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Johnny and Glory by Richard Brazier

Johnny and Glory

Normally, I am not a big fan of naked man feet paired with a suit, but this painting by British contemporary artist Richard Brazier is quite remarkable, reminiscent of Lucien Freud, but by no means derivative.

Discovered on Rita's Dog Blog, written by a dog with great taste and an amazing dog art collection.

Related Links:
Lucien Freud's Dog Art

Weimaraner's Favorite Christmas Gift

A comfy new dog bed.

Via RedNeck4Life's flickr site.

Dog Christmas Video

A Hungarian dog school made this surprise Christmas video.  Amazing!

Merry Christmas to all my Dog Art Today readers.  Your support and friendship have been incredible.  Thank you!

Via All Creatures [Great and Small].

Amy Bogard's Daily Dogs

If you're snowbound, done with all your shopping, and/or bored with vacation already, I have a treat for you, Amy Bogard's Daily Dogs.  Amy is one of those wildly inspiring artists who uses her own creativity to jump start her own creativity.  

Recently, she's been revving up, artistically speaking, by doodling whichever of her three dogs, Caskie, Iris, or River, is at her feet.   Beyond the charming immediacy of the works, is her presentation of them on the Web.  Visiting her website is like surreptitiously reading someone's journal.  In fact, her website is an artwork in and of itself, like a piece of interactive dog art about dog art, a truly meta-dog-art experience.  Click here to enjoy.

 

One of my favorite quotes from Amy's blog, "I love spending studio days with the dogs. It’s really the best of both worlds; cozy companionship coupled with the healing balm of solitude."

Me too!

Is Titian's Diana and Actaeon (with Two Dogs) Worth Saving?

Diana and Actaeon, 1956-59

Tom Lubbock of The Independent thinks ginning up public support to spend £50 million to keep Titian's Diana and Acteaon in Britain has been, "a magnificent act of aesthetic blackmail."

OK, I think the painting is a bit of a fleshy mess, too.   But, Lubbock really hates it...

The picture doesn't establish a decisive action. The central confrontation of Actaeon and Diana is hamstrung between his daft gesticulations and her flamenco flourish. It doesn't establish a defined space either. The setting is an inarticulate add-up of arch, trees, column, bodies. The sloping fountain, the ground area, make no clear sense.

It's cobbled together from bits and pieces in search of a structure. If ever a picture hadn't been worked out yet, it's this one. So, interesting perhaps as an example of a Titian in progress, but the opposite of miraculous.  (read full article, it gets worse.)

And then sticks it to the Getty...

It would be no tragedy if we lost it. It has scholarly value. It's just the kind of thing that belongs in the Getty Museum in California. But what we've now bought for our £50m is not only the painting itself, but the perpetual obligation to believe it's a work of supreme genius. Bingo!

Ouch!

Related Links:
OMG: Another Titian Dog Art Masterpiece!
Titian's Dog Art Returns to the Joslyn Art Museum
Titian the Dog Artist

Dog Band Gig Posters

 

Dogs at Play by Guy Juke

I have never heard of these bands, but I am digging their posters from GigPosters.  Quite inspiring and a treasure trove for many of my visitors who come here looking for dog posters.  Cool ones are hard to find.  Enjoy!

 

Dune Dogs by Skillet Gilmore

 

The Dogs by Craig Horky  (the dog is swimming...right?)

 

The Sheepdogs & The Racoons by Joey MacDonald

 

The Honeydogs by Withremote (no actual dog, but great design)

 

Yard Dogs Roadshow by Andrew Vastagh

Golden Dogs by Daniel Zender

Visit GigPosters to see thousands more gig posters, designers posters, and graphic design merchandise, everything from coloring books to collectable art to t-shirts and playing cards .

BTW, I discovered GigPosters via my new favorite blog, Fita Cola (Portuguese for "stick to me") where there is always something inspiring, especially the author, Carlos Quitério's, amazing collages.  Available on Etsy.  But alas, no dogs.

Dog Art Holiday Giveaway from Anne Leuck Feldhaus

Stop by the blog of super-talented Chicago artist, Anne Leuck Feldhaus, and enter to win this dog art lovers gift package.  A $100 value with a drawing on December 27, so you can keep all the goodies for yourself.

National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest: Merit Award Winner Jonas Peterson

So, it's not National Geographic Traveler's Grand Prize winner, but Jonas Peterson's Merit Award winning shot, Queensland, Australia, is spectacular...especially when you know the story behind it...

Jonas Peterson's winner was taken while he shot scenes on a farm in Queensland, Australia. "Molly Nolan, the girl in the photo, became bored," Peterson says, "so I told her to look for tigers. Knowing Australia has no tigers, she reacted angrily. I turned to take photos. When I looked back, I saw her. Looking for tigers." (Canon EOS 5D camera, Canon EF 24-70 mm lens, exposure at 1/6400 second, f/2.8, ISO 200)

See all the winning shots here.

Via Nag on the Lake, where you'll always find something very, very cool.