dinotopia-the-fantastical-art-of-james-gurney/">New Hampshire Institute of Art</a> event on Wednesday<br /><a href="http://www.wpi.edu/academics/imgd/news/imgdls.html">Worcester Polytechnic Institute </a>event on Thursday<br /><br /><br /></div>

New Hampshire exhibit opens tomorrow

New Hampshire Institute of Art  opens its Dinotopia exhibition tomorrow, Wednesday, February 20. The show of over 20 original Dinotopia pain...

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Upcoming (and Ongoing) Exhibitions

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There are several art museum exhibitions coming up in the next few months:</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgArNNggis1DNUd4xkng8yYK-w9UJK2343THyrAHjASrPvdbyHX5dmSDN4SWS1r2ggkY0qhHb5TnWONVwnuCOKkS6pKSnsTPoHl-evtlj_es1IHvPZRD_AG2VVBBkifCR-u7rFtFSupkpQq/s1600/De+Seve_tailed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgArNNggis1DNUd4xkng8yYK-w9UJK2343THyrAHjASrPvdbyHX5dmSDN4SWS1r2ggkY0qhHb5TnWONVwnuCOKkS6pKSnsTPoHl-evtlj_es1IHvPZRD_AG2VVBBkifCR-u7rFtFSupkpQq/s1600/De+Seve_tailed.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.delart.org/exhibitions/state_of_the_art.html">State of the Art: Illustration 100 Years After Howard Pyle</a> at the Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware, February 9, 2013 – June 1, 2013.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This exhibition, curated by David Apatoff of the <a href="http://illustrationart.blogspot.com/">Illustration Art</a> blog, surveys the state of American illustration in the century following Howard Pyle’s death in 1911. The show includes the work of Peter De Sève (above), Bernie Fuchs, Milton Glaser, Mort Drucker, Phil Hale, Sterling Hundley, John Cuneo, and Ralph Eggleston, representing the diverse fields of animated movies, digital art, caricature, magazine illustration and graphic design. </div><div>-------</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEAAmO57Hf0BwbDWB86tojt-TI2TIDQcEKIFhFrPr6U-UdoDr03GtGjDz4TuLurcryDZ2-UNjroGJmeNN-dwcKeqC_MVAbDqFUsBodFjNtAXlQg7xOlelb187yze4xsryCFFykAzuyI1q7/s1600/Boldini+Edwardian+Opulence+Yale.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEAAmO57Hf0BwbDWB86tojt-TI2TIDQcEKIFhFrPr6U-UdoDr03GtGjDz4TuLurcryDZ2-UNjroGJmeNN-dwcKeqC_MVAbDqFUsBodFjNtAXlQg7xOlelb187yze4xsryCFFykAzuyI1q7/s400/Boldini+Edwardian+Opulence+Yale.jpeg" width="325" /></a></div><a href="http://britishart.yale.edu/exhibitions/edwardian-opulence-british-art-dawn-twentieth-century">Edwardian Opulence: British Art at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century</a> at the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut USA February 28, 2013–Sunday, June 2, 2013.<br /><div><br />The exhibition is a survey of the visual arts in Britain during the reign of King Edward VII (1901–10). It includes portraits by John Singer Sargent and Giovanni Boldini, as well as diamond tiaras, ostrich-feather fans, an embroidered gown, Autochrome color photography, and period sound recordings from Yale's collection.</div></div></div><div>----------<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7ffWSPQ2RytJ1cp2ntAkAl1TX7-MheeD-it8Voat_ay5OWxNBQPI4Aw8JD1I6ANJP4KPFEDKXncfKMyhyO0OfEQ3RpQEtA-SfldQWToyhC5oeMhoj2_L2eRIqajQmNSbTUV96HNrWvhv/s1600/Zorn.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7ffWSPQ2RytJ1cp2ntAkAl1TX7-MheeD-it8Voat_ay5OWxNBQPI4Aw8JD1I6ANJP4KPFEDKXncfKMyhyO0OfEQ3RpQEtA-SfldQWToyhC5oeMhoj2_L2eRIqajQmNSbTUV96HNrWvhv/s400/Zorn.jpeg" width="283" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.gardnermuseum.org/collection/exhibitions">Anders Zorn: A European Artist Seduces America, </a>February 28-May 13, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts.</div><div>Twenty-four paintings are featured together with twenty-two drawings, photographs, letters, and gifts that Anders Zorn gave Isabella Gardner in 1894. The exhibition will be organized in five different segments, including “Zorn and Gardner,” “Society Portraits,” “In the City,” “Country Life,” and “Artist’s Studios.” Highlights include Isabella Stewart Gardner in Venice (1894), Night Effect (1895), and The Ice Skater (1898).<br /><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw98dPQ0ovBypSO1HapLFqSVHGrdF13I9Wn8EJycgeGJVaBFObf6-beIKDFS40KgeudN2x8YvXLGsWrBnMG_9FdA5KWFq1qZEJNAlpP77G22HoCCAj_skIKrpKU2ZYIHp_rgWDgKlH4ni6/s1600/Sargent+Venice.sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw98dPQ0ovBypSO1HapLFqSVHGrdF13I9Wn8EJycgeGJVaBFObf6-beIKDFS40KgeudN2x8YvXLGsWrBnMG_9FdA5KWFq1qZEJNAlpP77G22HoCCAj_skIKrpKU2ZYIHp_rgWDgKlH4ni6/s400/Sargent+Venice.sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><a href="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/sargent_watercolors/">John Singer Sargent Watercolors</a>,<br /><div>at the Brooklyn Museum (April 5 to July 28, 2013), then at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, (October 13, 2013- January 20, 2014). It will then travel to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.</div><div><br /></div><div>The exhibit draws 93 watercolors from the holdings of both the Brooklyn Museum and the Boston collection. The exhibition will also present nine oil paintings, including Brooklyn’s “An Out-of-Doors Study, Paul Helleu and His Wife” (1889), and Boston’s “The Master and His Pupils” (1914). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPCb8F-S3EkFID9T_7g-PS29csd6ik-ev9x2No3QFxS8IxYPYfYWw6vN0Nuhs3undWIrbrZBKF8FRpwpLvkcmOcsr73GB2JIFtbjbVphXHaR-jz4YnhKAw69AJgpHfJ12_auo-LjqG9MM2/s1600/Millais+Ophelia.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPCb8F-S3EkFID9T_7g-PS29csd6ik-ev9x2No3QFxS8IxYPYfYWw6vN0Nuhs3undWIrbrZBKF8FRpwpLvkcmOcsr73GB2JIFtbjbVphXHaR-jz4YnhKAw69AJgpHfJ12_auo-LjqG9MM2/s400/Millais+Ophelia.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div>--------<br /><a href="http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/preraphaelites.shtm">Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art and Design, 1848-1900</a>, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, February 17–May 19, 2013</div>"The first major survey of the art of the Pre-Raphaelites to be shown in the United States features some 130 paintings, sculptures, works on paper, and decorative art objects." Concurrently at the NGA there's an exhibition called "Pre-Raphaelites and the Book," an installation that includes "books of poetry by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Morris, wood-engraved illustrations by several Pre-Raphaelite artists, and material related to the Kelmscott Press (established by Morris in 1891)."<br /><div><div>-----</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWn6tE0gBPUG_tHUBfJ1t8ge9KWSXWwzBj21jnnIzgibYIql0m6gkgp7kkI5Lu2D72dG6vz_CCOR9ttSnrXEQFrP4Detb1j45CWjFC9DsHDiS6-B9srmw7sGu3X_frTT-vN_QX3B8ocDhg/s1600/garden-of-hope.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWn6tE0gBPUG_tHUBfJ1t8ge9KWSXWwzBj21jnnIzgibYIql0m6gkgp7kkI5Lu2D72dG6vz_CCOR9ttSnrXEQFrP4Detb1j45CWjFC9DsHDiS6-B9srmw7sGu3X_frTT-vN_QX3B8ocDhg/s400/garden-of-hope.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><div><a href="http://www.nhia.edu/dinotopia-the-fantastical-art-of-james-gurney-2">Dinotopia: The Fantastical Art of James Gurney</a> at the New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire, February 20 - March 13. Note the short run of the exhibition.</div><br />This new exhibit of 22 original paintings from the Dinotopia books, including <i>Garden of Hope (above), Dinosaur Parade, </i>and <i>Dinosaur Boulevard. </i>This is a completely different set of original oil paintings than those that appeared at the Lyman Allyn exhibition. I'll be there on February 20 for the show's opening, which is free, and I'll give a talk that evening, which has an admission price.<br /><div>------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-AADB6RoA3TIYyuWuVCJN4rOijyHyMGBDLgdj2m48aL7EJwO1rmvPsCavm4qI0faXe8hnjZRKweV4W8DSXQK0izzxrZ6hVd6eHDtrvZ9JMsM7-TkjCKa3PzK1hxy1RAZ40Go64MkAVcw/s1600/Leyendecker+Modern+Life.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-AADB6RoA3TIYyuWuVCJN4rOijyHyMGBDLgdj2m48aL7EJwO1rmvPsCavm4qI0faXe8hnjZRKweV4W8DSXQK0izzxrZ6hVd6eHDtrvZ9JMsM7-TkjCKa3PzK1hxy1RAZ40Go64MkAVcw/s400/Leyendecker+Modern+Life.jpeg" width="285" /></a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Ongoing: <a href="http://www.malibutimes.com/malibu_life/article_646b90ce-6b09-11e2-8d3a-001a4bcf887a.html">Illustrating Modern Life: The Golden Age of American Illustration from the Kelly Collection</a> is on view at the Pepperdine's Weisman Museum in Malibu, California. Ongoing, through March 31.<br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6vKKMXJPUqxLrZkiceH0oQxfkHNJp7p-MS05RNDhkLGZ7xfse0_bCz7-iVGRsV4dtcFwaYcYgfURH1QMWGqVoQEIoMKxV7oyw20-h9PDYnhiVPpRnmHYOxvigThAUBKJvNBtf-SaGQ6GN/s1600/ross_mythology_superman_web.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6vKKMXJPUqxLrZkiceH0oQxfkHNJp7p-MS05RNDhkLGZ7xfse0_bCz7-iVGRsV4dtcFwaYcYgfURH1QMWGqVoQEIoMKxV7oyw20-h9PDYnhiVPpRnmHYOxvigThAUBKJvNBtf-SaGQ6GN/s1600/ross_mythology_superman_web.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Ongoing: <a href="http://www.nrm.org/alexross/">Heroes and Villains: The Comic Book Art of Alex Ross</a> at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, ongoing through February 24.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT4xRN3N6Y5jfmiqe8c_1XXz6ew62rUx3hLgp57X4iqqA5Nnj95MVQhDtIdT2UvDUIDgXBIkM_TxSYCOQxqjLR_QI0lv3w21pGCxQ_Er4qWq9SHmVom5bdRK27wBYfRAvCp6GAGz6miZu-/s1600/rembrandt149_0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT4xRN3N6Y5jfmiqe8c_1XXz6ew62rUx3hLgp57X4iqqA5Nnj95MVQhDtIdT2UvDUIDgXBIkM_TxSYCOQxqjLR_QI0lv3w21pGCxQ_Er4qWq9SHmVom5bdRK27wBYfRAvCp6GAGz6miZu-/s400/rembrandt149_0.jpeg" width="298" /></a><br /><a href="http://deyoung.famsf.org/deyoung/exhibitions/girl-pearl-earring-dutch-paintings-mauritshuis">Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis</a>, at the de Young Museum, San Francisco, California, ongoing through June 2, 2013<br /><br />The de Young will be the first venue in the American tour of paintings from the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague. One of the world's most prestigious collections of Dutch Golden Age paintings, this is the first major loan of its holding in 30 years. The exhibition features 35 paintings representing the range of subject matter and technique characteristic of 17th-century painting in the Dutch Republic.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUqliO9Aa_PHYcfllKfcRCsVVyD3qBtMmFeuybU9kIeIZnf4ygaw9_-ZU1Obr3dyLFSxYaOqy-F2B__dibTSnnGHFWxsFcW3OSEIGrmIQU1rUh-nggSjc7yQDuqsaP50OykeZmZ-BNXMwr/s1600/Michelangelo_Drawings.sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUqliO9Aa_PHYcfllKfcRCsVVyD3qBtMmFeuybU9kIeIZnf4ygaw9_-ZU1Obr3dyLFSxYaOqy-F2B__dibTSnnGHFWxsFcW3OSEIGrmIQU1rUh-nggSjc7yQDuqsaP50OykeZmZ-BNXMwr/s400/Michelangelo_Drawings.sm.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><a href="http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2012/michelangelos-sacred-and-profane-drawings-coming-to-wms-muscarelle-in-2013-123.php">Michelangelo Drawings</a>, William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia, through April 14.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2FW-HAkiZY_0ymaldBX3YOapcH3jH78r1tf_4QY8PFoq-kX8SlAMHZ0o1_PEH7WDyhaYOVWhvVsU9XrxSB0RYFhw-lapIarxIQ2aHxQIKXgBnA1FF9vPSnVJ7fmnA5IG8qdiFxDcVLwNR/s1600/Rembrandt+Self+P.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2FW-HAkiZY_0ymaldBX3YOapcH3jH78r1tf_4QY8PFoq-kX8SlAMHZ0o1_PEH7WDyhaYOVWhvVsU9XrxSB0RYFhw-lapIarxIQ2aHxQIKXgBnA1FF9vPSnVJ7fmnA5IG8qdiFxDcVLwNR/s320/Rembrandt+Self+P.jpg" width="267" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/exhibit/exhibitDetail.asp?eventID=23200">Rembrandt, Van Dyck and Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House</a>, February 14 - May 19 at the Seattle Art Museum.-----<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Thanks, Bil, Jean, Timothy and Armand. </div></div></div>

Upcoming (and Ongoing) Exhibitions

There are several art museum exhibitions coming up in the next few months: State of the Art: Illustration 100 Years After Howard Pyle at th...

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Last Day at Lyman Allyn

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwdC8w_8uo6NBmx1RX-KjYbZ5T1Jg7muJLRK67VLy-VKTjTm5wUpUTzuC5VYtofnOpKy5yx4rzBpT5Ax3Icdwzjck9bDpbqWoKUmnRpc6Jo6T4t6-ODp0xluXk6CRr874YHEBQLmQtYNOA/s1600/Lyman+Allyn.sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwdC8w_8uo6NBmx1RX-KjYbZ5T1Jg7muJLRK67VLy-VKTjTm5wUpUTzuC5VYtofnOpKy5yx4rzBpT5Ax3Icdwzjck9bDpbqWoKUmnRpc6Jo6T4t6-ODp0xluXk6CRr874YHEBQLmQtYNOA/s400/Lyman+Allyn.sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Today is the last day to see the <a href="http://www.lymanallyn.org/exhibitions.html">Dinotopia exhibition at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum</a> in New London, Connecticut. The museum is open until 5:00 pm.<br /><br />Video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrZ9GA-hiPI">Dinotopia: Art, Science, and Imagination</a>

Last Day at Lyman Allyn

Today is the last day to see the Dinotopia exhibition at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London, Connecticut. The museum is open until 5:...

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One Week Left

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGiV43_BBB2z2GP2ZpEL9l2hSsm1Z-XQmQQ5ezDi22PbqElFx5t_QxB3y3b2OJt9wcPiXAvxrHUGUVdk9GJhWzvcrEL_GcjiXL9NSp5zGdFzLwE1iXgJWAnHjVgnF2NHBZCptueX-md2DV/s1600/Lyman+Allyn+Dinotopia.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGiV43_BBB2z2GP2ZpEL9l2hSsm1Z-XQmQQ5ezDi22PbqElFx5t_QxB3y3b2OJt9wcPiXAvxrHUGUVdk9GJhWzvcrEL_GcjiXL9NSp5zGdFzLwE1iXgJWAnHjVgnF2NHBZCptueX-md2DV/s400/Lyman+Allyn+Dinotopia.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>There's just one week left for the exhibition "Dinotopia: Art, Science, and Imagination" <a href="http://www.lymanallyn.org/exhibitions.html">at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum </a>in New London, Connecticut. It ends February 2.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrZ9GA-hiPI">Watch the museum video.</a>

One Week Left

There's just one week left for the exhibition "Dinotopia: Art, Science, and Imagination" at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New ...

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Dinotopia: Art, Science, and Imagination

<br /><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="253" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MrZ9GA-hiPI" width="450"></iframe><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrZ9GA-hiPI&feature=youtu.be">(Video link)</a> Here's a video that tells the story of the making of Dinotopia, created for the 20th anniversary edition and the Lyman Allyn exhibition.<br /><br />The exhibition called "<a href="http://www.lymanallyn.org/exhibitions.html">Dinotopia: Art, Science, and Imagination</a>" ends February 2 at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London, Connecticut. The show has more than 100 objects: original oil paintings, preliminary sketches, maquettes, and dinosaur fossils.<br /><br />There's more good news. <i>Another</i> Dinotopia exhibition called "<a href="http://www.nhia.edu/dinotopia-the-fantastical-art-of-james-gurney/">Dinotopia: The Fantastical Art of James Gurney"</a> will have a short run from Wednesday, February 20 through Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at the <a href="http://www.nhia.edu/dinotopia-the-fantastical-art-of-james-gurney/">New Hampshire Institute of Art </a>in Manchester. That show will include <i>Dinosaur Parade, Garden of Hope, Dinosaur Boulevard </i>and many other classic images.<br />-----<br />The four Dinotopia books mentioned:<br /><a href="http://jamesgurney.com/site/263/dinotopia20">Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time</a>, 1992<br /><a href="http://jamesgurney.com/site/861/dinotopia-world-beneath-20th-anniv-edition">Dinotopia: The World Beneath</a>, 1995<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060280077/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=gurnjour-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060280077">Dinotopia: First Flight</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=gurnjour-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0060280077" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, 1999<br /><a href="http://jamesgurney.com/site/253/dinotopia-journey-to-chandara">Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara</a>, 2007<br /><br /><br />

Dinotopia: Art, Science, and Imagination

(Video link)  Here's a video that tells the story of the making of Dinotopia, created for the 20th anniversary edition and the Lyman All...

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Leyendecker Exhibit in NYC

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC8F6UxrV-_IgCR2hCH-g2Fb0jwTbI70IzYuJutBlpVg3cxVFHMgAaLx_iPM7W4gh8yzs5BYbIaV3_3Of2FsQDVpv1AM71oB8p7EsXXupDl5sa7eOxV1ohwiW7m2wa4n7aIe6vDwW3kEpG/s1600/Leyendecker+automobile.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC8F6UxrV-_IgCR2hCH-g2Fb0jwTbI70IzYuJutBlpVg3cxVFHMgAaLx_iPM7W4gh8yzs5BYbIaV3_3Of2FsQDVpv1AM71oB8p7EsXXupDl5sa7eOxV1ohwiW7m2wa4n7aIe6vDwW3kEpG/s400/Leyendecker+automobile.jpeg" width="280" /></a></div>There's a exhibition of J.C. Leyendecker originals currently at the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/JC%20Leyendecker:%20It%E2%80%99s%20a%20Man%E2%80%99s%20World%20Gregg%20Gallery,%20January%206%20-%2019,%202013%20Opening%20Reception,%20Thursday,%20January%2010,%206:00PM%20-%208:00PM%20%20The%20current%20show%20pulls%20from%20an%20important%20collection%20of%20original%20paintings%20by%20the%20illustrator%20Joseph%20Christian%20Leyendecker.%20Leyendecker%20(March%2023,%201874%20%E2%80%93%20July%2025,%201951)%20was%20one%20of%20the%20pre-eminent%20American%20illustrators%20of%20the%20early%2020th%20century.%20He%20is%20best%20known%20for%20his%20poster,%20book%20and%20advertising%20illustrations,%20the%20trade%20character%20known%20as%20The%20Arrow%20Collar%20Man,%20and%20his%20numerous%20covers%20for%20The%20Saturday%20Evening%20Post.%20Between%201896%20and%201950,%20Leyendecker%20painted%20more%20than%20400%20magazine%20covers.%20During%20the%20Golden%20Age%20of%20American%20Illustration,%20for%20The%20Saturday%20Evening%20Post%20alone,%20J.%20C.%20Leyendecker%20produced%20322%20covers,%20as%20well%20as%20many%20advertisement%20illustrations%20for%20its%20interior%20pages.%20Resident%20NAC%20artist%20Everett%20Raymond%20Kinstler,%20a%20knowledgeable%20enthusiast%20and%20connoisseur%20on%20the%20%E2%80%9CGolden%20Age%E2%80%9D%20illustrators,%20will%20speak%20about%20Leyendecker%20and%20his%20influence%20on%20American%20art%20and%20his%20own%20studio%20work%20at%20the%20opening%20reception,%20Thursday,%20January%2010,%206:00PM%20-%208:00PM.">National Arts Club</a> in New York through January 19th.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"Leyendecker (March 23, 1874 – July 25, 1951) was one of the pre-eminent American illustrators of the early 20th century. He is best known for his poster, book and advertising illustrations, the trade character known as The Arrow Collar Man, and his numerous covers for The Saturday Evening Post." </blockquote>Exhibit: <a href="http://www.nationalartsclub.org/default.aspx?p=v35ArticleView&itemID=285172">J.C. Leyendecker: It's a Man's World </a><br />Book: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0810995212/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=gurnjour-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0810995212">J.C. Leyendecker: American Imagist</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=gurnjour-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0810995212" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br /><div>Thanks, R.A.</div>

Leyendecker Exhibit in NYC

There's a exhibition of J.C. Leyendecker originals currently at the National Arts Club in New York through January 19th. "Leyendec...

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Exhibitions and Events

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'd like to announce some upcoming exhibitions and events that I'll be participating in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFwDE79t2NY1KQKMZeE-xkylT2mVRJRfGyjld3DhXw1ihAfz38cXuemCzcATMmqiTdhy5h0qW9jo2gmZ2onFqmilC127rWf-OOQKUzWtdCPSQ5YnR-fdlIl2GvBwUU6KaSLatrjOJ5y4s/s1600/New+Hampshire+Institute+of+the+Arts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFwDE79t2NY1KQKMZeE-xkylT2mVRJRfGyjld3DhXw1ihAfz38cXuemCzcATMmqiTdhy5h0qW9jo2gmZ2onFqmilC127rWf-OOQKUzWtdCPSQ5YnR-fdlIl2GvBwUU6KaSLatrjOJ5y4s/s400/New+Hampshire+Institute+of+the+Arts.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">An exhibition of 25 paintings called "Dinotopia: The Fantastical Art of James Gurney" will be on view next month at the <a href="http://www.nhia.edu/dinotopia-the-fantastical-art-of-james-gurney/">New Hampshire Institute of Art</a> . The exhibition will include <i>Dinosaur Parade, Garden of Hope, Dinosaur Boulevard </i>and many other classic images. It will be up for just three weeks, from Wednesday, February 20 through Wednesday, March 13, 2013. The opening at 5:00 on February 20 is free and everyone is invited. I'll be presenting an illustrated lecture about the making of Dinotopia at 6:30 pm that evening. The cost to attend the lecture is $20, and there will be a book signing afterward. More at<span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://www.nhia.edu/dinotopia-the-fantastical-art-of-james-gurney/">New Hampshire Institute of Art</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">-------------</div><ul style="background-color: white; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipeyzgIppHnd04bWAn38QAO7Q4_qFJQLtzTDJvwvShyphenhypheniT060VtXnyJ7yO8FaA4m-UqEYfWRDgCa1y4PkuXD2FIXMJ5n4_UIBoHXn7KgGOx1Nv5EAG3ZTtoY0vYabe-D0NZr9c2QSuShmw/s1600/WPI.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipeyzgIppHnd04bWAn38QAO7Q4_qFJQLtzTDJvwvShyphenhypheniT060VtXnyJ7yO8FaA4m-UqEYfWRDgCa1y4PkuXD2FIXMJ5n4_UIBoHXn7KgGOx1Nv5EAG3ZTtoY0vYabe-D0NZr9c2QSuShmw/s400/WPI.jpeg" width="400" /></a><br />On February 21, I'll be presenting a lecture in Massachusetts at the <a href="http://www.wpi.edu/academics/facultydir/mbj.html">Worcester Polytechnic Institute</a>. The lecture, Q&A and book signing starts at 7:00. Contact Professor <a href="http://users.wpi.edu/~bmoriarty/">Brian Moriarty</a> for more information. Photo US News.</ul><ul style="background-color: white; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">--------------</ul><ul style="background-color: white; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><ul style="margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgelmmnW7C650h4gGRfT7OmR-l3U4vDvwkw5JZo7a8LV4O7GAtFpfr3OjYBwlOzcHOhOy5qc3DJbGg5nLKqdDB1pm-3-hGBbY_6pzRF2M6QE1OlEWMi3ikIG3npEOOJrdB3A52oxjP5XxI/s1600/Plein+Air+convention+2013.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgelmmnW7C650h4gGRfT7OmR-l3U4vDvwkw5JZo7a8LV4O7GAtFpfr3OjYBwlOzcHOhOy5qc3DJbGg5nLKqdDB1pm-3-hGBbY_6pzRF2M6QE1OlEWMi3ikIG3npEOOJrdB3A52oxjP5XxI/s400/Plein+Air+convention+2013.jpeg" width="400" /></a></ul><ul style="margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><br /></ul><ul style="margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">From April 10-14 I'll be one of the featured guests at the 2nd Annual <a href="http://www.pleinairconvention.com/index.php">Plein Air Convention</a> and Expo in Monterey, California. I'll be doing a talk on composition, as well as painting in oil outdoors in the picturesque environs, alongside the rest of the faculty and participants. It's a great opportunity for shop talk while practicing in the field.</ul><ul style="margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><a href="http://www.pleinairconvention.com/index.php">April 10-14, Plein Air Convention and Expo, Monterey-Carmel, California</a></ul><ul style="margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">------------</ul><ul style="margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><br /></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2jGEWW1sxMwUAm7n-E-gtpc3fVPRDzFtsGAi9q07RXAaQKwhGEChyphenhyphen0khWe9UA5fr6gs9_1HOyIHEttEckarMk1NJign96YzMzqW7Olcr071Mx54DcYgIu0kBTovmdJ5b_-etXHaFPdjw/s1600/Portrait+Society+Conference.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2jGEWW1sxMwUAm7n-E-gtpc3fVPRDzFtsGAi9q07RXAaQKwhGEChyphenhyphen0khWe9UA5fr6gs9_1HOyIHEttEckarMk1NJign96YzMzqW7Olcr071Mx54DcYgIu0kBTovmdJ5b_-etXHaFPdjw/s400/Portrait+Society+Conference.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><ul style="margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">Later in April, over the weekend of the 25th, I will be one of the guests at the <a href="http://www.portraitsociety.org/#!__conference">Art of the Portrait Conference</a> in Atlanta, Georgia. This event brings together many of the top portrait artists from around the world, painting side by side from live models and explaining their process. My lecture will will be about drawing portraits "in the wild" from candid models, and I'll be on a panel talking about blogging. (Photo Charles Walls) </ul><ul style="margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><a href="http://www.portraitsociety.org/#!__conference">April 25-28. Art of the Portrait Conference, Atlanta</a></ul><ul style="margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">-----------</ul><ul style="margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><br /></ul><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3JA9M5ICoD-6tZAtjknf7XVHaMiBy9XLXu-KpX_-h9hRCJPoVxdT6BA0PVXEOz6AgAvI-R6Z5yitnWdL9rIBpnCFeUMuqOyC4r11Iy_-exz-KOQ31aPFg23Ep74M5a3_C1uC3c3IUOBk/s1600/IMC+Gurney.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3JA9M5ICoD-6tZAtjknf7XVHaMiBy9XLXu-KpX_-h9hRCJPoVxdT6BA0PVXEOz6AgAvI-R6Z5yitnWdL9rIBpnCFeUMuqOyC4r11Iy_-exz-KOQ31aPFg23Ep74M5a3_C1uC3c3IUOBk/s320/IMC+Gurney.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />In June I will be one of the guests for a couple of days at <a href="http://www.illustrationmasterclass.com/">Illustration Master Class</a> in Amherst Massachusetts. The spaces are filled for this year, but there is a wait l<span style="background-color: transparent;">ist.</span></ul><ul style="background-color: white; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><a href="http://www.illustrationmasterclass.com/" style="background-color: transparent;">June 12 (or so) 2013 Illustration Master Class, MA</a></ul><ul style="background-color: white; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">------------</ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTP_lkKXOJo0LIUyt6v5AAkkhmn0ilf1pgETUXOi_fff8Xh9OhrHJAkzi0qQu9sl2yCvhd70FK7imFdlk9Z00ldDy0DTCjFFXemmiXMUI-j2pgN4lhn2hNthUl1OTnhz6WZpyXGhZ2qc/s1600/Lyman+Allyn.sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTP_lkKXOJo0LIUyt6v5AAkkhmn0ilf1pgETUXOi_fff8Xh9OhrHJAkzi0qQu9sl2yCvhd70FK7imFdlk9Z00ldDy0DTCjFFXemmiXMUI-j2pgN4lhn2hNthUl1OTnhz6WZpyXGhZ2qc/s400/Lyman+Allyn.sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And finally, don't miss the museum exhibit currently on view through February 2 at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London, Connecticut. It's called "<a href="http://www.lymanallyn.org/exhibitions.html">Dinotopia: Art, Science, and Imagination</a>," with over 100 pieces of original Dinotopia art, maquettes, and fossils. It's completely different from the "Fantastical Art" show, so if you see one show, the other will have entirely different surprises.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.lymanallyn.org/exhibitions.html">Dinotopia: Art, Science, and Imagination</a> ends February 2.</div><div><br /></div>

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French Paintings at the Wadsworth

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">During the twentieth century, many art museums deaccessioned their 19th century academic paintings, only to find themselves impoverished today during the realist reawakening. The <a href="http://www.corcoran.edu/">Corcoran Gallery of Art </a>in Washington is one such notorious example.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjF-P9epXNNcgrGMTsSCiGclzzVdQe00XXCHTFN7rlyXGa6wOPuTAI3KKKi7C3MLS0UhGBNeSdv1M6RXXEBBs4Uwrqf0Id6S6B5oCXKDRwoIQjby8aTmHAZz0I2XnhWDpumHwI5Kow7g/s1600/Vibert_The_Schism_VIJ012.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjF-P9epXNNcgrGMTsSCiGclzzVdQe00XXCHTFN7rlyXGa6wOPuTAI3KKKi7C3MLS0UhGBNeSdv1M6RXXEBBs4Uwrqf0Id6S6B5oCXKDRwoIQjby8aTmHAZz0I2XnhWDpumHwI5Kow7g/s400/Vibert_The_Schism_VIJ012.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>One museum that did <i>not</i> dump their academic collection is the <a href="http://www.thewadsworth.org/exhibitions/">Wadsworth Atheneum</a> in Hartford, Connecticut. In fact, the Atheneum has recently been acquiring paintings, such as "The Schism," by Jehan-Georges Vibert, above (1875, oil on panel, 15x21 inches).<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAeMGoB0mKj6wqQ3aK6-aUJNYv6_JAqTyRui4CsCn3kNh2fGcYxNkbkqeKN1XaeZU2Ah7Tv7W8Q0gUWNoQygXTRQKd0fDckci9WHnKMrzcS-ERme2VIM5jgyRKy9k9qc1SLS7qCqO7uxI/s1600/Motte+Henri+Paul+The+Trojan+Horse.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAeMGoB0mKj6wqQ3aK6-aUJNYv6_JAqTyRui4CsCn3kNh2fGcYxNkbkqeKN1XaeZU2Ah7Tv7W8Q0gUWNoQygXTRQKd0fDckci9WHnKMrzcS-ERme2VIM5jgyRKy9k9qc1SLS7qCqO7uxI/s400/Motte+Henri+Paul+The+Trojan+Horse.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Above: Henri Paul Motte (1846-1922) The Trojan Horse. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Writing in the December issue of <a href="http://www.fineartconnoisseur.com/">Fine Art Connoisseur</a> magazine, the museum's recently retired curator, Eric Zafran chronicles the history of the museum's French painting collection, which includes Lefebvre, Ribot, Tissot, Merle, Bouguereau, Leroux, Meissonier, and de Neuville.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Paintings by those artists are currently on view in a special exhibition at the Wadsworth. The show also includes more familiar French artists such as Toulouse-Lautrec, van Gogh, Gauguin, Redon, Vuillard, Bonnard, Poussin, Claude, Boucher, and Chardin. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><a href="http://www.thewadsworth.org/exhibitions/" style="background-color: white;">Medieval to Monet: French Paintings in the Wadsworth Atheneum, through January 27, 2013</a><br />Book: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300102054/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0300102054&linkCode=as2&tag=gurnjour-20">Renaissance to Rococo: Masterpieces from the Collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=gurnjour-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0300102054" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />Book on Vibert: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0915577232/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0915577232&linkCode=as2&tag=gurnjour-20">Cavaliers and Cardinals: Nineteenth-Century French Anecdotal Paintings</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=gurnjour-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0915577232" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>

French Paintings at the Wadsworth

During the twentieth century, many art museums deaccessioned their 19th century academic paintings, only to find themselves impoverished tod...

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