Painting Essays

Portrait of Nick Wilder is one of the finest of the famous series of California pool paintings that first established Hockney’s international status in the mid – 1960’s. This picture shows that there was a constant exploration of the relationship between painting and photography. The image seems to be flat …

Introduction The XPL 7’s will be run on a monthly basis in between other major league paintball tournaments. It will be based on 4 leagues with around 8 teams on each averaging about 30 – 40 teams per event. There will be 4 super air fields with 6 marshals and …

I woke up early that fateful morning. It wasn’t any ordinary day; it was the day I finally repaint my room! I was so excited that I didn’t even have breakfast, maybe that’s what caused my unplanned “trip”. I quickly got started and finished the job in just an hour. …

The piece “Young Mulatto” was painted by Emily Guthrie Smith in 1942. This painting consists of warm colors like peach, gold and beige and was obliviously done in fluid media: oil on canvas. The painting shows a young black woman, dressed in white, sitting with a shawl around her. She …

In Greek mythology, “Icarus” is the tale of a boy who along with his father are attempting to escape from Crete where they have been held captive. Icarus’ father constructed two sets of wings from wax and feathers. He instructed Icarus not to fly to close to the sun as …

Painter, photographer and filmmaker, George Gittoes is an eyewitness to the worlds contact zones. Visiting the battle and killing fields of Rwanda, Iraq, Bosnia, Afghanistan- Gittoes produces poignant, rare images of the aftermath of terror, shock and death on the edge of human experience. His painting ‘The Preacher’, winner of …

The first artist I will be writing about is Peter Howson. He was born in Ayrshire in the year 1958 and lived there for most of his life. He had a great education as he studied at Glasgow School of Art and then moved to London to finish his Masters …

Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited (BPBL) is a renowned paint company in Bangladesh. The Company was introduced on 6 June 1973 as a private co. limited by shares registered under the Company Act. In December 2005, the company issued 5% shares to the public and listed with Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) …

Chinese calligraphy (Brush calligraphy) is an art unique to Asian cultures. Shu (calligraphy), Hua (painting), Qin (a string musical instrument), and Qi (a strategic boardgame) are the four basic skills and disciplines of the Chinese literati. Regarded as the most abstract and sublime form of art in Chinese culture, “Shu …

Seurat’s  Grande  Jatte  is  one  of  those  rare  works  of  art  that  stand  alone;  its  transcendence  is  instinctively  recognized  by  everyone.  What  makes  this  transcendence  so  mysterious  is  that  the  theme  of  the  work  is  not  some  thoughtful  emotion  or  momentous  event,  but  the  most  banal  of  workaday  scenes:  Parisians  …