Jurassic Art

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Dazzling Erin

This weekend, Jurassic World’s opening of $511.8 million was the biggest of all time. It was also the first time that a film has generated over $500 million in a single weekend. People have always loved and been fascinated by dinosaurs. If you need further proof, check out the dinosaur paintings below!

Agathaumus by Charles R. Knight

Brontosaurus by Charles R. Knight

Leaping Laelaps by Charles R. Knight

Double Death by Robert Nicholls

By Ray Harryhausen

Dinosaur Community Policeman Helping Youngster by Martin Davey

Dinosaur Fun Playing Volleyball On A Beach Vacation by Martin Davey

Dinosaur Mum Out Shopping With Son by Martin Davey

Wildlife Photographer by Bob Orsillo

Images of D-Day

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Dazzling Erin

Photograph by Robert F. Sargent

“The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.” — General Dwight D Eisenhower

Painting by Olin Downs

Painting by Harrison Standley

Photograph by Robert Capa

Photograph by Robert Capa

Painting by Simon Smith

Painting by Ken Riley

Painting by Joseph Gary Sheahan

“There is one great thing that you men will all be able to say after this war is over and you are home once again. You may be thankful that twenty years from now when you are sitting by the fireplace with your grandson on your knee and he asks you what you did in the great World War II, you won’t have to cough, shift him to the other knee and say, Well, your Granddaddy shoveled shit in Louisiana.” — General George S Patton Jr.

Painting by Manuel Bromberg

Painting by Laurence Beall Smith

Painting by Harrison Standley

“There’s a graveyard in northern France where all the dead boys from D-Day are buried. The white crosses reach from one horizon to the other. I remember looking it over and thinking it was a forest of graves. But the rows were like this, dizzying, diagonal, perfectly straight, so after all it wasn’t a forest but an orchard of graves. Nothing to do with nature, unless you count human nature.” — Barbara Kingsolver

Photograph by Michael Osmenda

Photograph by Christine Cantera

“They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate.” — President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Artist Profile: Enoch Bolles (1883 — 1976)

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Dazzling Erin

Born in Florida and raised in New Jersey, Enoch Bolles studied art at the National Academy of Art. Bolles began his career in 1914, illustrating the covers of early pulps like Judge and Puck. In 1923, he became the exclusive cover artist for Film Fun and. by the time the magazine folded in 1943, he had illustrated over 200 covers. Bolles also did work for several other pulp magazines.

Bolles was one of the first and most prolific American “pin-up” artists and he also worked extensively in advertising. Unfortunately, his career was ended by psychological problems. He was committed to New Jersey’s Greystone Hospital in 1943 and remained there for the rest of his life.

Below is a small sampling of his work.

Happy Birthday, Clint Eastwood!

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Dazzling Erin

Painting by Ryan Gajda

Happy 85th birthday to director, actor, and jazz musician Clint Eastwood! Here are a few Clint Eastwood inspired paintings to help you get into the birthday spirit!

Painting by Allen Glass

Painting by Andrew Read

Painting by Nino Vecia

Painting by Dave Walker

Painting by Jim Blanchard

Painting by Jennifer Morrison

Painting by Alexey Kurbatov

Painting by David Dunne

Painting by Nop Briex

Painting by Steve Payne

Artist Profile: Mary Ellen Mark (1940 — 2015)

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Dazzling Erin

On Monday, photojournalist Mary Ellen Mark passed away in New York City. Over the course of her 40 year career, Mark photographed everyone from street kids to circus performances to mental patients to celebrities. Along the way, she produced some unforgettable images and influenced generations of future photographers. As you can see in the photographs below, it didn’t matter who Mary Ellen Mark was photographing. Whether it was a celebrity or a teenage prostitute, Mark photographed them all with the same compassion and dignity. You can view more of her work here. Mary Ellen Mark, RIP.

In Remembrance of Memorial Day

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Dazzling Erin

Photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt

“They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nation.” — Henry Ward Beecher

We Can Do It

Keep ‘Em Flying Miss USA

Be A Man

By Adolph Triedler

By Dean Cornwell

D-Day, Omaha Beach by Ken Riley

Marine Heading Ashore on D-Day by Tom Lea

Chaplain by Tom Lea

Two Thousand Yard Stare by Tom Lea

A Break in Combat by Qi Debrah

By Qi Debrah

by Qui Debrah

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Artist Profile: Roger Mayne (1929 — 2014)

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Dazzling Erin

British photographer Roger Mayne was born in Cambridge and studied Chemistry at Balliol College, Oxford. It was here that he became interested in photographic processing and took his first pictures. Mentored by photographer Hugo van Wadenoyen, Mayne pursued a career as a photographer after graduating in 1951. His photographs of life on Southam Street in Notting Dale made him a key figure in British photography’s break from pictorialism. You can learn more about his life and his work by visiting Rogermayne.com.

Artist Profile: Tsuneo Sanda

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Dazzling Erin

Check out some of artist Tsuneo Sanda’s Star Wars-themed artwork below. You can see much more of his work at his site, Sandaworld.com.

Artist Profile: Tom Lovell (1909 — 1987)

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Dazzling Erin

Tom Lovell was born in New York City and sold his first illustrations when he was a junior at Syracuse University. He was a prolific illustrator whose work appeared both in the pulps and in issues of National Geographic, where Lovell took great care to make sure that his paintings were historically accurate. When asked about his work, Lovell once said, ” “I consider myself a storyteller with a brush. I try to place myself back in imagined situations that would make interesting and appealing pictures. I am intent on producing paintings that relate to the human experience.” Tom Lovell was inducted into Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1974.

A sampling of both his pulp work and his historical paintings can be found below.