Posts Tagged ‘portrait painting’
Lesbian Wedding Painting
June 11, 2011
I like images of lesbian weddings with both brides in dresses. These can be hard to come by, even in gay art, but here’s an updating of an old classic: an Abbot Handerson Thayer painting of a bride circa 1895, given a contemporary twist by Richard E. Miller and Mike Licht. Love it!
2011 | Blog | Media: painting on canvas | Tags: contemporary art, gay art, portrait paintingComments (1)
The Abraham Lincoln Situation: Karma Edition. The End?
June 4, 2011
Remember how the Abraham Lincoln portraits had to be made to a certain size, in order to fit the existing, heirloom frame which had housed the original portrait? Well, the wrong measurements were provided in the Call for Artists, so all of the portraits–including the winning submission–turned out not to fit the frame. (Read all [...]
2011 | Blog | Media: painting on canvas | Tags: Abraham Lincoln Caper, art contests, art museums, portrait painting, professional ethicsComments (0)
The Abraham Lincoln Caper: A Tale of Two Lincolns
April 11, 2011
The town of Norwich, CT is sponsoring a contest: the idea is to copy the painting on the left, which was stolen from City Hall in 1994 and never seen again. Norwich cares very much [...]
