American art

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A contemporary interpretation of Grant Wood’s iconic painting from 1930.

I love this painting/artwork, so I pinned it to remember to research the original artist. ( I don't, however, like the site it links to!)

Who was Jean-Michel Basquiat? Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent. He was one of the most influential American artists…

copyright- estate of Norman Rockwell

How did artists like Norman Rockwell, Austin Briggs, Jon Whitcomb, and others create the believable unique faces that can tell a whole story by themselves? In a magazine cover, like those by Rockwell and Stevan Dohanos, the image, with its setting and, most of all, its characters, must convey an anecdote without any help from words. So each face must be carefully crafted to do its part in creating the drama⸺or comedy.

𝗖𝗝 𝗕𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 on Instagram: "Quick Story: This painting almost didn’t happen!! I have this weird struggle where I strongly desire to paint or draw when I’m away from the studio, but then as soon as I have the materials in front of me I have a mental block and stall.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Does this happen to you?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ My studio is one of my happy places and some serious “philosophy” goes on in there. I mulled for a while as I stared at this blank canvas and ended up focusing…