Beautiful stuff by Derek G. M. Gardner, John Michael Groves, Geoff Hunt, Mark R. Myers and Roy Cross. This video deserves wider viewing.
I have an ongoing project of reading all the Aubrey-Maturin novels by Patrick O'Brian. This sure helps the mood.
Puts one in the mind of Dudley Pope, Alexander Kent (who is also Douglas Reeman) and C. S. Forester. And of Herman Melville too.
Here's another artist I've posted about before
Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Robert Griffing
You may know of this artist, but I only discovered his work the other evening...
Robert Griffing. His subject is native Americans in the northeast part of the continent around the late 18th century, and their interaction with settlers.
I particularly like this one of a scout with a Scottish soldier. Something about the dazzle of sunlight playing over their clothes and the ground.
I particularly like this one of a scout with a Scottish soldier. Something about the dazzle of sunlight playing over their clothes and the ground.
More of Griffing to be found here.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Aivazovsky
I'm outa here for some more quiet adventures in Japan, my second homeland. I don't know when I'll be posting anything next.
As is my habit, I like to share something of the roads less travelled. Here are some of the works of Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900), a Russian Armenian famous for his nautical art.
These paintings have a way of pulling you in and turning you about.
Travel is like that.
As is my habit, I like to share something of the roads less travelled. Here are some of the works of Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900), a Russian Armenian famous for his nautical art.
These paintings have a way of pulling you in and turning you about.
Travel is like that.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Howard Fogg
My father was a railway enthusiast. Or "railroad" in American English.
He was British-born, but was especially interested in the US railroads of around 1950 - most of all the Denver and Rio Grande Western. He was a prodigious collector of brass model locomotives.
A favourite railroad artist of his was Howard Fogg, who was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917, later settling in Boulder, Colorado where he lived until he passed on in 1996. I don't know any more about Mr Fogg than that.
The era of steam has a romance all of it's own, and Fogg's paintings are utterly exquisite. I've put just a few here, but if you'd like to spend an evening in the enchantment of rail in days gone by.... put "Howard Fogg" into your search engine and you will find all you need.
Enjoy.
He was British-born, but was especially interested in the US railroads of around 1950 - most of all the Denver and Rio Grande Western. He was a prodigious collector of brass model locomotives.
A favourite railroad artist of his was Howard Fogg, who was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917, later settling in Boulder, Colorado where he lived until he passed on in 1996. I don't know any more about Mr Fogg than that.
The era of steam has a romance all of it's own, and Fogg's paintings are utterly exquisite. I've put just a few here, but if you'd like to spend an evening in the enchantment of rail in days gone by.... put "Howard Fogg" into your search engine and you will find all you need.
Enjoy.
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