George Bellows
Men of the Docks, 1912 George Bellows (1882-1925) Oil on canvas, 114.3 x 161.3cm
A few weeks back I visited The National Gallery, solely on the hunt for paintings that depicted snow as research for the book I’m working on. However the painting that I couldn’t move away from was this one, which was only bought by the gallery in 2014. It’s huge, and beautiful, I love those pearly swirls of smoke and deep shadows, the colour palette, the working horses with the skyscrapers in the distance, and I can really feel the cold on my cheeks. I looked at some Bellows drawings when I got home for the 'Cliff Dwellers’, and found them pretty interesting see below. If you want to know more about Bellows here’s a link.
Paper magic
These origami creations by South African artist Quentin Trollip are FANTASTIC. His flickr account has more. Apparently these are made from one square of origami paper, pretty impressive! (Found via Miss Moss)